Daredevil: Born Again

Our Review

The revival that survived its own troubled production (a mid-shoot overhaul, a restart, the strikes) and emerged worthy: Matt Murdock, years after quitting the vigilante life, practicing law honestly; Fisk, somehow elected mayor of New York; and the two men circling each other in the daylight — courtroom and city hall instead of rooftops — until the masks come back. The first half runs the political-thriller register (Fisk’s anti-vigilante task force, Vanessa’s arc), and when the violence returns it lands with the old weight: the choreography discipline intact.

Cox and D’Onofrio slip back into the roles like no time passed (their diner scene — two monsters pretending to be citizens — is the season’s centerpiece), the new villain Muse gives the season its horror register, and the cliffhanger sets the next chapter. A rebuild season: the pieces reassembled, the war reignited. The faith was rewarded.

Verdict: Watch it — the Devil is back, and he’s still the best thing in live-action Marvel.