<P> The second season of the American web television series Iron Fist, which is based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, follows Danny Rand / Iron Fist, a martial arts expert with the ability to call upon the power of the Iron Fist . It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), sharing continuity with the films and other television series of the franchise . The season was produced by Marvel Television in association with ABC Studios, with Raven Metzner serving as showrunner . </P> <P> Finn Jones stars as Rand, who protects New York following the events of The Defenders . Jessica Henwick, Tom Pelphrey, Jessica Stroup, and Sacha Dhawan also return from the first season to star, and are joined by Simone Missick, reprising her role from previous Marvel Netflix series, and Alice Eve . The season was ordered in July 2017, with Metzner replacing Scott Buck as showrunner . Filming for the season began in late 2017 in New York City, and continued until May 2018 . Focus was placed on improving the fight sequences for the series after criticisms of the first season, with Clayton Barber taking over as fight coordinator after doing so for the MCU film Black Panther . Each episode in the season is named after a comics issue that Rand has appeared in . </P> <P> The season was released on September 7, 2018, and consists of ten episodes . The season received mixed reviews from critics, but was considered a major improvement over the previous season . Netflix canceled the series on October 12, 2018 . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> No . overall </Th> <Th> No. in season </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Directed by </Th> <Th> Written by </Th> <Th> Original release date </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 14 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "The Fury of Iron Fist" </Td> <Td> David Dobkin </Td> <Td> M. Raven Metzner </Td> <Td> September 7, 2018 (2018 - 09 - 07) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Billionaire Danny Rand moves in with his girlfriend Colleen Wing, living in her Chinatown, New York City dojo . At night he fights criminals on the streets using the magical power of the Iron Fist, and sees an increase in crime between gangs such as the Golden Tigers and the Hatchets following the destruction of the Hand crime organization . Colleen finds a box bearing the kamon (crest) of her family, who pushed her away years earlier . She begins investigating where the box may have come from, and comes to believe that furniture shop owner Frank Choi may know of its origin . He goes missing when he is unable to pay the Golden Tigers for protection . Danny and Ward Meachum--who runs Danny's company--meet with Ward's sister Joy, who asks for them to buy her out of the company; Danny agrees . Joy is working with Davos, who was raised with Danny in the mystical city of K'un - Lun . Davos confronts Danny, revealing that he has discovered a way to take the Iron Fist from Danny . Davos believes it is his birthright, but Danny refuses to give it up . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 15 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "The City's Not for Burning" </Td> <Td> Rachel Talalay </Td> <Td> Jon Worley </Td> <Td> September 7, 2018 (2018 - 09 - 07) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Years earlier, Danny earned the right to gain the Iron Fist after being named the winner of a duel against Davos in K'un - Lun by Davos's father Lei Kung, though Davos had not conceded defeat to Danny . Now, fighting between the Golden Tigers and the Hatchets escalates and Danny is unable to convince Hai - Qing Yang, the leader of the Hatchets, to look for a peaceful resolution to the conflict . On the streets, Danny meets a strange newcomer to the city, Mary, and helps her by giving her directions and trying to protect her from the gang violence . She develops feelings for Danny in response to his kindness . Joy and Davos use blackmail to acquire an antique bowl from Mika Prada, an old acquaintance of Joy's . Colleen convinces Hai - Qing's wife Sherry to talk her husband into peace . Davos later meets with Hai - Qing regarding shipments that he has coming into the Hatchet's docks, and when he learns that the group can no longer secure his items given they now plan to share the docks with the Golden Tigers Davos gives Hai - Qing a stroke . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 16 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "This Deadly Secret" </Td> <Td> Toa Fraser </Td> <Td> Tatiana Suarez - Pico </Td> <Td> September 7, 2018 (2018 - 09 - 07) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Learning of Joy and Davos's partnership, Ward asks Danny to invite the pair over for dinner so they can all discuss their differences . Despite Davos's protests, Joy agrees to avoid suspicion . Mary leaves a set of surveillance photos showing Danny and Colleen at the dojo, and when Danny confronts her about them Mary says that they are being watched by someone named Walker . Ward believes that someone at his Narcotics Anonymous meetings is working for Joy, and becomes paranoid . He ultimately does not come to the dinner . Joy and Davos feign niceties until Colleen demands that they discuss their grievances with Danny . Davos finds the surveillance photos, which he and Joy had arranged to be taken, and the pair leave . Danny and Colleen come to a parlay between the Golden Tigers and the Hatchets, now represented by Mrs. Yang . Negotiations appear successful, but Danny believes that the Golden Tigers have set a trap and attacks them . Mrs. Yang escapes with Colleen . Davos and Joy confront Walker, who appears to be a violent Mary . