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Now that I’ve gone
through and reviewed all the episodes of Daredevil, this seems like as
good a time as any to look ahead to what I want to see in season 2. We know a few things already about season 2,
which will factor into my choices for season 2.
However, there is still plenty more that has not yet been revealed about
Daredevil season 2, starting with a release date! Hopefully we will find that out soon enough.
But before we find out
when we’ll see it, let’s talk about what we want to see!
The Punisher!
We already know that
Jon Bernthal will be making his debut as Frank Castle, aka the Punisher, in Daredevil
season 2. But what does this mean for
our hero? I want to see Punisher start
off as an antagonist with whom Matt doesn’t necessarily see eye-to-eye. Punisher is a killer. He only kills criminals, but he still
kills. Daredevil, on the other hand,
does not kill—he doesn’t even allow people to die when he has the ability to
prevent it. I expect that this will see
the two of them start off at odds with each other. Matt may come across Frank in the process of
killing a drug dealer and stop him, leading to a fight. Matt may be required to defend Frank in court
against a murder charge. Either way, I
don’t think the two of them will start off on good terms.
However, by the end of
the season I expect to see them recognize that they are fighting for the same
thing and decide to work together. This
may involve the two of them fighting together in the final battle of the season,
or it may simply mean that Punisher tells Daredevil to give him a call if he
ever needs backup. This may even set up
Punisher to appear alongside The Defenders in the miniseries in a couple
years.
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Stick, the Chaste,
Elektra, and the Hand
This might not be the
main plot for the season, but this has already shown up for a couple episodes
in season 1. What is the “war” to which
Stick keeps referring? What is the
Hand’s plan for New York, and what does that particular block of the city have
to do with it? The answers to these two
questions could have dire consequences for Hell’s Kitchen, and Matt will
probably want to put a stop to whatever they are doing if it threatens his
city.
If the Hand return for
season 2, they will need a new face, and I’m pretty sure that’s where Elektra
comes in (played by Elodie Yung). After
all, according to Foggy she’s an ex-girlfriend of Matt’s, so she might have a
score to settle with him. This could be
a way to push his character forward:
either he needs to face the consequences of his past actions or he needs
to decide which is more important between his city and his feelings for Elektra.
Father Lantom and
Matt’s Catholicism
Father Lantom was the
only person in the show who figured out that Matt was the vigilante without
actually seeing Matt in costume or pulling his mask off. That’s pretty significant! Plus, Father Lantom has connections to the
larger Marvel universe; could he become one of the lynchpins that connect all
of the Netflix shows together? He serves
as a supporting character of the Runaways, a team consisting of the children of
super villains which Marvel has been talking about bringing into the MCU for
years now. If Marvel does finally green
light a Runaways TV series for Netflix or ABC, Father Lantom would be a
good character to use in building the connections between that series and the Daredevil
series.
I also want to see more exploration of Matt’s
faith. If he were to unintentionally
kill a villain—or allow an innocent to die—what would that do to him? Now that Punisher is going to be introduced
in season 2—a vigilante who has no qualms about killing—the moral ramifications
of killing a criminal may be at the forefront of Matt’s mind. I think Father Lantom would be key in helping
him reconcile the two parts of himself, working through the moral issues of
Punisher’s actions, and learning to move past that kind of tragedy.
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Civil War
I the rumor of season
2 coming out around the same time in 2016 as season 1 did in 2015 is correct,
then this season is going to come out very close to Captain America: Civil
War. What if there is some
connection between the two? Perhaps Matt
has to defend himself against accusations in the press. Perhaps there are calls for Matt and/or Frank
to reveal their identities, register, and become deputized members of
NYPD. This could affect both Matt’s
jobs—the vigilante and the lawyer.
There are 2 cases from
the comics which could come into play here.
