Really enjoyed the trial side of things this episode, Foggy is seriously getting on my nerves however aha, stop crying pal
it definitely picked up in ep 4, then with the introduction of Elektra, and it keeps getting better and better. This episode really made me feel like i was inside a comic book, and i love that feeling!
I hate Elektra, and I hate how they make Matt her puppet
Am I the only one who thinks, so far, Matthew Murdock feels like an actual multidimensional character only when he's with Elektra? When he's with her, he's a person, who laughs and gets angry and argues and fights and loves and hates and yearns. Simply put, he is himself. He doesn't pretend or have to. With everyone else he's just getting by.
Matt, you're screwed, to see how to escape this
That's a hell of a deep hole they got there.
like someone said here, it really felt like reading a comic book. great episode, great season.
I know very little of Elektra's origins, but this gives us a bit of insight of her backstory. Though her outfit is a little different from what I remember. I only know of the one where she wears the rag covering her head/hair. It may still be in the making, but her current one makes her look like Taki from Soul Calibur or Mileena from the Mortal Kombat series.
I'm waiting for her to bring out them dual sais too.
ngl I'd be pissed if I was Foggy, too.
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParentSpoilers2016-05-31T22:39:52Z
6.8/10. Perfectly decent episode. I like the idea of Matt not being able to juggle this double life and more or less having to choose between one or the other, or risk letting one half of it down. He's off having his twilight adventures and then sexy moments with the Elektra on the one hand, and then trying to prepare this case and keep up his far more innocent romance with Karen in the process. The problem is that his extra-curricular activities are keeping him from fulfilling his duties as an attorney or a boyfriend, and he's letting a lot of people down.
That's a good idea, the problem is that the execution of it all is a little dull and the various action scenes, from roughing up the cartoonish asian-fetish guy to the battle with generic kung fu enforcers at the train station quickly feel like static. The show's points are coming across, and they're interesting points, but they're just not being conveyed in an interesting way. A conversation about how you got your scars that turns into consideration of lost love is as cliche as it gets. And the reciprocal scene where Matt and Karen's working date is spoiled by a big debate about whether Punisher is justified touches on some legitimate issues that are central to the themes of this season, but feels muddled by the relationship drama that it gets mired in.
I'm starting to like Elektra a little better. The Poochie-esque bad girl stuff is still there, but feels at least a little more muted and natural, even if the idea that she's something pulling Matt to the dark side is a bit forced.
And god help me, the courtroom drama is unexpectedly the best part of this superhero show. Foggy's moment in the spotlight with his near-improvised opening argument is itself a bit of a trope, and the various debates over whether Castle is justified or a monster are a little easy, but the events centered around the court are somehow more exciting than another generic action mission. It's particularly welcome to see Foggy standing up to Matt for not handling his responsibilities and expecting them to pick up the slack. If there's one part of the "struggling with the double life" element of the story that works here, it's that.
Overall it's an improvement on the last couple of episodes, but still not as good as when the story was squarely focused on Punisher.