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Originally Posted by Chewy

Finale spoiler

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So glad the Hand is over now, that's always been the least fun part of the shows, I hope the next big bad is better, lol

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Yeah but 100% sure Gao has survived, since DD and Elektra did. She may even have helped them get out IMO... but will probably still fall under the "ambiguous villain" category. Probably not as part of a new Hand though. But yeah like I said before, a new less "attached" villain could vastly improve Iron Fist if it carries on. His personal involvement with The Hand both as Iron Fist and because of his parents is what leads to the most tedious of his whining. A villain he's less personally involved with could improve the worst (I.e most self centered) aspects of the character. They seem to be hinting at that with him in the role of a DD style vigilante.