"Daredevil" Recap: "Seven Minutes in Heaven"

Written by Scotty

THIS IS THE EMERGENCY SPOILER ALERT SYSTEM...YOU ARE ADVISED TO READ AT YOUR OWN RISK...

Fighting off a member of the Hand, Matt lies on the ground and sees that Elektra is still the same woman he knows she was.  Watching as she has slit the throat of the attacker, Matt may have asked her to do something that she cannot. After the cleaners leave the apartment, Matt has to put an end to what is going to happen in the relationship and pushes Elektra out the door since she enjoys killing and will not be able to change her ways. Already having a bad morning, Foggy enters the apartment to talk to his old buddy, but Matt is not in the mood.  Basically telling Foggy that he should move on without him, Matt has distanced himself from everyone that used to consider him a friend. With the war coming, Matt may be preparing for a battle he cannot win, especially alone.

Even with the Trial of the Century behind her, on the losing side, Karen is still looking into the cover-up that has taken place surrounding Frank Castle’s family. Finding a picture from the crime scene, Karen sees the picture of John Doe who was supposed to be forgotten. After seeing that Foggy has given up the fight on finding the truth, she has to turn to someone that will care. Going to see Ellison at the paper, he is intrigued by what she has found and asks her to follow up, if even just for the story. Talking to the coroner once again, the two find out that John Doe was an undercover officer giving them more pieces to the puzzle. Returning to the office, Karen is given Ben’s old office to continue her research and find out what is really happening behind the curtain. 

Now onto the meat of the episode, Wilson Fisk’s rise to power.  On his first day of arriving in prison, Fisk is approached by the Kingpin of ‘the big box’ and told to keep to himself during his time. The advice of his lawyer is to keep his head down and stay out of trouble while his appeal is filed, but Fisk is never one to not be seen as the boss.  Securing a crew, Fisk has a plan to take out his rival Kingpin and take over the prison to call his own while his time is served, and with Frank Castle making it to the cellblocks, it may be very easy to complete this.  Spending the last of his reserve to get a meeting with the Punisher, Fisk is able to appeal to Frank with the mystery of who killed his family to make Castle do what he wants.

Giving the Punisher a name and safe passage to the cellblock, he is now on the hunt for the truth.  Being able to talk to Dutton, the man behind a blown drug deal between the cartel, Dogs of Hell and Irish, Frank finds out what really caused the firefight that killed his family. An undercover agent’s cover was blown during the exchange and everyone with a gun used it killing anyone that was in front of it.  Knowing part of the story now, Frank wounds the soon to be former Kingpin, but he has been double crossed by Fisk and left to die in the cellblock as the other inmates are released.  Being able to fend for himself, Castle makes quick work of his opponents and is transported to another cell to be further dealt with.  But what he finds will make him question his actions to this point, but the war is far from over in his eyes.

This has to be my favorite episode thus far of the season. Watching as Fisk is thrust back into power is just great and how he is able to manipulate the Punisher to do his dirty work, glorious. Karen is just getting better and better as the episodes move on and now with her drive for the truth in full swing, she is given some additional resources. I cannot wait to see what she uncovers next, just hopefully she is ready to fight when she finds it since this seems to be a touchy subject.  Matt is on his own and he will have to defeat the Hand by himself, at least for now. Finding the drug operation of the Hand, he stumbles upon something else, I would expect that it is the Black Sky, but will have to wait to know for sure. With all kinds of people being bled out for whatever is in the sarcophagus and Matt seeing an old foe that should be dead, he might need to start to listen to the stories Stick has been telling him and putting the pieces together before it is too late. I would be lying if I said I did not love this show and every episode continues to drag you in deeper until you cannot see the light any longer.

---