[16], In the What If comic 'What If Karen Page Had Lived? When Matt is tracking the Kingpin's forces, Karen helps Foggy determine the meaning of a key piece of evidence in a case. She explains that Fisk had been manipulating Nadeem for the last year, and was behind the need for Nadeem to help pay for his sister-in-law's treatment. Karen leaves Matt to accept a talk show host position in Los Angeles. [8] The clinic is destroyed during a demonic invasion of Manhattan,[9] and Karen discovers hours later that Matt has been having an affair with Typhoid Mary. After a scene is interrupted by The Uncanny Orb, Katy Milner (Karen's stuntwoman) confides in Johnny about Karen's history of "unhappy romances" including the ones with Murdock and Phil Hickock. Incensed, Karen decides to visit Fisk at his penthouse and try to provoke him into attacking her in front of the FBI by revealing the truth about Wesley. Karen saves Matt by cutting off Mephisto's head with Mary's sword and the two embrace one last time as the world burns around them.[18]. In the film, she is attracted to Matt, as shown when she presents two invitations to a business party and demonstrates disappointment when Foggy promptly takes the second invitation. News of his release from prison becomes public, prompting protests outside of the hotel and interest from reporters, including Karen, who learns that the hotel had belonged to Neda's father Rostom, who sold it to a company represented by Fisk's lawyer, Dex's superiors investigate his killing of the two Albanians during the transit attack, which he claims was in self-defense. [3] The season had yet to be scheduled for release by the end of July 2018, and television critics wondered whether the quality of the season was to blame on this. [19] All of the supporting characters in the season were treated "as emotionally real people as opposed to treating them as props or devices". 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Karen Page is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. In flashback, Karen postpones going to college because she knows that her father and brother Kevin would not be able to run their family diner following her mother's death from cancer. ", Karen is narrowly saved from death when Bullseye hits her in the shoulder rather than the head. 70 of the best funny romantic comedies to watch and stream, including Wedding Crashers, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Plus One, and Always Be My Maybe. [17], In a one-off book of the Secret Wars storyline called Secret Wars: Secret Lovers, a universe that became the Battleworld domain of Limbo is shown where Matt and Karen have grown close to the point of living with each other. I love my job. He cautioned, however, that it would not be a "page-for-page" adaptation, "because if you do [that], then you become a foregone conclusion. News of Fisk's cooperation with the FBI spreads fast, and in retaliation he is attacked in prison by a fellow inmate. 2015 The Path of the Righteous ... Fisk seeks revenge while Karen is haunted by recent events. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Daredevil_(season_3)&oldid=998470589, Articles lacking reliable references from July 2018, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Rapid Innovation and Intelligent Insights. After the battle with Death's Head, Daredevil's true identity is revealed to Karen. Foggy also offers to withdraw from the race for district attorney, and they get Nadeem's family to safety. In the second season finale, Karen and several others that Daredevil has saved are kidnapped by the Hand as bait for Matt, who is able to track them down and rescue them after Karen convinces Turk Barrett to turn on his ankle bracelet. When Matt is sentenced to 44 years in the Raft for the crime, Karen leaves town and disappears. [21] Karen leaves town after being disowned by her father, and bounces around before arriving in New York City and landing a job as a secretary at Union Allied Construction, a construction company rebuilding Midtown Manhattan after the alien invasion of 2012. Charlie Cox stars as Murdock and Vincent D'Onofrio portrays Fisk, with Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson, and Stephen Rider also returning from previous seasons; Joanne Whalley, Jay Ali, and Wilson Bethel join them. Characters making guest appearances from the first two seasons and other MCU media include Matt Gerald as Melvin Potter, John Patrick Hayden as Jack Murdock, Annabella Sciorra as Rosalie Carbone, following up on her character's introduction in the second season of Luke Cage,[12] Ron Simons as NYPD captain Strieber, following his appearance in The Defenders, and former main cast member Ayelet Zurer as Vanessa Marianna-Fisk. Elektra Natchios (UK: / ˈ n æ tʃ i ɒ s /, US: /-oʊ s /) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.Created by Frank Miller, the character first appeared in Daredevil #168 (January 1981). [38][39] Cox was hopeful the season would debut in 2018,[17] and in October 2017, Marvel revealed the season was indeed expected to release in 2018. Foggy, unhappy with Matt's demands, tells Karen that Matt is alive and then is convinced by his girlfriend Marci Stahl to run for district attorney against Tower in order to ensure that Fisk is brought to justice. Thanks for tips, encouragement and camaraderie. [7], Realizing that Matt is incomplete without work as a lawyer, Karen founds a free drug and legal clinic, where she counsels drug addicts and Matt provides legal advice and "ghost lawyering". She later loses her job when she refuses to give Matt's identity over to Ellison. Karen's last appearance is in the second season of The Punisher, where she shows up to help Frank escape the hospital after Pilgrim puts a bounty out on him.