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Matt Murdock’s Greatest Fight Yet Sets Up a Massive ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Finale
Editor’s note: The below recap contains spoilers for Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 Episode 7.Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 has been widely praised by critics and fans alike, but now the hit MCU series is barreling towards a dramatic conclusion. It’s comforting to know that the revival of the adored Netflix series will return with Season 3 (which is already filming in New York), but the year-long wait is bound to feel like a shard of glass to the head for the successful series’ devoted fans. So far, the second season of the Disney+ reboot has reunited Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox), as well as his friends and enemies, with plenty of familiar faces, with flashbacks to Matt’s long-dead companion Foggy Nelson (Elden Henson), Wilson Fisk’s (Vincent D’Onofrio) even longer-dead friend James Wesley (Toby Leonard Moore), and, of course, the arrival of legendary private detective Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter) in the present day.
The last episode saw Daredevil reunite with his Defenders teammate, but not everything was a celebration. Fisk has become entirely unpredictable and erratic since the death of Vanessa (Ayelet Zurer), and while his clear decline in support from his allies would usually be a good thing for our heroes, in this case, it just adds more fuel to Fisk’s internal turmoil. However, Fisk may be tempting his longtime rival a bit too far now that he has Karen Page (Deborah Ann Woll) in his clutches.
Mr. Charles Drops a Bunch of Jessica Jones Lore in ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 2 Episode 7
Karen has been on the run from Fisk’s goons for quite a while now, but her luck was bound to run out eventually. The still-grieving mayor even pays a visit to Karen’s cell after she’s done being processed, which is bound to lead to a tense conversation between the two diametrically opposed foes. Karen is the one who killed Fisk’s closest companion, Wesley, all the way back in Daredevil Season 1, after all. Their conversation (including a moment where Fisk audibly and very humorously yells, “HA!”) strongly implies Fisk would kill Karen in an instant if he could, but that may prompt some legal consequences.
Meanwhile, Jessica Jones has a lot of questions for Mr. Charles (Matthew Lillard), the shadowy government operative who has been having a love-hate relationship with Fisk. Surprisingly, Jessica and Charles appear to have a history, with Charles being the person Jessica suspects of sending those armed thugs to her home. Just when it looks like everyone’s favorite detective is about to punch Charles’ lights out, the new season’s best original character so far decides to reveal a truckload of information for fans of both Jessica and another widely beloved Defender.
The actress also reveals what she definitely won’t miss about playing Vanessa.
For anyone wondering why Jessica doesn’t just swoop into City Hall and take down Fisk herself, Mr. Charles has some answers. Apparently, Jessica’s powers of super-strength and limited flight have been weakening for some time now, which could explain why she hung up her detective work to raise her daughter, Danielle (Annabelle Ivlev/Isabela Ivlev). Speaking of, Charles all but confirms what many fans have suspected with Daredevil: Born Again‘s first official mention of Luke Cage (Mike Colter), Harlem’s unbreakable hero who has been MIA since his brief appearance in Season 3 of Netflix‘s Jessica Jones series. Jessica’s immediate concern for Luke’s safety provides further evidence that he’s Danielle’s father, but Charles claims that Luke is currently “overseas,” suggesting the U.S. government has its eyes on him.
Matt Murdock Returns to the Spotlight in ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 2 Episode 7
One criticism leveraged at Daredevil: Born Again Season 1 revolved around the series’ titular hero spending too much time as a lawyer, and not enough as the crime-fighting Man Without Fear. That being said, Matt’s alter-ego is a tremendously important part of his character, and has been since the beloved Netflix series. Since Matt Murdock was legally declared missing after the events of Born Again Season 1’s finale, he hasn’t had much of a chance to dust off his lawyer suit until now.
Karen is briefly able to speak to Matt thanks to another familiar face from the Netflix era, Detective Sergeant Brett Mahoney (Royce Johnson), but Matt knows he can’t punch his way out of proving Karen’s innocence. When Karen arrives for her first day of the trial, Matt Murdock officially reappears in the public eye to defend the woman he loves. Matt’s disappearance after being hailed as a hero for saving Fisk’s life, as well as Fisk’s caution in revealing Matt’s identity as Daredevil, means that Matt will have a significant leg up in the court of public opinion.
That likely hasn’t gone unnoticed by Fisk, as he sends the AVTF to take care of the troublesome lawyer in a parking garage. Fisk’s goons do manage to get the jump on the fearless hero, leaving him seriously injured and in need of assistance. Thankfully, later in the episode, when Matt returns to church to pray for the first time in a while, Jessica finds him, hopefully to provide some backup for the final battle of Season 2.
Fisk’s Goons Attempt To Clean House in ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 2 Episode 7
With Fisk still reeling from the loss of his beloved wife, Daredevil: Born Again takes some time to focus on the mayor’s underlings as they try to salvage what’s left of his political empire. Part of that involves taking care of some of Fisk’s detractors, such as the governor who pulled her support. Thankfully, Bullseye (Wilson Bethel), who has escaped Matt and Karen’s custody, intervenes just in time to save her, once again showing that the deadly assassin is staying true to his promise to do good (as long as it involves helping take down Fisk).
Heather Glenn (Margarita Levieva) is conducting another one of her definitely illegal psychiatric evaluations, this time with Karen. As Matt’s ex, Heather seems to have some deep-seated anger towards Karen, as she starts the interrogation by bringing up Karen’s murder of Wesley. It’s a paltry attempt to smear Karen as a psychopath, but the only violent maniac in the room is very clearly Heather, since she soon begins physically assaulting Karen, all while a hallucination of Muse (Hunter Doohan) watches menacingly in the background.
Meanwhile, Daniel Blake (Michael Gandolfini) finally confronts BB Urich (Genneya Walton) about the Fisk propaganda videos she’s been making, and even leads her to what she quickly figures out is a setup to make her disappear. After BB pleads with Daniel, he ultimately decides against having her killed, which proves to be a fatal error. The end of Episode 7 sees Buck (Arty Froushan), who grew close to Daniel and even saw him as a successor of sorts, confronting Daniel. Just when it seems Buck might have a change of heart, he commits one of the most shocking acts of Season 2 and executes Daniel, cutting off his potential redemption arc before it’s even had the opportunity to begin.
The first seven episodes of Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 are streaming now on Disney+.
- Release Date
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March 4, 2025
- Network
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Disney+
- Showrunner
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Dario Scardapane
- Directors
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Aaron Moorhead, Justin Benson, David Boyd, Jeffrey Nachmanoff
- Writers
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Jesse Wigutow, Jill Blankenship, Thomas Wong, David Feige, Grainne Godfree
- Matt Murdock entering a legal setting is a refreshing change of pace.
- Daniel’s act of redemption is a fantastic ending for the character.
- A Luke Cage mention!
- Jessica’s story still feels largely disconnected from Matt’s.
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