History Recap / Daredevil2015S3E5ThePerfectGame

* LackOfEmpathy: Dex as a child, to the point that his therapist had to train to him to be empathetic.

* {{Badass}}: Dr. Mercer. Having helped Dex for years, she knows exactly what he's capable of, but when he charges her and threatens to kill her, she doesn't bat an eye. She just asks him to explain his feelings, what does he want, how will his actions affect things.

* INeverSaidItWasPoison: When Dex lets a few details slip he knows about her life, Julie realizes that their meeting wasn't a coincidence, but that he has been stalking her. She immediately runs away scared.

* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Fisk takes a page from Misty Knight's playbook and basically relives Dex's life by reading a few psychatric reports.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: We learn about Benjamin Poindexter’s past through Fisk's investigation.

* InternalReveal: Karen finally tells Foggy about killing James Wesley, after questioned about him by Nadeem.
* MythologyGag:
** The scene with Matt's cab being fished out of the water only for Fisk to discover Matt's body is missing is taken straight from ''[[ComicBook/DaredevilBornAgain Born Again]]''. There's even the repeated line of "There is no corpse", something that, owing to writer Creator/FrankMiller's love of repetition in dialogue, was repeated frequently in the scene in the comics.

** Dex's hat from his kiddy league basball team has the clasic Bullseye costume logo from the mainstream comics.

* InternalReveal: Karen finally tells Foggy about killing Wesley, after being reminded about it by Nadeem's questioning.

** As a child Dex has a hat with his classic Bullseye costume logo.

** Kid!Dex's hat has his classic Bullseye costume logo.

* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Fisk takes a page from Misty Knight's playbook and basically relives Dex's life by reading a few psychic reports.

* MythologyGag: The scene with Matt's cab being fished out of the water only for Fisk to discover Matt's body is missing is taken straight from ''Born Again''. There's even the repeated line of "There is no corpse", something that, owing to writer Frank Miller's love of repetition in dialogue, was repeated frequently in the scene in the comics.

* UnwittingPawn: Foggy accuses Nadeem of being one to Fisk, along with the entire FBI.

* TheSociopath: In his childhood, Dex killed his baseball coach in a moment of anger, and admits that he fully did it on purpose and enjoyed the feeling. Dex's therapist actually notes that he has psychopathic tendencies, and literally has to teach him how to display empathy for others since he's incapable of naturally having it. At his later job at a Suicide Hotline, he is shown trying to convince somebody not to kill himself....but to murder his stepdad, who is the source of his pain.

* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted, as Dex did see one for years, Dr. Mercer. But after she retired, as she had a terminal disease, he felt being lost again.

* INeverSaidItWasPoison: When Dex lets a few details slip he knows about her life, Julie realizes that their meeting wasn't a coincidence, but that he has been stalking her. She immediately runs way scared.

* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted, as Dex did went to one for years, Dr. Mercer. But after she retired, as she had a terminal disease, he felt being lost again.

* INeverSaidItWasPoison: When Dex lets a few details slip he knows about her life, Julie realizes that their meeting wasn't a coincidence, but that he has been stalking her. She immidiately runs way scared.

* RightForTheWrongReasons: Nadeem suspects Matt is leading a double life as a lawyer by day and a criminal by night. He's entirely correct, except for the fact that he thinks Matt is a gangster, not a vigilante.

* RightForTheWrongReason: Nadeem suspects Matt is leading a double life as a lawyer by day and a criminal by night. He's entirely correct, except for the fact that he thinks Matt is a gangster, not a vigilante.

* RightforTheWrongReason: Nadeem suspects Matt is leading a double life as a lawyer by day and a criminal by night. He's entirely correct, except for the fact that he thinks Matt is a gangster, not a vigilante.

* MythologyGag: The scene with Matt's cab being fished out of the water only for Fisk to discover Matt's body is missing is taking straight from ''Born Again''. There's even the repeated line of "There is no corpse", something that, owing to writer Frank Miller's love of repetition in dialogue, was repeated frequently in the scene in the comics.
** The baseball story featuring Dex is taking from a [[MultipleChoicePast possible made up]] story of Bullseye's past of when he was a major league pitcher, pitched a perfect game, and then killed an opponent with a ball to the head out of boredom.

* OutOfFocus: matt is almost entirely absent from the episode.

* TheSociopath: In his childhood, Dex killed his baseball coach in a moment of anger, and admits that he fully did it on purpose and enjoyed the feeling. Dex's therapist actually notes that he has psychopathic tendencies, and literally has to teach him how to display empathy for others since he's incapable of naturally having it. At his later job at a Suicide Hotline, he is shown trying to convince somebody not to kill himself....but to murder his stepdad, who is the source of his pain!

* TheSociopath: In his childhood, Dex killed his baseball coach in a moment of anger, and admits that he fully did it on purpose and enjoyed the feeling. Dex's therapist actually notes that he has psychopathic tendencies, and literally has to teach him how to display empathy for others since he's incapable of naturally having it.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: We through Fisk learn about Benjamin Poindexter’s.

* MythologyGag: The scene with Matt's cab being fished out of the water only for Fisk to discover Matt's copy is missing is taking straight from ''Born Again''. There's even the repeated line of "There is no corpse", something that, owing to writer Frank Miller's love of repetition in dialogue, was repeated frequently in the scene in the comics.

** The baseball story featuring Dex is taking from a [[MultipleChoicePast possible made up]] story of Bullseye's past of when he was a major league pitcher, pitcher a perfect game, and then killed an opponent with a ball to the head out of boredom.

* TheSociopath: As a child, Dex killed his baseball coach by ricocheting a baseball into the back of his head, simply for benching him for the remainder of the game to allow other kids the chance to play. Dex's therapist actually notes that he has psychopathic tendencies, and literally has to teach him how to display empathy for others since he's incapable of naturally having it.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: We through Fisk learn about Benjamin Poindexter’s.