Marvel Cinematic Universe Phases (HASAMU TENSHI)

Marvel Cinematic Universe is the expanded universe based on Marvel Comics, with president and producer, Kevin Fiege, coming with the creative productions and projects for the cinematic universe. In 2010, Fiege signed a contract with Fox Studios to retain the rights of the X-Men, Deadpool, and Fantastic Four arc characters back and produce those characters into the larger universe beyond the Avengers characters. Fiege has opened his mind to producing more R-rated films for the more adult themed characters such as Wolverine, Deadpool, and more on. He, along with directors James Gunn, James Mangold, and Anthony Russo, confirmed that many series on both Netflix and ABC will take place in the expanded universe. The television shows being produced over the years will be Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Heroes For Hire, The Defenders, Moon Knight, Blade, White Tiger, Deadpool, Agent Venom, Gambit, Ghost Rider, Cable & The X-Force, The Thunderbolts, and The Punisher on Netflix, as ABC will feature Agents Of SHIELD, She-Hulk, Blue Marvel, Nate Grey, The Inhumans, Silver Sable, New Warriors, Night Thrasher, and Legion.

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Phase 1
Release Date: 2008
 * Iron Man

Rating: PG-13

Story:

Billionaire industrialist, Tony Stark, conducts weaponry tests overseas, but this backfires quickly after Tony is kidnapped by a terrorist organization known as the Ten Rings. After months of torment, Tony finds an escape plan after being prompted to build the organization a dangerous weapon to attack the United States with, Tony builds a suit of armor to escape his living hell. After returning to the US and reuniting with his secretary, Pepper, and his best friend, James Rhodes, Tony uses his suit of armor to dismantle the Ten Rings, as well as fight other evils that plague the world, quickly being known as the "Iron Man". When his rival company, Stane, suspiciously runs secret operations with the Rings, Tony must protect the world from the Rings' danger as his newfound identity as a superhero...

Protagonists: Tony Stark/Iron Man and Colonel James Rhodes

Antagonists: Obadiah Stane/Iron Monger and Anton Vanko/Crimson Dynamo

After Credits: Tony comes home after having a night out with Rhodes. Tony sees that there is a shadowy figure in his living room, who asks Tony if he thinks he is the only superhero in the world. Tony questions this figure and the figure comes out and reveals himself as Nick Fury, director of SHIELD, a UN affiliated government agency. Fury has come to talk to Tony about the "Avengers Initiative".

Deaths: Ho Yinsen (sacrifices his life to buy Tony time in order to escape from the cave), Obadiah Stane/Iron Monger (suit override kills him and he falls into the giant arc reactor, causing a giant explosion in Malibu), and Anton Vanko/Crimson Dynamo (killed by Stark in a last effort to get the key to the reactor and the Rings' weapons) Release Date: 2010
 * The Incredible Hulk

Rating: PG-13

Story:

Turning into a green monster every time his anger is tempered with, renowned scientist Bruce Banner finds himself on the run from the government and the US army, including it's determined leader, Thunderbolt Ross, who strives to put Banner under. Banner, haunted by his past, is forced to come out of the shadows when the army releases a monster even worst than Banner in order to bring Banner in; little did they know that this monster would become an atrocity that will cause chaos to the world. Banner must use his instincts and his powers to stop this monster.

Protagonists: Bruce Banner/The Hulk and Samuel Stern

Antagonists: Emil Blonsky/Abomination and General Thunderbolt Ross

After Credits: Tony Stark walks into the bar and tells Ross that he is putting together a team...

Deaths: N/A Release Date: 2010
 * Iron Man: Stark Legacy

Rating: PG-13

Story:

After publicly revealing to the entire world that he is Iron Man, Tony Stark spends his days being overloaded with United States government requests to give his weapons and suits to the government, as they present a danger after what happened with Russia and their Crimson Dynamo armor, in which nearly destroyed Malibu. Meanwhile, the son of Anton Vanko, Ivan, rises from the shadows and declares revenge on Stark after his father's death. The Stark family and the Vankos have a long history with Tony's father, Howard, wronging the Vankos in so many ways, including Anton. With this feud between Tony and Ivan and an all-out war ensuing in the process, with Ivan attempting to destroy the Stark legacy, Tony must form new alliances to win this battle; including the likes of Rhodes and a former assassin known as the Black Widow...

