1) Shadow in the Glass – Daredevil
As this list has demonstrated, the villains of Marvel television are just as good as its heroes – which means that any episode revolving around them is a shoe-in for the best of the bunch. Naturally, then, the Daredevil episode that gave us a look at Wilson Fisk’s backstory is the show’s greatest episode to date and quite possibly the best MCU TV episode as well.
Through the flashbacks to Fisk’s traumatic childhood, where we learn that he murdered his own abusive father, we see that – like many superheroes and their nemeses – Matt Murdock and Wilson Fisk are two sides of the same coin. Both experienced the horrors of Hell’s Kitchen as children. Just like Matt’s father’s murder explains his reasons for being a vigilante, this explains Fisk’s later career choice.
It’s a fantastic character-driven episode that highlights just why Fisk is one of the – if not the actual – best villain of the MCU we’ve yet seen.
Published: Sep 29, 2016 10:51 am