Ranking Every 2017 Comic Book TV Show Worst To Best

15. The Defenders

The Defenders should - in theory - have been a surefire success. Bringing together all of Marvel's hottest street-level characters for a gigantic showdown with The Hand (led by a sinister Sigourney Weaver), it was plain for all to see that Marvel could've had another Avengers on their hand, sans the alien invasion.

And yet, when the show did arrive, it turned out to be a major disappointment. Switching the format from thirteen episodes to eight should've helped cut through the usual mid-season lull most Netflix Originals experience, but all it did was make The Defenders feel frustratingly congested. The actual group don't come together until the third episode, and even then you have to put up with Danny Rand reiterating that he is, in fact, "the Iron Fist" at every opportunity, provoking groans from his teammates and the viewer in periodic fashion until its end.

It's a shame, because there are clear parts of The Defenders that work. Seeing Jessica Jones verbally spar with Daredevil is great fun to see, and Iron Fist even gets his comeuppance when Matt and Jessica knock him out close to the series' end.

But, at the end of the day, it all gets overshadowed by a clichéd plot, a silly twist, and an even sillier resolution.