I was going to rate this episode a 7.5, mainly since it's between good and great. There are alot of wheels turning in this episode. We get the set up for Matt's Daredevil costume, also get Matt going to confession where he lets us see into his constant battle of right and rightenous (and how much his own rage, darkness and pushing moral limits scare him). Then there is Fisk, who we found has two week spots: his love for Vanessa, which makes her a target, and his mother, which is evidence of his past. Karen's investigation is hitting a point of no return as she finds Fisk's mother, but also the team (matt and foggy) is falling apart, leaving her alone to face the darkness. And darkness she faces as Fisk's assistant catches up to her invesigation, kidnapping her in order to force her hand and undo "the damage she has caused Mr Fisk", but there is much more to Karen than we had ever imagined. She faces the darkness with rage and courage (and adrenaline) finding an opening to get the upper, and she does what no one of thought possible, she takes on the darkness and wins (she kills Fisk's assistant and his only friend), shooting it at first with a plan to save herself, but then she empties a clip into his chest, showing she has fired a gun before. There is so much more to Karen, and I'm sure none of us were prepared for what was once a lonely, scared woman had it in her to like into the darkness and find strenght.
The final scene with Karen is what pushes this episode toward great, mainly because we never see this side of Karen coming, yet once we are face to face with her violence, rage and unflinching agency, we can no longer see her as a damsel in distress, but rather someone who can be as veneous as our villians, and as violent as martyr/hero
Review by GabyBlockedParentSpoilers2017-09-27T07:34:44Z— updated 2018-10-27T20:44:16Z
I was going to rate this episode a 7.5, mainly since it's between good and great. There are alot of wheels turning in this episode. We get the set up for Matt's Daredevil costume, also get Matt going to confession where he lets us see into his constant battle of right and rightenous (and how much his own rage, darkness and pushing moral limits scare him). Then there is Fisk, who we found has two week spots: his love for Vanessa, which makes her a target, and his mother, which is evidence of his past. Karen's investigation is hitting a point of no return as she finds Fisk's mother, but also the team (matt and foggy) is falling apart, leaving her alone to face the darkness. And darkness she faces as Fisk's assistant catches up to her invesigation, kidnapping her in order to force her hand and undo "the damage she has caused Mr Fisk", but there is much more to Karen than we had ever imagined. She faces the darkness with rage and courage (and adrenaline) finding an opening to get the upper, and she does what no one of thought possible, she takes on the darkness and wins (she kills Fisk's assistant and his only friend), shooting it at first with a plan to save herself, but then she empties a clip into his chest, showing she has fired a gun before. There is so much more to Karen, and I'm sure none of us were prepared for what was once a lonely, scared woman had it in her to like into the darkness and find strenght.
The final scene with Karen is what pushes this episode toward great, mainly because we never see this side of Karen coming, yet once we are face to face with her violence, rage and unflinching agency, we can no longer see her as a damsel in distress, but rather someone who can be as veneous as our villians, and as violent as martyr/hero