In one, he is hired to defend Daredevil, and he asks Spider-Man to put
on his costume and sit in the defendant’s chair for him. In another (which Charlie Cox namedropped as
one of his favorite Daredevil stories), he is hired to defend White
Tiger, and his defense of White Tiger turns into a defense of all costumed
superheroes. Either of these stories
would make for a compelling connection to the Superhuman Registration Act and
Civil War, though perhaps with modifications.
For one, he might need someone other than Spider-Man to dress up as
himself (though since he will be introduced in Civil War, anyways…), so
perhaps Iron Fist would be a candidate since he has dressed up as Daredevil in
the past. For another, instead of White
Tiger they might decided to use an established hero—and the only ones they will
have in Hell’s Kitchen by that point will be Jessica Jones and Luke Cage. This could be how Daredevil meets the other
members of the Defenders.
A third possibility is
for the Punisher to become embroiled in legal troubles due to his actions in
Hell’s Kitchen. Matt is hired to defend
him in court (adapting the “Defense of White Tiger” from the comics). The city decides to make a deal wit h him to
become an “official vigilante” in the employ of the city. However, Castle does not want to work for the
city and deal with all the legal wrangling, and he presses his lawyer (Matt
Murdock) to find him a way out that does not involve registering with the city
as an “official vigilante.” This might
be a little too on-the-nose, but it would be a good way to tie the events of Daredevil
in with the larger happenings of the MCU and show us some heroes’ reactions to
the calls for registration.
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Madame Gao and Iron
Fist
It’s pretty clear that
Madame Gao has more connections to Iron Fist’s universe than Daredevil’s. However, he faced her first, and she is
interested in his city. Might she return
in season 2, pursued by the champion of K’un-L’un? That could be an interesting way to introduce
Iron Fist to the Marvel Netflix universe and give Daredevil some more
connections to the other Defenders. It would
also let them slowly weave more mysticism into the Marvel Netflix shows before Iron
Fist arrives.
Again, I don’t think
this will be the major plot of the season—it will probably be saved for Iron
Fist—but it could be about as big in this season as Stick was in the first
season.
Kingpin Takes a
Back Seat
At the end of season
1, Wilson Fisk was in prison staring at the wall and contemplating the kind of
man he wants to be. Assuming that a year
passes between season 1 and season 2, Fisk is probably still going to be
working his way through the legal system.
And I really think that he should stay there, at least for one
season. After all, this is a major
villain who’s been thrown into prison.
If he can just get up and walk out of prison for the next season, what
are the consequences for villains in the future? And considering that the entire first season
was focused on Matt’s attempts to get Fisk arrested, allowing him to get out of
prison for the next season would make that whole aspect of last season
meaningless.
I’m not saying that
Fisk should not appear at all in season 2; if he’s going to return, he’ll have
to get out of prison at some point.
However, I don’t think he should be the main villain. If he appears at all, Fisk should be
operating behind the scenes (and behind bars).
In fact, perhaps the ideal would be to show him a couple of times over
the course of the season, culminating with Vanessa orchestrating his escape in
the season finale.
Instead of Kingpin, Daredevil
season 2 should introduce another villain who can become just as interesting
and sympathetic as Wilson Fisk became in season 1. In fact, what if instead of a new villain,
the focus of the season is on Daredevil, Punisher, and Elektra? Both Punisher and Elektra can serve as foils
for Daredevil’s different sides. By
playing the three off each other we can learn much more about all three. At the end of the season, instead of watching
Daredevil and Kingpin duke it out, we might see Daredevil, Punisher, and
Elektra all fighting each other at the same time: Daredevil trying to take Elektra in and keep
Punisher from killing her, Punisher trying to kill Elektra and make sure
Daredevil doesn’t get in his way, and Elektra trying to kill Daredevil for the
Hand and escape from Punisher. That
might be the way to up the ante for season 2 over season 1.
So what do you want to
see in season 2 of Daredevil?
What characters are you most looking forward to seeing? What plotlines do you want them to focus on?
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