DAREDEVIL: Season 1: The Ones We Leave Behind
Justice will come — but this episode is for adults.
Should You Watch It?
This episode has plenty happening as Daredevil moves toward its season finale. Fisk’s criminal partners are turning against him, while Matt’s friends work toward exposing Fisk’s crimes. Matt and Foggy remain estranged, and Matt pursues a Japanese heroin-smuggling operation connected to Fisk.
The episode also carries a strong moral thread. A reporter is willing to tell the truth despite the danger, and the hero risks his life to fight crime. But the many moving parts do not come together as satisfyingly as in earlier episodes, and the cliffhanger ends with another shocking death.
The practical answer: wait for this one, and reserve it for discerning adults.
The Story
NO SPOILERS — WE KEEP THE SURPRISESFisk’s criminal empire is beginning to fracture from within. At the same time, Matt’s friends Ben, Karen, and Foggy move closer to bringing evidence of Fisk’s crimes before the public.
With Matt and Foggy still not speaking, Matt follows a dangerous trail involving a Japanese heroin-smuggling operation connected to Fisk. The episode gathers several storylines as the season approaches its finale.
Is It Any Good?
Three stars means this is a solid but uneven episode. It has a lot of moving parts and successfully builds toward the season finale, with several connected conflicts involving Fisk, the newspaper investigation, Matt’s fractured friendship with Foggy, and the drug-smuggling operation.
Still, the episode is not entirely satisfying and does not stand as tall as the previous ones. Its cliffhanger, including another shocking death, supplies impact but leaves the episode feeling incomplete.
The Worldview
The episode presents truth-telling and courageous action as moral goods. A reporter is willing to tell the truth regardless of the consequences to his own life, while the hero risks his life to fight crime. Those choices reflect a concern for justice and responsibility rather than self-preservation alone.
The worldview is not presented as a complete biblical account of justice. The story operates within a dark crime-thriller world involving criminal partnerships, heroin smuggling, and danger. The main bad guy mentions Christ, but the source review does not indicate that the episode develops a specifically Christian understanding of Christ or redemption.
The central longing is for justice to confront wrongdoing. Scripture calls believers to reject falsehood and speak truthfully: “Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor” (Ephesians 4:25).
The Content Guide
The specifics — spoilers included by nature — so you can judge for your own family.
Content Summary
<span style="font-weight: 400;">(BB, C, LL, V, S, N, AA, DD) Strong moral worldview shown in a reporter that will tell the truth no matter the consequences to his own life, hero puts his life in danger to fight crime, main bad guy mentions Christ; ten obscenities; light violence, fist fighting, shooting, man is strangled, it’s implied that foreign men and women blinded themselves to serve a drug smuggler; light sexual references; upper male nudity and woman in shower, shoulders seen and silhouette shown through shower curtain; drinking with some implied drunkenness; references to weed and a heron smuggling operation is shown; and, no other immoral content.</span>
Talk About It
Four questions for the couch, the commute, or the couple bingeing it together.
Ben’s work raises the question of whether truth is worth personal cost. When have you faced pressure to hide or soften the truth?
Ephesians 4:25 · Proverbs 12:22The hero risks his life to fight crime. What is the difference between courageous service and reckless behavior?
John 15:13 · Philippians 2:4The episode places justice in a world shaped by crime and corruption. What does Scripture say true justice requires?
Micah 6:8 · Isaiah 1:17The story includes references to drugs and destructive choices. How can Christians help people caught in destructive patterns without approving the wrongdoing?
Galatians 6:1–2 · Romans 12:21The Final Word
This is a morally serious but uneven episode, with a courageous concern for truth and justice alongside mature content and an unsatisfying cliffhanger. For discerning adults who continue the season, the answer is WAIT AND SEE — ADULTS ONLY.
