6) The Nods And Connections To The MCU
Something about the Marvel Netflix shows that you can’t help but love are the many nods to the wider world of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. We’re not going to get Robert Downey Jr. turning up in these things, but the easter eggs are enough to remind us that they’re set in the same continuity.
Iron Fist is likewise great at this, with sneaky references to “the incredible green guy” and several callbacks to “The Incident” – the in-universe term for the Battle of New York seen in The Avengers. More notably, the show is particularly strong at dropping in connections to its fellow Netflix series, even giving us hints as to what the other Defenders are currently getting up to.
For instance, it’s alluded that Luke Cage is writing letters to Claire from inside Seagate Prison and Jessica Jones is still taking on sleazy cases and drinking hard after the death of Kilgrave. Daredevil is also name checked a couple of times.