First off, this really should be listed as Season Four as it’s not a reboot and it contains all of the key principal actors reprising their roles. Disney+ has certainly made peace with graphic violence in their adult fare as the show doesn’t have any real difference between Netflix and its current home.
The show is very much interested in comparing the arcs between Kingpin and Matt Murdock. Several times throughout this season there are lengthy cuts back and forth between the two showing us how they are going through similar things.
In the end, does motivation matter? I hope so. Otherwise we are stuck with a girlfriend character that’s not very interesting, a work life for Matt that even he doesn’t care about, and very little time in the red suit. I really liked the Netflix run but I hope the first ep of “Season Two” finds a good priest to give Matt some absolution so we can make the show more interesting and a little bit more of a faster pace.
Even though I’m not a huge fan of Harley Quinn -overall-, there are certain takes on the character that have held my interest. The Max series is one of them. I enjoy the voice actors, and that I am reviewing it the week that episode 10’s finale dropped speaks to how much I like it.
This was a really slow starter for me. I enjoyed The Batman but I wasn’t sure how I’d connect with a show about Oz’ rise as a crime lord. Matt Reeves has created a decent ficton for his Gotham and Batman, but did I really want to spend time caring about “Oz Cobb”? I’d probably still say that Burgess Meredith is “my” Penguin, and that’s almost a completely different character.