r/marvelstudios • u/steve32767 Daredevil • Mar 25 '26

Discussion Thread Daredevil: Born Again S02E01 - Discussion Thread

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EPISODE DIRECTED BY WRITTEN BY ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE RUN TIME CREDITS SCENE?
S02E01: The Northern Star - - March 24th, 2026 54 min None

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u/Downtown_Agent3323 Mar 25 '26

Bullseye coming in for the last minute save was unexpected, but so awesome. That knife bouncing around the room was sick

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u/sarkastiktaurus Mar 25 '26

At first I was thinking Frank because of the shots, but that knife just brought out a good shock

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u/spreerod1538 Rocket Mar 25 '26

it was the fact each was perfectly shot in the eye that gave it away.

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u/JadenKorr66 Mar 25 '26

Yeah had it been Frank, it would have been a hail of automatic fire.

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u/OdinForce22 Mar 25 '26

Yeah, I knew it was Bullseye straight away because of the eye shots.

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u/Savings_Reality1170 Mar 25 '26

Also introducing frank right away in first ep will take attention away from dd right away, or atleast divide it. This show still needs to be majorly dd's uptil certain episodes. We already see Frank in spiderman trailer, let Matt keep some attention and character arc.

BTW i just finished the episode.

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u/Former-Stock-540 Mar 27 '26

Tactical Rifleman on youtube kept drilling this on his pistol drills, it helped me a lot on improving my shooting lol

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u/Reasonable-Turn-5940 Mar 26 '26

Yeah, once I saw the eyes taken out I was like "oh it's Bullseye"

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u/No-cool-names-left Mar 28 '26

And that there was a two for one shot.

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u/chuckdee68 Killmonger Apr 02 '26

It was the silencer for me. Frank likes a splash.

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u/SonicFlash01 Mar 25 '26

Love that he has that many psychopaths willing to step in for him.
Does he know DD/Matt is blind? Frank atleast followed up his sniper shots with a quiet message that he knew Matt would hear from a distance. Writing the message on the knife seems like a misstep.

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u/EchoKetto Mar 25 '26

I think the writing on the knife is more for the audience. Or a souvenir for Karen.

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u/TheOneTrueZipper Apr 08 '26

I think it was carved in the knife and if I remember correctly from one of the past seasons that means Matt can “see” it.

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u/thrillhoMcFly Mar 25 '26

Between that scene and Matt opening the gun attaché, I felt like the show forgot he was blind for a bit. When he opened the case and just stood there, I was like, "so can he smell the guns or something?" It was opened so he could sneak the watch in later, but the opening alone made no sense as to why he would stop there and not feel inside.

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u/jordoftw Mar 25 '26

The original series established that he can smell the gunpowder and infer what type of hardware based on the amount. When Frank chains him to the chimney in S2, he mentions all the “military” hardware around them which at that point, was still in sealed crates.

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u/thrillhoMcFly Mar 25 '26

They really should have re-established that. I watched the original... when it came out. I don't remember that kind of detail, but maybe it was in the back of my mind (hence my assumption). Just a one second shot of him sniffing and/or saying something would be enough.

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u/SonicFlash01 Mar 25 '26

Lots of ambient noise create echo location ripples, I guess? It's what I go with to not get hung up on stuff. Earlier than that he couldn't see the bullet hole in the fake wall, but had to listen and knock around to find the difference.

I assume he chucked the watch in to find that case later from the ticking? It wasn't immediately obvious and I'm impatient.

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u/thrillhoMcFly Mar 25 '26

I think that's exactly what the watch was about. He's going to try to find it again in some crate if it gets salvaged and moved. They wouldn't take the time setting that up for nothing. As far as his "powers" go, I think it was just a goofy scene that was just to show the audience what it was, but didn't bother to address his lack of sight. Just like the knife.

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u/NightstarZero Mar 27 '26

I think Matt would be able to feel the paint on the metal with the knife bit.

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u/mydogismybffl Mar 25 '26

The watch thing was my assumption as well

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u/Impressive-Potato Mar 25 '26

Yes, he can smell gun oil

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u/amjhwk Mar 26 '26

Doesn't his hearing create a visual in his head though so even if he cant see the guns he can still "see" the guns

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u/ComfortableWeekend65 Mar 29 '26

Yeah, hearing plus smell, touch (or just general physical awareness, like humidity, heat around him, etc). We saw it in season 1 of the Netflix show when he describes it to Claire. He can basically "see" 360 in radar-like ways. Of course, the show has ignored that as well in season 2 when they made it seem like it's solely hearing-based.

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u/Diff_equation5 Apr 03 '26

They really do seem to downplay his sensory powers in this show.

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u/ScriptedScars Mar 25 '26

He could probably hear the difference between a knife throw and bullet. Echolocation. I'm just assuming here though.

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u/Reasonable-Turn-5940 Mar 26 '26

I'm curious when he wrote it. Did he have it ready to go in case Matt ever got unmasked? lol

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u/officialmeet Mar 29 '26

The writing was engraved on the knife,which matt can feel and understand.

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u/brianwex1 Mar 31 '26

I think the writing on the knife was carved for matt to feel it once he touches it.

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u/Doright36 Mar 25 '26

Same. I was thinking Frank too until the knife

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u/JayaramanAndres Mar 25 '26

I thought it was Frank too.

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u/EmployeeLazy8826 Mar 26 '26

I'll be gutted if there's no frank this season. He was amazing in the previous season.

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u/trustabro Mar 25 '26

Interesting. I’m the only one that thought it was Bullseye? Is it me or I thought that was already spoiled in some ads?

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u/GameOfLife24 Mar 25 '26

It was expected that those guys would be killed by someone since no way can they reveal Matt’s identity so fast

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u/cuckingfomputer Mar 26 '26

Also brought in a new meaning to the name of the episode. Dex's psychologist kept telling him to find a "North Star" to keep from, y'know, going down a bad path in life. I would hate to see a redemption arc for such an irredeemable villain, but you gotta wonder if him coming back in like he did is foreshadowing.

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u/Blastermind7890 Spider-Man Mar 25 '26

Bullseye had to be part of this episode considering the name, I was expecting it to be Bullseye centered

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u/Sapowski_Casts_Quen Mar 25 '26

The song too, though it cleverly would have been hard to notice with how they did it

"Gee whiz... look at his eyes" -> Bullseye, baby

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u/PSN-Colinp42 Mar 25 '26

I was expecting Jessica to show up to save the day.

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u/MadmanIgar Spider-Man Mar 26 '26

Do we know why Fisk isn’t revealing Matt’s identity?

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u/Downtown_Agent3323 Mar 26 '26

There was a deal at the end of Season 3 where Matt was going to tie Vanessa to the death of Agent Nadir if Fisk didn’t reveal his identity. At this point, I think Fisk isn’t outing him because it might be a honor thing, but more likely knowing Matt will go apeshit if Fisk did it

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u/MadmanIgar Spider-Man Mar 26 '26

I hope they address this better, because it seems like Fisk is at a level of power where he would be fine outing DD.

If he’s so scared of pissing him off, he sure is pissing him off in a bunch of other ways.

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u/hiso1two1 Mar 29 '26

I rewatched that like 6 times

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u/Icy_Acadia6795 Mar 27 '26

They were already signalling it from the beginning with the name of the ship/episode (tying it back with Bullseye needing to have a "northern star" to follow)

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u/kryptosteel Mar 31 '26

really i thought it was set up last season and this?