Daredevil is back to being great again in Season 3

The A.V. Club

Season 3 finds the Marvel series getting back to basics, especially with a familiar, marginally more scaleable foe: Wilson Fisk, says Danette Chavez. "It’s a welcome reset," says Chavez, "but one that initially says more about the underwhelming quality of the show’s second season (the introduction of the Punisher notwithstanding) and the years-in-the-making Defenders showdown... As exciting as it is to watch Fisk and Daredevil circle each other again, there’s something almost conciliatory about this arrangement, despite the fact that (new showrunner Erik) Oleson and team weren’t involved in previous decisions to spend so much time on such uninspired enemies (though it is in keeping with the overall Catholic guilt theme). It’s as if they’re acknowledging previous missteps, and offering up the tried-and-true dynamic of Daredevil and Kingpin, who both know what it’s like to wear a mask."

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