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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 322877" data-attributes="member: 23">Daredevil Regrets Only / Semper Fidelis / Guilty As Sin Watching the opening few episodes of Season Two, I began making peace with the fact that it would probably never hit the heights of the first year, but could still be pretty darned good. At this point in the season, however, Daredevil is thrilling me again. It’s a different animal from the first season, but certainly no worse and threatens at times to actually top it. Perhaps it has. There are so many rich veins going on and it seems to cover so many different genres, doing each one incredibly well. In addition to being a fast-paced superhero action flick, it’s also a tense psychological skein; a martial arts and espionage thriller, a romantic soap opera, a love note to Midtown Manhattan, a crime and legal drama. Frank’s trial has felt particularly exciting, and it’s scenes featuring him which make this season feel so substantial. It brings out the best in all characters. One of Karen’s best scenes of the entire series so far was a lengthy dialogue with the hospitalised Frank, just as Matt’s best scenes saw him in isolation with Frank earlier in the season.Foggy’s conflict over representing Frank is great, but it’s nothing compared with this season’s big fallout with Matt. Last season it was over the discovery of his secret identity. This time it’s over Matt’s behaviour and it feels as though there’s no way back. With the Elektra story in full swing, Matt has been almost isolated from the other two and I feel their frustration at his unreliability at the time when they have the biggest case of their career, with the eyes of the world upon them, and their resentment that he swoops in and takes the lead while they’ve worked their arses off covering for him. It was gratifying to see Foggy himself forced to represent Frank, winging it and scoring point after point in court. and Foggy and Matt’s angry, no holds barred, raised voiced fallout in the men’s room was absolutely electric. Compounding this is the fact that Karen has walked in on Elektra recovering from battle in Matt’s bed - a stereotypically soapy scene which felt so cliched it was most unexpected in this series which avoids cliches like the plague. When something like this happens, it happens for a reason. Guilty As Sin felt like a season finale, or at least a mid-season finale. It’s one of those episodes where one feels nothing can ever be the same, with twist upon twist: Karen’s discovery of Elektra and Matt; Frank’s damning outburst in court (which felt especially excruciating given the screen-time given for Foggy to paint Frank in a good light, undone in a heartbeat which just happened to be on Matt’s watch); the exciting reveal of Fisk in prison having summoned Frank to meet him; The Hand discovering Matt’s true identity and location, with the ensuing battle in which Matt is seriously injured; and Elektra slashing the throat of the assailant in front of Matt, covering them both in blood, with Matt on the verge of passing out from his injuries. It’s heart-poundingly thrilling. At this point, anything could happen and I can’t wait to see what happens next. Apropos of nothing, I’ve decided that Charlie Cox with his American accent speaks exactly like Doug Savant. Even his mannerisms and delivery choices are similar. And there are certainly far worse role models for his performance.</blockquote>

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