Protagonists: Tony Stark/Iron Man, James Rhodes/War Machine, Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, Director Nick Fury, Agent Phil Coulson, and Happy Hogan

Antagonists: Ivan Vanko/Whiplash and Justin Hammer

After Credits: After debriefing Tony's new Mark 6, Coulson has driven to Mexico to investigate a disturbance under Fury's orders. When he gets there, he sees a large crowd of people gathering around an object SHIELD has been hunting down for months; Mjolnir. After Coulson calls Fury, the screen cuts to black with a bolt of thunder...

Deaths: N/A Release Date: 2011
 * Thor

Rating: PG-13

Story:

Son of Odin and the God of Thunder; Thor Odinson is soon to inherit the throne of Asgard as the rightful King. However, after a dispute between the Asgardians and the Frost Giants, the Frost Giants attack and Thor makes an extremely arrogant move by attacking Jotunheim. After doing so, Odin decides that Thor's arrogance and selfishness does not prove worthiness of the throne and banishes Thor from his hammer and to planet Earth. There, Thor must rebuild himself and while his mischievous brother Loki uses Thor's absence to his advantage, Thor must return to Asgard to claim the throne and stop his brother...

Protagonists: Thor, Lady Sif, Hogun, Volstagg, Fandral, Heimdall, Odin, Frigga, and Agent Phil Coulson

Antagonists: Loki, Laufey, and The Destroyer

After Credits 1: Erik Selvig is recruited by SHIELD to be the head of the science division. Selvis is shown the Tesseract by Fury, which is an ancient relic that was used by ancient civilizations and could be the key to unlimited sustainable energy. Loki appears in the shadows and smiles...

After Credits 2: After Laufey's death, Hogun and Lady Sif talk about a potential civil war among the Nine Realms, as Laufey had a peace treaty with the Dark Elves. The camera switches to the evil Dark Elves and their ruthless leader, Malekith the Accursed, who is being powered by pure, hateful energy...

Deaths: Laufey (killed by Loki; Loki used him for getting to Thor, but Loki decides to kill him to destroy the reminder that Loki is not truly an Odinson) Release Date: 2011
 * Captain America: The First Avenger

Rating: PG-13

Story:

Small kid from Brooklyn, New York, in a time of trouble with World War 2 at it's peak of destruction, Steve Rogers enlists to join the United States army, but due to his small stature, he is quickly rejected. Desperate to make a difference in the world and fight for his country, Rogers accepts role in the Super Soldier experiment; this experiment enhances Rogers greatly, making him physically larger, as well as peak superhuman strength, agility, and endurance. Rogers keeps the heart of the good man he was before the experiment and becomes the leader of the army, Captain America. Rogers and his company work on dismantling the evil Nazi-affiliated organization known as HYDRA and it's leader who is a dark reflection of Captain America; the Red Skull...

Protagonists: Steve Rogers/Captain America, Sergeant Bucky Barnes, Dum Dum Dugan, and Peggy Carter

Antagonist: Johann Schmidt/Red Skull

After Credits: Steve wakes up, but he is in an ominous setting playing the baseball game he went to before the experiment (during the beginning of the film). Steve is greeted by a hotel worker, but quickly realizes he is being played when he remembers the baseball game. Steve is surrounded by multiple agents and attacks them, running out and seeing modern-day Manhattan; it is year 2011. Nick Fury comes out of the car and multiple SHIELD agents surround Steve; Fury reveals to Steve that he has been asleep for 70 years. Steve looks lost and Fury tries to settle him, but Steve replies with, "I had a date", referring to Peggy...

Deaths: Sergeant Bucky Barnes (after him and Steve infiltrate a train carrying HYDRA superweapons and the Red Skull, Barnes sacrifices his life to buy Steve time; falls down the snowy mountain with no body to be recovered) Release Date: 2012
 * The Avengers

Rating: PG-13

Story:

After Loki steals the Tesseract from the SHIELD headquarters, Director Fury initiates his long-awaited plan to assemble the Avengers, which include the incredible likes of Iron Man, Captain America, the Hulk, and Thor. Fury assigns the team to fight the battle SHIELD never could. The team work together to dismantle Loki, who uses the Tesseract to send an army known as Chitauri, who are from space, in order to succeed his power-hungry goals. Will the team be able to put their differences aside and fight the Earth and very damn-well avenge it if they have to?

Protagonists: Tony Stark/Iron Man, Steve Rogers/Captain America, Thor, Bruce Banner/The Hulk, Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, Clint Barton/Hawkeye, Director Nick Fury, Agent Maria Hill, and Agent Phil Coulson

Antagonists: Loki and The Other

After Credits: The Other returns to space where he bows to his leader to inform him that Loki has failed and the Tesseract is again back in the hands of the humans. The leader angrily stands up and The Other, with fear running through his veins, bows down once more. The leader is the mad titan known as Thanos, one of the most powerful entities in the galaxy...

