"Daredevil" Recap: "The Ones We Leave Behind"

Written by Scotty

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Having your words read by the masses is a powerful feeling.  If you are able to get more than one person to view anything that you have done, regardless of what you are writing, it is a victory. But if these people believe what you have written and know that it is fact, then you have formed something much more powerful than just yourself, you have made a connection and nothing can take that away.  As long as you have a group of loyal readers, they make sure that your writing will never go unread, along with passing on what you have written via their own means.  Your words could be passed on much further than you ever expected and when you hear it come back to you in casual conversation, it does make your day a little bit brighter. 

Wilson Fisk has been put on the ropes, but is slowly moving off of them.  With Vanessa waking up in the hospital, Fisk is feeling better about his life and choices since she will never leave him, no matter what happens.  But there is something in the air that is not right when he gets word that his men have found Wesley.  Rushing to be at his friends side, Fisk cannot contain his anger towards whomever is coming after him and his friends.  Knowing that Wesley’s last call was made to his mother, Fisk decides to move her out of her retirement home to a place where nobody will be able to find her.  Asking what she remembers about her visitors that caused this interruption, he finds out that one of Hell’s Kitchen’s own has uncovered something that he should never have stumbled upon.

Karen is close to losing it after shooting Wesley.  Not wanting to believe that anything bad could happen to her after going against Union Allied was foolish and now that she has found the golden egg when finding Fisk’s mother, she knows that things will be heating up.  Urging Ben Urich to print anything and everything that they have found on Fisk, Karen needs a friend more than ever, but with Matt and Foggy fighting, she does not know who she can turn to.  Although Foggy has shown that he can be the man who can keep her safe from anyone, Karen is too afraid to confide in him what has happened and what trouble she is actually in.

Foggy is keeping up on the case and is playing all of his aces to find answers about what is happening around Hell’s Kitchen and what Fisk is really up to.  Talking to an old college girlfriend, Marci who is working at a larger firm, Foggy has to convince her that something at the offices is not right.  Showing her all of the files he, Matt and the man in the black mask have uncovered on the man, Marci’s eyes start to get opened, but that might not prove to be a good thing.  Since her firm works for Fisk and his goons, she has a conflict of interests in discussing his affairs, but Foggy is trying his hardest to make sure she knows that there are people around the city that can protect her, as long as she is not on the payroll as well.

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Matt is running around the city, still looking for answers.  After finding out about the drug trade that has been going on in Hell’s Kitchen, along with who was running distribution for it, he knows that Fisk’s hands are in everything.  But there is someone else who is in charge of the drugs and Matt will have to find out who is at the top and burn them out. Being able to detect a drug mule, Matt is able to follow them to their hide out and expose the boss of the blind business, Madame Gao.  After confronting her, Matt sees firsthand how powerful the old woman is and what her people will do to not disappoint her.

Enough beating around the bush, here is the main story from the episode and it all revolves around Ben Urich.  Although Ben does not have enough to print the stories that Karen has been able to get him, he is starting to change his tune. With the young woman begging him to get anything about Fisk in the paper, he is starting to look at another way to tell the story.  Along with another visit from the man in the black mask, Ben is trying to help where and when he can, but does not know all of the ins and outs of what is happening in the city, but knows the direction to send someone looking to make a splash.  After talking with his editor about the story that could expose Fisk, at least to show a little bit of the monster he is to the public gets shot down, Ben gets fired for speaking the truth. Not wanting to let the story die, Ben looks to write a blog, with everything that he knows up to this point. He does not care about what happens to him from a legal standpoint since he no longer has anything to lose, but a large visitor in his apartment may change his mind about that…the hard way.

This episode went too fast for me, but it covered so much in such a short time.  As Matt is able to find out more about the drug trade around Hell’s Kitchen and how the loss of the Russians would have put a lot of money on the table for someone to take, he knows that Fisk has to have his hands in it somewhere.  Karen is a mess and I do not know how she will be able to come back from what she has done, especially without her support group of Foggy and Matt.  The friends will not even look at each other, much less talk to one another and that is pulling more than their relationship apart.  Ok, spoiler and I am mad as hell about it.  They killed off the only voice of reason for Matt and Karen when Fisk finds out that Ben Urich brought his mother into the equation.  Two of my favorite characters are now off of the show and I will never get to see them again. One I guess was justified and the other was at Fisk’s hands once again.  Oh well, one more episode to go and then I will be allowed to let myself shed a tear for our newly fallen comrade.  Also a new player has shown up that is looking to take Fisk out, but I will not bring that up until he gets exposed to the big guy.  

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