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 17 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Target: Iron Fist" </Td> <Td> MJ Bassett </Td> <Td> Jenny Lynn </Td> <Td> September 7, 2018 (2018 - 09 - 07) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Joy learns that Walker has dissociative identity disorder, with Mary being an alternate personality; Walker insists that she can control Mary . Danny attempts to reignite peace talks between the triads, but the Golden Tigers have already seized the docks and the Hatchets are preparing to fight back . Danny visits Hai - Qing and realizes that Davos had caused the stroke . Hai - Qing is able to tell Danny what Davos was having brought in at the docks . Danny and Colleen are met by Detective Misty Knight, a friend who Danny gave a robotic arm to after she lost hers fighting the Hand . Misty explains that the trap Danny had seen was actually police officers watching the parlay, and asks Danny to stay away from now on . He instead goes to the docks on his own, but Davos has already killed the Golden Tiger soldiers there and taken what he wanted: the tattooed skin from the corpse of an old Iron Fist . Danny is attacked, drugged, and taken by Walker to the site of a ritual in which the bowl, skin, and Danny's blood are used to transfer the power of the Iron Fist to Davos . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 18 </Th> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> "Heart of the Dragon" </Td> <Td> Mairzee Almas </Td> <Td> Declan de Barra </Td> <Td> September 7, 2018 (2018 - 09 - 07) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Bleeding out, Danny is found by a group of local kids who have started their own triad . They plan to give Danny to the Golden Tigers in exchange for a bounty . Colleen and Misty attempt to find Danny by tracking down Walker, and get Ward's help to quickly run a fingerprint search on the surveillance photos . Davos looks to become the Iron Fist that Danny never was, starting with ending the triad war himself . He goes to a nightclub owned by the Golden Tigers and kills their leadership . Joy begins to fear what Davos may do to her, and hires Walker for protection . One of the kids holding Danny, BB--who Colleen had run into several times before--is convinced by Danny to call Colleen . She and Misty find Danny, and Ward gets his NA sponsor Bethany to tend to Danny's injuries . While Ward stays with Danny, Colleen and Misty go to ensure that Joy is safe and find her with Walker . Colleen and Misty overpower Walker, and take the two back to the dojo where Joy confirms that she knew what Davos planned all along and had wanted to hurt Danny . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 19 </Th> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> "The Dragon Dies at Dawn" </Td> <Td> Philip John </Td> <Td> Matthew White </Td> <Td> September 7, 2018 (2018 - 09 - 07) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Joy reveals that the ritual was carried out by three tattoo artists called the Crane Sisters . Hoping that they can reverse the process, Colleen and Misty go to find them leaving Ward to watch over Danny, Joy, and Walker . Walker agrees to take Danny back to where the ritual took place to confront Davos, leaving Ward and Joy to discuss their relationship . Joy refuses to forgive Ward and leaves him . After explaining that they are accessories to a crime, Misty gets the Crane Sisters to agree to reversing the ritual . Walker reveals to Danny that she actually plans to kill Davos before running away to live in a secluded cabin in peace . This would allow her to avoid any of the triggers that bring Mary to the surface . Danny convinces her to take Davos hostage instead, and when he returns from his killing spree across the city Davos is subdued . He manages to break Danny's leg before falling unconscious . Walker calls an ambulance for Danny, but Davos is left behind when Mary is triggered and runs away after hearing that Walker plans to keep her trapped . