While we didn’t mess up a whole lot during filming, but there were a few amusing outtakes as well as a few scenes that were cut simply for pacing.
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After the titanic cliffhanger from the previous, some serious cards were laid on the table. Naturally, those cards were played immediately. Picking up immediately where “World on Fire” left off, every character is scrambling to deal with the aftermath of the bombings. Daredevil has fought off the police and has kidnapped one of Fisk’s hoods. Claire is coping with the many people who have flooded the hospital in light of the violence. Foggy and Karen are tending to Foggy’s wounds while Fisk admires his handywork.
As that synopsis implies, this is the most action-heavy episode so far. This is noteworthy for being the first time Matt spends the entire episode in costume. There is action, with Matt having to fight off police under Fisk’s take or those who just get in his way. Much of the episode is spent with Daredevil trying to probe information from the thug he kidnapped. This is not as easy as it sounds. The thug is wounded and Daredevil has to call on Claire to figure out how to heal him, even using a flair to cauterize a wound. This hood does not go down without a fight – literally. There is an intense fight scene between Matt and the hood.
This is a great game of mental chess between the two. Knowing the police are on the trail and the violence is still occurring, there is an underlying feeling that something can go wrong at any moment. This episode also features the first encounter between Murdock and Fisk. It is only a walkie-talkie conversation, but it is effective. The characters learn about each other and their conversation reveals the similarities and differences in their personalities. This is a good scene as it gives a taste of these two meeting, but whets our appetites for more. Even though he spends most of the time riding in a limo, once again Fisk’s presence is engaging. Knowing how violent and aggressive he can be, it is unnerving watching how calm he is during this entire ordeal. The scenes with Foggy, Karen and Claire help give this episode a little breathing room so it’s not non-stop action. Overall “Condemned” ups the ante with a stellar episode that will leave viewers on the edge of their seat.
Pinheads follows the misadventures of radio station employees – awkward metal-head Charlie, egocentric Steven and laid back glutton Brian – as they hang out at the bowling alley managed by lunatic Bernie and his neurotic son Kenny.
In this season finale, when Bernie goes missing, Kenny is left in charge. He gives odd jobs to Brian, Steven and Charlie around the bowling alley.
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This episode works by lulling the viewer into a false sense of security. It starts out like a day at the office for these characters. Foggy and Nelson take on a new client. Fisk and Vanessa have another dinner date. Matt and Claire conflict over their ideologies.
Even before the big action happens, this episode works. Naturally the dialogue scenes flesh out characters. We learn about Fisk’s unique honor system and bizarre but sincere affection for Vanessa. There is a great scene where Matt reveals how he uses his senses to “see” – as the title implies, he is able to build pictures in his mind that resemble fire. These scenes also effectively show the unusual comparisons and contrasts between Daredevil and Kingpin. Both are men who genuinely believe what they are doing, and both are willing to do whatever it takes to accomplish their goals.
These calms scenes are good, but they last long enough to lure us into thinking things will be normal – a few scenes with Daredevil in action and all. Then, Fisk’s plan goes into action and parts of Hell’s Kitchen begin going boom. Suddenly all these characters we’ve recognized either for the last few episodes or just this episode – are in real jeopardy. As everyone is scrambling to either figure out what is going on or simply survive, Daredevil springs into action. After trying to fight the real villains, Daredevil is cornered by the police. Every episode in the first season has been excellent, but this is the episode that works as a great turning point. Action scenes and romance/dialogue scenes are used to pace this episode and build suspense.
Bernie’s daughter visits to help around the bowling alley. However, she proves to be smitten with Brian, drawing the ire of Steven.
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The Vaudevillains vs. Enzo and Cass vs. The New Day vs. The Club – Tag Team Championship
Both Enzo and the New Day started out this match with some laugh-out-loud funny promos. The Fatal Four-way set-up gave this match the chance to never slow down. There were some exciting spots, though I must confess that after Payback I winced when Enzo took a spill on the floor (especially since he grasped his head). The New Day won, which I’m split on. I like the New Day as much as the next guy, but I felt that after recovering from his serious injury, Enzo Amore was a legit hero and his team winning would have been more satisfying.
Overall rating: 3.75 (Out of 5) Stars
In between matches was another outright hilarious promo between the Money in the Bank compeitors
Baron Corbin vs. Dolph Ziggler
I was honestly floored that this made it to the main show when it reeked of pre-show. Despite the “boring chants”, I thought this match was… tolerable. Tolerable is not exactly high praise, and I think I only felt that way because I have missed most of their televised matches. If this had been the only filler match on the card, I could have forgiven it, but sadly filler piled up, making my opinion about this match dimmer.
