Karen Page quotes from Daredevil

Foggy

Anything else we've been ignoring?

Karen

Uh, yeah. Um... There you go. [hands Foggy a bunch of envelopes]

Foggy

Thank you. [flips through the mail] "Overdue." "Past Due." "Final Notice." Hey! "First Notice." That's a win.

Matt

You think, uh you think he's crazy? Uh, the Punisher?

Karen

No. I think he was inevitable.

Matt

Inevitable? How so?

Karen

Maybe maybe we created him. All of us. The moment that we let Daredevil, or the Devil of Hell's Kitchen, or whatever it is...

Matt

There's there's no connection.

Karen

Well, actually, I think it's a pretty straight line, Matt. Daredevil practiced vigilante justice in our backyard and we applauded him for it. I know that I did. And we never stopped to think that maybe his actions could open the door for men like this. Men men with guns. Men who think that the law belongs to them.

Matt

There's a difference.

Karen

Well, I don't see it. Not anymore.

Matt

I don't drink anything they don't serve at Josie's.

Karen

Yeah, well, I don't see swill on the menu.

Karen

Is this your first case?

Second. I won my first. Domestic violence. I believe in protecting women.

Karen

[sarcastically] Thanks, from all of us.

Karen

You would never have pulled this patriarchal shit with Ben. I can take care of myself.

You're right. And I'll never make that mistake again. Not about someone I care about.

Castle

Now you need to go in the back and get the waitress. You tell the cook and anyone else who's back there to find the biggest piece of stainless steel and you get under it. Go now.

Karen

Wait a minute, wh-what's happening?

Castle

The Buick. It drove around the block three times before it pulled up.

Karen

Who are they?

Castle

Just some guys who are about to walk into a diner for the last time.

Karen

You-you wanted them here. You parked me outside like...bait.

Castle

You need to go.

Karen

You're such an asshole.

Castle

Yeah. You got that right.

Look, look, Karen, Karen... I understand that this whole journalism thing is new to you, but a real journalist doesn't just up and quit.

Karen

Well, that's not fair.

That's exactly fair! Stories don't disappear, they... they change. They become different stories.

Karen

What am I doing here, Matt?

Matt

I, uh, have something...

Karen

No. I don't want...

Matt

I have something that I need you to see. [Matt pulls the Daredevil mask out of the package as Karen looks at him, first in confusion and then in dawning realization and shock] I'm Daredevil.

Karen

I want you to tell me I'm a bad person.

Foggy

I can't say that.

Karen

Why not?

Foggy

Because you're not.

Karen

Then why are you looking at me like that?

Foggy

Because my friend -- my amazing, kind, brilliant friend went through something terrible and I didn't know.

Karen

When I got the gun, I could've called the cops, I could've run.

Foggy

You were afraid for your life. It was self-defense!

Karen

Seven times.

Foggy

What?

Karen

I shot him seven times. Because I wanted him dead.

Foggy

Has Matt been a shitty friend lately? Without a doubt. But deep down, I think it's hurting him as much as it's hurting us.

Karen

How do you figure?

Foggy

Because he could've gone to any reporter, Karen, but he came to you. Maybe Matt's finally coming to his senses. But even if he isn't, the way he's been treating us lately has been on him. But us turning our backs would be on us. People have bailed on Matt his whole life, and I'm not gonna be one of 'em. You do what you want, but that's not the kind of friend I wanna be.

Karen

[laughs] It's like you argue for a living!

Karen

Okay... you want secrets? I can tell you a secret, Wilson. Is it okay if I call you that? I feel like we know each other well enough by now...

Fisk

As you wish, Karen...

Karen

Great. James Wesley... What was it like for you when he disappeared? Really, it's those first 24 hours that are the worst, aren't they? When you call and you call and you call, and there's just NO answer. It becomes an obsession. The calling. The never-ending loop of a ghost's voicemail in your ear. You worry. You wonder. You swear "God dammit, if he's still living I'm gonna kill him myself." Is that what it was like for you? Did you rage at him? 'Cause you thought he betrayed you? Because I wonder, what would be worse for you? His duplicity, or his death? He died quickly... if you were wondering. Didn't suffer much. You see, Wilson, Matt Murdock isn't the person you should be worried about. I killed Wesley. I shot him seven times... because the clip ran out. He deserved more.

Lantom

Well, you have to realize, Karen, that whatever it is that you've done or haven't done, it can still be redeemed.

Karen

Yeah, that's nice, but I'm not so sure that I believe that.

Matt

Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end.

Karen

It's, uh-- It's not murder if it's self-defense, right?

Foggy

Technically, plotting to kill someone is the exact legal opposite of self-defense.