Warning! This article contains minor spoilers for Daredevil: Born Again episodes 5 and 6.After episodes 5 and 6,Daredevil: Born Again’s critics and audience scores go through some changes on Rotten Tomatoes, making the MCU’s show rankings move slightly.Daredevil: Born Againepisodes 5 and 6 pick up speedas Wilson Fisk launches his all-out war against vigilantism while Daredevil confronts Muse in the villain’s secret lair.Daredevil: Born Again’s double-episode midseasonprovides what may be the clearest proof of Daredevil’s “Man Without Fear” qualities, with Matt Murdock singlehandedly stopping a bank heist and thwarting Muse’s attempt to kill Angela del Toro.
OnRotten Tomatoes,Daredevil: Born Again’s critics' score rises to 87%, while its audience score drops to 80%. This change may be small, butDaredevil: Born Again’s latest scores placeDaredevil: Born Again’s 87% Tomatometer aboveDaredevilseason 2’s 81%, and its 80% Popcornmeter below that of all three seasons of Netflix’sDaredevil. Check out the breakdown below:
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What Daredevil: Born Again’s Rotten Tomatoes Score Changes Mean
Daredevil: Born Again Has Been Well-Received, But The Bar Is Still Too High
Daredevil: Born Againneeds at least ten percentage points to reachDaredevilseason 3’s critics' score and at least six to reachDaredevilseason 3’s audience score.While this difference may seem small, the reality is that Netflix’s three seasons ofDaredevilleft the bar extremely high. For instance,Daredevilseason 1 holds an impressive 99% critics' score and a 93% audience score ten years after its release.Daredevilseason 2’s critics' score is the lowest of the three, at 81%, andDaredevilseason 3’s audience score is the lowest of the three, at 86%.
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Daredevil: Born Again episodes 5 and 6 bring back a New York vigilante introduced in 2021 — one with roots in Marvel’s Avengers comics.
Daredevil: Born Againhas a higher budget and a much stronger sense of interconnectivity with the rest of the MCU than Netflix’sDaredevil. For example, Daredevil’s fight scenes use more CGI, and characters like the Skrulls andKamala Khan a.k.a. Ms. Marvel are mentioned inDaredevil: Born Again. On the other hand,Daredevil: Born Againloses a little of its grounded tone, and bold decisions such as killing off Foggy Nelson and temporarily retiring Matt Murdock’s Daredevil persona may have divided critics and audiences.
Daredevil: Born Again’s Rotten Tomatoes Score Makes Sense Given Where The Story Currently Is
Daredevil: Born Again Still Has A Good Portion Of Season 1 Left
GivenDaredevil: Born Againseason 1 is only partway through its story, it makes sense that its Rotten Tomatoes score has been ever-changing, and that its critic and audience scores have risen and fallen during this time. While much of the story of the first season has now already been unveiled, there’s a considerable portion as of yet still untold, especially when it’s taken into account that Matt Murdock has stepped away from being Daredevil for a good chunk of the early show, and thus the series hasn’t been able to delve as much into his vigilante endeavors.
Similarly, with certain arcs and long-term stories only just now starting to blossom, it makes sense both that the critic score forDaredevil: Born Againseason 1 has risen, and that the audience score has fallen. Until the rest of the episodes of season 1 are released, the audiences' understanding of this chapter of the MCU will ultimately change week by week, and is thus more likely to be subject to altered opinions as major changes, story moments and plot twists continue to be unveiled.
Ultimately,Daredevil: Born Againseason 1’s current Rotten Tomatoes scores still mark a solid reception for the series, and land it a healthy ranking among Marvel and the MCU’s other releases, especially given the more mixed results of some movie and show installments in past years. However, it will be up to the final episodes of season 1 to define what the long-lasting reception to this part of the show is, withDaredevil: Born Againseason 2 then needing to ideally match or best this bar when it releases later down the line.
Our Take On Daredevil: Born Again’s Rotten Tomatoes Score Changes
Daredevil: Born Again Is Brewing An Epic Finale And An Exciting Second Season
Daredevil: Born Againmay not be proving as popular as Netflix’sDaredevil, but the best may be yet to come.Daredevil: Born Againepisodes 5 and 6 display an interesting parallel between Daredevil and Wilson Fisk, who are both discovering that they can’t leave their natural instincts behind. Matt Murdock’s decision to wear the cowl again and Wilson Fisk’s decision to kill Adam sets up a potentially catastrophic conflict that could deliver some thrilling moments and raiseDaredevil: Born Again’s Rotten Tomatoes scores in future episodes.
