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{{Quote|It's just a city. You'll get used to watching them fall.|'''[[Alexandra Reid]]'''}}
{{infobox episode
| name       = "The H Word"
| series     = [[Defenders, The|The Defenders]]
| season     = 1
| number     = 1
| image      = File:Defenders 1x01 001.jpg
| airdate    = [[August 18th]], [[2017]]
| writer     = [[Douglas Petrie]]; [[Marco Ramirez]]
| director   = [[SJ Clarkson]]
| producer   = [[Evan Perazzo]]; [[SJ Clarkson]]; [[Cindy Holland]]; [[Allie Goss]]; [[Alison Engel]]; [[Kris Henigman]]; [[Alan Fine]]; [[Stan Lee]]; [[Joe Quesada]]; [[Karim Zreik]]; [[Jim Chory]]; [[Jeph Loeb]]; [[Drew Goddard]]; [[Douglas Petrie]]; [[Marco Ramirez]]
| starring   = [[Charlie Cox]]; [[Krysten Ritter]]; [[Mike Colter]]; [[Finn Jones]]; [[Eka Darville]]; [[Elden Henson]]; [[Jessica Henwick]]; [[Simone Missick]]; [[Rachael Taylor]]; [[Deborah Ann Woll]]; [[Elodie Yung]]; [[Rosario Dawson]]; [[Sigourney Weaver]]
| previous   = {{dash}}
| next       = [[Defenders: Mean Right Hook|"Mean Right Hook"]]
}}
'''"The H Word"''' is the premiere episode of the superhero action television series [[Defenders, The|Marvel's ''The Defenders'']]. It was directed by [[SJ Clarkson]] with a teleplay written by [[Douglas Petrie]] and [[Marco Ramirez]]. All episodes from this series premiered on [[Netflix]] on Friday, [[August 18th]], [[2017]]. 

== Cast ==
=== Starring ===
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|- style="background:#CCCCCC"
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!width="200"|Role
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| [[Charlie Cox]] || [[Matt Murdock]]
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| [[Krysten Ritter]] || [[Jessica Jones]]
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| [[Mike Colter]] || [[Luke Cage]]
|-
| [[Finn Jones]] || [[Danny Rand]]
|-
| [[Eka Darville]] || [[Malcolm Ducasse]]
|-
| [[Elden Henson]] || [[Foggy Nelson]]
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| [[Jessica Henwick]] || [[Colleen Wing]]
|-
| [[Simone Missick]] || [[Misty Knight]]
|-
| [[Rachael Taylor]] || [[Trish Walker]]
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| [[Deborah Ann Woll]] || [[Karen Page]]
|-
| [[Elodie Yung]] || [[Elektra Natchios]]
|-
| [[Rosario Dawson]] || [[Claire Temple]]
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| [[Sigourney Weaver]] || [[Alexandra Reid]]
|-
|}

=== Guest-Starring ===
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|- style="background:#CCCCCC"
!width="150"|Actor
!width="200"|Role
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| [[Wai Ching Ho]] || [[Madame Gao]]
|-
| [[Peter McRobbie]] || [[Father Lantom]]
|-
| [[J. Mallory McCree]] || Cole
|-
| [[Debbi Morgan]] || Delores
|-
| [[Michelle Federer]] || Michelle Raymond
|-
| [[Chloë Levine]] || Lexi Raymond
|-
| [[Simon Feil]] || Mister Berkowitz
|-
| [[Monica Wyche]] || Defense attorney
|-
| [[Marko Zaror]] || Shaft
|-
| [[Gabe White]] || Aaron James
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| [[Deborah Twiss]] || Aaron's mother
|-
| [[Shawn McLaughlin]] || Aaron's dad
|-
| [[Danny Doherty]] || Bartender
|-
| [[Johnny Solo]] || City worker
|-
| [[Pascal Yen-Pfister]] || Doctor
|-
| [[Mellini Kantayya]] || Nurse
|-
| [[Chantal Maurice]] || Waitress
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| [[Paul Hickert]] || Warden
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| [[Caleb Eberhardt]] || Young man
|-
|}

== Notes & Trivia ==
{{No notes}}

== Quotes ==
* '''[[Trish Walker]]''': Jessica, you are now a full-blown super...
* '''[[Jessica Jones]]''': Do not say the H word.

....
* '''[[Alexandra Reid]]''': It's just a city. You'll get used to watching them fall.

....
* '''[[Foggy Nelson]]''': The law firm of Hogarth, Chao & Benowitz is at your disposal. In case you need help starting over.
* '''[[Luke Cage]]''': I'm not starting over, Mr. Nelson. I'm moving forward.
* '''[[Foggy Nelson]]''': People call me Foggy.
* '''[[Luke Cage]]''': And you let them?

== Crew ==
<center><big>Developed for television by [[Douglas Petrie]] and [[Marco Ramirez]]<br>Based on characters created by [[Stan Lee]], [[Bill Everett]], [[Brian Michael Bendis]], [[Michael Gaydos]], [[Archie Goodwin]], [[George Tuska]], [[Roy Thomas]], [[John Romita]] & [[Gil Kane]].</big></center>
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* [[Laray Mayfield]], [[CSA]] - [[Casting]]
* [[Julie Schubert]], [[CSA]] - [[Casting]]
* [[Evan Perazzo]] - [[Producer]]
* [[Lauren Schmidt Hissrich]] - [[Co-executive producer]]
* [[SJ Clarkson]] - [[Executive producer]]
* [[Cindy Holland]] - [[Executive producer]]
* [[Allie Goss]] - [[Executive producer]]
* [[Alison Engel]] - [[Executive producer]]
* [[Kris Henigman]] - [[Executive producer]]
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* [[Alan Fine]] - [[Executive producer]]
* [[Stan Lee]] - [[Executive producer]]
* [[Joe Quesada]] - [[Executive producer]]
* [[Karim Zreik]] - [[Executive producer]]
* [[Jim Chory]] - [[Executive producer]]
* [[Jeph Loeb]] - [[Executive producer]]
* [[Drew Goddard]] - [[Executive producer]]
* [[Douglas Petrie]] - [[Executive producer]]
* [[Marco Ramirez]] - [[Executive producer]]
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== See also ==
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