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What did Ray Nadeem's boss mean by "You're buried in debt and that makes you a recruitment target"?
It means that a person who has a large amount of debt is more susceptible to being bribed (a "recruitment target"). Hattley (Nadeem's boss) was saying that this is the reason why she is ...
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Why are some executive producers credited individually?
Same reason everything else about their credits is formatted as it is: their contracts said so.
In the specific case of EPs, there's really three different "kinds" of executive producer for a TV show ...
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Can I watch Daredevil (2003) and Punisher (2004) without spoiling the Netflix series?
There is little or NO connection between the early 2000's movies of Daredevil &/or Punisher to the latest TV incarnations.
They are completely stand alone.
They may bear some common ...
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Why does Daredevil's cowl have eyeholes?
Also, a more obvious answer is that the guy who made him the red costume didn't know he was blind, so assuming he could see, he made him a costume with eye holes.
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Why is Matt lying about not killing anybody?
Nelson asks "did you killed anyone before?"
That's not quite what Foggy asks.
The conversation goes something like.
Foggy Are you telling me the truth?
Matt I didn't kill him, Foggy. (...
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Is the "people expecting to die don't lie" catch really admissible in court?
"people expecting to die are less likely to lie so it is admissible in court
It is admissible in court. A dying declaration is defined as follows:
In the law of evidence, a dying declaration is ...
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What was with the two different colored prison uniforms in Daredevil season 2?
tl;dr: Most likely, the white uniform is meant to reflect a prisoner that has just gone through intake, while the orange jumpsuits represent high-security prisoners. This is a not-uncommon practice in ...
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Which comes first chronologically, Jessica Jones Season 1 or Daredevil Session 2?
As far as we can tell, the Netflix shows are taking place in the same order they air, but several months "behind" real-time.
The shows are extremely vague on their timelines, but Jessica Jones ...
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Why only 48 Stars?
Note how the flag is displayed; fully extended on the wall. This tells me the flag is not "current" to the episode, as it is actually US law that flags must fall freely (read Section C of the Respect ...
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Does Punisher have superpowers?
NO
Quote from Jon Bernthal via Screenrant quoting a GQ article
“I’m working on The Punisher now. You know, this whole superhero-comic-book thing is something I had zero interest in being a part of....
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What was Claire Temple's first strike?
I believe they are referring to when she left work in Jessica Jones S1E13 to care for Luke Cage.
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Did the current Marvel TV Shows have to change plans because of the "Infinity War" fallout?
As per this link, Jeph Loeb, Marvel's head of TV, and thus the man responsible for the content of the Netflix shows, Agents of SHIELD, Cloak And Dagger, etc etc has confirmed that "almost all of" the ...
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Why did Wilson Fisk not take advantage of the situation?
There was a situation when Fisk could easily remove his mask and reveal the true identity of the Man in the black mask. Why didn't he do that?
Do you think Wilson Fisk knows the face of everyone in ...
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Is the "people expecting to die don't lie" catch really admissible in court?
Yes, at least in the US and the UK. It's called a dying declaration, but the point of it is that it's an exception to the usual rules excluding hearsay evidence and requiring witnesses to be available ...
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Why can Kingpin get Punisher released from prison, but not himself?
The way I understood it, Fisk wants to sit out his sentence. If he escapes, he will be a fugitive and the entire police force will be looking for him.
He intends for the Punisher to eliminate any ...
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Is this body in "Jessica Jones" a character in "Daredevil"?
Considering the real-time aspect of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Owlsley died on April 7th. Jessica Jones happens between DareDevil Season 1 and Season 2, November 2015 ish. There's no way for that ...
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Do I need to watch Agents of SHIELD before watching Agent Carter or Daredevil?
The shows are setup to be independent from the movies and each other. There are references and easter eggs that enrich each other, but nothing essential.
If you want the most out of it, watch the ...
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Can I watch Daredevil (2003) and Punisher (2004) without spoiling the Netflix series?
Can I watch Daredevil (2003) and Punisher (2004) without spoiling the Netflix series?
Yes. The movies you mention are distinct from the TV shows. Although they of course are based on the same source ...
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Are there live-action filming restrictions that prevent the Netflix Marvel Universe characters from appearing in Disney+ shows?
No.
Charlie Cox, who played Matt Murdock on Netflix Daredevil, reprised his role as Matt Murdock in the MCU film Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), and as Matt Murdock and Daredevil in the MCU Disney+ TV ...
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Are there live-action filming restrictions that prevent the Netflix Marvel Universe characters from appearing in Disney+ shows?
Although Disney nor Netflix has yet to tell us what's really going on and until then, we may only be able to speculate, there is some evidence to at least support that Bob Iger is extremely interested ...
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Wasn't Agent Poindexter suspended when he tried to use his FBI credentials?
But wasn't he suspended from the FBI earlier in the show?
Not Quite
He was placed on Leave pending the outcome of the shooting investigation, in fact he's told to treat it as a "paid vacation".
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Why is Punisher wearing a white prison suit in Daredevil S02?
Prison uniforms can have different colors depending on different crimes/roles in the US.
Different color designations are commonly used to indicate the status of the inmate. The uniforms may be in ...
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Who is Rigoletto in Marvel's Daredevil?
Don Rigoletto was a mafia boss who had various dealings with Fisk before and during the first season.
In the comics, Don Rigoletto was Kingpin's predecessor, and he employed Wilson Fisk as a ...
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Does the Chinese song have any further relevance?
It's a folk love song in China. Mainly about a village girl loves a village boy and how great a couple they are. I don't think there is any deeper meaning of it.
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Why was Vanessa apparently allowed to go free?
Given that Wilson Fisk is so private and so protective of Vanessa, it's highly unlikely that the low-level cop could have known about her. Without any evidence, she wouldn't have been arrested or even ...
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Does Punisher have superpowers?
Marvel lists Frank as having no superpowers.
His "unnatural" ability in combat and survival is similar, if not more pronounced in the comics. The Frank Caste we see in Daredevil season 2 is just ...
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Why do the subtitles and audio of the Spanish version of Daredevil not match?
Dubbing something and creating subtitles are two different jobs.
When you write subtitles, you need to stay the closest of the original text you also need to be brief in order to keep the attention ...
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Did the current Marvel TV Shows have to change plans because of the "Infinity War" fallout?
It's highly unlikely you'll get a definitive answer to this, until all of the shows that were in production before and immediately after Infinity War was released have aired. Marvel has never said how ...
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Did the current Marvel TV Shows have to change plans because of the "Infinity War" fallout?
The Netflix shows have only paid lip service to the events in any of the MCU movies (i.e in Luke Cage the guys selling footage of the "incident in New York), so they probably won't reference it.
AoS ...
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