After 7 years, Daredevil: Born Again smashes onto Disney+! Daredevil is back in a lead role. Starring Charlie Cox as the titular hero and Vincent D’Onfrio as Kingpin, Daredevil: Born Again acts as a revival of the original Netflix series, with many of the original cast returning. Now, I will avoid spoilers, as the show still has 3 episodes remaining, and I believe any fan of Daredevil or Marvel should watch this show without being spoiled. 

After a year of retirement as the vigilante Daredevil, Matt Murdock must face new challenges as a defense attorney and come to terms with his life, and his rival Wilson “Kingpin” Fisk, who is now the mayor of New York. The show tackles several ongoing plot threads, like the trial of the appearance of the comic vigilante character “White Tiger” and Kingpin’s pseudo-retirement from being a crime boss. The show also intersperses scenes with interviews from the fictional news show “The BB Report,” which gives a down-to-earth and grounded look at how the citizens in this fictional New York view the events happening. Most of the threads in this show are very interesting! My problem lies in the fact that there is not a good overarching plotline. Sure, there ARE overarching threads, but there is not ONE big enough one that pulls the show together. Hopefully the end of the show brings this full circle, but at this moment in time, the show lacks that.

However, I want to praise the show HEAVILY for its fight sequences and tight dialogue. Specifically, 2 examples. Matt’s fight scene with Officer Powell in Episode 2  and the dialogue in Episode 5. These are my favorite examples of the combat and script in the show. In episode 2, “Optics”, Matt has to find Hector, a key witness who, when he was protected by “White Tiger” against dirty cops, witnessed White Tiger accidentally kill a police officer. In this scene, Matt bursts into his apartment, tells him to flee, and has to feign ignorance when the cops show up. And my gosh, the fight that follows this scene. It is so hard to describe in text form. Just so many things fall into place that make it so perfectly short and sweet, and the first fight in almost 2 episodes makes it pack an even bigger emotional punch. To contrast this, the dialogue in this show- oh my god, the dialogue. My example is the bottle episode (and my favorite episode), “With Interest,” but any episode in the show has amazing dialogue. “With Interest” has Matt Murdock stuck in a bank with Yusuf Khan (Kamala Khan’s father from the former Marvel show Ms. Marvel!), and the dialogue between all the characters is soooo tight. I especially enjoy Cillian O’Sullivan as the Green bank robber. His dialogue between Rubio Qian as Det. Kim is one of the most entertaining and memorable performances of the show for me. 

And that’s my opinion! There’s a lot I missed, especially when avoiding big spoilers, but I think anyone who still hasn’t been spoiled by this show yet should watch it. You obviously should watch seasons 1-3 of the original show, but it is not required to enjoy this show, so please join me in the coming weeks to follow the ending of the show, and let’s all pray for a clean and well put together finale!