Daredevil - Episode Four

 

Just keep layering the mythology on me baby. So many cool things happen this episode but I still find myself most annoyed by the punishment Matt is taking. He should be dying from all the abuse he goes through. Make with the body armor already. At least for your head. Concussions are real and they are not a joke. I could also do without the collateral damage happening to people around Matt. Some of that stuff is tough to take but necessary for the kind of story being told here. This is material that not only respect the comic book origins but takes the story to realistic violent places. Uncomfortable to watch but thrilling at the same time.

I want to miss this show so much it hurts when it's all over. I NEED this comic show to be great so that we see many, many more such risky projects in the future. And it was a risky idea from the start. Good on Netflix for producing some truly interesting original programming. And AGAIN the release of the whole series at once is a gift to a lonely shut-in like myself. My list of unwatched shows is large but I welcome anything this good to the pile

 

When the girl in the art studio introduced herself as Vanessa it's another sweet Easter egg to long time fans like me. Vanessa is Wilson Fisk's ONLY weakness. His love for her is how you get to him. Even an evil man can love and be loved and their relationship is kinda sweet, actually. That is until we see the rage that dwells just under the surface for Fisk. He is a monster of the most dangerous kind - one that hides his true nature behind a mask of civility. Vanessa can only come to a bad end through her association with him.

 

 

 

Matt does parkour across the roofs of the city? I can watch him move like that all day long. The use of his 'radar sense' is also becoming more pronounced and a powerful tool in his battle for Hell's Kitchen. I still get a kick out of watching him throw things like tire irons at guy's heads with unfailing accuracy. More practical demonstrations of how Matt's 'powers' actually work.