Deaths: N/A

Phase 2
Release Date: 2013
 * Iron Man: Valley Of Spirits

Rating: PG-13 (R on Extended Cut)

Story:

Tony hits the lowest point of his life after the Battle of New York and having to carry the nuke sent by the government through the wormhole over the city. Tony's PTSD takes over his mentality and he spends his days in his garage building more suits in fear that another danger would cloud the world. Pepper and Rhodes both show concern for Tony and try to help him, but Tony tunes the two most important people in his life out. After a secret revelation of the Ten Rings is revealed and the leader, known as the Mandarin, has been exposed, Tony threatens the Mandarin to a showdown. Little did Tony know, that results in him losing his home and his suits by the likes of the Mandarin. Tony is then forced to travel to China to go face-to-face with the Mandarin, who proves to be way more powerful than Tony anticipated, harnessing the Ten Rings to nurture his prowess. While Tony faces the Mandarin, Tony is forced to go through the dangerous Valley of Spirits, which brings back his PTSD and forces him to fight his inner demons. Will Tony be able to rebuild his legacy and destroy the Ten Rings once and for all?

Protagonists: Tony Stark/Iron Man, James Rhodes/War Machine, Clint Barton/Hawkeye, and Anna Wei

Antagonist: The Mandarin

After Credits 1: The organization that supplied the Mandarin with weapons to distract Stark in China, AIM, is shipping their most valuable and most dangerous weapon to the United States; MODOK...

After Credits 2: Rhodes upgrades his War Machine armor to make it so that his missile fires bullet-penetrating rockets that can destroy almost any metal...

Deaths: Anna Wei (killed by The Mandarin, after all the days Wei helped Tony, mentally and physically, through the Valley of Spirits; motivates Tony to fight off the Mandarin and destroy the Ten Rings once and for all) Release Date: 2013
 * Thor: War Among The Realms

Rating: PG-13

Story:

Thor returns to Asgard to imprison Loki after all the lives he has taken on Earth and is disgraced among Asgard, harshly by Odin. However, Thor and Odin both oversee a threat among the Nine Realms; a civil war is brewing between all realms, especially after the death of Laufey and the weakening of the Frost Giants. When the Dark Elves attack Asgard and exclaim war among all realms, Asgard is on high alert and Thor must go on to try and end this war before it destroys all the realms for the worse; including that of Earth. Will Thor be able to stop the war with the Dark Elves and the rest of the realms? In order to win this war, Thor must call upon an unlikely ally and must fight an old friend who is back to torment him...

Protagonists: Thor, Lady Sif, Loki, Volstagg, Fandral, Odin, Hogun, Heimdall, Frigga, and Valkyrie

Antagonists: Malekith The Accursed, Amora/The Enchantress, Skurge The Executioner, and Midgard Serpent

After Credits 1: Volstagg and Lady Sif go to Knowhere to the Collector, who agrees to keep the Reality Stone after it was abused by Malekith; Volstagg advises that it is not very wise to keep two Infinity Stones so close together. The Collector ignores them and after they return to Asgard, the Collector quietly claims, "One down; five to go".

After Credits 2: Surtur has awaken after the civil war of the Nine Realms and exclaims to make the prophecy of Ragnarok come true...

Deaths: Frigga (killed by Malekith in his attack on Asgard; this hurts the Odinson family and motivates Loki to help Thor), Midgard Serpent (destroyed by the combined power of Thor, the Warriors Three, Lady Sif, and Heimdall), and Malekith The Accursed (killed by Loki in the final battle in Malekith's own realm) Release Date: 2013
 * The Incredible Hulk 2

Rating: PG-13 (R on Extended Cut)

Story:

Bruce returns to regular life and while still struggling to maintain his relationship with the Hulk as a healthy one, Bruce reaches out to Betty, who misses him and accepts that Bruce is a good man and that the Hulk does not define him as a person overall. As Bruce spends his days with Betty, under the radar and on tolerance terms only with Ross, especially after Bruce helped take down Blonsky, Bruce hears news of a gamma radiation poisoning being dropped in Arizona, killing dozens of people. The culprit is the Leader, someone Bruce recognizes; the Leader is no other than Samuel Sterns. After Sterns was previously exposed to gamma, which corrupted his mind and made him ten times more insane and intelligent, Sterns declares war on the Hulk. Will the Hulk be able to stop Sterns from abusing his power and infecting so many innocent civilians with the gamma?

