I mean, I’ve already written fanfic for this so you know I liked it. But in greater detail…

This was SUCH a great return, and I am so excited that Matt is back and as miserable as ever. I’m sad that a certain former main character died, and I admittedly don’t think that it was <i>entirely</i> necessary… But it does put Matt into a really interesting place of suffering, and this was an excellent hour or so of him sinking ever deeper into that. And Fisk is back too! And also suffering! D’Onofrio is, as ever, a revelation as him and the whole plotline about him becoming mayor is REALLY well done and draws such excellent parallels to unfortunate Current Events. 

AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP. I am always utterly obsessed by their dynamic, and the showrunners absolutely got me. There are just so many interesting parallels between them, so many great shots that juxtapose them, so many moments where they are obviously thinking obsessively about each other. AND THAT DINER SCENE. I am so grateful to Michael Mann (the director of Heat, with its glorious diner scene) for providing the blueprint for enemy interactions for the last 30 or so years. I am EATING.

This was really good. Looking forward to the rest!