Last year, Netflix and Marvel expertly brought Daredevil to life. It was the perfect mix of action, character development, and heart that made it a smashing success. Season 1 ended with Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) donning the famous red suit and taking down the enemy of Hell’s Kitchen, Kingpin.

**WARNING: THERE WILL BE SPOILERS**

Still At It

Season 2 opens just as it should, with Daredevil silently defending Hell’s Kitchen from the criminal elements with his wits, fists, and heightened senses. He roughs up the bad guys but continues to toe the line between giving them a sound beating and permanently ending their crime careers.

The Bad Luck Of The Irish

With Fisk, a.k.a. Kingpin behind bars, the Irish mob decides to reassert themselves into the dominate role of drug lords in the city. While meeting to discuss this plan, they are gunned down by unseen forces using military grade weaponry. Someone has declared war on the scum of Hell’s Kitchen.

Foggy and Murdock and Karen Make Three

Matt Murdock might be the one beating convicts to a pulp every night but he is not the only one that is courageous. By day, the near bankrupt law firm is defending the good people of New York. But by night, whether it’s Foggy (Elden Henson) looking for clues to the Irish massacre in some very dangerous locales or Karen (Deborah Ann Woll) defending the star witness to the shootout, the non-superheroes act pretty darn super.

Punished…by One Man. 

We finally get our first glimpse at Frank Castle (Jon Bernthal), otherwise known as the Punisher, albeit a brief one. Where the police think that the assault on the mob was a new crime army on the scene, it is in fact one very angry man.

The second season of Daredevil picks back up perfectly, reinforcing Murdock’s commitment to ridding his city of fear of the criminal element, showing the heart of a community law firm willing to fight for the little guy and setting up a season long showdown between two men that are after the same goals but vastly differ on their methods. As with season 1, the tone conveys the darkness and raw grit of the inner city which is much more geared to a mature audience rather than the bright colors of the Marvel Universe films such as The Avengers. My binge watching this weekend is only hampered by the NCAA tournament but I will do my best to keep my eyes open for both.

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