Protagonists: Bruce Banner/The Hulk and General Thunderbolt Ross

Antagonist: Samuel Sterns/The Leader

After Credits 1: The place in Antarctica in which Sterns has been hiding (during the entirety of the film) is revealed to be built off of a strong metal known as Vibranium; the metal that made Captain America's shield.

After Credits 2: Ross is talking with his staff after being assigned Secretary of State. After the meeting is over and Ross is accredited to the role as Secretary and resigning from the Army, Ross downs the red gamma...

Deaths: Samuel Sterns/The Leader (dies after overpowering himself and realizing that Bruce has him beat) Release Date: 2014
 * X-Men

Rating: PG-13

Story:

During the 1980s, two young mutants known as Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr meet; Xavier came from a wealthy family and

Netflix Series
Air Date: 2014
 * Daredevil: Season 1

Rating: TV-MA

Story:

Blinded at a very young age due to exposure to radioactive waste while trying to save an elderly man from getting hit by a truck, Matt Murdock is a successful trial lawyer by day, but he is also the protector of New York's most deadly neighborhood; Hell's Kitchen. Matt and his best friend and partner in law, Foggy Nelson, work on making a difference in Hell's Kitchen, whilst Matt's secret vendetta also pushes forward that idea, with no one knowing the Devil that comes out at night to prey on criminals. Hell's Kitchen sees the rise of crimes, as the Kitchen Irish strike hell on the streets and introduce Matt and Foggy to Karen Page, who they take under their firm and build a connection. As Daredevil, Matt finds out that all the gangs in the city are bowing down and answering to the Kingpin of Crime, who Matt discovers is Wilson Fisk, the most acclaimed man in New York. Fisk's lies are not shown publicly and the war begins between the King and the Devil, who wants to take the throne from the King...

Protagonists: Matt Murdock/Daredevil, Melvin Potter, Stick, and Detective Brett Mahoney

Antagonists: Wilson Fisk/The Kingpin, Leland Owlsley/The Owl, James Wesley, and The Fixer

Number of Episodes: 14

Deaths: Grotto (contact of the Kitchen Irish; goes to court and fights his "innocence" with Nelson & Murdock, but when Daredevil confronts him and asks him about the Kingpin, Grotto becomes mildly scared and stabs himself through the throat to avoid dealing with the Kingpin later) and James Wesley (when Wesley kidnaps Karen due to Karen playing the "reporter" role and trying to expose Fisk, Karen takes Wesley's gun and shoots him six times; guilt runs her veins throughout the last episodes and Fisk does not know about the death of his most trusted associate) Air Date: 2014
 * Jessica Jones: Season 1

Rating: TV-MA

Story:

Former superhero known as the Jewel, traumatized and haunted by her wrong-doings and abuse suffered under Kilgrave, Jessica Jones now works as a private investigator in Alias Investigations, operating at the end of Hell's Kitchen. Jessica spends her days with petty cases and drinking away her problems with bulletproof lover, Luke Cage. That is her steady schedule, up until Jessica gets a case of a teenage girl who was sexually assaulted by her own father; Jessica digs deeper into the case, but soon finds out that dark truth; the girl's father was mind-controlled and manipulated by none other than Kilgrave himself. Kilgrave returns to taunt Jessica of her past and as Jessica is forced to face both childhood demons and demons involving her former superhero-self, Jessica must stop Kilgrave before the entire city bows at his knees and manipulation.

Protagonists: Jessica Jones, Trish Walker, Luke Cage, and Officer Frank Simpson

Antagonist: Kilgrave/Purple Man

Number of Episodes: 14

Deaths: Lilith Adams (hangs herself after killing her father; hangs herself to where all of Upper East Side can see), Albert Thompson (after Kilgrave kidnaps Trish and Simpson during their affair, Kilgrave forces them to watch as he traps his father into the same electrical chair that Kilgrave was exposed to as a kid and uses it so harshly to the point his father dies in front of Trish, Simpson, and his mother), and Wendy Ross (when Jeri Hogarth, Jessica's go-to lawyer, suspects that Wendy is cheating on her, Jeri goes to investigate at Wendy's apartment, but then witnesses as she kills herself; under Kilgrave) Air Date: 2015
 * Daredevil: Season 2

Rating: TV-MA

Story:

