Marvel’s Daredevil
(Netflix) Season 1 Review.
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A blind lawyer with his other senses superhumanly enhanced fights crime as a costumed superhero.
Wikipedia
Lawyer-by-day Matt Murdock uses his heightened senses from being blinded as a young boy to fight crime at night on the streets of New York City's Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood as Daredevil.
Mack Thoughts
This just in….The man without fear is back and he continues to prove that sight is not a prerequisite for kicking a** and taking names. This web series provided R rated content that daredevils and marvel fans deserve. I don’t think I able to count on one hand how many times the “ sugar honey ice tea” word was used but it was refreshing that Marvel left its Disney audience at home and catered to superheroe fans and geeks alike. It was like watching an R rated version of Kick A** during the fight scenes. Although Daredevil has “abilities” he still reminds me of the caped crusader but without the vast fortune to accommodate a headquarters and cool equipment. Nope just an old fashioned butt whopping by a blind man without fear and heightened senses. Daredevil is definitely connected to MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) as they makes references to the “incident” instead of fully discussing or addressing the events that transpired in The Avengers when the aliens invaded. Don’t get your hopes up just yet Dare Devil and The Avengers will not be providing support to each other anytime soon. As the Creators stated while they both may exist in the same universe; Dare Devil is in the dark corner of that Universe. Translation Dare Devil is fighting for 1. Hell’s Kitchen and for 2. the impoverished “little guy” that the law fails to protect against criminals that are not important enough for tech geniuses, thunder gods and super spies. Daredevil is fighting against pedophiles, rapist, drug dealers, thugs, criminal organizations such as the Russians, Triads & Yakooza and The King Pin.
We get to learn about what events allowed Matt Murdock to become DareDevil like that accident that claimed his sight, the relationship with his dad, lack of his mother, the conflict with his behavior and his faith and being trained by his mentor; Stick.
We learned just as much about the Wilson Fisk. His equally impoverished and violent upbringing. His conflict with duplicitous nature and his early beginnings running a crime syndicate and meeting the woman behind the criminal mastermind.
Overall this series is awesome. Marvel and Netflix got it right from the origin stories, to the action packed fight scenes with bloody violence, sick graphics and the plot with engagingly realistic storylines. (Ben Affleck better not flub the Batman/Supermn Dawn of Justice Movie as he did the DareDevil movie in2003 or it may too need to be aired out and redone by Netflix) Netflix has just created a new niche for fans and providing all 13 episodes at once for binge watching….
BRAVO NETFLIX BRAVO
Let’s first learn about the faction for Good in the series.
*Karen Page a young woman on a quest to take down those who have wrong her. (Yes she was his girlfriend in the comics / addict who sold Daredevil’s identify for a quick fix before getting killed)
*Franklin “Froggy” Nelson who is Matt’s best friend and business associate who discovers his identity as daredevil and so the dichotomy unfolds.
*Claire Temple is a nurse who gets more than she bargains for when she aids Daredevil with his many bloody injuries
*Ben Urich investigative report in pursuit of the truth despite being unable to recognize newspapers is a dying medium
The faction for Bad in the series
*Wislon Fisk aka The King Pin aka in this series it should be the Teflon Don. Wilson is an elusive and emerging crime boss with a duplicitous nature that unfolds in the public eye and among his criminal syndicate. Almost everybody is in his pocket
*Francis, Wilson’s best friend, middle/wing/right-hand man and head of security
*Vanessa Marianna love interest in the series/ wife in the comics
The Criminal Syndicate
*Leland Owlsley: The money man for all members / aka the supervillain known as The Owl in the comics
*The Russians, two brother who controls a group that pushes drugs for Madame Gao
*Nobu leader of the Yakooza and ninja member of the syndicate
*Madam Gao Heroine supplies who uses blind people of Chinese descent as drug mules and couriers
Wikipedia Season 1
Recap by episode (More Recaps to come)
No.
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Title
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Directed by
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Written by
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Original
streaming date |
1
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"Into the
Ring"
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April 10, 2015[a]
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Matt Murdock begins
his vigilante career and opens a law firm with his friend, Foggy Nelson.
