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"It ain't how you hit the mat..."
"It's how you get up."
Matt Murdock and Jack Murdock

Cut Man is the second episode of the first season of the television series Daredevil.

Synopsis[]

Murdock makes a near-fatal error while trying to save a kidnapped boy, and finds an unlikely ally when he needs saving himself.

Plot[]

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Years ago, young Matt Murdock lives with his father, a boxer Battlin' Jack Murdock, who does not win a lot of fights, but makes enough money for them two, as the fights are rigged. After being blinded in the accident, Matt tries to adjust to his new life and his new enhanced hearing allows him to hear Jack talking to Roscoe Sweeney. Sweeney convinces Jack to lose a fight to Carl Creel and although he tries to refuse, Jack has to accept the deal, as his son's future might be in jeopardy.

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On the night of the fight, Jack decides to go against the deal, so Matt would at least once hear the crowd cheering for his father. He places a huge bet on himself, asking to keep the money under Matt's name, and calls Matt's mother, telling her to take care of their son. Jack wins the fight against Creel, however, furious Sweeney has Jack murdered. Following the fight, Matt makes his way to the crime scene and finds his father's dead body.

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In the present, the masked man attempts to rescue the boy, kidnapped by the Russian Mafia, but ends up being beaten and thrown into a dumpster. He is found by Santino, who tells Claire Temple, asking to help the vigilante. Temple brings the Masked Man to her apartment, unmasking him and discovering that he is blind. After a quick check-up, Temple tries to call 911, but the masked man stops her, saying that the Russian Mafia will come after him to finish the job. Being aware of the Masked Man helping people around Hell's Kitchen, Temple believes him and treats his wounds and a collapsed lung.

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Meanwhile, Karen Page cleans up the office when she hears Foggy Nelson singing to himself, unaware of her presence. They go to a bar and get drunk to ease Page's fears about New York City. They go to Murdock's apartment and cause a ruckus which awakens his neighbor. As they leave, Page says they should go home, but Nelson protests.

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A man, who introduces himself as the Detective Foster, comes to Temple's apartment and asks her about the masked man, calling him a robber and a murderer. Temple lies that she did not see him around but the masked man overhears him and realizes that he is actually a member of the Russian Mafia and is calling the others, as he saw through Temple's lies. The masked man knocks "Foster" with an extinguisher and brings him to the roof for interrogation, demanding to tell where the boy was taken.

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"Foster" mocks the man in the mask that even if he kills him, someone else will replace him in the cycle of crime in New York City. The Masked Man then proceeds to torture "Foster", forcing him to reveal that the boy is being held at the Troika Restaurant. He then throws "Foster" into the dumpster and tells Temple to relocate, since the Russian Mafia might target her because of him. Temple is concerned that the Masked Man might have enjoyed inflicting pain to people but promises that she will be in touch if he needs her. The Masked Man then comes to the restaurant and after a fight in the hallway, he defeats the thugs and rescues the boy.

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Song title Artist Location(s)
Swim Surfer Blood
No Matter What You're Told Broken Bells
The Pirates of Penzance: 1. Pour, Oh Pour the Pirate Sherry D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, George Cook, Isidore Godfrey & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Battlin' Jack Murdock John Paesano
Hallway Fight John Paesano
  • Daredevil fights his way through a hallway of armed Russians.

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Season One Into the RingCut ManRabbit in a SnowstormIn the BloodWorld on FireCondemnedStickShadows in the GlassSpeak of the DevilNelson v. MurdockThe Path of the RighteousThe Ones We Leave BehindDaredevil
Season Two BangDogs to a GunfightNew York's FinestPenny and DimeKinbakuRegrets OnlySemper FidelisGuilty as SinSeven Minutes in HeavenThe Man in the Box.380The Dark at the End of the TunnelA Cold Day in Hell's Kitchen
Season Three ResurrectionPleaseNo Good DeedBlindsidedThe Perfect GameThe Devil You Know
AftermathUpstairs/DownstairsRevelationsKarenReunionOne Last ShotA New Napkin
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