Wilson Fisk's arrest has led to a massive power vacuum in Hell's Kitchen; not only did New York see the power vacuum of the Russian mafia, but the Kitchen Irish, the Russian mafia, and the Dogs of Hell all go to war with one another. Matt and Foggy work together on taking them down, but soon realizes that the war is nearly over; a gun-wielding vigilante known as the Punisher has single-handedly taken out all the gangs with lethal force. The Punisher is someone in Hell's Kitchen known as Frank Castle, a retired war veteran who is very conflicted and has an extremely dark past that motivates him to do what he does; killing criminals and the low individuals of Hell's Kitchen. As Matt and Frank fight over their clashing ideologies of crime, justice, and jury, an old lover from Matt's life returns and Hell's Kitchen witnesses the horrifying myth of Mr. Fear come to light, as this entity preys on Matt Murdock and Daredevil, forcing Matt to deal with his inner demons and maybe even seek the help of his troubled enemy...

Protagonists: Matt Murdock/Daredevil, Elektra Natchios/Elektra, Stick, Detective Brett Mahoney, and Melvin Potter

Antagonists: Larry Murdock Cranston/Mr. Fear and Frank Castle/The Punisher

Number of Episodes: 14

Deaths: Finn Cooley (after catching Frank offguard and sawing off his toe to exact revenge on him for killing tons of Kitchen Irish mobsters, Frank breaks out of his chains and squishes Cooley's head in the deep fryer, burning him alive), Christian Blake (went to trial to try and prove innocence to Murdock and Nelson; won the trial, but the Punisher then revealed a secret revelation; Blake raped a little girl a few months prior; the Punisher hangs him on a meat hook right in front of Daredevil, who Frank puts in a trap on a rooftop to watch), and Larry Murdock Cranston/Mr. Fear (after Daredevil confronts his own brother himself to end the violence and end the fear Larry implemented into Matt, Matt throws Larry off a roof, presumably killing him, with Matt feeling guilty; Matt looks down and sees no body; Larry has escaped and his abilities have fluctuated. Stick then confronts Larry and stabs him through the throat and says, "Don't you ever mess with my children again", referring to Matt and Elektra; Stick finishes off Larry by beheading him) Air Date: 2015
 * Luke Cage: Season 1

Rating: TV-MA

Story:

The bulletproof man of Harlem, Luke Cage, returns to his regular, peaceful life after finding out that Jessica Jones was the one who killed Reva under Kilgrave. Luke works two jobs and one of those jobs has him working at Harlem's Paradise, the place where Harlem residents go to listen to jazz, dance to classic rap, and embrace the culture of Harlem. Little does Luke know that he is actually working for Cornell Stokes, who does not let his corruption hide and is actually the most feared figure in Harlem, paying off officials and such. Luke intercepts Stokes's projects in Harlem, where Stokes is recruiting young black teenagers to do his dirty work and then blame them for the crimes and kill them afterwards; Luke will not tolerate this and uses his bulletproof skin to his advantage. As Luke is pushed to his limits and Stokes uses anything he can throw at Luke to taunt him, this battle determines what makes Luke Cage a hero...

Protagonists: Luke Cage, Misty Knight, and Rafael Scarfe

Antagonists: Cornell Stokes/Cottonmouth, Mariah Stokes/Black Mariah, Willis Stryker/Diamondback, and Shades

Number of Episodes: 14

Deaths: T.J. Smith (young homeless black teenager who works for Cottonmouth by stealing HAMMER and Oscorp tech and killing his best friend to get money; finds out Cottonmouth played him for the HAMMER tech and Cottonmouth beats him to the point where T.J. looks unrecognizable), Rafael Scarfe (after Rafael admits working for Stokes to try and kill Mariah, Scarfe gets what is coming to him and is killed by his own partner, Misty Knight, to Misty's dismay and discourage), and Cornell Stokes/Cottonmouth (at the end of the season, after Luke manages to beat Diamondback and Shades in a climax fight, Cornell has gotten away and has gone to the old Stokes mansion, where his Uncle Pete was shot dead by Mariah; Mariah stands there and the two argue; the argue escalates very quickly, as Cornell blames Mariah for incest with Uncle Pete; Mariah proceeds to chuck multiple champagne bottles at Cornell and stabs him through the heart multiple times, filled with blood; she erases evidence on the crime scene and sets up Luke, in which the authorities, besides Misty, believe this revelation and arrest him, putting him in The Raft, ending the season with a cliffhanger) Air Date: 2016
 * Iron Fist: Season 1

Rating: TV-MA

Story:

