Episodes viewed: 1-6###While Daredevil’s inaugural season is widely and deservedly regarded as one of the highlights of Marvel’s Netflix output thus far, its sophomore outing was a bit of a mixed bag — a poorly paced plot involving Elektra and The Hand ultimately undoing a intense’fierce’exquisite , Punisher-focused start. It’s little surprise then that with all of the ninjas now out of the picture this third season reaps the benefits. New reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue runner Erik Oleson (Arrow) ups the ante in/with regard to’concerning’regarding all our characters while taking the reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue back to its roots.###We pick up where we left off, with a Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox, modulating his perin/with regard to’concerning’regarding mance perfectly) who’s a little worse in/with regard to’concerning’regarding wear. Not merely’barely does he start off the season with his heightened senses on the fritz but, more misgiving’fret ingly, he’s also suffering a crisis of faith. The latter has always been an significant’essential’critical’vital’crucial’indispensable’imperative element of Daredevil’s mythos, but while previously Matt’s introspection has at times felt mundane, here it’s the most engaging it’s ever been. That’s in large part due to the dynamic between Matt and Sister Maggie (Joanne Whalley) — a key figure from his past — whose brand of tough love smoothly offsets our hero’s bouts of self-pity.###It’s with the action sequences that Daredevil Season 3 truly outdoes itself.###The other fulcrum around which Daredevil revolves is Wilson Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio). The highlight of Season 1, he was in prison off screen in/with regard to’concerning’regarding much of Season 2 but still managed to make his presence felt in a far too brief appearance. In Season 3 the white-suited villain is back to the in/with regard to’concerning’regarding e, and back at his manipulative best, sowing just abundant’ample’plentiful seeds of doubt into the individual he wishes to control bein/with regard to’concerning’regarding e letting their minds do the rest of the work.###It’s not just the core duo who are compelling. With Agent Poindexter, better known to comic reserve fans as Bullseye, we acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure an accelerated, but no less effective version of the treatment Fisk got in the first season — with poignant flashbacks doing an exceptional job of acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure ting us into his headspace — and Wilson Bethel does a great job in acting out his inner turmoil. And, in what is refreshing casting given the Asian stereotyping Daredevil has been guilty of in the past, Jay Ali’s Rahul Nadeem, an FBI agent and devoted family man, is a well-rounded character who we still want to root in/with regard to’concerning’regarding even as Fisk pushes his buttons.###Still, it’s with the action sequences that Daredevil’s latest season truly outdoes itself. From a continually escalating 11-minute-long take — an homage to season 1’s memorable corridor sequence — to a mano-a-mano reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue down guaranteed to possess’own’nurse comic reserve aficionados salivating and more, the fisticuffs possess’own’nurse rarely been more impressive or visceral. Combine that with the tight, purposeful storytelling on display thus far and, if it sticks the landing, it could be a new high in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the Marvel/Netflix universe.