Every MCU TV Show Ranked From Worst To Best

19. Iron Fist: Season 1

The Marvel and Netflix team-up managed to stumble in baffling fashion with this adaptation. The production was rushed, the fight scenes amateurish, and the plot tropes and narrative were just plain old tired - it was a superhero story we had seen done before and done much much better.

There were plenty of behind-the-scenes problems going against it from the jump. Unfortunately, main star Finn Jones lacked the necessary charm to have fans forgive the plot holes, or the necessary fight experience to distract us with his fist-a-cuffs.

We were also saddled with not one...but two lame duck villains, played by David Wenham and Tom Pelphrey. Strangely enough, both are incredibly charismatic screen personas but manage to be painfully grating throughout this show - maybe it was something in the water?

More disappointing, the show never got a chance to embrace its enticing pulpy martial arts nature with only a mid-season episode directed by Rza, showing any semblance of energy or a glint of the material's potential.

It all boiled down to a half-baked misstep that made the worst seasons of Arrow look like peak HBO output. Let's hope the inevitable 2nd season is much improved - at this point, it's going to have to be.