Daredevil
The Perfect Game
TV Flash files “The Perfect Game” as hour 31 of 39 in the TV Flash guide — Daredevil (2015–2018) on Netflix, season 3, episode 5, aired 2018-10-19, 49 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E05: listed hour 31 of 39 in the Daredevil guide, hour 5 of 13 in season 3. It aired 2018-10-19 (49 min). The listed hour before it is “Blindsided” (S03E04). Next is “The Devil You Know” (S03E06).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Fisk analyzes Dex's past while looking for a scapegoat to take the public's eye off of him. Meanwhile, Ray questions Foggy and Karen about their involvement with CGI and Wesley's disappearance.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Perfect Game sit in the Daredevil guide?
S03E05 is listed hour 31 of 39 — hour 5 of 13 in season 3, season 3 episode 5.
When did Daredevil S03E05 air?
The Perfect Game aired 2018-10-19 and is listed at 49 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.…