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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 329311" data-attributes="member: 23">Daredevil The Devil You Know / AftermathSeason Three of Daredevil has got me in touch with my inner MCU Peter Parker. I have nothing new to say, but I just want to keep checking in to say “Omigodthisissocoolican’tbelievehowgoodthisis”. And not without reason.Unless there’s a profound change, Season Three of Daredevil is quite possibly the best Marvel Television season to date. It’s consistently watchable and downright thrilling. It’s incredibly well-structured. The storytelling not only comes with a sense of its own history, but with such confidence that embracing iconography from the source material - most notably Fisk finally adopting his “Kingpin” garb of the white suit with contrasting shirt, not to mention the hidden lair from which he rules Hell’s Kitchen, despite being constantly surveilled by the FBI.Another comic book cliche - the villain masquerading as the hero in order to tarnish their reputation by committing wrongdoings - is given a great new twist here. Poindexter becoming “Daredevil” was wonderfully executed and took me by surprise. Considering how accurate all his throws were, is he on the way to becoming Bullseye? I have no idea, and the possibilities ahead fill me with excitement.Dex’s arc has significant echoes of Lewis Wilson’s in The Punisher. Both ex-vets displaying symptoms associated with PTSD. Right down to the scene in which both come close to suicide-by-gunshot. There are also noticeable similarities with Mary Walker in Iron Fist. And indeed, Frank Castle in the previous Daredevil season. These series are incredibly good at nuanced details that fill the viewer with empathy for their antagonists. The lengths to which Fisk has gone to understand Dex are both impressive and disconcerting. He’s right inside Dex’s head, the better to manipulate and control him. But I still find myself thinking perhaps Fisk really does care in his own way. Perhaps he is being genuine. All of which goes to show the shades of grey here. Dex’s inner thoughts with its intrusive voices is another example of the subjectivity that is this season’s strength.Karen’s confession to Foggy about killing Wesley has been a long time coming. It’s one of those secrets that after all this time I thought was buried. With all the Marvel Television series being connected, there have effectively been nine full seasons between the end of Daredevil’s first season and the beginning of its third. The truth coming out felt unexpected. Almost anti-climactic, but not in a bad way. I’m sure it’s going somewhere, and I can’t wait to find out where.</blockquote>

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