After that explosive season premiere, Matt is feeling the effects. After needing to be rescued by Foggy, he skulks around his apartment with noise affecting him more than ever and dropping glasses. His double identity is beginning to catch up with him as Karen has a hard time believing Matt’s excuses any more and thinks he has another problem. Speaking of Karen, she and Foggy have a little more story again as they are helping someone in witness protection trap the Punisher. Foggy’s one-liners provide a little comic relief to what could be an all-too serious story.
Speaking of the Punisher, after lurking in the shadows, we see much more of him in this episode. His personality is fleshed out much more. We see how cold and calculating he can be but he has a code of honor – we see these traits in just one scene. He coldly buys weapons he needs in a shop – just walks in, gets what he needs and tries to walk out. However, as soon as he finds out the shop owner runs underage prostitution, it’s game over. We don’t see the violence, we just see him replace the open sign to closed. Despite the TV-MA rating, a lot of the violence is implied. There’s a scene where the Punisher is wiping out members of a garage – we seem some bloodshed, but much of the action is heard through gun shots one attendant is ignoring until it’s too late. Even with the violence implied, this is still effective – letting us see the Punisher in action without becoming too gory.
There is still plenty of action. There is a pretty intense fight scene between the Punisher and Daredevil toward the end. Daredevil spends much of the episode out of action because his helmet is damaged. He tries to investigate out of costume. These scenes are pretty good – they are quiet and the lurking feeling that something could go wrong at any minute – such as when he gets busted by a dog – creates suspense. Even with action and suspense, the episode slows down for a few big ideas. After making vigilante justice acceptable, is it Daredevil’s fault the city now has the Punisher to deal with?
For bringing some suspense, action, all major characters in action and even a few big ideas, “Dogs to a Gunfight” is a top notch episode.
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