When he accompanied his parents to China and the plane crashed, killing them, and resulting in him going to the ancient capital city of Heaven, K'un L'un, training there to become the immortal Iron Fist, Danny Rand returns to Manhattan years later to his company, which he finds out the Meachums have taken over his company. Danny reunites with Colleen Wing and he uses his powers and abilities to fight crime as the Iron Fist, fully embracing his wisdom learnt from K'un L'un, while still feeling like that ignorant student he was years ago. Danny's life is slowly being degraded by the Meachum family, minus the likes of Ward, who is his best friend and is trying to prevent his family from ruining the Rand name; Danny works on finding out what the Meachums want; little does he know, the Meachums have summoned a sinister monster to New York; that monster being the sinister god of K'un L'un known as Master Khan, who helped train Danny himself. Khan brings forth dangerous creatures from K'un L'un to rot all hell to bait out Danny; will Danny be able to stop his old master?

Protagonists: Danny Rand/Iron Fist, Colleen Wing, Misty Knight, Ward Meachum, Bakuto, and Abe Brown

Antagonists: Master Khan, Harold Meachum, and Joy Meachum

Number of Episodes: 12

Deaths: Christine Powers (Nurse that nurses Danny back to health, but is killed by Master Khan, who preys on Powers through the master of teleportation), Master Khan (banished by Danny himself), and Harold Meachum (at the end of the season, in a twist of events, Harold has been secretly answering to someone the entire time; not Master Khan, but a secret ninja organization lurking under New York known as the Hand... the Hand claims Harold has failed them and they cut his head off...) Air Date: 2016
 * Jessica Jones: Season 2

Rating: TV-MA

Story:

After the epidemic in Manhattan that Kilgrave forces in with his manipulation, Jessica, along with Trish, who acts as a protector known as Hellcat; Jessica and Trish both work on ensuring that all the lives of families that Kilgrave stole will be saved or taken in for somewhat stable care. This leads Jessica to the likes of Brooklyn, where Kilgrave also manipulated at some point; Jessica finds a crooked real-estate agent known as Jeff Jeffers, who is hiding something extremely dark; this lets a monster known as the Lone Shark, a hired criminal mutated into a monster, out onto the streets. As Jessica digs deeper into this crooked agent, she eventually is led to the place where she got her powers in the first place; the place where all the nightmares and bad dreams started.

Protagonists: Jessica Jones and Trish Walker/Hellcat

Antagonists: Jeff Jeffers and Lenny Sirkes/Lone Shark

Number of Episodes: 14

Deaths: Inez Green (the woman who experimented on Jessica as a child; Inez breaks into Jessica's home, hoping to kill her and keeping the experiment on Sirkes a secret, but Jeffers goes in to collect the money from the real estate property stolen for himself and shoots Green through the head), Hope Shlottman (young girl from the Brooklyn Orphanage, who received powers from IGH and uses it to kill herself), and Jeff Jeffers (after the final climax battle between Jessica and Lone Shark, Lone Shark goes rogue after nearly killing Jessica and goes after Jeffers who ruining his life; mauls Jeffers to death, leaving the season to end with Lone Shark out on the loose) Air Date: 2016
 * The Defenders: Season 1

Rating: TV-MA

Story:

After being imprisoned for a murder he did not commit, knowing the twisted and sociopath Black Mariah set him up, Luke goes to court and meets Matt Murdock, who acts as separate lawyer now after Foggy leaves the firm due to conflict with Matt and his double-life. Matt bails Luke out of prison and Luke eventually puts two-and-two together and finds out that Matt is the Daredevil. Meanwhile, Jessica continues to trying to find where Lenny Sirkes went, after he mauled Jeff Jeffers to death and Danny Rand, after Harold was found beheaded, tries to put two-and-two together. Matt convinces Luke to work with him to take down an oil company known as Roxxon from smuggling dangerous chemicals out to New York, including Harlem, which Luke immediately agrees on helping after hearing of this. Matt and Luke run into Jessica and Danny, in which both their cases lead them to the same place after a giant rumble shakes Manhattan from Roxxon. Later on, they find out that the Hand, the ninjas who killed Harold Meachum, caused the rumble and they have a plan for New York; their own way of justice, which includes violence, murder, and war. The four defenders of New York team up and must work together on taking down the Hand, who are everywhere...

