Daredevil
A New Napkin
TV Flash files “A New Napkin” as a desk essential hour — Daredevil (2015–2018) on Netflix, season 3, episode 13, aired 2018-10-19, 54 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E13: listed hour 39 of 39 in the Daredevil guide, last listed hour of season 3. It aired 2018-10-19 (54 min). The listed hour before it is “One Last Shot” (S03E12). No later hour is listed in this guide.
Essential hour: “A New Napkin”. A New Napkin closes season three — Kingpin still swallowing rooms, Netflix Marvel filing bruises before the MCU sanded them.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
As Fisk and Vanessa prepare for their wedding day, Daredevil makes a call to Dex that pushes him over the line.
Viewer FAQ
Where does A New Napkin sit in the Daredevil guide?
S03E13 is listed hour 39 of 39 — last listed hour of season 3, season 3 episode 13.
When did Daredevil S03E13 air?
A New Napkin aired 2018-10-19 and is listed at 54 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.…