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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 329055" data-attributes="member: 23">Daredevil Season Three (2018) <img src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fimages2.minutemediacdn.com%2Fimage%2Ffetch%2Fc_fill%2Cg_auto%2Cf_auto%2Ch_1080%2Cw_729%2Fhttps%3A%2F%2Fnetflixlife.com%2Ffiles%2F2018%2F09%2FDaredevil_Vertical-Murdock_RGB20180912-9820-13lailw.jpg&f=1&nofb=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 516px" /> Resurrection / Please / No Good Deed After the second seasons of Luke Cage and Iron Fist, I’d made peace with the fact that the best days of the Netflix Marvel saga were in the past. It was my hope that Daredevil’s third season would be a step up in quality. What I really wasn’t expecting was a season that, based on its opening episodes, is already the most instantly gripping, accessible, powerful and moving of any Marvel Television season.Wisely, this season has gone back to basics with the relative simplicity of Matt versus Fisk while starting once again as The Man In Black.Of course, there’s the added complication that Matt is “dead”. Even though we already knew he was alive, I was expecting others learning of his status to be a necessary evil that would slow things down to begin with before it got going. His escape via storm drain did little to change my mind, since it reminded me of Michael Myers at the beginning of Halloween 5. Not a good association.The series immediately redeemed itself by making the response to Matt’s death not a plot but the driving force of the season so far. Grief and loss hangs thick in the air of this series like New York smog in 1966.It’s purely about characters’ responses to the situation based on guilt, anger, hope, etc., and performances all round have been terrific.What I most enjoyed about the opening episodes was just how character-driven they are. The few action scenes fit in organically, but there are LOTS of scenes that take place in stillness, with pages of wonderful dialogue and realistic interactions between characters. After losing the will to live with Iron Fist, I’d almost forgotten how great these series can be when they’re well-structured, well-cast and shot with beautiful cinematography.We’ve had a peek at post-Defenders Foggy and Karen through appearances in other series, but this is the first time we’ve delved this deep, and the first time we’ve seen them interact and actually address the devil in the room. There’s a sweet scene where Foggy finds Karen at Matt’s apartment and realises she hasn’t been packing it up but has been paying Matt’s rent (as well as her own) in the hope he’ll return. She’s running out of resources, and Foggy agrees to go half with her on the condition it’s just for one month.Best of all, the series’ deeply psychological approach extends to Matt coming to terms with his new status, the intermittent loss of his heightened senses as a result of his grievous injuries as well as once again attempting to reconcile his dual identities and work out how he fits into the picture.This comes with a healthy dose of a crisis of faith. This is always good for drama, enhanced here by the iconography, since Matt is effectively living in a crypt (the basement of the church, having been moved from the orphanage in which he grew up), his only interactions being with Father Paul Lantom and Sister Maggie Grace. Both are great, but especially the latter. Who doesn’t love a smart talking nun? I made the mistake of clicking on Maggie Grace’s name on the MCU fandom website because the character’s name was familiar. I wanted to check this was her, and also to see if she’d appeared in the comics. But I immediately half stumbled upon a huge spoiler. Damn! I clicked out so quickly I’m only 80% sure I actually saw what I saw, so here’s hoping. Either way, I’m sure there’s more to the story.I’m enjoying Ray Nadeem and curious about Benjamin Poindexter, though it’s still unclear to me how they properly fit into the story. I’m looking forward to finding out.It’s been a long time since one of these series has felt so deliciously moreish that I immediately want to know what happens next. I experienced it a little with The Punisher. Before that it was probably Daredevil’s first season. If it continues the way it began, Daredevil Season Three has potential to outshine them all.</blockquote>

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