Let's Compare and Contrast Scenes From Daredevil: Born Again and Black Lagoon
Good storytelling is difficult. When a creator carefully considers every detail, the individual pieces form a cohesive whole. This cohesion ensures the audience’s investment. However, some creators often take shortcuts, either out of expediency or laziness. The latter scenario is cataclysmic to the conveyance of a story and should be avoided at all costs. An example of this is the Season 1 finale of Disney/Marvel’s Daredevil: Born Again , specifically Episode 9, "Straight to Hell". We witness Vanessa Fisk presenting an incarcerated Bullseye with a deal to assassinate Foggy Nelson—a lawyer whose partner, Matt Murdock (Daredevil), previously threatened her and her husband’s criminal empire. Now Mr. Nelson seems to be on the cusp of uncovering their most recent criminal conspiracy, requiring Vanessa to take drastic action. Utilizing a legal loophole that acquitted her husband, Wilson Fisk (the Kingpin), as well as manipulating Bullseye’s fragile state of mind, Vanessa is able to...
