Seen: Daredevil

    

     My sister could not shut up about this series, so I simply had to watch this one. The only reference that I could come up with was the previous Daredevil played by Ben Affleck, which during my tweens, I thought it was okay but it received a lot of blah reviews. 

Foggy Nelson (Elden Henson), Karen Page (Deborah Ann Woll),
Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox), Claire Temple (Rosario Dawson),
Wilson Fisk (Vincent D'Onofrio)

     The first season has 13 episodes, roughly lasting about an hour each. If I was just in the comfort of my home, on the couch, I would have been able to binge on this one for an entire day. I was skeptic at first since most of the cast is not known to me with the exception of Rosario Dawson and Vincent D'Onofrio. If my memory serves me right, Elden Henson was in "Idle Hands". (After checking it out on Google, indeed he was). I'm not a fan of True Blood so I have no idea who Deborah Ann Woll is (so sue me!). More so with Charlie Cox (name sounds like that of a superhero's).

Hmmm...you look hot and familiar! Like somebody's brother....

     Oh yeah, Charlie Cox...couldn't remember him having played Tristan in Stardust way back in 2007. But he does look like the hot brother of Rob Pattinson, don't you think? Getting over that, he does play Matt Murdock's character well. Straight-laced Catholic lawyer by day, brutal vigilante by night. His other senses that kicked in after losing sight is just awesome. The backstory on his childhood was really good to establish his present day character and then there's his daily struggle in keeping his other identity secret from his friends. 

The bestie

     Elden Henson provides some comic relief but in the episode Nelson vs Murdock, he comes to terms with his discovery that his best friend is actually the "masked man" of hell's kitchen. Initially he gives off the vibe that he's a doormat but he showed some gumption when he met his ex-girlfriend for a deposition as the opposing counsel. He looked so handsome then.

The first client

      She may have started out as a mousy accountant who found some anomalies at her firm then was framed for a murder that she did not commit. Nelson and Murdock came to her rescue as her legal counsel and eventually Karen Page decided to work for them. Her quest for the truth led her to several run-ins with thugs, and the people that she cared about ended up being hurt or dead. She got pushed over the edge and eventually shot Wesley, Wilson Fisk's assistant dead. She tries to keep the team together as Foggy and Matt go through a "rough patch" and at the same time, hiding her crime which puts her at constant vigil from a payback from Fisk.

The racketeer

      Initially elusive as a crime lord, Wilson Fisk steps out into the limelight as a "saviour" of Hell's Kitchen. His back story explains the holding of his character which makes you not hate him so much. Vincent D'Onofrio's portrayal with his somewhat raspy voice is a little ode to Don Corleone in "The Godfather". We see Wilson Fisk's struggle to be the top man of crime as he falls in love with an art gallery curator which his associates think is making him lose sight of the end goal. It's nice to see that in spite of his size, they pretty much kept with the traditional Kingpin that could bust up some nasty moves.

   

The stitch

     I couldn't find fault with the casting of Rosario Dawson as Claire Temple. Surprisingly, she does't show much skin and there's no juggling of her boobs and what not but she's still sexy as hell being the smart and confident nurse who stitches up the "masked man" from time to time. I have no idea how her relationship with the Daredevil will progress in season 2 (yes, it's already underway so yay!).

     Well what's not to like with this series? The fact that Netflix is not available here in the Philippines. The series itself is really good, and I'm glad that they went with actors who are on the up and up. The storyline is straight to the point, the back stories are not boring and every character really contributes to the multiple facet that the series presents. I cannot wait for season 2. What's really hard for me to grasp is, since they'll be introducing several characters (heroes) so eventually they could become the Defenders, so that leaves how many seasons are there per hero? I do urge the rest of you to binge on.