Daredevil: Season 3 – IGN

By Matt Fowler

The following contains spoilers for all Marvel's Daredevil: Season 3 movies on Netflix. Below, you can also find links to all individual episode journals of Season 3, for those who want a more specific chapter view, followed by our full review of Season 3.

Given the slump in which Netflix shows Marvel ended up after the Iron Fist debut: Season 1, which was universally neutralized (though some might argue that the slump began with Luke Cage's back half: Season 1) , it seemed unlikely that Daredevil, the IP OG of this particular branch of the MCU, would be able to stop it. Especially since The Defenders, who portrayed Matt Murdock's character and finished the story of two seasons of the Hand series of the Daredevil series, has managed to garner only low praise.

Despite The Defenders' narrative failures, expectations were still high for Season 3's fight scenes. Daredevil, for whatever reason, has always outclassed his peers – including Iron Fist, who would arguably have had the best Battle scenes of all shows – with his superb plays. Even smaller-scale battles on Daredevil are always better than the biggest struggles elsewhere. And with Bullseye coming into the mix, the excitement of the fans was off the charts. The consensus was "even if Daredevil is a mess, the action will be great".

And the action this season is impressive. In fact, he surpasses the fights of seasons 1 and 2. Add Bullseye – here in its "proto" form, as FBI agent Ben "Dex" Poindexter (Wilson Bethel) – is certainly useful, but even without Dex in the mix, the show strikes us with a prison riot of one minute in prison in episode 4, "Blindsided". Clearly, we were right to rely on this show to deliver the goods when it comes to unique punches and clashes.

The story book as well. The start is a bit slow, given Matt's impending death state as a result of the Midland Circle collapse, but not too much if we consider that other Marvel Netflix series usually put twice as much time to move up a gear. Yes, at 13 episodes, season 3 has a little swelling. But not as much as you think. Some scenes are a little too long, and some are not even necessary given the constant (almost circular) retreading of ideas, but pretty much everything ends up bringing in serious dividends.

Even the hasty conversation between agent Ray Nadeem (Jay Ali) and his boss (Kate Udall), where Nadeem asks for advice to keep his son's secrets, comes back very somberly in the game. J & # 39; I first dismissed the scene, not feeling too much for Nadeem while it was an involuntary hurdle taking a long time on the screen, but once we learned (in the # Episode 9, "Revelations") that Hattley had a child murdered by Fisk. as a way to keep it in control, it reshapes the whole season. And Fisk, from elsewhere.

Daredevil: Season 3 works so well. The dynamic Matt / Karen / Foggy is complex and compelling. Matt, as a central character in the series, is the one who keeps people away and dirty his friends. Karen and Foggy are vulnerable and superimposed characters who also run with courage. They share an almost religious refusal to back down. This does not mean that they are not afraid or even trying to run from time to time, but their default factory setting is for justice. The three heroes can sometimes be polarizing (to put it politely), but the actors are incredible when it comes to riding that line and ensuring that we always stick to them, even the most obstinate.

Second, Wilson Fisk is return, and he's here all season, from prison to penthouse. Fisk is one of the best villains (if not the better) in the MCU. The way you feel yourself feeling a flash of sympathy for him – even if the series, in three seasons, has only made him more monstrous – is quite miraculous. The barely contained rage of Vincent D'Onofrio, who has finally been unleashed in recent episodes, perfectly describes Fisk as a meticulous man, obsessed with control and manipulation. And his love for Vanessa, which begins to be questioned as the main motive when the details of his entire project unfolds, returns with a vengeance in the end, humanizing it fully in a wonderful way. Fisk is not just a villain of unprecedented genius, he is the first of the sins for which Matt, Karen and Foggy feel personally responsible.

Third, the season shines because of a mystery of 9 episodes. What does Fisk do? Episode 2, "Please", destabilizes us a bit because of the violent attempt to assassinate Fisk. He is vulnerable during the ambush. It is therefore obvious that he can not pull the strings as our heroes claim. But in episode 4, "In the Blind", Fisk, although having been arrested by the FBI, handles in one way or another an attack in prison on a large scale against Matt and the gloves come off. In the ninth part, "Revelations," we see how deeply rooted Fisk's plans and projects are. The mystery bow is a major reason why season 3 does not sag in the middle. That's why our interest really starts to sting, not to diminish, after the Daredevil giant against Daredevil's fake fight in episode 6, "The devil you know".

Sister Maggie by Joanne Whalley is a thoughtful and emotional addition to the series. The revelation of her ties to Matt is a tremendous punch that the season needs in third place, but the fact that she does not destroy Matt to the point of becoming useless for several chapters is even more amazing. He discovers the news and continues to take it to Fisk. It is a season dedicated to the shabby and tortured past of people and the treatment of trauma decades later. Parallels between the orphaned children of Matt and Dex, while Karen receives a brutal flashback about the time when she was a reckless addict. To hammer this point, FISM whole. involves exploiting these past. He is able to manipulate people because he draws on their fears and their sins. And when someone does not have a weak point, he creates one in his life.

In the end, we come to appreciate Jay Ali's agent Nadeem, although before "Revelations" and especially before "The Devil You Know," Nadeem seems to be the most problematic element of the season. He's new to this world, he's getting a curious amount of time on the screen, and we do not know what is his deal until we discover that he is actually a good guy who has his life upset because of a contract in the manner of Monkey's Paw with the devil for fame. And a new pool. We can always argue that we spend too much time with him, but if that is the biggest mistake of this race, then it is a tiny miss.

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