Art for Art's Sake

I've had a roller coaster of emotions with the show ranging from generous 7/10's for episodes to a well deserved 5/10 for the bank heist episode. But this episode is strong! Not only did it carry great momentum from the previous episode but things are ACTUALLY beginning to happen.

I won't go into spoilers, but I will say at least now that it seems the show is picking up the pace and characters are finally acting the way they should be or in the way we would want them to. This episode stood on its own two feet as a decent accomplishment from Disney.

Great performances across the board, even demanding a bit more from Buck and Dr. Heather Glenn this time around.

The editing is mostly good on this episode and the music isn't overpowering every scene.

I'm happy to see more storylines cross over. It's just sad I had to wait this long.

I believed this episode would be the point of whether this season is viewed as a success or failure. Unfortunately, it was a let down. The main problem is you can tell where the old footage was used because everything is worse except for the cgi. I have hope season 2 can correct this being under 1 team and not rushed but man is this show a shadow of what came before. Not saying I'm not enjoying it but the amount of cringe pointless writing that shows up is baffling. Why spend 5 minutes talking about how Muse knows taekwondo just to switch to 5 minutes of Muse talking about how he knows taekwondo to Muse getting beat up badly. At the end of the day it's just amateur writing and I would hope a multi billion dollar company could pay a few extra dollars for competent employees. Rant over and hopefully season 2 is good.

The word is over-used. The human brain has the ability to create the sensation without the thing. Entertainment products like this offer viewers the opportunity to experience a wide range of emotions in a short time span. If there is connection. To be clear, this reboot has tons of issues. But warts and all, it can soar. This reviewer had just struggled through Superman 2025 -- too cute by half -- and this was next. There was more connection, more suspense, more tension and release, at the 30min mark here (the window scene) than in Gunn's entire film. Which had a budget that could have financed a moon landing. Just to offer perspective. ((Designated "IMDb Top Reviewer." Please check out my list "167+ Nearly-Perfect Movies (with the occasional Anime or TV miniseries) you can/should see again and again (1932 to the present))

Vanessa more and more unlikable. What were they thinking? It is not even an interesting arc and poorly written.

Hector's niece, this terribly written, obnoxious teen psycho wakes up in the hospital, all girl boss and no trauma. What an absolutely toxic, unbelievable creature.

Where to begin with Muse? Showing up without a bruise after having nearly been beheaded by Daredevil in the previous episode. Absolutely unbelievable that a guy who looks like a great selection for playing the lead in "Diary of a whimpy Kid" could hold a candle to Daredevil or lift the bodies of even his smallest victims. The writers of this mess of an episode cannot.have.any idea of the laws of physics or fighting in any way, shape or form.

Lastly, that Fisk is acting like a petulant child more than a kingpin and a true antagonist in this episode is also disappointing.

Stupid and unearned.

Another really solid episode!

This episode Daredevil wants to find Muse, he uses Matt Murdock to be able to track him down and get the information he needs. Fisk is absolutely raging that there are rumours circulating that Daredevil is back, you can see he feels like he has no control. Vanessa is also tired of just being, she sees now as the time for action.

A great episode, we get another really good fighting scene in this one. What I liked a lot about it wasn't just the choreography but the location it felt so real and honestly there were shots of the area that made it feel like a Tobey Spider-Man shot.

Overall the pace is good, it does have that D+ leading to a big ending scene / event in the episode while the rest is the dialogue to get us there but this time it's working !!

Not super how with how things ended, physically yes but I wanted more of that. When you watch you'll know, too soon, 8/10.