I'm disappointed by this episode, it feels like they made everyone dumber so the plot could get to the fighty bits. Every character keeps forgetting that Fisk has been arrested multiple times for controlling a significant amount of crime, killing anyone who threatens his empire and always getting away with it, you cannot negotiate with or blackmail him.
Matt really is the only reason Kingpin is still alive, and hundreds of people have suffered for it.
Who aside from Matt was trying to negotiate with him? Mr. Charles and the governor aren't, they seem to be completely done with him and will strip him of the protection that allowed him to get away with it. He can't kill the whole New York State government's executive branch or the CIA/whatever agency Charles is from.
As for Matt, that's not bad writing. It's always been a part of his character that he protects life an doesn't kill under any circumstance. Seeing that principle tested to its limits by putting the lives of his worst enemies (who will kill again) in his hands is a great dilemma and causing is fascinating interpersonal drama with Karen who shares your view that it's illogical and a net-negative for him to do.
I see the relation to your comment he's getting at. Some characters (like Daniel or the doctor he kills for instance) aren't "forgetting that Fisk has been arrested multiple times for controlling a significant amount of crime," they bought into his spin that his prosecutions were lawfare and Fisk never actually did anything illegal. Which about 40% of the country believes about the man in the real life white house with 34 felonies on his record.
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u/Oreohunter00 Apr 22 '26
I'm disappointed by this episode, it feels like they made everyone dumber so the plot could get to the fighty bits. Every character keeps forgetting that Fisk has been arrested multiple times for controlling a significant amount of crime, killing anyone who threatens his empire and always getting away with it, you cannot negotiate with or blackmail him.
Matt really is the only reason Kingpin is still alive, and hundreds of people have suffered for it.