Protagonists: Matt Murdock/Daredevil, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, Danny Rand/Iron Fist, Misty Knight, Colleen Wing, Abe Brown, Elektra Natchios/Elektra, Stick, and Detective Brett Mahoney

Antagonists: Nobu, Azuma Goda, Sowande, and Bakuto

Number of Episodes: 10

Deaths: Bakuto (when Bakuto reveals his allegiance to the hand and betrays Colleen, his student, Bakuto and Colleen battle it out after Bakuto goes so far that he cuts off Misty's arm; Colleen catches her old teacher off guard and cuts his head off), Sowande (after all the Defenders are led back to a secret Hand lair thanks to Stick's senses, Stick hangs Sowande and admits to Matt he was once a part of the Hand and was good friends with Sowande, angering both Matt and Elektra, causing them to avoid Stick), and Elektra Natchios/Elektra (after the Defenders hold off the Hand at Midland Circle, Daredevil and Elektra stay after, but Elektra is too weak to get out, as her leg has been cut with Nobu's sword, as Nobu managed to get away from Midland Circle; Elektra tells Matt to leave her, but Matt resists and eventually does, both of them telling each other that they love each other; Elektra dies in the debris and Matt ends up managing to escape the Circle; he reunites with the Defenders, depressed. He changes forever and Foggy and Karen both see how Elektra's death must have really affected him) Air Date: 2017
 * The Punisher: Season 1

Rating: TV-MA

Story:

After finishing the brutal trial that changed his life forever, Frank travels around the East Coast to hunt down the remaining Dogs of Hell and Kitchen Irish, who have fled to other states in the country. After killing all the gang members and taking down all the operations of the two gangs, Frank retires as the Punisher and tries to live the quiet life in New York as a construction man, still haunted by his brutal past and ghosts of his family. However, an old conspiracy during Frank's time serving in the Afghanistan War comes to light in New York by an old friend of Frank's, who calls himself Micro. Frank reunites with old best friend and brother-like figure in the army, Billy Russo. This old conspiracy gets the CIA involved and as Frank is blamed for this drug conspiracy, Frank finds the darker revelation that this conspiracy was the very thing that ruined his life in the first place and killed his family. Frank reignites the Punisher vendetta and goes to war with old enemies; he fights to kill and will fight to finally avenge his family.

Protagonists: Frank Castle/The Punisher, Curtis Hoyle, CIA Agent Madani, and David Lieberman/Micro

Antagonists: William Rawlins/Agent Orange and Billy Russo

Number of Episodes: 14

Deaths: Jed Sullivan (construction worker who verbally harassed Frank throughout the entirety of his time working as a construction worker; Jed manipulates a new, young construction worker known as Robbie in helping him robbing the Gnucci syndicate; Jed almost kills Robbie when Robbie messes up the plan to rob, but Jed gets what is coming when Jed sees Frank coming to save Robbie; Frank smashes Jed's skull with a sledgehammer), Gregory O'Connor (after going to Curtis's church meetings and preaching about his time in the army, Lewis goes to his house and finds out O'Connor is nothing but an Alt-Right activist who pretended to be in the army the entire time; Lewis stabs him in the throat multiple times for his lies), Lewis Wilson (after multiple episodes of not being able to let go of the PTSD that the Afghanistan war gave him, he blows himself up), Sam Stein (when him and Madani, his now trusted partner in the CIA, go to a warehouse off Queens to assassinate mercenaries looking to assassinate Castle; the secret revelation and plot twist is revealed; Billy Russo is leading the mercenaries and kills Stein; revenge for Stein calling him a "pretty boy"), and William Rawlins/Agent Orange (after Castle agrees to turn himself in and getting framed for Operation Cerebrus, Rawlins, with the help of Russo, tortures the life out of Frank to the point he has hallucinations of his family. Rawlins stabs several parts of Frank's body and gives him adrenaline drugs; Frank then becomes stronger and beheads Rawlins; Russo gets away and holds two young teenagers hostage at the fair his family was killed at by Billy's mercenaries all those years ago; Russo and Frank fight to the death only for Russo to lose and Frank to dismember his face by shoving his face into sharp glasses for two minutes straight; Russo ends up in the hospital and his face does not look the same; Madani convinces the CIA to dump the Castle case and instead look more into the Gnucci crime family; Micro goes back to his family and Frank is able to live in peace; but his work is not over just yet; the Punisher still needs to kill those who need killing...) Air Date: 2017
 * Luke Cage: Season 2

Rating: TV-MA

Story:

After being crucified as the Jesus Christ of Harlem, Luke Cage becomes a giant celebrity in Harlem and all of New York. Luke takes down gangsters who try to ruin Harlem everyday and try to be the new Cottonmouth. Luke becomes a crimefighter at night, while struggling to pay his house bills living with his lover, Claire Temple. However, Mariah and Shades take over Harlem's Paradise and Luke realizes she becomes a drug lord, selling antiques all over Harlem and trying to be the bigger and better profit of Harlem; trying to reign over the old Cornell Stokes. But things get awry when Luke encounters the powerful Bushmaster, a man with the similar abilities to Luke, as Bushmaster declares war on Mariah for destroying his family's legacy. As the war escalates and countless lives are lost, Luke learns more about Bushmaster's legacy and Mariah's extremely evil presence. Luke knows Mariah must be stopped and will stop at nothing to keep Harlem safe. Will Luke be able to keep Harlem safe? Or will Mariah be able to manipulate Luke into becoming a monster himself?

