- Ben Urich: [a Typed Editorial Heard Read in Voice Over] 'You get what you deserve'. It's an old saying. One that survived the years, because it's true. For the most part. But not for everyone. Some get more than they deserve. Because they believe they aren't like everyone else. That the rules, the ones people like me and you, the people that work and struggle to live our lives, just live, don't apply to them. That they can do anything and live happily ever after, while the rest of us suffer. They do this from the shadows. Shadows that we cast. With our indifference. With a pervasive lack of interest in anything that doesn't directly affect us, we, in the here and now. Or maybe it's just the shadow of weariness. Of how tired we are, struggling to claw our way back to a middle class that no longer exist, because of those who take more than they deserve. And they keep taking, until all that's left for the rest of us is a memory of how it used to be before the corporations and the bottom line decided we didn't matter anymore. But we do. You and I, the people of this city we still matter. There's someone in Hell's Kitchen that doesn't share this belief. He's been among us for quite some time. You've never heard his name. You've never seen his face. He's stayed in the shadows. Because men like him, men that want to control our city, our lives, fear the light and what it reveals. This man must no longer be allowed to operate in the darkness. If he has nothing to hide, let him step forward.
- Foggy Nelson: Matt wouldn't understand. You know what he would say.
- Karen Page: No, that we're being stupid.
- Foggy Nelson: I prefer the term "foolheartedly provocative."
- Karen Page: Yeah, that's lawyer talk for stupid.
- Matt Murdock: [as Daredevil] I didn't blow the hell out of the Russians. And I didn't shoot those cops.
- Ben Urich: So, what? You want me to write your side of this?
- Matt Murdock: No, I want you to expose the man responsible. The man who's tearing this city apart, piece by piece.
- Ben Urich: You got a name?
- Matt Murdock: Wilson Fisk.
- Ben Urich: Never heard of him.
- Matt Murdock: Because he doesn't want you to. That's what makes him dangerous. Living in the shadows, no one knowing who he is.
- Ben Urich: Said the man in the mask.
- Foggy Nelson: This is pointless, Matt. We should be out on the streets, cracking names and taking skulls.
- Karen Page: I think you have that backwards.
- Foggy Nelson: Not the way I do it.
- Foggy Nelson: What about Elena's landlord? That Tully guy? I mean, he's gotta know something about this.
- [Stands]
- Foggy Nelson: See if I can track him down.
- Matt Murdock: Use the phone.
- Foggy Nelson: Oh, come on!
- Matt Murdock: I'm making that rule number two.
- Foggy Nelson: Your rules suck. I want that on record.
- Wilson Fisk: I'm not very good at this, out, being in public. But I felt the need to speak up for this city that I love with all my heart. No one should have to live in fear. In fear of madmen who have no regard for who they injure. In fear of the Devil of Hell's Kitchen, who has inflicted untold pain and suffering. This masked terrorist and psychopaths of his kind, we must show them we will not bow down to their campaign of coercion and intimidation. We must stand up to them. As this man, my dearest friend, Leland Owlsley, a pillar in the financial community, stood up when he was recently assaulted. But this assault was for no other reason than to send me a message. A message warning me to stop. To give up my dream that I have for this city. A dream of a better place. A place for its citizens to feel safe. To feel pride. I tried to do this quietly, not wanting to draw attention. The last thing I wanted was for anyone close to me to become a target from those who do not share my dream. For those who will have this city stay exactly as it is, mired in poverty and crime. But I know now it was foolish to make that decision. That I can no longer do it alone. That I cannot keep living in the shadows afraid of the light. None of us can. None of us should be forced to. We must do this together. We must resist those who would have us live in fear. My name is Wilson Fisk. And together, we can make this city a better place.
- Wilson Fisk: Is it taken care of?
- James Wesley: Yes. But there was a complication.
- Leland Owlsley: Well, there's a word I'm hearing more and more.
- Wilson Fisk: I understand your position. You need to understand mine
- Nobu: [Says something in Japanese]
- James Wesley: He questions the validity of your position.
- Nobu: I say it is of piss and shit!
- Wilson Fisk: Well, I'm sorry you feel that way.
- Madame Gao: It is the clever man who plays the fool. And a foolish woman... who does not recognize it.
- Matt Murdock: I know you're just trying to do the right thing here, but we have to be smart about this.
- Foggy Nelson: We?
- Matt Murdock: First rule, no more skulking around, asking to get hurt. We do this, it's gonna be on our turf. The legal system.
- Karen Page: That's not nearly as heroic as you might think.
- Matt Murdock: I don't want anyone to be a hero, Karen. I want you to be safe. And I want to protect this firm and everything we're trying to build here. We know the law. We'll use it to our advantage. Agreed?
- Foggy Nelson: Do we have a choice?
- Matt Murdock: Not so much.
- Karen Page: Yeah, okay. So, what's the second rule?
- Matt Murdock: ...I don't know, I'm making this up as I go along.
- Ben Urich: Right now they hate you. And have no idea who this Fisk guy is.
- Matt Murdock: [as Daredevil] You can change that.
- Ben Urich: So could a hundred other reporters. Why me?
- Matt Murdock: There are good people who trust you, Ben. I have faith in their judgment.
- Ben Urich: Union Allied. Guessing that was you who dumped that guy on the doorsteps of the Bulletin?
- Matt Murdock: I think he's connected to Fisk.
- Ben Urich: That woman you saved that night? She's a good kid. Still believes you're a hero, despite what everybody's saying.
- Matt Murdock: People like her are why I do this.
- Ben Urich: If I do the smart thing and say no?
- Matt Murdock: Then I'll have to stop him some other way.
- Ben Urich: That has a ring of finality to it.
- Matt Murdock: I'm not a killer. I keep telling people that.
- Ben Urich: But that could change, couldn't it?
- Wilson Fisk: You speak English.
- Madame Gao: I speak many languages.
- Wilson Fisk: How many?
- Madame Gao: All of them.
- Wilson Fisk: I know that you have feelings regarding this matter. I respect that. But if Detective Blake chooses to speak out of turn the result would be unpleasant, for you and for me.
- Detective Hoffman: Out of turn? You shot him!
- James Wesley: Technically, we paid someone else to shoot him.