Marvel's Daredevil: 31 Easter Eggs You Probably Missed

31. "The Incident"

Daredevil effectively lives in a post-traumatic version of New York, sometime after the events of the first Avengers movie (and likely the second), with the residents counting the cost of Loki's attack on the city. The "Incident" as it is labelled hangs over the show like a dark shadow, and has proved to be the catalyst for the escalating crime.

It is even expressly mentioned that Kingpin's rise has been made possible by the appearance of new heroes stealing attention away from lower level crime. The first major indication that this is part of the shared MCU, and that it's all very clearly heading towards Civil War.