4. Karen Embodies The Spirit Of Ben Urich

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While we can all agree that season one of Daredevil was some of the best TV we've ever gotten, one can't help but dwell on the premature death of Ben Urich - a key player in the character's source material and an unsung hero of the Marvel Universe in his own right.

Vondie Curtis-Hall was a stellar choice to play the character, and his death still manages to loom over the rest of the MCU in its current form. That said, Karen is doing well to pick up the pieces of his career, and - much like the Urich of the comics - she's faced with a pretty incredible conundrum. She knows that Matt Murdock and Daredevil are one and the same - a story that outlets would pay big bucks for - and yet she refuses to publish it, out of respect for the person beneath the mask.

We've already discussed why the Karen of the comics will never be the Karen of the MCU, and that's fine, but it's clear that she'll be taking on two roles now: that of the cynical, investigative Urich; and that of the love interest with her own tragic past to hide.

Said past will, most likely, come back to haunt her next year. Fisk won't have forgotten Wesley's murder, and there are other skeletons in Karen's closet that we're also yet to discover. Still though, it was nice to see her take on Ben's role in The Defenders, especially since it's one that'll continue the next time we see Daredevil in action next year.