"Daredevil" Recap: "Dogs to a Gunfight"

​Written by Scotty

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It is difficult to understand what a vigilante really wants when they are working by their own rules.  When they are taking out the trash on the streets so the cops do not need to, even the police have a hard time deciding if what they are doing is right or wrong. Justice can come in many forms, but the only form that is observed in Hell’s Kitchen is by the courts. Now with two vigilantes running amuck around the city, the police will have to pull out all of the stops to capture or kill these men before something bad happens.

Being found on a rooftop by Foggy, Matt has now seen the face of the man he will have to hunt down.  But after receiving a shot in the head from his new nemesis, he will need time to recover and Foggy will take care of everything else in between.  With Grotto making it safe to the police, he is willing to give up all of the information that he has on his former employer, but wants to be safe from the man that is on the streets with the oversized weapons and protective custody is the only thing that makes sense. 

Karen is beside herself after the attack in the hospital and believes that she might be the cause of it. Needing to be talked down by Foggy, she needs to hear it from someone else as well and with Matt out of the office, she will have to make a special house call when time allows it.  Matt is dealing with his own issues when his senses start to work on their own out of his control and then like a breaking of a glass, his sense of hearing goes away.  Lying in wait to see if something changes, he is able to hear a knocking at the door and surprised to see Karen there.  After Foggy has passed on the word that Matt is an alcoholic, Karen is worried that his drinking might be getting the best of him, but suspects that there is something else happening that the two are not telling her. Filling Matt in on what will be happening with Grotto, she excuses herself but lets her friend know that she is there for him whenever he is in need.

To get his Federal Protection signed off on, Grotto is being forced to wear a wire and get a known drug dealer to admit to his crimes. With the District Attorney running the sting and all of the police force waiting to make the bust, there is something completely different going on. Finding out that their client is the bait for the ‘Punisher’, Foggy and Karen are trying to find a way to get him out before the bullets start flying. But before they know it, the single man army arrives on the scene to take out the last of the Irish mob that he has missed the last two times. Daredevil is also on the scene and after finding the Punisher’s hideout, he starts to see where the mad man is getting all of his information from.  Being able to stop the kill shot, Daredevil does what he is best at and hands out a beating to his new foe, but with bullets flying through the air directed at the two vigilantes, the fight might be more costly than expected.
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The second episode has come to an end and there is no disappointment as of yet.  You finally get to see the Punisher in the daylight and start to figure out what kind of man that he really is.  With few words spoken, he lets his actions do his talking and for a particular pawn shop broker, that doesn't work out too well. I really think I am going to like this addition to the story more than I expected. There is also a new storyline being put into play, Karen is starting to crush on Matt a little bit, this will be very interesting when all is said and done since she does not know his secret yet.  Foggy is just being Foggy and there is no reason he should not be.  Standing up to the District Attorney about his client’s rights, Foggy knows much more than he appears to, and is still able to help his buddy Matt out in a time of need.  With the battle between Daredevil and the Punisher in full swing, I cannot wait to see what happens between them and now with them both being injured, it might be a little different than expected.

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