Iron Fist · Season 1
Danny.
You died! I saw pictures.
Yeah, I did die.
You look the same age as when I last saw you. Your visit, it wasn't a hallucination.
No. No, I had to see for myself. We had to protect ourselves, protect Rand. It's not every day that someone comes back from the dead, is it? Yet here we are. [pause] So, are we good? [pause] Danny?
You've all I've got.
[hugs Danny] You're home now.
You have no idea how long I've been waiting to hear that.
You need to watch yourself Danny.
I'm not afraid of The Hand
Good for you. I'm talking about Harold. Be careful, he's not a replacement for your dad. The only person Harold cares about is Harold.
For the record, I have never seen a deal come together so fast. What did you do?
Oh, I, uh, pretty much had to raise the dead.
[resuming a meeting after Danny's entrance] Like I was saying, this anti-parasitic antimonial will have far-reaching effects. There are–
[aside] What is this?
Pricing strategy for a new drug we patented.
–this will hit markets in Africa, Asia, South and Central America, even Eastern Europe. These are all possible customers.
Which means we can make this in bulk, making the production price less than $5 a pill.
So we can sell for $50 per dosage. It'll fund new research and give a nice boost to our profit margin and pharmaceutical division.
Excuse me, but umm, how many people die from, what is it?
Leishmaniasis. If left untreated, the latest numbers show roughly 50,000 a year.
And we have the cure. We can save lives at 5 bucks a pill but you want to raise the price?
I know how this looks, but this is how business is done.
We should sell at cost.
That's... that's not how it works. This is normal business.
Then normal is not the best path to take. We can make our profits elsewhere.
Please Mr. Rand, we know how to do this. The World Health Organization will make most of the purchases and subsidize it for third-world countries. No one who needs this will be left untreated.
No one should make a profit off of the misery of others. It's wrong.
When I got to the monastery post-crash, I learned of a certain position. A powerful, important job and I wanted it.
Your dad always said to set your goals high.
Yeah. Everyone there, and I mean everyone, said there was no way a xiaoguilao like me could do it–
A xiaogui... what?
Yeah, uh it sort of means "an outsider". That's what they called me.
Sounds kinda mean.
Sort of cool too. Besides, it just made me want the job more.
Yeah, sure, I get that.
So, problem was I never thought through why I wanted this job. I mistook my stubborn will for a sense of destiny or something. I never counted the cost of what it would actually mean for my life.
You want to know the truth about that meeting? It was brutal, just looking at those people in the faces, knowing exactly what they were suffering from.
That's because you're a good person.
I don't feel like it.
Because you're also a good businesswomen, and that means you have to make hard decisions. You have to find a balance, and you do that better than most of us.
So when you were at that monastery, could you get a burger or was it all just vegetarian crap?
We only ate vegetables we grew in the monastery, but sometimes I'd sneak out with my friend Davos, we'd go eat some donkey.
Donkey?
Donkey is actually pretty good. My grandma could stir-fry the shit out of donkey and veggies.
I'll take your word for it.
The suit against our Staten Island chemical plant has escalated rather quickly. I had hoped that Mr. Rand would be here to speak for his actions, but the concept of work hours is still foreign for him. However, we are a team and we need to support our colleague as he continues his transition back into this life and this company, so let us do what we do best, and save the day. I've carefully weighed our options, and after consulting with Joy, I've reached a conclusion: settling would be a mistake. Paying these people off admits there's something to hide when there isn't. This was an act of pure manipulation and I'm calling their bluff.
I think you might be letting right and wrong interfere with what's best for the company Ward.
Really, Lawrence? Are you willing to sacrifice $200,000,000 during one of the most challenging fiscal years this company has ever had?
The bad publicity could cost us even more in the long run! Can we honestly take that kind of risk?
We settle here, and suddenly everyone is knocking at the door, looking for a handout.
This looks bad.
They'll boycott our products.
If there's one thing we can all agree on, it's that my brother has never given us a reason to doubt him. Look at his track record, every decision has been impeccable. I may not always see it at the time, but he has never once failed this company. We can trust Ward, we can trust that this is a risk worth taking.
Those guards are carrying machine guns!
Yeah, because they don't have the faintest idea how to fight.
This wasn't the deal.
You can go home if you want. Eat leftover takeout, wait for the repairman to fix your kitchen sink, fight strangers in cages.
You think I'm proud of that?
C'mon, it is what it is.
First time I fought in the cage, I convinced myself it was just about the money, for my students, for my dojo. Then I went a second time
It's okay, it feels good winning.
What felt good was hurting those guys, really good, scared me.
Yeah well, the world hasn't really been kind to us. But maybe... doing something like this... Walk where I walk, and they'll never see us.
[Claire improvises with a credit card to stabilize Radovan after he was stabbed]
That was impressive.
I hope you don't want your card back.
Because of who you are there will always be forces gathering against you, preparing, waiting, looking for a weakness in you. Disguised as a friend, slipping past you as a stranger, they are everywhere. You must always be aware of their presence, because they are aware of you. [Veznikov brothers receive a call to the duel]. They study your every move, looking for what you reveal to them. In this way you are your own worst enemy. [Bride of Nine Spiders and Scythe receive calls to the duel]. And this is why I tolerate no questioning from you. Because doubt leads–
–to death.
That's yours?
Sure is.
You sure we're gonna be back in time?
In this? Yeah.
Monastery boy in an Aston Martin.
I had the fastest donkey cart in K'un-Lun too.
The duel begins at sundown, we haven't got much time.
Too risky... sundown... of course. Danny, what you're talking about is crazy.
I'll go with you.
You can't. This is for me only.
Danny–
I've been doing this for 15 years.
But not against The Hand!
I know, you're right. The Hand was a myth drummed into me, I never met them face to face.
So you're saying I have more experience fighting The Hand than you do?
Well, if you want to get technical about it.
I know what they are, what they can do. This is not something you just walk into.
This is what I'm supposed to do.
What do you mean? "Supposed to do"?
Look, I'm not just an ordinary fighter, okay? I'm the Iron Fist.
The hell does that mean?
It means I never lose.
The more you talk, the weirder this gets.
Danny–
Look, this is right.
Why?
Coming back to New York, I thought things were gonna be different. It hasn't been what I thought. I've been preparing to defend K'un-Lun my entire life against The Hand and now I find out that they're here? This is where I'm meant to be.
You're scared.
No.
I want to help. Let me help.
Just take care of Radovan. I'll get Sabina.
I understand why you're going, I just don't want you to.
I'm not gonna get hurt. I promise. [sharply exhales while punching the air] I have a vision of total victory and nothing else. It's the reason I've gotten this far. [sharply exhales while punching the air] Defeat has no place in my mind.
You're a woman.
I am indeed. Does that make you uneasy?
No.
[chuckling] It does, I sense your fear.
No you don't, I fear no one.
We all fear something. There's no need to hide.
I'm not hiding.
Aren't you? Then why hide behind the mask of... Danny Rand?
It's not a mask, it's who I am.
Mmm... I don't think so. That child died long ago. I think someone new is waiting to get out.
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