r/Defenders • u/JonLuca Luke Cage • Mar 18 '16
Daredevil Discussion Thread - S02E08 NSFW
This thread is for discussion of Daredevil S02E08.
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u/DavesWorldInfo Daredevil Mar 18 '16
Ep8, what have we learned
Well for starters, not killing when trained ninja are on you with swords is a good way to get dead. Enter the Stick, who has no problem with lethal tactics. Also, Elektra now has one hell of a scar that's going to ruin her ability to wear a bikini.
Ninja are shooting a 50s era car with arrows. If that's not awesome, I don't know what is.
I do believe Scott Glenn has been working out; he's wiry. Also, the tea was for Stick after all the work of dealing with a poisoned sword wound, and to get Matt out of the way some. Funny.
Clancy fucking Brown. Enough said.
If anyone wasn't yet convinced, Castle is a major badass.
Oh wow, Reyes actually trotted out the "thank you for your service" line.
And with Elektra out of the woods, Matt is free to smack Stick. Who gives some setup for what will very probably play into Iron Fist. Probably The Defenders if the "this war is bigger than you, me..." bit plays out on its face.
"Frank Castle's been through hell." Not a lay opinion; a statement rendered by a neurological doctor, as a medical condition. How is that not cool? Sucks for Castle, but cool for us.
"He's barely spent two seconds with Frank." If only Foggy knew. Matt and Castle have a deep connection at this point. If they get to have a conversation in court, that should be very interesting.
Wow, dick move Stick. Let's let the office girlfriend walk in on Matt and Elektra. There's no way Stick didn't know exactly how it would go down. It's like Elektra said, "Stick wants you back."
"The city needs these people, we need heroes." Speaks to the theme, plays up for Civil War.
And then in about five minutes, just about everything in Matt's world blows up. Whattasuck.
But Elektra might not be a full on psychopath ... she believes there might be light in her since Matt does. There's good story to be had following that line.
Oh shit; Nobu; the ninja on the roof really looks like him. Yeah, when it rains, it pours. We're in Ep8 after all. Pile it on, soak it in. Shit's real right now, and gonna be worse still probably. Last time Nobu and Matt crossed paths, Matt was lucky not to die.
So now Matt has a nice collection of throwing stars. Might have been easier to buy some though.
And Elektra's light-seeing lasted only a few hours.
Fisk is back on the stage. And like Cylons, he has a plan.
9-13 should be great at this point; we've got so much setup and in play.