[38]. [32], Composer John Paesano once again returns for the season. [5], Karen becomes addicted to heroin and starts making pornographic movies. 1. Initially bitter at Karen dying simply so that Mysterio could feel better about himself, a later conversation with Spider-Man helps Daredevil realize that the infant he's saved represents something positive that has come of the whole affair. With Matt now definitely moved on from his relationship with Karen to Electra, the show moves to work in a relationship between Castle and Page instead in the final three episodes. [31], "Blindsided" features a long action sequence filmed in a single take. This results in Murdock donning his original black suit, similar to the one he wore in season one, since he "goes to pretty much the darkest place you can" and is at a point, Oleson notes, "[w]hen he realizes that he's incapable of being Daredevil, [and] he would rather just end it than go forward in his life without abilities. [29] The production paid for the renovation of a local store to portray a diner for the series, and used the town's emergency helicopter pad. [20], At the start of the season, Oleson noted that Murdock would be "broken physically, broken emotionally, and broken spiritually", with his heightened senses failing him. She then fabricates evidence with which she can frame Nadeem for Winn's murder, blackmailing him into working for Fisk with help from Manning. Vastola described Page's wardrobe as "fucking fierce" as Page transitions into more of an investigative journalist. This prompts Lewis to try and attack Karen in a hotel, though he is driven off by Frank, who later goads him into killing himself in a meat locker in the hotel's kitchen. Caught up in her grief over losing Matt, she agrees to help Frank when he approaches her for help identifying Micro, the hacker who has been shadowing him and knows about his past activities in Kandahar. By the start of The Defenders,[30] Matt and Karen are back on speaking terms, although it is clear Karen is hesitant to resume a relationship due to her own secrets. They send Dex, who kills Nadeem. Karen later asks her father Paxton if she could go spend some time at home with him, but he says the timing isn't great. Her relationship with Murdock hits a downward spiral when he reveals his secret identity to her in Daredevil #57 (October 1969), setting off a long break-up which concluded with her departure from the series in issue #86 (April 1972). When Matt is presumed killed in the destruction of Midland Circle, Karen refuses to believe Matt has died and holds out hope that he somehow survived the collapse.[31]. Eventually, she finds out that Union Allied has ties to Westmeyer Holt, a development company that Fisk is using to strongarm tenants into vacating tenements in Hell's Kitchen that he intends to develop into high-rise condominiums, one of whom is a client of Nelson & Murdock's. He takes her to a warehouse, and tries to intimidate her into backing down by threatening to have her friends and loved ones killed. [21] Oleson also wanted "to make the action sequences matter in ways that reflected on characters, or had real stakes". An enraged Todd attacks him with a tire iron, and Karen is forced to shoot him with the gun in his truck to keep him from killing Kevin. Accompanied by Ben, she talks to Marlene and learns about how Fisk beat his abusive father to death when he was a child. Within these final stories, she trades her profession of secretary to become a film actress. Later, when Matt believes the Hand are targeting his loved ones, he visits Karen at her office to take her to the 29th precinct. Feeling indebted to Matt and Foggy for getting her out of jail, Karen offers to work for them as Nelson & Murdock's secretary.[22]. [34] A full trailer for the season was released on October 4, 2018, which also confirmed Bethel's role as Benjamin Poindexter in the season. Devastated, Karen returns to New York and tells Matt about the diagnosis. Without asking Fisk, Dex retrieves the painting from Falb and Vanessa notices some of her blood on the frame. Karen follows the two only to discover that Mary is actually Mephisto, who wants to spend the final evening before Inferno psychologically and physically torturing Matt. Nadeem is convinced that Fisk cannot be stopped, and returns to his home. This season is epic. An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works The local sheriff, Bernie Cohen, takes sympathy on the Page family and falsifies the accident report to say that Kevin was along in the car, so that Karen does not face prison time. Manning threatens Foggy's family unless he publicly apologizes for speaking out against Fisk at the debate. In the first season of Daredevil, Karen discovers evidence that Union