Protagonists: Luke Cage, Misty Knight, Danny Rand/Iron Fist, and Captain Tom Ridenhour

Antagonists: John McIver/Bushmaster, Mariah Stokes/Black Mariah, Shades, Comanche, Piranha Jones/Piranha, and Dontrell Hamilton/Cockroach

Number of Episodes: 14

Deaths: Dontrell Hamilton/Cockroach (after Luke finds out Cockroach rapes his wife at night, as well as finding out that Cockroach works under Mariah's drug operation, Luke goes to Cockroach's house and beats the living soul out of Cockroach; Cockroach tries to blame Luke for his crime, but with the help of Nelson & Hogarth; Luke is innocent and Cockroach is guilty; Cockroach and his friends are run free to go to Mariah's Harlem Museum For Black History only for Bushmaster to behead Cockroach and his friends and put their heads on sticks for the entire public to see what happens when Mariah crosses Bushmaster), Piranha Jones/Piranha (after Luke protects Piranha from Bushmaster, Bushmaster manages to capture Piranha when Luke looks away once and forces Piranha to extract the money out of Mariah's operation; after doing so, Bushmaster comes to the conclusion that Piranha has outlived his usefulness and beheads him, putting his head in a tank of actual piranhas), Captain Tom Ridenhour (shot by Comanche when their relationship as Cop and Informant is discovered by Shades, who feels betrayed by Comanche, his lifelong best friend and partner in crime), Comanche (Shades is forced to shoot his best friend after finding out Comanche is a snitch; kills Comanche for his blind love for Mariah), Uncle McIver (the most prominent father figure in Bushmaster's life; Mariah and Shades go to Bushmaster's family cafe in East Harlem to burn all of them alive and slits Uncle's throat before burning him; Bushmaster is angered by this, as his whole family is now killed by Mariah and goes after for the kill in Harlem's Paradise; only to be stopped by Luke Cage), and Mariah Stokes/Black Mariah (after being imprisoned for all the McIver's both her and her family killed back when Harlem's Paradise was for bidding in the 1980s and recently with the war between her and Bushmaster, Mariah gains power in the prison; she coughs out blood and dies... her own daughter kissed her with poison before she was imprisoned; Mariah gives Harlem's Paradise to Luke and Luke becomes a millionaire, willing to work with criminals in order to keep peace in Harlem...) Air Date: 2017
 * Iron Fist: Season 2

Rating: TV-MA

Story:

In the aftermath of going down to Harlem to help Luke Cage take down Bushmaster and Mariah, Luke goes quiet and Danny returns to his business relations and tying up loose ends with the Hand and the Meachums. Danny and Colleen invest in a dojo-like apartment and live together, becoming crime-fighting partners. Danny reunites with old flame, Davos, the man who lost in the tournament for the Iron Fist in Kun-Lun and is now back in New York for one reason and one reason alone; the take revenge on Danny for being cheated out of receiving the Iron Fist, truly believing that Danny was never meant to have the Iron Fist; it was Davos. The war of the Iron Fists begin and sparks old conflicts...

Protagonists: Danny Rand/Iron Fist, Colleen Wing, Ward Meachum, Abe Brown, and Bob Diamond

Antagonists: Davos/Steel Serpent and Joy Meachum

Number of Episodes: 12

Deaths: Abe Brown (after Danny infiltrate a mystical spectrum of Kun-Lun along with Abe, Davos lights up his fist and stabs Abe through the heart, sparking a epic and brutal fight between Danny and Davos), Brenda Swanson (the step-sister of Ward who finds out the member of the Hand who killed Harold; falls in love with this Hand member only to be killed herself and cheated out of love), and Joy Meachum (shot by Ward after he finds out that she has been supplying Davos with the necessary army to hold against Danny in the attack on Rand Tower) Air Date: 2017
 * Daredevil: Season 3

Rating: TV-MA

Story: