Netflix’s corner of the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues to expand year by year. Its interconnected series, each focused on a single street-level superhero in New York City, began in 2015 with Daredevil and Jessica Jones. As new shows are added (Luke Cage, Iron Fist, the four-way crossover The Defenders, and the spinoff The Punisher), the protagonists keep building their own mythologies and battling their own demons as much as they battle villains. As their multiseries story keeps growing, we’ll track it here.
Feb 11, 2022, 6:49 PM UTCRichard Lawler
Netflix’s Marvel TV shows will disappear at the end of this month
Daredevil, Punisher, Luke Cage, and company have an expiration date of February 28th on Netflix
Jun 18, 2019, 6:33 PM UTCNoah Berlatsky
Since season 1, Jessica Jones has struggled to mix horror with superheroes
The genres blend well, but after a ferocious kickoff season, the series stopped combining them effectively
Jun 10, 2019, 6:53 PM UTCSamantha Nelson
Jessica Jones’ final season is tighter and smarter
But it’s still concerned with heroism, morality, and murder
May 28, 2019, 4:05 PM UTCJulia Alexander
Jessica Jones’ final season trailer pits Marvel’s hero against yet another creepy villain
The final project in Marvel and Netflix’s Defenders series
Jan 16, 2019, 4:34 PM UTCSamantha Nelson
In season 2, The Punisher feels like he’s trapped in the past
And the writers can’t commit to whether he should take on the present
Jan 10, 2019, 5:26 PM UTCAndrew Liptak
A new trailer for Netflix’s Punisher teases a bloody season 2
Frank Castle is back
Oct 24, 2018, 7:13 PM UTCNoah Berlatsky
Daredevil’s ‘suffering makes a man’ trope is common, familiar, and bad for everyone
Heroes’ imperviousness to pain is a longstanding plot device
Oct 20, 2018, 2:06 PM UTCAndrew Liptak
Netflix has canceled Marvel’s Luke Cage
Just a week after it axed Iron Fist
Oct 13, 2018, 1:04 PM UTCAndrew Liptak
Marvel’s Iron Fist won’t get a third season on Netflix
This might not be the end of the character, however
Oct 12, 2018, 4:17 PM UTCSamantha Nelson
In Daredevil season 3, the protagonist is weak, but the series is stronger than ever
Under a new showrunner, the series is back to basics in spectacular ways
Sep 20, 2018, 5:16 PM UTCAndrew Liptak
Netflix’s Daredevil will return in October
‘I will find a way to come back even stronger’
Sep 5, 2018, 4:19 PM UTCSamantha Nelson
Season 2 of Netflix’s Iron Fist recognizes that Danny Rand is the worst thing about the show
Netflix’s most derided Marvel Cinematic Universe show is back for season 2 with a new showrunner and a new strategy: sidelining its problematic protagonist
Aug 16, 2018, 2:37 PM UTCAndrew Liptak
The first trailer for Iron Fist season 2 finds Danny Rand fighting a classmate
Season 2 of Iron Fist begins streaming on September 7th
Jul 28, 2018, 3:23 PM UTCAndrew Liptak
A new teaser for Netflix’s Iron Fist teases an iconic costume
The season debuts in September
Jul 20, 2018, 2:36 AM UTCAndrew Liptak
Marvel’s Iron Fist season 2 will begin streaming on September 7th
‘This is my city now’
Jun 22, 2018, 3:18 PM UTCSamantha Nelson
Luke Cage is the first Netflix MCU show with a strong season 2
It keeps a tight focus on how family connections define heroes and villains alike
Jun 12, 2018, 5:22 PM UTCDevon Maloney
The new trailer for Luke Cage season 2 puts black women front and center
In a very specific new cut, Bushmaster is an aggro threat to Mariah Dillard’s hard-won feminine supremacy in Harlem
Mar 13, 2018, 2:48 PM UTCTasha Robinson
Jessica Jones’ series creator discusses the character’s future
‘When you have a great set of characters, especially a great character like Jessica, you can tell stories for that character all day long, all life long’
Mar 12, 2018, 2:58 PM UTCTasha Robinson
Carrie-Anne Moss on Jessica Jones and opening up to #MeToo: ‘I didn’t want to be a victim’
‘Now we have a platform. There’s an opening for us to be having these conversations’
Mar 9, 2018, 4:44 PM UTCMegan Farokhmanesh
Netflix’s Jessica Jones: what you need to know for season 2
Catch up before your weekend binge
Mar 9, 2018, 3:27 PM UTCSamantha Nelson
Season 2 of Jessica Jones struggles to find its center
Without a clear villain in the early going, the show revolves around less compelling plotlines and dour confrontations
Mar 6, 2018, 4:31 PM UTCMegan Farokhmanesh
Watch the first trailer for season 2 of Marvel’s Luke Cage
The bulletproof hero returns to Netflix on June 22nd
Feb 7, 2018, 3:32 PM UTCChaim Gartenberg
The full trailer for Jessica Jones’ second season is here
Marvel’s series about an angry street superhero dealing with trauma is back on March 8th
Dec 13, 2017, 3:00 PM UTCMegan Farokhmanesh
Meet the guy who gets beat up in all of Marvel’s Netflix superhero shows
Actor Rob Morgan is ready to throw a punch or two
Nov 17, 2017, 9:05 PM UTCLaura Hudson
Netflix’s Punisher would be timely if it had anything coherent to say about gun violence
A character invented as a villain has become a hero, and an unexamined killer in an age where nuance is important
