Daredevil
World on Fire
TV Flash files “World on Fire” as hour 5 of 39 in the TV Flash guide — Daredevil (2015–2018) on Netflix, season 1, episode 5, aired 2015-04-10, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E05: listed hour 5 of 39 in the Daredevil guide, hour 5 of 13 in season 1. It aired 2015-04-10 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “In the Blood” (S01E04). Next is “Condemned” (S01E06).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Fisk moves forward with plans that threaten to rip Hell's Kitchen apart. Murdock and Foggy take on a case helping tenants victimized by a slumlord.
Viewer FAQ
Where does World on Fire sit in the Daredevil guide?
S01E05 is listed hour 5 of 39 — hour 5 of 13 in season 1, season 1 episode 5.
When did Daredevil S01E05 air?
World on Fire aired 2015-04-10 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Do I need other Marvel shows first?
It is the first of the Marvel-Netflix Defenders saga and plays as Hell's Kitchen crime first. Crossovers exist; the Cox/D'Onofrio noir stands alone.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Hell's Kitchen noir with Catholic guilt in the suit: Charlie Cox bleeds, Vincent D'Onofrio's Kingpin swallows rooms, and the hallway fights still look illegal for television. Street-level Marvel before the MCU sanded the bruises off — crime drama first, cape second, knuckles always showing.
2015, Hell's Kitchen: a blind lawyer by day, a vigilante by night, Catholic guilt in the suit. Drew Goddard's Marvel-Netflix series premiered as the first of the Defenders saga. Charlie Cox bleeds. Vincent D'Onofrio's Wilson Fisk swallows rooms — an instant definitive take. Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson, Rosario Dawson, Jon Bernthal's Punisher. Hallway fight scenes set a new bar for TV action craft and still look slightly illegal. Crime drama first, cape second, knuckles always showing. **Street-level grit…
Filed against
- Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock / Daredevil
Charlie Cox bleeds as Matt Murdock / Daredevil — Hell's Kitchen noir with Catholic guilt in the suit, Vincent D'Onofrio's Kingpin swallowing rooms, hallway fights that still look illegal for television. Street-level Marvel before the…
- Deborah Ann Woll as Karen Page
Deborah Ann Woll’s Karen Page gave Daredevil a pulse outside the suit — Hell’s Kitchen noir, Catholic guilt, Charlie Cox bleeding, Vincent D’Onofrio’s Kingpin swallowing rooms. Street-level Marvel before the bruises got sanded off. TV…
- Elden Henson as Foggy Nelson
Elden Henson held Hell's Kitchen law as Foggy Nelson on Daredevil — street-level Marvel before the bruises got sanded off, Catholic guilt in the suit, hallway fights that still look illegal. Charlie Cox bleeds; Foggy keeps the firm a…
- Vincent D'Onofrio as Wilson Fisk / Kingpin
Vincent D’Onofrio’s Wilson Fisk — Kingpin — swallows rooms on Daredevil while Charlie Cox bleeds through Hell’s Kitchen noir with Catholic guilt in the suit. Hallway fights that still look illegal for television, street-level Marvel…
- Rosario Dawson as Claire Temple
Rosario Dawson’s Claire Temple made Daredevil’s Hell’s Kitchen feel like it had a nurse who would not stay in the clinic — 2010s catalog street Marvel, knuckles and Catholic guilt, then Ahsoka and Dopesick stretching the steel into Jedi…
- Jon Bernthal as Frank Castle / Punisher
Jon Bernthal’s Frank Castle / Punisher bled through Daredevil’s Hell’s Kitchen noir — Catholic guilt in the suit, Charlie Cox bleeding, Vincent D’Onofrio’s Kingpin swallowing rooms, hallway fights that still look illegal for television.…