Matt Murdock knows how to throw a punch. If there's one thing viewers took away from Daredevil: Season 1, it's that the title character (played by Charlie Cox) is a fully believable and capable fighter. If there's a second thing they learned, it's that the stunt coordinators on the show know how to choreograph one hell of a fight scene.

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That was showcased best in episode 2, "Cut Man," which saw Matt take down a hallway full of child traffickers in a fight sequence filmed in a single take. The "hallway scene," as it came to be known, was a jaw-dropping achievement in filmmaking. According to Cox, Daredevil: Season 2 plans to outdo it."In terms of this season, there are a number of really good fights. There is one in particular that I'm really excited about because it's kind of like an homage to that scene, but it's almost like that scene on crack," he told a small group of reporters while promoting Season 2 at Netflix's 2016 winter TCA press day.This season of Daredevil sees Matt Murdock coming to terms with Daredevil copycats popping up in Hell's Kitchen who have their own moral codes that differ hugely from his. One such is Frank Castle (played by The Walking Dead's Jon Bernthal), who becomes known as The Punisher after he kills criminals that he deems worthy of death. Also being introduced is Elektra (played by Elodie Yung), an assassin known for her signature pair of bladed sai. As these are characters who fight through their problems, expect their confrontations with Daredevil to be of the physical nature."I think once you introduce a character like Frank Castle, once you introduce a character like Elektra, the stakes are raised a little bit in terms of the fighting," Bernthal said. "All of the sudden you're talking about weapons. Different questions are being brought up. I think what is the genius of Phil Silvera, the fight coordinator and stunt coordinator who choreographs these fights, is the fights are all character-driven and the fights tell a story. It's not just to look pretty or to look cool."For Cox, that was one of the biggest lessons he took away from the success of the hallway fight scene. He feels that the sequence worked not because it was physically impressive but because it was grounded in story.In the episode, Matt is trying to save a boy who's been kidnapped. During the edit of the episode, Season 1 showrunner Steven DeKnight suggested adding something that wasn't in the script: the boy asking for his father. Because viewers know that at the end of the hallway is a helpless victim in need of saving, that raised the stakes significantly when Daredevil walks around the corner to save him."We learned from that I think, I hope, that you only really care about a fight sequence if you care about the story, if you're emotionally engaged before it even begins," Cox said.The other key lesson Cox took away was something he felt the creative team behind the hallway fight stumbled upon: remember to show that your hero is human."Because it was shot in one [take], when we were shooting it -- and my stunt double [Chris Brewster] did much more of it than I did -- ... everyone was so tired. There was periods of time in the fight there were moments when he was leaning against the wall," Cox said. "That's something people forget to do when they edit a fight scene. That's what made it so real for me. If you get in a fight, that's what it's like."Looking at Season 2, he said, "There is absolutely an attempt to make sure every punch or kick that is thrown is like a line of dialogue; there is motive behind it, there is reason behind it, it means something. I think the writers do a really, really good job to kind of find these sequences so that they fit the story and so they don't stick out like a sore thumb."

Marvel's Daredevil: Season 2 premieres Friday, March 18th on Netflix.Terri Schwartz is Entertainment Editor at IGN. Follow her on Twitter at @Terri_Schwartz