DAREDEVIL came to a rewarding but unexpected finale. What took me by surprised was the level of finality and closure this climax offered, given how I was very much prepared for a last episode that would leave lots of balls hanging in the air for an eventual Season 2. But no, this very much plays like a series finale, or the end of a film, albeit with just enough threads that could be pulled into a new story down the line. After all the character work of the previous few episodes, it felt like that by necessity took a backseat to a more densely-packed, plot-heavy episode here, meaning that this wasn't the best episode of the series. But still, very strong, and some cathartic moments that we've been building towards for the whole series. The highlight, of course, must be Daredevil (for at last, with his red costume, we can call him Daredevil) finally getting his showdown with Wilson Fisk, and credit to Cox and D'Onofrio (and, at certain moments, their stunt doubles), this was probably the best one-on-one fight of the season, the rage these two have accumulated towards one another exploding in flying fists and billy club swipes. I was a wee bit sad at the lack of a post-credit scene of some kind to set up the shared Netflix/Defenders universe, but that's a niggle at best. Overall, this deftly wrapped up what has been one of the best seasons of television I've seen in some time.
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