The Women of Daredevil Season 2

Daredevil season 2 hit Netflix on Friday, March 18 and I was hype! Season 1 was the show I didn’t know I was missing until I had finished it all in a week. It introduced a smaller super hero setting, where no one is saving the world. Where, in fact, the world is really getting worse every day, but there are people holding back evil with their own will and the gifts they’ve got. What’s a better inspirational hero than that? In the end, these ten great scenes aside, Season 2 has left me more lukewarm than Season 1. I adore Matt Murdock — Charlie Cox gives him a charming head tilt when he’s flirting that would totally slay me in real life, combined with the occasional rage of his alter-ego that feels very fitting. I continue to be terrified of Wilson Fisk. Like check under the bed, leave the light on, lock all the doors twice terrified. Like Donald Trump has become President of the United States terrified. And adding in Frank Castle this season felt like a perfect balancing point. There is right, there is wrong, and there are all the questions you ask yourself when you’re somewhere in between. The success of these characters didn’t surprise me – they were the stars of the show, I had tuned in to watch them do their do and they (mostly) served purposes well. The characters that did surprise me were the women of Daredevil. Each actress turn in nuanced, non-stereotyped, complicated performances that lit up the darkness. Each female character became something more than just a paper…