Season 1 of Iron Fist was severely underwhelming. It was easily the weakest of Marvel's Netflix series. The main actor's performance was embarrassing, the action was badly choreographed, the villain who was incredibly uninteresting died only to return in The Defenders, and the pacing of the show suffered greatly as a result of the season trying to pad out 13 episodes.
However, something changed. After the critical failure of season 1, Finn Jones' performance improved drastically. His performance in The Defenders was an improvement over Iron Fist and he improved even more during his cameo in season 2 of Luke Cage.
I was willing to give this show a second chance. The first thing I noticed about season 2 was that there were only 10 episodes instead of 13. When I watched it, I was not disappointed with what I saw. Almost every performance from season 1 improved in some way, the villain actually made sense, the pacing was not terrible, and the side villain of Typhoid Mary was easily the most interesting character in this new season.
Season 2 isn't perfect, but it is a drastic improvement over season 1.
I'd give season 1 a 3/10 and season 2 an 8/10.
However, something changed. After the critical failure of season 1, Finn Jones' performance improved drastically. His performance in The Defenders was an improvement over Iron Fist and he improved even more during his cameo in season 2 of Luke Cage.
I was willing to give this show a second chance. The first thing I noticed about season 2 was that there were only 10 episodes instead of 13. When I watched it, I was not disappointed with what I saw. Almost every performance from season 1 improved in some way, the villain actually made sense, the pacing was not terrible, and the side villain of Typhoid Mary was easily the most interesting character in this new season.
Season 2 isn't perfect, but it is a drastic improvement over season 1.
I'd give season 1 a 3/10 and season 2 an 8/10.