Allied's pension fund is being used by Wilson Fisk to launder criminal money. Recurring characters in the season include Peter McRobbie as Paul Lantom,[7] Danny Johnson as Benjamin Donovan,[8] Geoffrey Cantor as Mitchell Ellison,[9] Amy Rutberg as Marci Stahl,[11] and Royce Johnson as Brett Mahoney,[8] all of whom are reprising their roles from earlier seasons. Karen is killed by Daredevil's adversary Bullseye in Daredevil vol. At this point, she becomes a radio show host under the name "Paige Angel". [3] Rider also returns as Blake Tower. I love night shoots in my city. [18] Oleson drew inspiration from "Born Again" and "Guardian Devil" for the tone of the season. [18] Karen Page's backstory is further explored in the season, with Woll explaining it reveals "why shooting someone [James Wesley] and covering it up is a bit more in her wheelhouse," while Foggy Nelson's family and additional backstory is also seen. Daredevil follows her. She eventually realizes that she is too dependent on Matt and that her past is a constant barrier between them. He appears to die in this act of self-sacrifice, when he is coated in the molten cobalt. [13] In October 2017, it was announced that Erik Oleson would replace Petrie and Ramirez as showrunner for the season. This origin also spoke to the overall theme for the season of fear, which touched the story arcs of Murdock, Page, and Fisk as well. [6] In need of a fix, she sells Daredevil's secret identity to a drug dealer who in turn sells this to the Kingpin. In the first season of The Punisher,[32] Karen is a recurring character. Matt assumes that she had become severely depressed and may have killed herself. [37] Initially thought to be releasing in 2017,[13] Netflix COO Ted Sarandos stated in July 2016 that the season would not debut until 2018 at the earliest, after The Defenders released on August 18, 2017. She finds work as an actress in a daytime soap opera. Before leaving, Matt names the baby after Karen and hopes that her new parents will allow the occasional visit from her "Uncle Matt". She was again dropped from the series in issue #263 (February 1989) for another long-term breakup from Murdock, but this time was brought back just two years later, for Daredevil #294 (July 1991). [7] In November 2017, Wilson Bethel was cast as a new series regular, Benjamin "Dex" Poindexter,[24][6] and in January 2018, Joanne Whalley was revealed to have been cast as Maggie Grace, a nun who cares deeply about Murdock's safety,[25][4] and was mentioned at the end of The Defenders. [33], By mid-June 2018, discussions were underway regarding the season being promoted at San Diego Comic-Con that year. [33], All music composed by John Paesano, unless otherwise noted. [20], Cox, Woll, Henson, and D'Onofrio all return in the season, reprising their roles as Matt Murdock / Daredevil, Karen Page, Foggy Nelson, and Wilson Fisk / Kingpin, respectively. Netflix canceled the series on November 29, 2018. The season was ordered in July 2016, with Oleson announced as the new showrunner for the season in October 2017. Foggy Nelson/Karen Page Het • Garlick John Garrett/Nathaniel Malick Slash • Huntingbird Lance Hunter/Bobbi Morse Het • Jack Daniels • Souson Daniel Sousa/Jack Thompson Slash • Karedevil Matt Murdock/Karen Page: Het • Mackelena • YoMack Alphonso Mackenzie/Elena Rodriguez Het • Mattimir: Matt Murdock/Vladimir Ranskahov Slash • MAIDA The baby is given up for adoption to a couple in New Jersey. "First Times" in a relationship are big markers for any couple, and the rate at which one would meet those first times is entirely individual and personal. Karen is angered when she finds out he has resumed Daredevil activities, but agrees to hide with Foggy in the 29th precinct until the Hand have been taken down. This brings Paxton back to his own senses, pushing Daredevil and Karen to safety. In response, Fisk has her framed for fatally stabbing a coworker, Daniel Fisher, in her apartment, and intends to have a lawyer on his payroll approach Karen to extort her into giving up her copy of the pension file. Karen returned in Born Again, the award-winning storyline beginning in Daredevil #227 (February 1986) that would ultimately restore her earlier role as Daredevil's love interest. [27][28][29] When Nelson and Murdock falls apart, Karen joins the New York Bulletin with the intention of writing Castle's true story, however during her investigation, she is almost killed by Colonel Schoonover, only being saved by Castle's intervention. Matt helps Karen beat her addiction, and they resume their relationship and begin sharing an apartment. With Foggy's plan foiled, Matt returns to his and intends to kill Fisk. When Matt gets framed by Fisk as a scapegoat for Ray Nadeem, Karen reluctantly helps Matt bring in Jasper Evans, a lifer Fisk hired to stab him as part of his plan to get out of prison. Later, during a fight between Daredevil and Bullseye, Karen is murdered by Bullseye when she moves to intercept a billy-club thrown at Daredevil's head and is impaled in the heart. Born in Fagan Corners, Vermont, Karen works as a waitress at a diner run by her parents. After getting drunk and high together, they return to the, Dex has Nadeem take control of the church crime scene, and the FBI searches for Matt and Karen.