Why Daredevil Seems So Much Faster During His Fight With She-Hulk In Episode 8

Though Matt Murdock is a secret superhero, this knowledge isn’t immediately available to Jen Walters (Tatiana Maslany) in the latest episode of “She-Hulk,” and the two find themselves on opposite ends of a case involving Leap-Frog (Brandon Stanley). After a decisive ruling in the favor of Murdock and his client Luke Jacobson (Griffin Matthews), Jen receives a late-night call from Leap-Frog, who says he is under attack and needs help. Arriving at the scene in She-Hulk form, Jen confronts Daredevil, whom she believes is a villain. The two then fight, which sees Daredevil utilize all of his famous acrobatics and speed, but for fans of the Netflix series, the character seems significantly faster and more dexterous, but why?

Probably the most obvious answer is the format change between “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law” and “Daredevil.” The Netflix show really focused on ground-level heroics and by doing so, grounded the character to make him and his conflicts feel realistic. Just think of those first few episodes of the show, which see the character completely out of breath after fighting his way through a hallway of henchmen. Although this iteration of the character still uses his greatly enhanced senses to engage in heroics, it never really crosses into true superhero territory. However, “She-Hulk” is very much a superhero show by focusing on a transforming woman with Hulk-based powers, which definitely isn’t grounded in some reality, unlike Netflix’s “Daredevil.” This means that the character of Daredevil was basically given a power boost in order to fit more appropriately in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.