While Murdock, Foggy, and Karen’s mission becomes clearer, Fisk’s world spins further out of control in his battle for Hell’s Kitchen.

Even villains have origins and this episode takes us through some of the things that made Wilson Fisk the man he is. The episode is interestingly broken into segments each beginning with Fisk waking up to stare at the painting he purchased earlier in the season.

The episode shows an even more complicated man, focusing on his relationship with his father and mother and some key events that put him on the path he’s on today. I don’t remember Fisk’s origin in the comics, so I honestly can’t say how similar it is to that, but the scenes are brutal and tragic. They’re actually pretty beyond brutal, they’re rather graphic, again emphasizing this isn’t a Marvel live offering for kids.

In the present, we learn even more about Fisk…