The Hand continues their assault on the Royal Dragon. The leaders of the Hand are there but they aren't all equally active in the attack. Sowande fights with Luke Cage and Matt fights with the Black Sky (Elektra), while the other three deal with the rest of the team of baddies that the Hand has brought in to capture the Immortal Iron Fist.
Sowande is a new character although the way they talk about him makes it sound as if he also showed up in the Iron Fist series. Using martial arts he does quite a number on Luke Cage.
Matt tries talking some sense into Elektra. She still doesn't seem to recognize him but it does seem like she at least gathers they have a shared past.
The heroes escape into the sewer and then regroup at Colleen's dojo. Luke, who was separated from the others before they departed the Royal Dragon, shows up with a prisoner: Sowande. They don't get much in the way of information out of him other than the warning that all their loved ones are now at risk. The heroes make an effort to make sure their non-powered friends are okay.
Jessica is attacked by Murakami while she is attempting to get Trish to safety. Murakami gets the upper hand but Daredevil shows up and intervenes. Murakami is knocked off a balcony and disappears.
Bakuto, Colleen's former sensei returns. She believed he was dead. They fight. He injures her pretty badly. The other heroes show up and Bakuto vanishes. Later in the episode it becomes clear that Bakuto is one of the leaders, one of the five fingers of the Hand. The others are Alexandra Reid, Madame Gao, Sowande, and Murakami.
The heroes interrogate Sowande but he seems fairly confident that the Hand will win in the end. Daredevil gets into an argument with Danny, Luke, and Jessica when he tells them about Elektra, how she died, and his past relationship with her. Sowande gets free of his bonds while they are arguing. He grabs Danny and holds a shiv to his neck. He doesn't get very far. Stick intervenes and cuts off Sowande's head. He looks dead but could he be brought back? Probably.
Elektra leaves Alexandra's apartment and finds her way to Matt's apartment. She lays down on his bed and the episode ends there. It seems like Elektra is starting to remember things or at least trying to. My guess is that by the end of the season she will recall who she is but for some tragic reason she and Matt won't be back together again.
I don't understand why they didn't take Colleen to a hospital emergency room after Bakuto sliced her stomach. They took her to a police stations, the one where Misty works. A number of other familiar faces winds up there too: Trish, Malcolm, Karen Page, Foggy Nelson, and Claire Temple. Colleen and Misty meet for the first time. It feels awkward and forced. In the comic books they teamed up and were collectively known as the Daughters of the Dragon. They were mostly supporting characters in Power Man and Iron Fist and rarely featured in stories of their own.
Apparently I was wrong about the Punisher showing up. The van full of weapons belonged to the Hand. It is probably just as well. This story is crowded enough as is.
On the whole a decent episode but I think I preferred the previous one a little more.
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