Iron Fist · Season 1
You know you can get shoes at the shelter on East 13th.
Okay.
Just make sure you piss in 'em first. [Danny gives him a look] You know, they carry the bad juju from the previous owner. Only way to get rid of 'em is with your piss. Or or the blood of a she-goat. Uh, that's hard to find around here.
Plenty of food if you know where to look. That's where it all went wrong.
Where all what went wrong?
All mankind. It's true. For like a couple of million years, we were all hunters and gatherers. Life was good. People grew strong and tall and lived into their 70s. Then, like 10,000 years ago they all got hit with the idiot stick and decided to start farmin', build cities, and everything went to shit.
Yeah.
Not me though, no way man. I'ma stay true to my purpose, I'm a hunter gatherer.
You're lucky then. Buddha said "Your purpose in life is to find your purpose."
Sure, that makes sense. What's your purpose?
To protect K'un-Lun from all oppression. Honor the sacrifice of Shou-Lao the Undying.
Ward, try to learn from me. You hire people when they're young, single, looking for something to commit to, to build their lives around. Pay them twice what they're worth. It builds loyalty. It's something I learned from Wendell.
The first rule of war and business is to know your enemy.
Yes, you've told me that, but in this case...
Have you considered this might be someone hired to make us look bad at a time when we don't want to look bad?
Yes, Joy and I have been all through that.
Yeah, much trickier if this actually is young Danny Rand come back to life.
That's impossible.
Stranger things have happened. If this is Danny...
Dad, come on.
Think!
If this is Danny, we can't let him go public.
No, no we cannot. Now, there are other questions to consider as well. If he's still alive, does that mean his parents are still alive? Who else knows he's alive? What does he know? Who has he told? How the hell did he learn martial arts? Why has he waited this long to show up? Huh? And now that he's here, what does he want?
I don't know.
Neither do I. Which is why you can't just send some idiot to beat the shit out of him, understood? Now we need to approach this with finesse.
Like the way you handle everything in life?
Don't be smart with me Ward. Leave this to me. I'll tell you exactly what to do.
Like always.
Like always.
You know, my brother's a very black-and-white kinda guy. Something's either true or it isn't. I'm a little more... open.
Meaning?
You look like Danny Rand. Danny Rand is dead. Maybe the truth is somewhere in between.
If you wish to hear the truth, hold no opinions. It's a Zen saying.
That what they tell you? 72 hours? [chuckles] Me, I had a little incident inside a pharmacy. 72 hours later, I'm a bipolar with mixed affective episodes layered atop a substance abuse disorder. That was two years ago. Billy was living under a bridge. 72 hours later, he's a paranoid personality disorder. That was just over a year ago. And Jimmy was screaming at people in Times Square. 72 hours later, he's a schizoaffective disorder. He's been here almost 15 years. Don't think you'll be any different.
Hello, Danny.
Harold?
Do you remember that song I used to sing, that would annoy the shit out of you?
Danny Boy, right?
Yeah. [hums the tune of Danny Boy] And I am dead, as dead I well may be. And you will come, and find the place where I am lying, and kneel and say, and I'll be there for me.
I thought you were dead.
And I thought you were dead, so I guess that's something we have in common.
I didn't die.
No, clearly not. I understand you were taken in by some monks. What? Order of the... Crane Mother?
Yeah, how did you know?
Oh, we dead know a lot. But not everything. Where exactly is this monastery? Hey, where is the monastery?
K'un-Lun. It's one of the seven capital cities of Heaven. I probably never should have left. At least I understood my place there.
And what was your place?
I was a warrior. Only in the middle of a fight did I fully come alive. The harder someone hit me, the more everything came into focus.
What kind of warrior are you? Hey, listen to me. What do you mean you're a warrior?
I became one in a long line... of Immortal Iron Fists. Living weapon. The sworn enemy of The Hand.
Wait? What's that? The sworn enemy of who?
The sworn enemy of The Hand.
What exactly does that mean?
It is my duty to destroy The Hand.
And this is something you can do? You can destroy The Hand?
I am the only one who can do it.
Why would Ward Meachum want me to sign papers that say you're dangerous?
Because the family think I'm a threat to them?
And why would they think that?
I'm guessing because I'm Danny Rand and I probably own more than half the company.
Wait a minute. Danny Rand, as in Rand Enterprises?
Yeah.
It couldn't be something simple.
It is simple.
The Meachums are trying to bribe me.
They got plenty of money. You gonna sign the papers?
Are you dangerous?
To them? Very dangerous.
And to me?
No, of course not. You must know that. Otherwise, why would you come here to see me?
I don't know shit. I'm just trying to figure out what's going on.
Every word I have ever told you is the truth.
Danny sent all but the brown M&M's.
Is that supposed to mean something?
Yes! When we were kids... we would eat them together, all but the brown ones. Nobody would know that but Danny!
Joy, I'm sorry, but a bunch of M&M's doesn't prove anything.
It does! This is Danny, Ward. I have been in denial this whole time, but this is definite proof. We gotta get him out of that place. We've got to talk to him.
Where have you been the last 15 years?
I've... I have been away.
Away, yes, I know, but where? What you said before about a monastery, is that all true?
Yeah.
In China?
In... in K'un-Lun.
K'un-Lun, where is that?
It exists in another dimension.
In another dimension?
Yeah, it only appears on this earthly plane every 15 years, give or take, depending on the celestial tilt.
Oh. Is this all part of you trying to focus your qi?
Yeah, if I can focus my qi, then I can summon the Iron Fist.
And the Iron Fist is...
The Iron Fist is me.
I thought I was pretty clear.
Very clear.
Then why aren't you gone?
I'm worried for your safety.
Please, I don't need you to protect me.
You know, in another life this would've been romantic.
In another life you wouldn't've drugged me and sent me to a mental hospital.
Fair enough.
We're friends. Can't we start acting like it?
So you came with a peace offering of oranges and flowers.
Yeah, it's a Buddhist tradition. It's meant to remind you of our bond. Kind of like the M&M's.
Someone attacked you?
Oh no, I got this at the club.
Darryl, please, how many times?
C'mon sensei. I have my mom and two brothers. You think I can cover that with what I make pushing a broom?
I get it, but those private fights are illegal.
All the shit I could've got into, and you want to bust me for making a dollar fighting?
You're up for a scholarship Darryl, and when the committee calls me they ask about character as well as skill. I want to be able to give you the highest recommendation.
Scholarships and school, that's all in the future. I have to live today.
You dishonor yourself when you fight for money.
Your father gave me my first job. He always wanted Rand to be something good in the world.
So I'm guessing you're not a fan of the Meachums.
We have a very complicated relationship.
Well, they don't want me anywhere near there, so...
That's totally understandable. They don't play well with others. We need to dig up every shred of physical evidence we can find to prove your identity.
Was I wrong? To turn down a 100 million dollars?
It may have been the smartest thing you did, other than coming to me. You are worth billions Danny, not millions.
It seems that's the only thing anyone wants to talk about.
Because it's the only language that they speak, and it is important that you learn to understand it if you want to win.
They're supposed to be my friends.
Listen, I can help you get your business back, but I cannot help you make friends.
It's hard, really. Trying to get my head around all this.
This is not the time or the place.
You were like a brother to me. A terrible, jackass of a brother, but still, I looked up to you.
What does this have to do with anything?
I know you sent that guy. You were the only one with me the day I broke my arm.
What guy?
Why is this so important?
Do you hate me that much?
Yes! Because the Danny Rand I knew, he's dead and I want him to stay that way.
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