‘Echo’ Review: Grounded Crime Drama Sticks With Marvel’s Same Old TV Mistakes

Earlier in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, back when the company was still routinely releasing a mere two movies per year, the franchise branched out with a group of Netflix shows from the then-independent Marvel Television division. Though still nominally set in the MCU, these offshoots centered around a grittier approach to superheroes, adapting more grown-up comics storylines situated in a smaller-scale corner of this world. Eventually, Marvel became more interested in big-ticket-but-small-screen extensions of its marquee heroes, rather than further exploring the likes of Luke Cage or Jessica Jones, whose series weren’t overseen by MCU honcho Kevin Feige.