Defenders brings together Marvel heroes: Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist. They join forces to tackle big bads in New York City. Packed with action and drama, this eight-episode ride shows how they save the day. It’s a wild mix of teamwork and chaos. You won’t want to miss it!

Meet the characters from The Defenders

Matt Murdock

Matt is the kind of person who looks calm but is a coiled wire — a lawyer by day, blind vigilante by night, and somehow always smelling faintly of coffee and old books. He has a fierce moral code that makes him both inspiring and unbearably stubborn, and he argues with God in his head sometimes (okay, often). His radar sense reads like superpower prose, but it comes wrapped in guilt, penance, and courtroom monologues. He boxes, he broods, he recites scripture and then punches someone — sometimes in the same scene, which is peak Matt.

Jessica Jones

Jessica is a bruised, brilliant mess of sarcasm and stubbornness — private eye, ex-hero, and the person who will drink your whiskey and still somehow ask the sharpest questions. She insists she hates people and then rescues injured pigeons at 3 a.m., which tells you everything and nothing about her. Her trauma is loud but her humor is louder; she deflects with snark and will protect the people she pretends not to care about. Also she has a weird late-night cereal obsession and will argue milk-to-cereal ratios like it’s a life philosophy — don’t ask, just watch.

Luke Cage

Luke is the solid, unshakable center — bulletproof skin, old soul, and the kind of guy who can make a grilled cheese into a sermon. He’s quietly moral, stubborn about community standards, and will literally stand in a doorway to stop trouble without much fuss. He loves soul food and classic sweaters (even though he swears he prefers simple tees), and sometimes bursts into singing while fixing things, which is delightfully domestic for a superhuman. Also he’s way more philosophical than his reputation lets on and will drop a wisdom nugget when you least expect it.

Danny Rand

Danny is that infuriating combo of Zen monk and billionaire who burst onto the scene with glow-y fists and earnest speeches about chi. He balances K’un-Lun-trained humility with boardroom entitlement in a way that’s both inspiring and kind of maddening. He meditates in rooftop gardens, collects teapots like trophies, and will try to explain ancient philosophy at brunch — nobody asked but you’re listening. Sometimes he’s noble and pure, sometimes obliviously privileged; he’s dramatic, sincere, and will definitely make a grand entrance.

Elektra Natchios

Elektra is dangerous like a whisper — graceful, lethal, and absolutely uninterested in being anyone’s hero unless she feels like it. She moves like choreography made of blades and carries this tragic-romantic vibe that makes you admire her and secretly fear her at the same time. She insists she keeps no mementos and then folds an old coin into her palm, so trust is a weird little mystery with her. Also she has an oddly curated playlist of dramatic violin pieces and a soft spot for stray cats — don’t ask how that fits with contract killings, she probably won’t explain.