Seven Minutes in Heaven

Now, this is what a carefully constructed season should look like. Even if plenty of backstory is revealed via flashbacks, it still doesn’t feel out of place. Furthermore, there are two villains – the Hand and Fisk, and it still doesn’t feel overcrowded. If we also count Reyes, the revealed Blacksmith, and the other ones, we can say that Daredevil is not one of the best superhero series of all times: it is one of the best series, period.

There is a lot of exposition for Fisk in here, mainly for what he does to seize power in the prison. While some things might be out of place (the mention of a kingpin several times during the episode), these flashbacks show that he can manage himself even without the influence he once had.

And the best way to do that is to manipulate Frank Castle into killing the kingpin of the prison. This next fight rivals the stairway one, though it is way more brutal, while also overcomplicating Punisher’s backstory. So check it out below!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNHgLkNIZt8

So the Blacksmith is revealed to be the hidden mastermind behind Frank Castle’s tragedy. And the Punisher learns this the hard way, in a corridor filled with inmates and with guards waiting at the end. But Karen also manages to find this out, by simply playing detective/journalist.

Still, men around her feel the need to protect her. And, again, this bothers us.

Matt and Foggy repeat their on again-off again relationship from season one, though this time the split seems to be more definitive, with Foggy shutting down the law firm (which means that Karen will become a full-time journalist, Matt will have to make do, while Foggy will start working with Jeri Hogarth). Apparently, the team is now split.

There is one other character brought back from the dead – literally. And that is Nobu, teased to have lived more lives than a normal man. And here is where the mystical reappears in Daredevil, after the hole in the ground, after the Black Sky from the first episode, with the teens strapped and bloodied. The fight is pretty intense, to say the least.

All in all, this is yet another Daredevil episode that had us at the edge of our seats. However, right now, there seem to be more missing puzzle pieces than otherwise. And, as revealed later on, Elektra’s backstory will also become overly complicated (and this seems to be the downside of the entire season).

The best part of this episode comes with Fisk. But it isn’t when he apologizeds to Castle for trying to kill him, it isn’t the motive behind the Punisher’s release, it isn’t even the short scuffle. Instead, it’s when he leisurely eats his steak while the former kingpin is dying. This Fisk is way more interesting than the one in the first season – even if that doesn’t say too much, given the fact that he was already the MCU’s most interesting villain.