Their first client is Karen Page, a secretary for construction company Union
Allied who has been framed for the murder of her co-worker after accidentally
uncovering a massive pension embezzlement scheme. Murdock prevents Page from
being prosecuted and protects her from an assassin hired to retrieve her copy
of the file, which is exposed through a local newspaper. Wesley covers up the
involvement of his employer Wilson Fisk in the scandal, while the Russian
mafia arranges a young boy's kidnapping to lure Murdock into a trap. Page
volunteers to work for Murdock and Nelson in gratitude for their help.
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2
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"Cut Man"
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Phil Abraham
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Drew Goddard
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April 10, 2015[a]
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After being lured
into a trap by the Russians, a severely injured Murdock is found by nurse
Claire Temple, who tends to his wounds. One of the Russians locates them, but
Murdock is able to overpower and then torture him into revealing the boy's
location. He then infiltrates the building, fighting off the rest of the
gang, and rescues the boy. Meanwhile, Nelson comforts Page in the wake of her
traumatic experience.
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3
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"Rabbit in a
Snowstorm"
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Marco Ramirez
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April 10, 2015
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Murdock and Nelson
are hired by Wesley to represent John Healy, an enforcer who was arrested for
the murder of one of Fisk's rivals. Suspicious of Wesley's connection to
Union Allied, Murdock convinces the jury to acquit Healy of murder and later
forces him to name Fisk as his employer, prompting Healy to commit suicide to
avoid punishment. Meanwhile, Page enlists struggling reporter Ben Urich to
find evidence connecting Union Allied to Fisher's murder.
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4
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"In the
Blood"
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April 10, 2015
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Russian mobsters
Anatoly and Vladimir are pressured by Fisk to eliminate the vigilante. Upon
learning that Temple is connected to him, they kidnap her to lure Murdock
into a trap, but Murdock is able to fight them off and rescue her. Meanwhile,
Fisk invites art dealer Vanessa Marianna on a date, which is interrupted by
Anatoly, making Marianna suspicious. In a fit of rage, Fisk beats Anatoly to
death and frames the vigilante for the murder. Meanwhile, Urich begrudingly
accepts Page's help to investigate Union Allied, which has been dismantled,
and acquire its old computers in an auction.
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5
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"World on
Fire"
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Luke Kalteux
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April 10, 2015
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Murdock begins
searching for Vladimir, who becomes convinced that the vigilante is on Fisk's
payroll. Fisk brokers a deal with drug lord Madame Gao to replace the
Russians as her dealer, and later pursues Marianna, claiming that Hell's
Kitchen needs to be destroyed before it can be reborn, and they develop a
relationship. Murdock locates Vladimir's hideout just as Fisk triggers a
series of bombings throughout Hell's Kitchen.
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6
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"Condemned"
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Joe Pokaski &
Marco Ramirez
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April 10, 2015
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Fisk sends corrupt
police officers to eliminate Vladimir and the vigilante, but Murdock manages
to evade them and carry Vladimir to an abandoned building to tend to his
wounds. Vladimir confirms to him that Fisk is trying to take over New York
City's criminal underworld and instructs Murdock to locate Fisk's accountant
Leland Owlsley to acquire evidence of his crimes. The duo attempts to escape
through the underground access tunnels, but Vladimir stays behind to hold off
Fisk's men, while the vigilante is blamed for the bombings. Nelson, Page and
Temple deal with the fallback from the bombings.
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7
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"Stick"
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April 10, 2015
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Murdock's mentor
Stick, who taught him to master his abilities as a child, returns to New York
City and enlists Murdock's help to destroy Black Sky, a weapon the Japanese
led by Fisk's associate Nobu have brought into the city. Murdock agrees on
the condition Stick restrains himself from killing, but Stick breaks his
promisse and attempts to kill Black Sky, revealed to a young boy. Murdock
stops him and, after a violent fight in Murdock's apartment, Stick agrees to
leave the city.
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8
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"Shadows in
the Glass"
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April 10, 2015
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9
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"Speak of the
Devil"
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Christos
Gage & Ruth Fletcher Gage
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April 10, 2015
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10
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"Nelson v.
Murdock"
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Farren Blackburn
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Luke Kalteux
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April 10, 2015
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11
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"The Path of
the Righteous"
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Steven S. DeKnight
& Douglas Petrie
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April 10, 2015
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12
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"The Ones We
Leave Behind"
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Douglas Petrie
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April 10, 2015
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13
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"Daredevil"
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Steven S. DeKnight
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Steven S. DeKnight
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April 10, 2015
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- Mack Nichols
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