Carrie Ann Moss' casting as super lawyer Jeri Hogarth (it's no accident she's referred to as Madeleine Albright at one point) is important for a couple of reasons. Not only is the decision to gender-bend the original source's Jeryn Hogarth a positive response to the lack of powerful women in the MCU, but also having her be an out homosexual is also a watershed moment for the franchise. Interestingly, Jeryn offers a link to forthcoming Netflix show Iron Fist. In the comics Hogarth was the executor of Wendell Rand's (Daniel Rand - AKA Iron Fist's father) will, who investigated Rand to see if he truly was his father's son. Does his/her presence mean we might get to see the introduction of Heroes For Hire - the company run by Daniel Rand and Luke Cage - as a means to set up The Defenders? After all, he played the company's lawyer and business representative.
