Daredevil S2:E2 Dogs to a Gunfight

Simple Synopsis

This new vigilante is getting things done.

Foggy manages to find Matt alive but badly concussed, barely saved from the shot by his helmet, and takes him back to his apartment to recover. He gives Matt a piece of his mind, telling him that he’s going to get killed, but Matt insists that he has to keep going. Foggy leaves to meet up with Karen and Grotto at the station, and Matt realizes that the concussion has made his abilities go haywire before they cut out completely, leaving him truly blind, as well as deaf.

At the station, Foggy and Karen face off directly with District Attorney Reyes as they try to negotiate a witness protection deal fro Grotto, but since most of the underworld contacts he had were killed by the vigilante, now codenamed the Punisher, they insist that Grotto needs to help them take down a prominent drug dealer by wearing a wire and getting him to confess to his crimes on tape. With the Punisher still believed to be after him, they see no choice but to have Grotto do as the DA wishes to get himself out of town as quickly as possible.

Meanwhile the Punisher hits up a pawn shop and picks up a fancy police scanner, taking the time to punish the owner for peddling child porn in the process.

Karen starts to feel like maybe her past actions have built up some karma that keeps putting her in situations like this one, and goes to visit Matt to see if he’s alright, and to try to talk it out, just as he manages to get his hearing back. She tells him she’s there for him if he ever wants to talk about what’s going on with him, but also tells him that she’s worried that their acceptance of Daredevil has led to the rise of the Punisher.

Matt pays a visit to Melvin Potter to see about getting his helmet fixed up, and is told it will take a few days to replace. Melvin does the best he can in the meantime, but warns Matt he needs to stay safe. Matt takes the time to go back to the scene of the mob hit, looking for clues and manages to track down a blood trail leading away from the scene. He follows it as far as he can, and it leads him to the sound of the police radio that the Punisher picked up, and his lair. Over the radio he hears the chatter for the bust that Grotto is on, and realizes that the Punisher already knows he’s going to be there.

Grotto goes out to meet the drug dealer, but loses communication with the cops, and one of them sneaks up to throw him a bulletproof vest. Foggy realizes that Reyes never intended to use Grotto to catch the drug dealer, but that he was bait for the Punisher. Unfortunately for them, the Punisher already knows its a trap and intends to get Grotto without getting caught.

Daredevil arrives to try to stop the Punisher himself, putting himself in the cop’s line of fire, but they won’t let it stop them. Both Daredevil and Punisher get thrown through a glass skylight into a basement, and Matt’s hearing goes out again, leaving him defenseless as the Punisher takes him and escapes.

TL;DR
Matt is alive but unwell after his first run in with the new vigilante: the Punisher. DA Rayes wants to use Grotto as bait for the Punisher, but lies about it, tricking him into a deadly situation. Daredevil arrives in time to save him, coming under fire from the cops trying to take out the Punisher, but his injuries give the Punisher the advantage, and he is taken captive.