Welcome back fellow Defenders, It's time for a brand new series as we discuss Echo Episode 1 Chafa. We'll be chatting about each episode of Echo weekly. In the first episode we're reintroduced to Maya Lopez who we last saw in Hawkeye. We discuss all the connections to other Marvel shows and everything else in our spoiler filled podcast.

Echo Episode 1 Chafa Synopsis

Echo Character Created by David Mack and Joe Quesada

Head Writer: Marion Dayre

Episode Written by: Marion Dayre, Josh Feldman, Steven Judd, Ken Kristensen

Episode Directed by: Sydney Freeland

After losing her leg and her mother in a car accident, Maya Lopez moves to New York City with her father William who has been shunned by her grandmother who blames his criminal ways for the death of her daughter. 

William takes up a position as commander of the Tracksuit Mafia, working under Wilson Fisk, who becomes Maya's adoptive uncle. 

Years later, Maya witnesses Clint Barton assault the Tracksuit Mafia and kill William. Fisk arranges for Maya to work under him while promising to find William's killer. Sometime later, Maya would encounter Barton again, who reveals that Fisk was the one who arranged for William's death. Maya ultimately avenges her father by shooting Fisk in the face at point blank range..

Five months later, Maya with a bounty on her head and on the run for shooting Fisk returns wounded to her hometown, Tamaha, Oklahoma. She meets with her uncle, Henry. Maya asks Henry to help her dismantle Fisk's operations so she can take over his empire and become the Queenpin, but Henry refuses to assist and bring death to the people he loves. Elsewhere, Fisk recovers from his injury in a hospital.

The Echo Pub Quiz

During each podcast we'll ask a question about each episode in our Echo Pub Quiz. You can send in your answers each week to [email protected] At the end of the five episode series the fellow Defenders with the most correct answers will be in with the chance of getting their hands on some Echo goodies. All questions will be updated on: https://www.tvpodcastindustries.com

Question 1: What is the name of the Martial Arts Studio back in Maya's hometown of Tamaha Oklahoma?
Marvel's Echo Episode 1 Cast

• Maya Lopez played by Alaqua Cox
• Young Maya played by Darnell Besaw
• Henry Black Crow Lopez played by Chaske Spencer
• William Lopez played by Zahn McClarnon
• Bonnie played by Devery Jacobs
• Young Bonnie played by Wren Zhawenim Gotts
• Victor 'Vickie' Tyson played by Thomas E. Sullivan
• Chula played by Tantoo Cardinal
• Skully played by Graham Greene
• Wilson Fisk/Kingpin played by Vincent D'Onofrio
• Matt Murdock/Daredevil played by Charlie Cox
• Hawkeye/Ronin played by Jeremy Renner

A Return to Defending

As we are in the Marvel TV universe we are using the format of our former Marvel podcast, Defenders TV Podcast. We discuss each episode in spoiler filled detail with our top five "Fight Points", Whether we each Defend the episode or not - Notes, Quotes and comic references

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Next time on TV Podcast Industries

Thanks for joining us for our Echo episode 1 "Chafa" podcast. We will be back next week with the Echo Episode 2 "Lowak". We will be covering Echo with one episode a week for 5 weeks. We hope you'll join us as we return to the live action MCU.

We recorded many podcasts in 2023 including Marvel's What If...? Season 2 Guardians of The Galaxy Vol 3, The Marvel, Loki and lots of non Marvel shows like The Last Of Us, The Wheel of Time Season 2. Invincible, The Boys spin off Gen V and much much more. Make sure to check out our full feed at https://tvpodcastindustries.com

Until then, Keep Watching, Keep Listening and Keep Defending.

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