5. Good Old Fashioned Catholic Guilt
Ah, good, old Catholic guilt; that feeling you get when youve been educated privately and just know that God is standing in the corner and tut-tutting as you type one-handed. Daredevil - both the comic and the show - has always had a heavy focus on religion and its moral quandaries. Matt Murdock is constantly delicately balancing on a moral compass, torn between doing right by a higher power as an altar boy of the law and beating a rapist half to death in an alley as a man dressed as the devil. Season 2 of Daredevil will continue to allow the guilt that Murdock feels to simmer until it eventually boils. Throughout the trailer, there is a beautiful monologue about guilt, between Murdock and the Priest, a man who can be considered Matts moral mentor:
Murdock: Father, why do I still feel guilty? The Priest: Guilt can be a good thing. Its a souls call to action. Vindication, then, that your work is not finished.
Although guilt has always been a driving force behind Murdocks ambitions, might it be that he feels guilty because he was indirectly involved with what happened to Frank Castles family? Daredevil has made a lot of enemies and created a huge vacuum in the underworld when he had Wilson Fisk locked away. Criminals will be clambering on top of one another in order to become the next Kingpin and civilians are about as safe as a male's mental health in a Kardashian household. Murdock is a scrappy fighter and it may be his potential for collateral damage that causes Frank to lose those he loves most, leading to a ballet of bullets and bloodshed between a man riddled with guilt and a man incapable of feeling anything at all.