Overall rating: 2.25 stars
Becky Lynch and Natalya vs. Charlotte and Dana Brooke
This match was also okay, but honestly with the women involved I expected better than just okay. I wish they had the chance to show how talented they really are. Then again, when I feel like complaining, I remind myself of the dark days where Bellas and Kelly Kelly matches were the norm. This match is mostly noteworthy for Natalya turning on Becky after the match.
Overall rating 2.75 stars
Sheamus vs. Apollo Crews
Yup, ANOTHER filler match. Both of these guys are normally extremely talented (though I can’t help but notice Sheamus only seems to bring his A-game when he’s in A-matches) so seeing these two duke it out in a match that felt like it belonged on The Main Event disappoints me. I heard McMahon sometimes goes through mood swings on who he likes/dislikes and Sheamus is a perennial victim of this – not too long ago, he was world champion, now he’s jobbing to new guys. I can’t call this match completely worthless as there were a handful of cool spots such as an off-the ring moonsault. Plus, I’m glad a young guy got over – mediocre match or not.
Overall rating 1.75 stars
John Cena vs. AJ Styles
Yeah, now we’re playing with power! This was one of the matches that had a lot of hype and for good reason – these are two tip-top talent, and the fans knew it. Like Cena or not, it’s hard to argue his matches usually have a big match feel. These guys are such names that the fans were cheering them even when they were just standing there, which gave them chances to pace themselves. As the match built up, they both had chances to perform, escape and kick out of each others’ finishers. Despite the buildup, the Club interfered after a ref bump. After doing SEVERAL clean jobs (including to Kevin Owens) I’m not going to play the Cena ego card, but I would have liked to have seen a clean victory. However, I do acknowledge that they could be building to SOMETHING so I’ll let time tell how this one is going to go. Tainted victory and all, these two put on a clinic – not the 5 star classic I expected, but a clinic nonetheless. I look forward to the great matches I know they’ll have.
Overall rating 4.25
Money in the Bank – Dean Ambrose vs. Kevin Owens vs. Chris Jericho vs. Cesaro vs. Sami Zayn vs. Alberto Del Rio
Methinks I realize why there was so much filler on this show – half the A-talent was locked into this match! Being the type of match this is, WWE can usually throw one or two guys like Kane and Big Show into the fray as there are usually enough top guys and plunder to hide their limitations, but this year, they went for broke in putting the best guys on board – not to mention, most of these guys were actually believable as winning. (Only Jericho – who is on borrowed time – seemed like a dark horse.) This was the usual spot fest fans have come to expect from this match, but everyone was on point with some insane bumps. The one that made me cringe was when Zayn performed a Michinoku Driver to Owens onto a ladder. I only have two gripes with this match – In any money in the bank match, I’ve grown tired of spots where the person can clearly grab the briefcase but obviously stalls for time. Also, the ladder bridge did not add up to match. Dean Ambrose won the match, and while I’m a fan of everybody in that ring, Ambrose felt like the right guy – especially after years of his “always a bridesmaid, never a bride” push.
Overall rating 4.5 stars
Rusev vs. Titus O’Neil – US Championship
If I can praise Cena again, I kinda miss the size and importance he gave to US Championship matches. There were a lot of bad matches on this card and this may have been the best of the worst. Rusev is a great old school villain and one of the more talented big men. But still, this match had a “this should be on Raw” vibe to it. Giving credit where it’s due, the post-match promo where Rusev taunted O’Neil in front of his kids was classic heel behavior.
Overall rating: 2.5 stars
Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins – WWE Championship
Here’s another match I was pumped for, and it delivered… sadly, you wouldn’t know that by the crowd reaction. I don’t know if WWE lowered the crowd mic (again) or what was going on, but this crowd was inexplicably not into what was a stellar match. Putting aside opinions on how I think Roman is treated unfairly by the fans, I chalk a lot of the lukewarm reaction to the fact that both guys have been playing shades of grey. I praised the WWE for giving Roman more grey to his character since he wears that attitude well, but when both sides are showing signs of being kind of good and kind of bad, it leaves the fans without a clear hero.
