10 Awesome Moments From The Defenders Trailer

9) “Who The Hell Are You?”

Yes, it’s Matt Murdock of Nelson and Murdock, Avocados at Law! After the long, slow build-up to The Defenders across five seasons of television, it appears that the team of superheroes surprisingly first come together without any fanfare.

“Jessica Jones, stop talking,” orders Matt, as he bursts into the interrogation room. “Who the hell are you?” bites back Jessica. “I’m Matthew Murdock,” smiles back the lawyer. “I’m your attorney.” From the look Jessica shoots Misty, it seems she’s not impressed.

Despite its low-key nature, it’s an exciting scene and a clever subversion of the uber-dramatic first meeting between Daredevil and Jessica Jones that we might’ve been expecting. Jessica’s reaction is also brilliantly typical for the character. Anyone else would be pleased to have someone throw them a lifeline in that tough situation. Not our Jessica, though.

8) Luke Cage, Back In Harlem

But what about the other half of the Defenders? Don’t worry, we’re checking in on them, too.

It seems that Luke Cage has managed to finagle his way out of Seagate Prison once again, as we catch up with him as he’s clearly returning to Harlem after a stint away. We see him take the bus through the neighbourhood, with a quick glimpse at Pop’s old barbershop.

Pretty quickly, it seems, he’ll be reunited with Claire Temple, who asks him some big questions about what he wants to do now. “How does being Harlem’s hero allow you to live an actual life?” Ever the hero, Luke replies: “Right now, I just wanna help people.”

This is one of the most important moments in the trailer, as it addresses one of the big questions we had going into The Defenders – the question of how Luke was going to get out of Seagate and return to Harlem.