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After the initial shocks of episode 1 which in truth were probably necessary, the 'new' Daredevil has settled down superbly. Charlie Cox was born to play Matt Murdock and, to be perfectly honest, I prefer to watch him play that part to perfection rather than 10 minute fist fights with (probably) a stunt man in the suit. Just watched the bank robbery episode which entirely proves again that MM doesn't need a costume to fulfil the super hero remit and engage the viewer, and is all the better for it. This is well written, proper grown up action drama with superb performances and I absolutely love it.

I started off really not liking this, probably resenting the fact that it's not the original series. I decided to stick with it and realised that it was struggling to find its feet and its place, and the cast were for whatever reason initially struggling to inhabit their roles. It started to hit its stride about half a dozen episodes in I think, and each one after that got better and better, in the end I binged the last 4 episodes, it was THAT good.

I would urge everyone to give it time and patience, and not base their entire opinion on just a few episodes, it really does get MUCH better.

More please.

I only discovered this a couple of months ago and have just binged all 5 seasons, feeling a bit down now that it's all over. Superb plots, characters and actors all bringing depth and genuine likeability to their roles, even Jim Caviezel's deliberately stoic and slightly wooden John Rees. All the cast are superb but Amy Acker is a real stand out for me, Michael Emerson is superb in everything he does.

There are huge amounts of redemption in this show, quite unusually the newer characters who have joined over the 5 seasons have slotted in seamlesslessly and quickly seems as though they've always been there.

For me this is head and shoulders above more recent thriller series such as Jacks Ryan and Reacher, I really like both of those but this is better.