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 20 </Th> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> "Morning of the Mindstorm" </Td> <Td> Stephen Surjik </Td> <Td> Rebecca Dameron </Td> <Td> September 7, 2018 (2018 - 09 - 07) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> With the help of a state - of - the - art leg brace, Danny begins to recover from his injury but is unable to fight . Misty hopes to gain the help of the local police precinct to stop Davos, but Captain William Pike is unwilling to do so since Davos is putting an end to organised crime in the neighborhood . In addition to continuing his killing spree, Davos recruits the gang of local kids and plans to train them as soldiers to help fight his war against crime in New York City . Danny also wants to begin training again, hoping that Colleen will re-open her dojo for teaching . She does not want to take the responsibility for a student who could fight and die, but eventually relents and begins training Danny to fight with his injury . Misty learns the requirements of the ritual from Prada, and goes in search of more help . Ward turns to alcohol to drown his sorrows, despite the protests of Bethany . Ward later hears her reveal in an NA meeting that she is pregnant with his child . Joy visits Mary, who realizes that she is protected by Walker . Mary leaves an encouraging message for Walker . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 21 </Th> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> "Citadel on the Edge of Vengeance" </Td> <Td> Julian Holmes </Td> <Td> Melissa Glenn </Td> <Td> September 7, 2018 (2018 - 09 - 07) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Walker watches Mary's message, and is confused when Mary thanks her for breaking them out of a Sokovian prison where they were a prisoner - of - war for years while serving in the military . Walker always believed that it was Mary who broke them out, and psychiatrist Paul Edmonds suggests that they may have another alternate personality; Walker dismisses this idea . Joy attempts to undermine Davos by searching for the bowl, and asks Ward to take over a business venture that she is carrying out in the memory of their mother . He worries that she is in danger, and Walker agrees to help him kill Davos . BB helps Joy steal the bowl, while Davos unsuccessfully tries to convince the wider community of the nobility of his crusade . The remnants of the triads band together to stop him, and all Danny can do is try and stop him first . Colleen tries to teach Danny to overcome his emotional bond to Davos, allowing him to realize the negative impact on his life that the Iron Fist has had . Danny suggests that Colleen should take the power from Davos . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 22 </Th> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> "War Without End" </Td> <Td> Sanford Bookstaver </Td> <Td> Daniel Shattuck </Td> <Td> September 7, 2018 (2018 - 09 - 07) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Colleen refuses to take the power of the Iron Fist . Misty returns with a police taskforce ready to capture Davos, as well as Frank Choi who had cut a deal to turn on the Golden Tigers . From Choi's information, Colleen deduces that her mother came to New York and could still be in the city . Davos discovers the missing bowl, and critically injures Joy by pushing her off a balcony . BB contacts the rest of his gang, hoping that they will see reason, but they tell Davos that he has gone to a community center where Colleen volunteers . Danny and Colleen go to the center to stop the combined triads from mobilizing to attack, but Davos and his gang arrive . BB faces his gang, and is killed . Colleen fights the rest off until Misty and the police can arrive . Danny overpowers Davos, and meets the Crane Sisters at the dojo to undertake the ritual again . Mourning BB, Colleen agrees to take the Iron Fist, but the ritual is interrupted leaving both Davos and Colleen with the power . Misty, Ward, and Walker find Joy, and Ward takes her to safety . Walker then attacks Misty . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 23 </Th> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> "A Duel of Iron" </Td> <Td> Jonas Pate </Td> <Td> M. Raven Metzner </Td> <Td> September 7, 2018 (2018 - 09 - 07) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> In pain from the interrupted ceremony, Davos flees back to his hideout and is pursued by Colleen, also in pain, and Danny . Walker waits for Davos to return and attempts to kill him, but Danny warns that killing Davos will kill Colleen as well until the ritual is complete . Misty wakes up, escapes capture, and helps Danny stop Walker by triggering Mary . Colleen fights Davos, and is able to draw the rest of the Iron Fist power out of him . With Davos arrested, Danny is unsure of his purpose in life . Colleen prepares to protect the streets of Chinatown as the new Iron Fist, while Joy attempts to return to her normal life . Walker, considering the possibility of having another, more violent identity, decides to stay affiliated with Joy and her influence . Ward attempts to reconcile with Bethany, but she chooses to raise their child on her own . Danny decides to leave New York to find Orson Randall, the man from whom Davos acquired the Iron Fist corpse . Ward travels with him, and months later Danny has stolen two guns from Randall with which he can form Iron Fists . </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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