Daredevil - Isle of Joy
Moving past the Muse storyline as quickly as possible, which was little more than a blip, "Isle of Joy" offers and episode focusing on our hero and villain's relationships with storylines designed to bring one couple together and (perhaps unnecessarily) pull the other apart. Despite several characters telling us over and over again that Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) has become erratic and emotional, I think that's more than a bit of an overstatement to ultimately get the episode where it needs to go in the time allotted. He's certainly less than happy to learn the about his girlfriend's relationship with the Mayor and, as one might expect (especially someone like a psychiatrist), he's running a bit hot after a face-to-face with the man who killed his best friend.
The dichotomy of the episode is really centered around Matt not revealing his secrets to Heather (Margarita Levieva), who blames Daredevil for saving her from Muse adding tension to the pair during an already tense time for our blind lawyer. Meanwhile, Wilson Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio) shares his secret with Vanessa (Ayelet Zurer), seemingly bridging the gap between the two with good old-fashioned murder. Interesting lesson for the kiddos.
The reinsertion of Bullseye (Wilson Bethel) suddenly into the story seems completely random (although oddly necessary as the Kingpin Mayor storyline has continues to go nowhere), but it does lead to Matt basically saving the Kingpin's life at his gala where he had planned to confront the man only seconds before realizing his wife is the one ultimately behind Foggy's death (which also appears to come out of nowhere) leaving quite a bit to digest, and come back to, in the next episode (which hopefully may involve actually seeing Daredevil again).
- Title: Daredevil: Born Again - Isle of Joy
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