Daredevil Season 1, Episode 11 "The Path of the Righteous" (USE SPOILER TAGS!)

[flickchick85]

Discuss Episode 11: "The Path of the Righteous" here.

Fisk and Murdock wrestle with the consequences of their chosen paths, while Ben and Karen get closer to Fisk's true past.

ANY SPOILERS FOR EPISODES BEYOND THIS ONE MUST BE TAGGED.​

 

[BatsDC]

Genuinely thought Fisk was going to hit that Nurse after he said "don't you know who I am!?"

 

[TheVileOne]

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Au revoir Wesley. You were quite a skeevy fellow.

What a death orgy the end of the season became.

 

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

Wow what an ending for this episode. Some more really good character development and some really good twist which have me intrigued.

 

[MakeMinesMarvel]

Season flying by way to fast

 

[MakeMinesMarvel]

Hate when good villians die

 

[TheVileOne]

Spoiler

Wesley was a great character. He was more than just Kingpin's stooge. He was his confidante and right hand. He believed in Kingpin's dream. Was he a sociopath? Yes. But he was a true believer sociopath.

 

[BatsDC]

I liked Wesley, so that was a bummer.

 

[TheVileOne]

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I only liked Wesley from a character standpoint. As a person, he was the scum and had to go. In the first episode he showed that live video feed of that guy's daughter to the jail cop. Made him look really skeevy.

 

[Visualiza]

Holy crap, that ending! The whole damn episode! That was like a Breaking Bad moment.

 

[flickchick85]

Was not expecting that!!!

 

[Lencho01]

That was a surprise.

I kinda wanted to see a flashback to see how Wesley and Wilson became friends.

 

[ares834]

Dang! That was unexpected.

I liked Wesley, so that was a bummer.

Spoiler

Same. But he had to go.

 

[Visualiza]

Spoiler

Wesley was a great character. He was more than just Kingpin's stooge. He was his confidante and right hand. He believed in Kingpin's dream. Was he a sociopath? Yes. But he was a true believer sociopath.

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Did anybody else think that he was started to become the least bit disillusioned with Fisk though? I noticed a look of displeasure at least a handful of times, most notably when he found out that Fisk was a polyglot.

 

[Mike Murdock]

First off, Melvin Potter is great. They even referenced the Gladiator with him throwing a buzzsaw. Going all the way to include Betty Beatsy was lovely. Otherwise, the episode was pretty much continuing the fallout of last time. The ending with Karen was surprising. It was probably the right action (the second shot wasn't so great). But I was expecting Wesley to make it (not sure why, but I was). Now give me the damn costume.

 

[Snow Queen]

This might have beaten Condemned for my favourite episode. The ending was phenomenal, always love seeing Wesley so him getting a lot of time in this episode was nice and what happened with him wasn't expected and that scene with Matt and Potter was outstanding.

 

[Human Torch]

So it looks like Matt will be getting the costume soon. Pretty good origin for it.

I liked the conversation with the priest even more than in the previous episodes. The contrast with Fisk not being able to pray was quite nice.

They have done a good job with Fisk's adoration of Vanessa. I hope she lives long enough to become Mrs Fisk.

The guy that plays Turk is great. I wish there was a few more scenes with him & DD

That certainly was a shock ending. Wasn't expecting Karen to kill Wesley like that. Sad to see him go. I guess that's what happens when you try to pull something like that alone. Wes was a bit over confident.

 

[Pokkle]

Wesley's bluff with the gun didn't work t:
Nice try though.
He was a good villain.

 

[chamber-music]

First off, Melvin Potter is great. They even referenced the Gladiator with him throwing a buzzsaw. Going all the way to include Betty Beatsy was lovely. Otherwise, the episode was pretty much continuing the fallout of last time. The ending with Karen was surprising. It was probably the right action (the second shot wasn't so great). But I was expecting Wesley to make it (not sure why, but I was). Now give me the damn costume.

There was also his comic symbol in the workshop

 

[Demileto]

I really liked how Wesley was portrayed as a true friend to Fisk, the trope that villains only care about themselves and get together solely out of self-interest is so abused it was nice to see something different for once. It was sad, then, for me to see him go, even if I have to admit it was necessary - Fisk made so many suffer in his quest for power (poor Mrs. Cardenas!) that he had to have a real, unrecoverable loss as the price to pay for what he did.

 

[Darkraid]

I like Weasly. Sad to see him go so early.

Why is Potter crying like that? Shocked.

 

[the last son]

Didn't make any sense to leave the gun there. Didn't make any sense not to just kill her. Hey it's TV.

 

[Web-Head]

That ending!

 

[Keyser Soze]

For the most part, this was the slowest episode of the season thus far. I'd say "weakest," but that doesn't seem fair as it's hardly a weak hour of television, just not as gripping as what has come before. It feels like we spend much of this hour reiterating or expanding upon themes and plot points touched upon in earlier episodes rather than really pushing forward. But within that, there's still some strong work, particularly on the villain side of things, with Vincent D'Onofrio, Bob Gunton and particularly Toby Leonard Moore all getting strong material as Fisk, Owlsley and Wesley, respectively. Already, it seems like an emerging pattern is strong villain work on episodes where showrunner Steven DeKnight is writing - which makes sense, given how well-portrayed his villains were on SPARTACUS. I also liked Melvin Potter, essentially a one-scene role, but in that time Mitch Gerards brings to life much of the persona established in the comics. But what really elevates this episode is the tense, shocking finale. I had already earmarked Deborah Ann Woll as the star player here and as this being a great Karen Page episode before the conclusion, but once we got to that point, she really showed how strong and resourceful she can be. Things are getting really dark...

 

[RockSP]

Spoiler

Did anybody else think that he was started to become the least bit disillusioned with Fisk though? I noticed a look of displeasure at least a handful of times, most notably when he found out that Fisk was a polyglot.

Spoiler

To me that scene was him being surprised that Fisk revealed to Madame Gao that he could understand her. He already knew Fisk spoke multiple languages, IMO.