I have
written these “Too Long; Didn’t Watch” articles before for upcoming movies, but
this is the first time I’ve felt the need to write one for a television
series. However, with the TV corners of
the Marvel Cinematic Universe continuing to expand, I feel like it’s only faith
that I put together a “Too Long; Didn’t Watch” article to anticipate the
Netflix release of Iron Fist later this week. The “TL;DW” articles for the movies have
offered viewing suggestions, but I don’t think I can really do that here. For one thing, it’s only 3 days until Iron
Fist comes out; for another, there is so much TV to wade through, and it’s
pretty much impossible to pick and choose which episode to watch, at least with
the Netflix series.
For the sake
of brevity, this “TL;DW” will ignore everything happening in the movies (apart
from acknowledging Doctor Strange), as well as Agent Carter,
which takes place in 1946-47 and probably won’t be much of a factor on Iron
Fist. Of course, just because I said
that, Peggy Carter will find a way to appear on Iron Fist, just
to make me look stupid. I will deal with
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. first, and then take the Netflix seasons in order
of release. At the end I will note the
other upcoming TV series, though I doubt there will be much connection to Iron
Fist.
Note: Here is your (inevitable) SPOILER
warning: from here on out, this article
contains major spoilers for everything having to do with Marvel TV! You have been warned…
