18 Best TV Moments Of 2018

4. The Prison Escape - Daredevil

Daredevil Prison
Netflix

One question has been present ever since Daredevil's second episode: how on Earth do you top that hallway fight sequence? They've tried a few times since, and come close, but they finally managed it in Season 3 Episode 4.

Matt works his way into prison, under the guise of Foggy Nelson, to investigate links between Wilson Fisk and an Albanian crime syndicate. Fisk, as ever, is one step ahead of the game, trapping Matt in the prison and leaving him to make a desperate bid not just for freedom, but for his survival too.

The result is one of the most daring action sequences in recent memory: an astonishing 11-minute(!) one-take that tracks Matt through the prison, fighting with inmates, being taken down and getting up again, before eventually making it out. It's a breathless, claustrophobic affair that's both exhilarating and exhausting to watch, so it's hard to even imagine what it was like to film to get the oner right. But it sounds insane.

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