Marvel's Iron Fist: 30 WTF Moments In Netflix's First Failure

29. Big Al

The whole existence of Big Al the philosophising drug-addled homeless guy is both silly and horrible: the writing that went into coming up with a character like this with absolutely no pay-off simply to help plug in some clunky exposition is shameful. And the whole "hey I found an iPhone, wanna Google people?" conceit is mind-numbingly daft.

Big Al seems to exist to insist on the image that most people will have of Danny - a philosophising, scruffy vagrant with brief moments of clarity who - in the end - is just another dead druggie. Why did this need spoonfed to anyone? Just so we knew that people remembered Danny long after his plane crash? It's a baffling decision.

Oh and this tattoo...?

That must be something symbolic right? It must come back later in the show, or it must relate to something from Danny's past that tangibly ties to Big Al's symbolism or something.

Nope. Literally means nothing.