The Agents of SHIELD return for a fourth season. They lead off with a lot of changes, and a title that could work on several levels: “The Ghost.” To recap a few points: Lincoln’s dead, Daisy quit and is on some kind of crusade of her own, and sometime in the break, Coulson’s been demoted to agent again. There’s a new director, but whoever it is has made themselves remarkably unpopular with just about everyone.
The second season of Daredevil continues with “Regrets Only,” a phrase traditionally associated with invitations to parties. This makes sense as the episode continues, and the plotlines involving Elektra and the Punisher continue. One thing is for sure- life isn’t getting any easier for the firm of Nelson and Murdock.
Gotham returns for a third season. Last season had subtitles for the halves of its season. They seem to be continuing that trend as they lead off with “Mad City: Better To Reign In Hell…” As you’d expect, most of the cast is not exactly in a good place.
Episode five of Daredevil’s second season is “Kinbaku.” This might be the least clear title they’ve done for one of their episodes, but I think I see where it comes from. It’s a split episode, happening in the present and ten years ago, when Matt Murdock met Elektra Natchios. I’m not wild about hero shows doing excessive flashbacks, but it works this time out.
Daredevil’s second season continues with “Penny and Dime,” the fourth episode. I’ve never been a huge fan of the Punisher– he’s not really my type of hero. But this series, and specifically this episode, gives him some depth and range and push him more towards at least somewhat sympathetic anti-hero, as opposed to gun-wielding psychopath. If they can keep the scripts of this quality, the series Netflix announced for him might be a lot more interesting than I initially thought.
“New York’s Finest” is the title for episode three of Daredevil’s second season. The more obvious meaning, of course, would be the common term used for the New York City Police. If you’re enough of a comic book geek, like me, there’s another meaning. World’s Finest was the name of a long-running team up comic book from DC. This episode is mostly about Daredevil and the Punisher, not exactly teaming up, but they’re together, so I think it sort of works. Or I read too many comic books.
I will post a lot more later when I manage to get home, but of special interest, I have learned that legendary comics writer Marv Wolfman has written a novelization of the Suicide Squad movie, and that tie-in novels are coming for both Flash (in November) and Arrow (a few months later).
Daredevil’s second season continues with “Dogs to a Gun Fight.” In the wake of the attack on the hospital in the premier, the police have a lot to do. CSI is working the scene of the attack, which is most of that floor of the hospital. You’ve got to feel sorry for those techs.
Daredevil returns for season two with “Bang.” If this is anything to judge by, it will be just as good as last time, which is to say great. The opening scene involves a heat wave gripping New York, with all the bad temper that usually brings. This becomes a chase through the streets between several police officers and a gang of masked men. Of course, it’s not long before Daredevil becomes involved and handles the bad guys easily enough. It’s a great action scene showcasing Daredevil’s skills.
Jessica Jones’ first season goes out with a bang in “AKA Smile.” Everything comes together beautifully, if a bit tragically, but that seems to be the norm for Miss Jones. There were several surprises that I didn’t see coming, and a few things I hoped for didn’t happen… but I’m getting ahead.
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