Finished it last night. C&P'd part of my impressions below from the Asian-GAF thread:
It wasn't bad overall, but there's just a lot of opportunities missed. Plenty of stuff left on the table to work with, and it's just the matter of someone competent making it work. I wish the Daredevil team was working on Iron Fist.
Asian cast was superb. Top marks to Jessica Henwick and Wai Ching Ho. I wish Sacha Dawan was introduced earlier, I think he could've been better served to remind Danny of his duty to K'un Lun vs. Danny just talking about it or internalizing it. Hope he gets a more prominent role in season 2.
Funny enough, I know Sacha Dawan best from An Adventure in Space and Time and Outsourced. Pleasant surprise to see him pop up in the show.
Finn Jones wasn't bad either, I'm hoping The Defenders really gives him better material.
Jessica Stroup was good, though I was hoping she'd be more prominent. Maybe season 2.
David Wenham was menacing, but I couldn't shake off the feeling that he was basically playing an over-the-top villain, with how he was delivering his lines. It works well, though. Everyone buys into Harold's stories so easily lol.
Tom Pelphrey fucking killed it. I have him and Jessica Henwick as co-MVPs of the show. At times, I found the Meachum's family drama to be even more intriguing than Danny's own problems, and it's all thanks to Pelphrey's portrayal of Ward. Anytime Ward was on screen, he had my full attention.