First up, we have one of the weirdest selections of the first few episodes.
After waking up, hes immediately greeted by a creepy-looking doctor who keeps telling him weirder and weirder things.
He even has a passport with Dannys picture and the name John Anderson to prove it.
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The whole Is he a superhero or just insane?
story line was probably done best in Mark Millar and Bryan Hitchs comic seriesThe Ultimates.
Theres no tension there.
Portraying mental hospitals as a prison to be escaped from is also an uncomfortable look.
Simon, for example, walks Danny through the hospital and tells him about all the other patients.
Ward is such an insufferable character that its somewhat satisfying to see him get constantly undermined by his father.
Hopefully that relationship stays compelling.
In his meeting with Colleen, Ward brings his two favorite weapons to bear: money and lies.
They went to the circus afterwards.
Both Joy and the doctor walk away from the call intrigued.
Meanwhile, Harold is getting a little antsy.
He decides to visit Danny himself, in the dead of night.
Harold doesnt know what any of that means, but hes about to find out.
Danny tries meditating again but still cant hold the state.
But things are looking a little brighter.
Then he meets with Colleen Wing, who still hasnt signed Wards papers.
She asks if Danny is a danger to her, and he promises hes not.
She breaks down in tears, even as Colleen tells her she refuses to sign Wards papers.
When Ward arrives, he tries to play it down, but Joy is convinced now.
Hes a little less convinced of the whole Kun-Lun/Iron Fist thing, though.
He diagnoses Danny with anxiety disorder and refuses to discharge him.
Harold, though, has other plans.
He wants to keep Danny safe, in case he needs him in a future struggle with the Hand.
So he forces Ward to send some men to move Danny to a Meachum home on Long Island.
Then he goes even further and breaks out of the hospital itself.
Although this episode kind of felt like a run-around, at least were finally getting somewhere.
NEXT:Iron Fistepisode 3 recap
