Daredevil Season 1, Episode 8 "Shadows in the Glass" (USE SPOILER TAGS!)

[gohei_]

When Urich asked DD if he got on tape what Blake told him I directly thought of his tape recorder he once had in his billy club t:

 

[Keyser Soze]

This was an episode I've been eagerly waiting for: a proper focus on Wilson Fisk, including digging into his backstory. I loved how, in a lot of ways, his childhood in Hell's Kitchen was played like a perversion of Matt's childhood and father/son relationship. And in the present day, Vincent D'Onofrio was excellent here, swinging back and forth between this simple, childlike terror and this violent rage seething under the surface. Major kudos to Ayulet Zurer as Vanessa too, here. One of my reservations about the show before watching was us seeing Vanessa and Wilson first meet: how could we possibly buy their deep connection without them already being married? But Ayulet is really selling that here, and it's cleverly played that she isn't just some saintly angel pushing Fisk to be better. There's a bit of moral pragmatism in her portrayal, and this Vanessa is very much pushing Fisk to be the most he can be, morals be damned. I loved how Fisk outflanked Murdock and Urich in the conclusion, and this should shift the dynamic Fisk brings to the show in interesting ways going forward.

 

[Quasimod0]

This was my favorite episode yet. I have never seen anything that has made me feel for a villain as much as this episode did. I'm almost rooting for him to become the kingpin of crime and rise above the other criminals. That's crazy.
This show is doing an OUTSTANDING job with the characterization of Wilson Fisk.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Ok, that was surprising, and funny.

 

[Maximus 36]

Just finished this episode and definitely one of my favorites so far.

"Get the saw." = Chilling words.

 

[TWayneP]

Wow, Just finished this episode myself, yea this has got to be my favorite so far.

Chilling, moving, beautiful, absolutely killer.

 

[Spiderdevil]

IMO this episode had one of the worst and best moments of Wilson Fisk

The time when he tries to speak Chinese felt totally fake and forced, not to mention hilarious, they should have just mentioned he knew Chinese/Mandarin and continued in English

And the best part for me 'How much is each of those years worth to you....in round figures'

 

[amazingfantasy15]

IMO this episode had one of the worst and best moments of Wilson Fisk

The time when he tries to speak Chinese felt totally fake and forced, not to mention hilarious, they should have just mentioned he knew Chinese/Mandarin and continued in English

And the best part for me 'How much is each of those years worth to you....in round figures'

I liked everything about forcing Wilson to speak Chinese and the way D'Onofrio played it. Madame Gao had the upper hand on him, she was taking him down verbally, having Wilson speak Chinese was another way to show this, you speak my language, I don't speak yours. The end of the episode was incredible, turning the tables on Matt, Ben, Foggy and Karen's plan/research. They key seemed to be Vanessa, Fisk has someone to talk to about his fears, it's not all internalized now and having that confidant, means he can be more ruthless as the Kingpin and gives him the courage to step out of the shadows.

 

[cph9fa]

Just finished this series today (I know... I'm late). One of the subtle visual puns from this episode that I don't see mentioned in here already was Fisk's breakfast being an omelet. Which of course, requires breaking eggs. Which was sort of Fisk's philosophy for making "his city" better, though never explicitly phrased that way.

(We'll ignore the fact that this joke was also cracked by Ultron, a mere second before Stark was about to say it)