Marvel's Daredevil: 18 Problems With Season 2

18. ASAP Slap Of Sanctimony

Foggy Nelson himself isn’t a bad character in the slightest. In fact, when weighed up against the other supporting characters in the Marvel Universe, he’s arguably the most important counterweight to the heroic title character. Without Foggy, there’s no Matt and without Matt, there’s no Foggy.

Despite the fact that I’m kind of embarrassed that, as a young’in, I once wanted to be partnered with Foggy (he was one half of the Bash Brothers in The Mighty Ducks), I can’t slag the guy. He got to shine during this season. He killed it in the People vs Frank Castle case and rightfully put Matt in his place after all the times he s*** on their friendship and business for a piece of that Eleketra pie.

Still, Foggy is in a perilous position because he’s forced to make the consistent, sanctimonious speeches. Which he goes and does immediately in the second scene of the very first episode. For anyone who is unsure of the relationship between the two, the conversation is forced and it looks like they’re going to suck face at the end.

Going from Frank straight out slaughtering a whole bunch of Irish mobsters to an immediate philosophical debate was jarring and made for an awkward opener.