Marvel-s Daredevil - Season 1- Episode 11 Best -

Then the verdict comes in: guilty.

Matt visits Melvin Potter's workshop. After a fight, Matt promises to save Melvin's friend Betsy from Fisk if Melvin makes him a new suit—a "symbol". This lays the foundation for the red Daredevil suit. Fisk's Devotion:

While Foggy processes failure, Matt descends into a different kind of hell: guilt. He knew Elena was lying. He heard her heart race. He smelled the fear-sweat. And he said nothing. As a lawyer, his duty was to his client (Healy) and the process. As a man, his duty was to an innocent old woman. He chose the process, and the process destroyed her credibility and her spirit.

This is where the episode’s title becomes deeply ironic. “The Path of the Righteous” (Psalm 23: “He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake” ) is a prayer for guidance. But Matt has never been less righteous. He allowed perjury. He watched a man he believes is innocent (Healy) go to prison for a crime he didn’t commit, all to get closer to Fisk. He sacrificed the many for the one, then sacrificed the one for the many. There is no calculus that absolves him.

“The Path of the Righteous” – Episode 11 of Marvel's Daredevil

While Matt grapples with his soul, Wilson Fisk (Vincent D'Onofrio) grapples with losing control. For ten episodes, Fisk has been portrayed as a calculated, almost shy monster who believes he is saving the city. In Episode 11, that veneer cracks. The pacing of Fisk’s storyline here is masterful; we see a man who has always relied on order and intimidation suddenly realizing that his empire is rotting from the inside.

In a breathtaking monologue delivered with operatic intensity by Vincent D’Onofrio, Fisk explains his entire worldview to the corrupt detective, Sergeant Brett Blake. Fisk argues that Hell’s Kitchen is a cancer, and that only a villain—a force of absolute control—can cure it. He justifies the demolition of the tenements (which will kill dozens) as "necessary" surgery.