Warning! This article contains spoilers for Daredevil: Born Again season 1, episode 8.
Daredevil: Born Againis proving itself to be one of the most clever series to come out of theMarvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), and it laid out its plans from the very first episode. While the NetflixDaredevilearned its reputation as one of the most incredible offerings from Marvel ever made, there was a lot of concern about how this reboot would go under the MCU umbrella. Now owned by Disney, concerns about the show being sanitized or becoming more formulaic began to arise, but after everything that the premiere season has revealed, the concerns were unfounded.
Daredevil: Born Againis gritty, witty, and shines a whole new light on New York City. With Matt Murdock wrestling against his own duplicitous nature, and his rival Wilson Fisk trying to balance life in the spotlight with his darker desires, the show is beautifully juggling interwoven narratives. And underneath the dark and twisted stories of Murdock and Fisk, theterrifying nature of Vanessa Fisk, after having gotten a taste of power, is becoming ever more apparent.
Daredevil: Born Again Episode 1’s Foggy Death Scene Gave A Major Clue As To Bullseye’s Real Motivations
There Was Obviously So Much More To Bullseye’s Attack In Born Again’s Premiere Episode
In the very first episode ofDaredevil: Born Again, Foggy Nelson, Matt’s best friend, is gunned down by the cruel and motivated assassin, Benjamin Poindexter. Returning as a monstrous villain code named Bullseye, Poindexter unleashes brutal force on Murdock, after efficiently and swiftly killing Foggy. However, this attack seemed somewhat senseless, cruel, and uncoordinated, especially for such asophisticated and talented killer as Bullseye. However, it appears that this was clearly a hint about something bigger being at play.
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Bullseye was not on a warpath trying to get revenge on Daredevil. Indeed, it seemed unlikely that Poindexter even knew who Daredevil’s alter ego was. As it turns out, Bullseye was hired by Vanessa, a woman who shared some disdain towardsWilson Fisk and Daredevilat the time of her hiring Poindexter. But with how much of a loose cannon Poindexter became, it waseasy to assume that his actions were those of a mad man, ready to eliminate targets with little thought, only an excess of violence.
Why Daredevil: Born Again’s Foggy Death Twist Clues Are So Easy To Miss On A First Watch
Daredevil: Born Again Did A Great Job Diverting Expectations
The truth is, in both the comics andBorn Again, Bullseye is unpredictable. He is a monster who acts with little or no thought about the future, and his incredible skills as a marksman and efficiency in eliminating his targets make him kind of reckless. So when he turns up at a bar frequented by the police, ready to kill Foggy, it justseems like Bullseye is on the warpath, and may also target Karen and Daredevil himself. However, since Matt immediately jumped in and began fighting against Bullseye, it’s difficult to know if his rampage would have continued.
Besides this, the incredibleshock of Foggy being killed, seemingly out of the blue, made for a greatdistraction from further investigation into the motives for Bullseye’s actions. Instead, the audience and the hero were thoroughly focused on seeing Matt take down the terrible villain, and when he made the choice to seemingly throw Bullseye to his death, that stunning moment became the focal point of the episode.
Daredevil: Born Again Teasing The Reason Behind Foggy’s Death From The Start Makes The Show All The Better
The Writing Is Extremely Clever And Sophisticated For Daredevil: Born Again
The fact thatDaredevil: Born Againwas able to smuggle such a pivotal moment, that would have further implications and be a key clue about what was actually going on throughout the series highlights the enormous talent working on the show. Rather than try to obscure or shy away from dropping breadcrumbs, they included details along the way that could be revisited and recognized as having more meaning, but they wereable to make it seem obscure at that moment.
Daredevil: Born Again Episode 8’s Bullseye Twist Creates A Daredevil Season 3 Plot Hole
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This clever storytelling, and the incredible delivery throughout the series, further proves the reboot’s position as the perfect follow-up to the Netflix show, an incredible entry in the MCU’s line of TV shows, and an all-around incredible story. As long as this level of quality continues to define the show, and the characters continue to be challenged alongside the audience, the show has a lot of potential to continue being a defining part of the MCU’s street-level hero stories.Daredevil: Born Againcontinues to deliver clever writing and explore the complex character of Matt Murdock, with increasingly clever storylines.
