Why Daredevil Needs Kingpin

Daredevil Season 3 is fairly unique among Netflix's various Marvel shows in that it's the first to reuse a major villain from a previous season. Vincent D'Onofrio's Wilson Fisk was the main antagonist of Season 1 and had a significant part to play in Season 2, and now he's once again going head-to-head with Matt Murdock in Season 3.

While it's easy to accuse Daredevil of going back to the same well too many times, we think it's a good thing that the Kingpin continues to be the dominant villain on the series. If a hero is only as strong as their greatest villain, then Kingpin makes Daredevil a better character. Here's why Fisk deserves to be the main villain in yet another season.

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