#fisk

Holy fuck.

I don't even know where to start. Scratch that, yes I do. Why on EARTH was Karen being processed and put into holding at an NYPD station? She was "arrested" by an AVTF agent, at a rally being managed by the AVTF, with NYPD nowhere in sight. You're telling me that Powell, who has been doing extra judicial shit for two seasons is, what, just going to hand over someone that's been on their most wanted list for literal months? And if the order to hand her over came from Fisk, why would he have done that??? To make an example of her? They were successfully able to make an example of Jack Duquesne with his farce of a trial and with him being held at Red Hook, why would Karen be any different? Why bother with offering her due process??? Both Fisk and the AVTF already know that there could be potential Daredevil sympathizers on the force with how they went after Cherry at home and at the hospital, and saw that he had sympathetic friends at said hospital. Why would they risk it?

What is the plan re: using her as bait? Are they thinking that Karen will get the trial of the century and Daredevil will what, swoop down into the courtroom, try to grab Karen, and give the AVTF the chance to arrest him as well? Kill him right there and then? Change public opinion? The entire thing is ludicrous.

And speaking of Cherry, if he's supposed to be hiding from the AVTF who, presumably, are still looking for him, why would he be meeting with noted missing persons Matt Murdock (that the whole city is apparently looking for) and vigilante Jessica Jones on a rooftop in view of several buildings, in broad fucking daylight? Come the fuck on.

I liked Karen's processing scene and the callbacks to her last time in lockup very much but what the fuck was that Mahoney scene? Are you telling me that Mahoney, who has been helping Matt and Foggy since the first episode of Daredevil back in the day, is the chief of detectives and all he's done so far and is managing to do now is... take Karen out of her cell (with absolutely no one in sight, no other cops on duty or other prisoners in lockup) and give her 2 mins with Daredevil outside? That's IT? I know he's supposed to be back in the finale but come on. After everything he did for Matt, Foggy, Karen, hell, even Frank Castle, THIS is what we get??

Fisk goes to see Karen in jail which does seem in character but what was that dialogue? And don't even get me started on how NO ONE, not her apparent loving boyfriend (*gag*), not Mahoney, or Kirsten, or any of the multitudes of reporters at the trial, mention the very visible bruises Karen has around her throat???

Matt Murdock, who has such superhuman senses that he can listen to people kilometres away and smell changes in their body, and who is apparently in a full on loving relationship with Karen is not going to mention the bruises around her neck and arms? Not even once? Not going to ask if she's okay? Not one ounce of concern for her safety, the trauma she must be reliving, landing in jail because of Fisk once again, if she needs anything? We're just going to jump right in to Karen apologizing (*gag*) for a completely reasonable trauma response to Matt dumping the man of her nightmares on her and forcing her to deal with him alone?

Fuck you Matt Murdock and fuck whoever wrote this fucking scene.

And their entire plan, leaving Karen in jail and betting on this trial, is because... Fisk seems different? That's it? That's what we're going to risk Karen's safety on? That Fisk *might* be slightly scared and that by going through this trial, he might get more scared? What the FUCK is the goal here? Fisk is going to do whatever he can to stay in power, he has proven that time and time again. Putting Karen in this position does not guarantee anything other than putting her in danger. Where the fuck is Frank Castle when you need him.

Also, all that and the scenes of the actual trial are maybe 2-3 mins total? Cool. I don't know what Matt Murdock lawyer coming back is supposed to accomplish. He's been gone for months, has left his business partner completely high and dry, abandoned his girlfriend (a different one than his current one because heaven forbid he live with any of his demons alone) and all his firm's clients and he comes back as some sort of hero? We don't even get to see his and Kirsten's reunion? She's not pissed at him for almost running their firm into the ground and forcing her to carry it all on her own? For having to deal with the AVTF on her own and be ordered around by Karen and Matt by proxy? We don't get to see ANY of that and Matt is just back now? Fuck off.

Then. That fucking scene between Karen and Heather.

What the FUCK was that?

It read like someone thinking it was a good idea to write a catfight scene between exes without considering what this show is and who both of these characters are. Karen has been taking care of herself for years, has had to deal with trauma we can barely imagine, and MATT is the topic of conversation? Matt's issues are hot? The dialogue is fucking cringe inducing.

And how do these characters even know each other? Are we to assume that Karen and Matt, in the midst of all the apparent vigilante activity that Karen is on trial for, had the exes conversation? And Matt told her about Heather but she somehow never mentioned Frank? Bullshit. This was all already covered by 1x09 of last season. Matt knows about Karen and Frank's feelings for each other, he heard it and saw it. He was there, there was a whole conversation about it and we left off in a completely different and more tenuous place than DDBA season two would suggest. They've literally retconned their own show.

And how does Heather know Karen's history with Matt? Matt was barely paying attention to Heather last season and their relationship seemed strained at best but we're to assume he told her about Karen and their complicated history. Is Heather going to bring up Elektra next episode? Fuck off with this nonsense.

Why is Heather even there? If Fisk and his team have as much evidence about Karen's life as Heather claimed, why not use that in the trial and introduce it as evidence? Why even bring up Hector Ayala or Matt's apartment? Destroy Karen's public image by airing the actual awful things she’s done. What on earth is stopping them??

And that shootout scene with Matt, Kirsten, and the AVTF - why would Fisk and/or Powell send only one truck of guys to take care of them? If they knew Matt and Kirsten were going to be there, why not swarm them and send five trucks? Why not get a sniper to hit them somewhere else? What a useless fucking move on the AVTF's end.

And finally... Bullseye. The fucking audacity of Matthew fucking Murdock to make Karen feel like shit for wanting revenge for Foggy and then turnaround the next fucking episode, and sic Bullseye onto a target himself. Matt KNOWS that Bullseye is going to kill whoever Fisk sends to get the governor, he knows that. But that murder, that he is complicit in!, is okay because it's needed, right? Karen's idea to call Frank for help is bad because murder is wrong and we need to trust the system. Vengeance isn't justice because this isn't us and we need to trust the system. But it's fine if Matt needs it right? Murder is needed now and Matt admits it so it's fine, right?

This argument between justice and morality is why Daredevil is such a fascinating character but the way it's been done in season 2 is just plain infuriating. Matt isn't struggling between what he wishes he could do and what he believes needs to be done, he's just a sanctimonuous ass who seems to be in church not for the Catholicism but for the fucking vibes and leaves everyone else to deal with his choices.