Defenders Saga Watch Order

10 Apr 2015

A blind lawyer fights a landlord-turned-kingpin for the soul of a neighbourhood. The one that proved the whole idea worked.

20 Nov 2015

A private investigator with powers she resents, against a man who can make anyone do anything. The best-written season here.

18 Mar 2016

Introduces the Punisher and Elektra, and is two seasons of material in one. Frank Castle starts here.

30 Sept 2016

A bulletproof man in Harlem, and the best soundtrack of the six. Loses its way once the first villain leaves.

17 Mar 2017

The weakest thing here by common agreement. The Defenders re-explains everything you need from it in about a minute.

18 Aug 2017

Eight episodes, which is the right length. All four in one room, and the only time this ever happens.

17 Nov 2017

Frank Castle after Daredevil season two, and the strongest of the later seasons. Watchable with only that behind you.

8 Mar 2018

A quieter season about her mother, with nothing like the first one’s antagonist. Safe to skip.

22 Jun 2018

Better than the back half of season one, and it ends somewhere genuinely interesting that nothing ever picks up.

7 Sept 2018

Shorter, tighter and much improved, which almost nobody found out because of the first season.

19 Oct 2018

The best season of the six, and the one Daredevil: Born Again picks up from. Bullseye and Kingpin, done properly.

18 Jan 2019

Two plots that never quite join. Optional unless you want everything of Frank before the Disney+ material.

14 Jun 2019

The last thing Netflix made here, and it closes the saga rather than ending it. Skippable.