Daredevil was always the grittiest of the Marvel TV shows. The Defenders from the Netflix series all had their own dark takes on the MCU, but Daredevil’s combination of vigilante justice combined with legal drama allowed it to reach new heights — or rather, depths — of grounded drama. Now, a decade after the first series, Matt Murdock is coming back to streaming and this time it’s darker than ever.
The showrunner for the series is teasing something incredibly gritty, more grounded than even the latest hit “gritty reboot” show: DC’s The Penguin. But will the series be able to live up to all that hype?
