A wonderful thing happened while watching Daredevil. Stuck
in bed with bronchitis, too wiped to even sit up and read (my poor copy of Grace of Kings...), the show was exactly
what I needed. There's so much worthwhile about it that I actively hoped
certain characters from the comics wouldn't show up, and certain stories
wouldn't play out, because of how cracking they would be as the focus of later
seasons.
And lo, Netflix's Daredevil restrained itself. The season is
about the feud of Murdoch and Wilson Fisk, The Lawyer Vs. The Mobster, with a
few side characters fleshed out. Mostly side-characters are introduced with
unlimited potential: the best buddy Foggy Nelson, Karen Page with a checkered
past, the Night Nurse willing to treat heroes without exposing their
identities. It's a great season of television as well as a cracking origin
story, and at the end I had a wishlist of things for future seasons.
We'll get to that wishlist in a paragraph, but be
forewarned: we're about to spoil the crap out of the show. If you like superheroes,
you ought to give Daredevil a shot. The list of what could be coming will be
waiting when you're ready. But if you're caught up, or if you don't care about
spoilers*, let's dig in.