History Recap / Daredevil2015S1E12TheOnesWeLeaveBehind

* KilledOffForReal: Ben Urich, we hardly knew ye.
** HeroicSacrifice: He claims to have gone alone ... meaning Fisk has no one else to blame.

* {{The Unreveal}}/{{Sequel Hook}}: Madame Gao's true intentions in Hell's Kitchen are never revealed.

* MythologyGag: When Foggy notes Karen's more-than-usual leaning on alcohol, she dryly jokes she's thinking of upgrading to hard drugs. This may be a sly reference to ''Born Again'', the 1986 arc where Page infamously fell into heroin abuse, eventually selling Matt's secret identity for a score when she was destitute.

* AmbiguouslyHuman: Madame Gao not only floors Daredevil in one flat-palmed strike, but also states that she is returning "home", and to somewhere "considerably more distant" than China - which is about as far from New York as anything can get and ''still be on this planet''.

* CondescendingCompassion: Ben's editor, when he fires him, states he's "done helping you". This, despite all he had been doing was handing Ben fluff pieces and killing his attempts at doing anything more serious.

* ItGetsEasier: Fisk tells her this in Karen's nightmare.

** HeroicSacrifice: He claims to have gone alone...meaning Fisk has no one else to blame.

** During their argument, Ben tells his editor the Fisk story is "sexy", something his editor had insisted a story needed to be back in ''Rabbit in a Snowstorm''. His editor just brushes this off, saying it makes Ben sound "like a whore".

-->'''Fisk''': This world around us is preoccupied with celebrity weddings and videos of cats. But... complicated issues, issues that matter... they take too much focus. They take too much time away texting and the thousands of channels on the satellite dish.

** Early on, Karan has a nightmare about Fisk tracking her down to kill her in her own apartment. The same thing happens at the end of the episode, when Fisk actually does do this to Ben.

** Early on, Karan imagines Fisk tracking her down to kill her in her own apartment. The same thing happens at the end of the episode, when Fisk actually does do this to Ben.

* AmbiguouslyHuman: Madame Gao not only floors Daredevil in one flat-palmed strike, but also states that she is returning "home", and to somewhere "considerably more distant" than China - which is as far from New York as anything can get and ''still be on this planet''.

* MeaningfulEcho: Early on, Karan imagines Fisk tracking her down to kill her in her own apartment. The same thing happens at the end of the episode, when Fisk actually does do this to Ben.

* TakeThat: Fisk comments on current society and what [[HumansAreMorons its people prioritize]] in world events and on [[NewMediaIsEvil the internet]].

* AmbiguouslyHuman: Madame Gao not only floors Daredevil in one flat-palmed strike, but also states that she is returning "home", and to somewhere "considerably more distant" than China - which is pretty much as far from New York as anything can get and ''still be on this planet''.

* AmbiguouslyHuman: Madame Gao not only floor Daredevil in one flat-palmed strike, but also states that she is returning "home", and to somewhere "considerably more distant" than China - which is pretty much as far from New York as anything can get and ''still be on this planet''.

* TakeThat: Fisk comments on current society and what its people prioritize in world events and on the internet.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Because of Karen coercing Ben into interviewing Fisk's mother, Fisk personally goes to Ben's apartment to have a meaningful conversation. [[spoiler: And not the good kind either]].

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Because of Karen coercing Ben into interviewing Fisk's mother, Fisk has personally went to Ben's apartment to have a meaningful conversation. [[spoiler: And not the good kind either!]].
* TakeThat: Fisk made a commentary about current society and what its people prioritize in world events and on the Internet.

The twelfth episode of ''[[Series/{{Daredevil2015}} Marvel's Daredevil]]''.

-->'''Fisk''': This world around us is preoccupied with celebrity weddings and videos of cats.

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Ben Urich]], we hardly knew ye.

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