Excessive Force

Bro this, THIS is what the fans been waiting for! The original show was without a doubt the best thing marvel has ever produced, & the show being revived on d+ did raise a lot of warning signs, especially with how poor marvel has been on the platform & in general tbfh in the last 5 years or so, with the exceptions of a very projects. But THIS is what we've been crying out for, for YEARS, genuine quality!!

Finally! Really hope the rest of the season stays on course with like pacing, action, story & quality for the remaining three. Though episode 5, like some others were kinda short tbh, it was another great episode {even tho i hope to GOD that ms marvels dad is the last of 'those' characters from the goofy side of marvel that we see for the rest of the series tbh} even if it was "filler" & it shows that when u get people that actually know what their doing to write beloved characters, it'll pay off 💯 warra episode.

This episode was easily one of the strongest so far. All the storylines moved forward in a really smooth way-nothing felt forced or out of place. It was super satisfying to see everything come together without feeling rushed.

What I really liked was how the episode gave equal time to both Matt and Fisk. You get a good look into where they're both at mentally and how their paths are starting to cross again. It feels like the show is building tension the right way, without tipping its hand too soon.

The pacing was spot-on. It kept things moving, but still gave the big moments room to breathe. And when the action hit, it was intense. Gritty, fast, and exactly what you want from a Daredevil fight scene.

Overall, this episode felt really well put together-great balance of story, character focus, and action. If the rest of the season keeps this up, we're in for a hell of a ride.

And at last, after the 6th episode(and filler but enjoyable Ep 5), we get the Daredevil that we have been waiting for.

The tension, action, and lack of noticeable distracting VFX we got in the pilot are all on show here, and it is amazing.

The duality of Fisk's descent into darkness, and Matt's return as the hero is beautiful and tragic all at the same time.

Even though some of the reshoots are still apparent in the final product, the intensity of this episode finally matches the amazing 3 seasons we got on Netflix all those years ago.

Just amazing, and what I was wishing and hoping for these last few weeks.

Hector's niece showing up again is just lazy writing. No teen ever has been that stupid. She is also arrogant and obnoxious. I hope we never see that character again.

The fight that should be a climax is ruined by a stupid "oh look he disappeared withiut making a sound while nobody noticed after having been garrotted, beaten to an inch of his life and conveniently been left for dead" moment. Things like this is again nothing but lazy, incompetent story development and makes Matt look like an idiot.

The fight itself is OK, but the antagonist does not have a clear, believable fighting style, looking more like how a person who has never been in a fight thinks fighting is. Disappointing from a show that has excelled in this from its original first season.

I'm glad to say that this week I was completely satisfied with Born Again! Episode 5 was more in the nature of what you see in episodic shows, not serialized ones, but it was still very fun and entertaining.

Episode 6, however, was excellent, near perfect I might add, if it weren't for a few bad CGI shots and a lack of creativity in the way of showing flashbacks. Other than that, it was great both in moving the dramatic side of the plot and also in its action. The final fights were amazing, and I'm just so impressed that the Disney version of Daredevil is not afraid of showing brutal scenes.

By now, I think it's an understatement to say that the sole identity of Born Again is built around the parallel connection between Murdock and Fisk: the fact that both can't change their true nature and end up crossing paths with one another in some way as forces of good and evil. The fact that this show executes this concept so well, I think, is a win for all of the fans of the original show, even though, up until this point (and still), I find it to be inferior to the original.