Daredevil Season Two:The Dark At The End Of The Tunnel

Things have been going not really well for the cast of Daredevil this season. So the penultimate title, “The Dark At The End of the Tunnel,” seems grimly appropriate. Continuing the fairly recent trend of hero shows almost being required to have flashbacks, this episode’s series of them focus on a much younger Elektra, as well as her early relationship with Stick. Let’s just say that she didn’t have any of the sort of kind, gentle training the famous Mr. Miyagi gave Daniel in the Karate Kid movies.

Daredevil Season Two: .380

Continuing the trend of beginning one episode right where the last one ended, “.380″ starts with Daredevil on the roof of Metro General, with far too many ninjas scaling the walls. Daredevil is good, but this is long odds even for him.

Daredevil Season Two: The Man In The Box

“The Man In The Box,” which wasn’t at all about what I thought it would be, opens with the police going through the strange underground area that Daredevil found last episode. Of course, somehow or other, the responding detective is Mahoney. He is starting to feel like the only cop who really works in Daredevil’s New York, all the rest being extras who just fill space in the background. Daredevil shares some information with him, suggests they keep the victims off the grid for now, and then limps off, looking horrible.

Daredevil Season Two: Seven Minutes in Heaven

Daredevil continues the success of its second season with the ninth episode, “Seven Minutes in Heaven.” A good bit of the episode shows how we got to the point the last one stopped at- the meeting of Wilson Fisk and Frank Castle. It does a fine job of showing how manipulative and ruthless Fisk is, and how incredibly dangerous Castle is.

Daredevil Season Two: Guilty As Sin

The eighth episode of Daredevil’s second season, “Guilty as Sin,” shows things getting worse on just about every front for everyone. As seems to be happening a lot of late, the episode starts exactly where the last one, “Semper Fidelis,” left off. Daredevil and Elektra stand next to their discovery, a truly impressive hole.

Daredevil Season Two: Semper Fidelis

Appropriately enough given his background, the episode dealing with the start of Frank Castle, the Punisher’s, trial, is titled “Semper Fidelis.” That is, of course, the motto for the Marine Corps. The opening is a montage of Castle getting ready for his trial, the jury pool being interviewed (and they have some very sharply differing opinions on the Punisher), and the attorneys getting ready. Reyes and Tower are prosecuting the case, Reyes no doubt hoping to grab some good press out of it, and Nelson and Murdock, of course, are the defense team.

Daredevil Season Two: Regrets Only

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.

Daredevil Season Two: Kinbaku

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 Season Two: Penny and Dime

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.

Daredevil Season Two: New York’s Finest

“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.