Both men deserve that praise because this match was stellar. There were some cool spots such as Rollins countering a spear into a Pedigree. Rollins showed off his aerial abilities – again, kind of uncharacteristic of a heel. Reigns ran into the barricade during a spear attempt – again making me wince after one too many injuries. There was also a ref bump which saw Rollins kick out of the spear. Rollins did pin Reigns after a Pedigree so his stance as a clean victory is borderline.
Overall rating: 4 stars
However, the real story is what happened after the match. Admittedly I saw this coming as soon as Rollins won the title, but Ambrose came out and cashed in his money in the bank briefcase. As much as I would have liked to have seen Ambrose win the title in an actual match (but alas, I knew it would never happen), I am happy to at least see a fan favorite get his due.
Money in the Bank was… a mixed bag. The good parts were excellent while everything else felt like Raw fodder at best. Ambrose winning the championship admittedly helped put a positive shine on this event, but the filler is hard to ignore – especially since those matches caused the show to go into overtime. Check this out for Reigns vs. Rollins, Cena vs. AJ, the money in the bank, the tag four way, and Ambrose winning (and the women’s match if you have time to spare) and skip the rest.
Up to this point, we’ve only received descriptions of the Kingpin with him only fully appearing for a single shot in the previous episode. So how does he behave in this episode? The first time we see him, he asks Vanessa – the art dealer out on a date. If this were any other show, we can imagine how he’d behave, she’d say no and he’d start acting intimidating.
Daredevil is a show that takes things in a different direction. Fisk asks her out, she says no and he apologizes, backing away. Vanessa eventually relents to go out with Fisk after he says one of my favorite quotes (“A woman who can be bought is not worth having”). Much of the episode is spent showing the date between Vanessa and Fisk. We see some unique shades to his character. It’s almost unnerving as we expect this character go violent at any second.
He is polite to Vanessa, but he is also surprisingly awkward, often not making eye contact when he talks to her or other characters. Despite his love of culture, Fisk does show his viscous side by the end of the episode. We learn all the talk characters have made for him was not in vain as he murders a henchman – quite gruesomely – for “embarrassing him” in front of Vanessa.
Daredevil himself is in action, rescuing Claire. This is exciting, but the highlight is a more intimate scene where Claire and Matt talk about how long Matt can handle taking these licks, and Matt reveals his secret identity to Claire. There are also b-plots about Foggy wanting to expand the office (with a fax machine – it sounds silly but it fits his character so it works) and Urich being on the case. It’s little new, but everything done right. Overall, this was a solid episode that is most memorable for fleshing out Kingpin’s character.
Pinheads follows the misadventures of radio station employees – awkward metal-head Charlie, egocentric Steven and laid back glutton Brian – as they hang out at the bowling alley managed by lunatic Bernie and his neurotic son Kenny.
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The episode begins with a brutal fight at a bowling alley. The perpetrator wants a lawyer. The lawyers he seeks out are none other than Nelson and Murdock. This episode establishes how Foggy and Murdock’s relationship works and the tough decisions they face. They are offered a fortune to represent an obviously guilty client. So they can represent him and make a lot of moolah. At first they argue before they agree to take the case.
This episode also establishes a little more on how Daredevil operates. He uses information he learns in court to gain information from street thugs through vigilantism. Daredevil is in action twice – once is just a standard interrogation. Next is an intense fight where we see how brutal Daredevil can be – even outright threatening to murder someone.
Ben Urich is introduced in this episode. We learn about his personality. He is a run-down newspaper writer who is trying to uncover all the crime in Hell’s Kitchen. Urich works for peanuts, but is determined. One of his co-workers informs him that blog writers and people who work for cheap sites are making a fortune. I can not verify that claim.
The most important part of this episode is the first physical appearance of the Kingpin. The buildup is superb. He’s already been discussed and we’ve heard his voice in the first two episodes. However, in this episode, we see the true reach of Fisk’s power as the bowling alley murder commits suicide – rather violently – because that is preferable to facing Kingpin’s wrath for revealing his name. After all that, we only see Fisk at a museum, mesmerized by a painting. He starts to talking to the museum owner about how he likes the painting. This is a good introduction as it feels like a comic. Often comics will introduce a character this way – panels showing their dialogue with one panel revealing the character. Plus, this is good suspense because the calm way he is introduced contrasts with the violent descriptions we have gotten. It gives some dimension to the character and builds suspense, making us wonder what he is capable of.
Overall, this is another satisfying episode – even though it’s a little more dialogue heavy, the dialogue is good and helps establish the personality of the characters. The action was solid and we are fully introduced to a key character.
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