7 Things Iron Fist Season 2 MUST Learn From Luke Cage Season 2

7. Break Straight Into The Main Story

Ruthless teeth-sucking Jamaican gang leader, Bushmaster was one of the central antagonists in Luke Cage Season 2, and his declaration of war on the Stokes family, and on Luke Cage himself had been established by the third episode of the series.

Virtually everything which occurred thereafter, was a result of the Bushmaster excursion, with little or nothing else stepping in to deviate from the central storyline. And this is a valuable lesson in narrative from which the next Iron Fist series can learn. Season 1 attempted to simultaneously chart its own in-house family feud alongside New York's ongoing battle with Madame Gao and The Hand. The Hand was a plot-line first established in Daredevil Season 2, and was dropped into Iron Fist as a build-up to the upcoming Defenders series.

Establishing one simple mission statement at the start of a series is an extremely wise move. It gives the rest of the show ample breathing space to then go into further detail regarding characters, their histories and the ups and downs of their exploits in present day. By the end, audiences are so invested in the scenario, that bidding farewell in the final episodes is often a surprisingly emotional process.