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.
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Marvel on Netflix: news, reviews, and trailers on the streaming service’s MCU shows
Netflix’s contribution to the Marvel Cinematic Universe keeps expanding, one series at a time
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June 18, 2019
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
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June 10, 2019
Jessica Jones’ final season is tighter and smarter
But it’s still concerned with heroism, morality, and murder
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May 28, 2019
Jessica Jones’ final season trailer pits Marvel’s hero against yet another creepy villain
The final project in Marvel and Netflix’s Defenders series
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January 16, 2019
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
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October 24, 2018
Daredevil’s ‘suffering makes a man’ trope is common, familiar, and bad for everyone
Heroes’ imperviousness to pain is a longstanding plot device
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October 13, 2018
Marvel’s Iron Fist won’t get a third season on Netflix
This might not be the end of the character, however
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October 12, 2018
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
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September 20, 2018
Netflix’s Daredevil will return in October
‘I will find a way to come back even stronger’
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September 5, 2018
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
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August 16, 2018
The first trailer for Iron Fist season 2 finds Danny Rand fighting a classmate
Season 2 of Iron Fist begins streaming on September 7th
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July 28, 2018
A new teaser for Netflix’s Iron Fist teases an iconic costume
The season debuts in September
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July 19, 2018
Marvel’s Iron Fist season 2 will begin streaming on September 7th
‘This is my city now’
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June 22, 2018
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
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June 12, 2018
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
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March 13, 2018
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’
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March 12, 2018
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’
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March 9, 2018
Netflix’s Jessica Jones: what you need to know for season 2
Catch up before your weekend binge
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March 9, 2018
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
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March 6, 2018
Watch the first trailer for season 2 of Marvel’s Luke Cage
The bulletproof hero returns to Netflix on June 22nd
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February 7, 2018
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
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December 13, 2017
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
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November 17, 2017
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
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October 19, 2017
Netflix’s Punisher series will begin streaming November 17th
‘You’ve got nothing but a war inside you’