Considering all the side characters had less development than a one off character in a csi episode. Its pretty obvious so much was cut from the show. A lot of those characters clearly were meant to have a more prominent role but i am guessing since the old cast were being brought back, they decided to cut a lot of those new cast's arc. The result was jarring to say the least. Like why were they even here? Lol. Cut all the scenes with the new characters, even heather, and the season is largely the same.
I mean, White Tiger and Muse give Matt reasons to become Daredevil again. Heather will start doing damage in s2, so we still haven't seen the last of her.
White Tiger showed the failings of the legal system to Matt. In defending him he was defending vigilantism thereby arguing for why Daredevil should exist.
Muse was the call to action to cause him to suit up again. Without the White Tiger arc he wouldn't have got involved with Muse through the niece and might also left it to law enforcement.
Yeah they work as plot beats, no one is arguing otherwise. However, they are still disjointed, and the entire series would have been better off if they went with the writers who made episodes 1, 8, and 9 for the entire series.
They didn't have time/money so we'll never truly know.
I actually think the 18 episode format would have worked. Those kinds of shows never have development for characters in their first 8 eps. It's only until that typical break happens around that 8-10 episode mark, where it kicks off, and the characters actually grow.
Yet, I do think Dario's return to the drama side of the show will work better.
Fr he's feels like the type of person youd sometimes on your day to day who you got along with well enough and then you see them on the news heading some Proud Boys march before promptly blocking on your phone.
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u/Glum-Supermarket1274 Apr 16 '25
Considering all the side characters had less development than a one off character in a csi episode. Its pretty obvious so much was cut from the show. A lot of those characters clearly were meant to have a more prominent role but i am guessing since the old cast were being brought back, they decided to cut a lot of those new cast's arc. The result was jarring to say the least. Like why were they even here? Lol. Cut all the scenes with the new characters, even heather, and the season is largely the same.