Marvel's The Defenders is an American television miniseries created by Douglas Petrie and Marco Ramirez for the streaming service Netflix, based on the Marvel Comics characters Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist, who form the eponymous superhero team. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), sharing continuity with the franchise's films. The miniseries is a crossover event and the culmination of four previously released interconnected series from Marvel and Netflix starring each superhero. It was produced by Marvel Television in association with ABC Studios, Nine and a Half Fingers, Inc., and Goddard Textiles, with Ramirez serving as showrunner.
Set a few months after the events of the second season of Daredevil, and a month after the events of Iron Fist, the vigilantes Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist team up in New York City to fight a common enemy: The Hand.
Victims[]
The H Word[]
- Dragon - Died of unspecified causes off-screen, skeleton shown.
- Shaft - Bled to death after he was stabbed in the chest by Elekta Natchios with her katana.
- Sean Miller - Killed in a car explosion caused by unknown Hand soldiers on the orders of Sowande off-screen, mentioned.
- Total - 3
Mean Right Hook[]
- 11 Unnamed Chaste Soldiers - Killed by unknown Hand soldiers off-screen, bodies shown.
- John Raymond - Committed suicide by shooting himself in the head with a pistol.
- Total - 12
Worst Behavior[]
- Ten Unnamed Hand Soldiers - Stabbed and slashed by Elektra Natchios off-camera, bodies shown in a flashback.
- Cole Miller - Killed by unknown Hand soldiers to look like a suicide off-screen, mentioned.
- Total - 11
Royal Dragon[]
- Bear - Killed by Murakami off-screen, body shown.
- Unnamed Hand Soldier - Neck snapped by Elektra Natchios.
- Total - 2
Take Shelter[]
- Unnamed Hand Soldier - Shot in the back of the head by Madame Gao with a pistol.
- Unnamed Hand Soldier - Slashed across the chest by Stick with his katana.
- Unnamed Hand Soldier - Stabbed in the chest by Stick with his katana.
- Unnamed Hand Soldier - Slashed across the chest by Stick with his katana.
- Unnamed Hand Soldier - Slashed across the chest by Stick with his katana off-camera.
- Unnamed Hand Soldier - Stabbed in the neck by Stick with his katana.
- Alexandra Reid’s Daughter - Died of unspecified causes off-screen, mentioned.
- Sowande/White Hat - Decapitated by Stick with his katana.
- Total - 8
Ashes, Ashes[]
- Stick - Stabbed in the chest by Elektra Natchios with her katana.
- Alexandra Reid – Stabbed through the back by Elektra Natchios with one of her twin Sai.
- Total - 2
Fish in the Jailhouse[]
- None
The Defenders[]
- Unnamed Hand Soldier - Stabbed in the chest by Colleen Wing with a thrown knife.
- Unnamed Hand Soldier - Shot in the back by Misty Knight with a pistol.
- Bakuto - Decapitated by Colleen Wing with her katana.
- Two Unnamed Hand Soldiers - Fell to their deaths after he was thrown from an elevator by Jessica Jones.
- Unnamed Hand Soldier - Fell to his death after he was thrown from an elevator by Luke Cage.
- 27 Unnamed Hand Soldiers - Blown up with a bomb set by Jessica Jones, Matt Murdock/Daredevil and Danny Rand/Iron Fist. Shared kill.
- Murakami - Blown up with a bomb set by Jessica Jones, Matt Murdock/Daredevil and Danny Rand/Iron Fist. Shared kill. (Debatable)
- Madame Gao - Blown up with bomb set by Jessica Jones, Matt Murdock/Daredevil and Danny Rand/Iron Fist. Shared kill. (Debatable)
- Elektra Natchios/Black Sky - Blown up with bomb set by Jessica Jones, Matt Murdock/Daredevil and Danny Rand/Iron Fist. Shared kill. (Debatable)
- Total - 36
Deaths[]
- Total - 74
Group Deaths[]
- Total - 74
- 72 Humans
- 41 Men
- 4 Women
- 27 Victims of Unknown Gender
- 1 Animal
- All Bears
- 1 Dragon
- 72 Humans
Kill Counts[]
- Jessica Campbell Jones - 32 (Alive)
- Daniel Thomas "Danny" Rand/Iron Fist - 30 (Alive)
- Matthew Michael "Matt" Murdock/Masked Man/The Devil of Hell's Kitchen/Daredevil - 30 (Unknown)
- Elektra Natchios/Black Sky - 14 (Unknown)
- Stick - 6 (Deceased)
- Colleen Wing - 2 (Alive)
- Carl Earl Lucas/Luke Cage - 1 (Alive)
- Detective Mercedes Kelly "Misty" Knight - 1 (Alive)
- Madame Gao - 1 (Unknown)
- Murakami - 1 (Unknown)
- Sowande/White Hat - 1 (Deceased)
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