The first season of Iron Fist premiered on Netflix on March 17, 2017. It was the most criticized of the Netflix era Marvelverse (Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Defenders, and Punisher). Defenders of the series say season 2 improved and the score on Rotten Tomatos does reflect that. The series would run for 2 seasons of 23 episodes (13 in season 1 and 10 in season 2). The series had the first live action appearances of the comic book characters Iron Fist (Finn Jones), Colleen Wing (Jessica Henwick), Ward Meachum (Tom Pelphrey) and Joy Meachum (Jessica Stroup). It also featured Misty Knight (Simone Missick) from Luke Cage and Claire Temple (Resario Dawson) who was the only character to appear across Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, and the Defenders. Veteran actor Clifton Davis would appear in 5 episodes as Lawrence Wilkins and Matrix trilogy star Carrie-Ann Moss would appear 3 times as Jeri Hogarth (a female version of the comic character Jeryn Hogarth). David Wenham from the Lord of the Rings franchise played Harold Meachum in 11 episodes. Fernando Chien who played Chen Wu 7 times in this series would return in the MCU as Gao Lei in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Sacha Dhawan who played Davos 15 times on the series would go on to play one of the regenerations of the Master on Doctor Who. ("Snow Gives Way", "Shadow Hawk Takes Flight", "Rolling Thunder Cannon Punch", "Eight Diagram Dragon Palm", "Under Leaf Pluck Lotus", "Immortal Emerges from Cave", "Felling Tree with Roots", "The Blessing of Many Fractures", "The Mistress of all Agonies", "Black Tiger Steals Heart", "Lead Horse Back to Stable", "Bar the Big Boss", "Dragon Plays with Fire", Iron Fist, Marvel TV Event)
