They had their chance to change his costume.
Sorry, that probably sounds like an awful way to begin, but the truth of the matter is that one of Daredevil Season One’s biggest black eyes was that godforsaken suit. And while most people who dress as a devil at night would probably be pleased to hear their duds referred to as “godforsaken,” the fact remains that they aren’t the ones who have to look at it. We are. Ugh.
Ok, now that I’ve gotten that off my chest, Hello! Good to see you all! If you haven’t figured it out already, we’re here to talk about the debut of Daredevil’s second season. I’m a big fan of the character and of the first season of the Netflix show, so I am absolutely pumped to be here writing about what will hopefully be a spectacular sophomore outing.
Just a quick recap of Season One to make sure that we’re all on the same page. When he is not helping the people of Hell’s Kitchen with their legal issues, blind Attorney Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) stalks the streets, dishing out justice to any who may seek to harm the safety of his neighborhood. This justice usually comes in the form of a roundhouse kick to the face and a broken tibia or two. His biggest adversary is Wilson Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio), a mogul who says he wants to help the Kitchen, but is secretly running a vast criminal empire. Murdock and his partners, Foggy Nelson and Karen Page (Elden Henson and Deborah Ann Woll), ruin Fisk politically and then Murdock punches him, like, super hard and sends him to prison. Murdock then adopts the name “Daredevil” and keeps on doing his thing, the end.
Everyone caught up? Cool. This season begins with Murdock still prowling the rooftops of New York, thwarting a gang of diamond thieves and obviously loving what he does. The next evening, a meeting of the Irish Mob is rudely interrupted by a hail of gunfire, leaving only a single low level mobster alive. This mobster quickly seeks out the counsel of Nelson and Murdock, and the two plucky lawyers discover that some sort of paramilitary organization is taking out criminals all over the place and no one from the gangs to the cops know who’s behind it all.
The episode’s primary job seems to be setting up that paramilitary organization, which is not an organization at all, but an as-of-yet unnamed man who we all know is the Punisher because of course he is. He’s a one man killing squad who has no problem casually walking around in public, swingin’ a sawed off shotgun at his side. He’s a vigilante who kills criminals instead of shipping them off to jail.
Its early, but we’re already shown the distinction between his and Dardevil’s brand of justice. The Punisher massacres dozens of crooks in this episode alone. In the Punisher’s mind, the only good crook is a dead crook. But when Turk (a nere-do-well from Season One) is brought down by Daredevil, he says that he’ll be out of prison before the end of the month, and Murdock just accepts that and leaves to pursue a lead.
Is Matt Murdock going to remain content with the idea that criminals will continue circling back into society ever time he helps to put them away? Will he be seduced by the Punisher’s way of thinking? Will he take a night off from Daredevil-ing to go be Foggy’s wing man? All these questions will hopefully be answered soon, and I plan on being with you the whole time. Alright, later y’all.
Quick Notes:
>This season is looking pretty dark. Not in the “people are dying by the dozen” dark, but “damn, its hard to see what’s going on sometimes” dark.
>I’m going to have to go back and watch the Season One credits to see if they’ve changed at all. I report back on this tomorrow. You have my word.
>Sorry about the relatively short recap, and for the fact that its mostly about shit that happened last year. All the stuff in the future should be more focused and in depth.
