DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN Poll And Spoiler Discussion - What Did You Make Of The First Season?

Marvel Television's Daredevil: Born Again concluded last night with an intense, bloody finale, and we want to know what you made of the entire first season...

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By MarkCassidy - Apr 17, 2025 01:04 PM EST

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The season finale of Daredevil: Born Again, "Straight To Hell," is now streaming on Disney+, and Marvel Television's revival series certainly wrapped-up in memorable fashion.

Among other things, the episode featured a long-awaited team-up between the Man Without Fear (Charlie Cox) and the Punisher (Jon Bernthal), the return of Karen Page (Deborah Ann Woll), and Wilson Fisk (Vincent D'Onofrio) committing by far the most brutally violent murder in MCU history.

The final scene also laid the groundwork for an all-out war between Kingpin's AVTA and Daredevil's allies (rumor has it he'll be joined by some old friends to help him defend the city in season 2).

The show has been met with a positive reception overall, but certain episodes were definitely better-received than others, and some fans seem to feel that Born Again never quite managed to reach the same heights as the original Netflix series.

Born Again also made a few creative decisions viewers couldn't fully get behind, including killing off Foggy Nelson (Elden Henson) in the premiere, and keeping Matt Murdock out of his costume for most of the series. There was also the mostly self-contained "With Interest," which felt tonally at odds with the other episodes and included a few hilariously blatant Kamala Khan/Ms. Marvel name-drops (not to mention a cameo from her Funko POP).

We want to know what you made of the first season of Daredevil: Born Again as a whole. Vote in the poll below, and be sure to elaborate in the comments section.

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The finale of #DaredevilBornAgain is now streaming on @DisneyPlus. pic.twitter.com/8UQ0uCvHtz
— Daredevil (@Daredevil) April 16, 2025

In Marvel Television's Daredevil: Born Again, Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox), a blind lawyer with heightened abilities is fighting for justice through his bustling law firm, while former mob boss Wilson Fisk (Vincent D'Onofrio) pursues his own political endeavors in New York. When their past identities begin to emerge, both men find themselves on an inevitable collision course.

The show also stars Margarita Levieva, Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson, Zabryna Guevara, Nikki James, Genneya Walton, Arty Froushan, Clark Johnson, Michael Gandolfini, with Ayelet Zurer and Jon Bernthal. Dario Scardapane is on board as showrunner.

Episodes are directed by Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead, Michael Cuesta, Jeffrey Nachmanoff, and David Boyd; and executive producers are Kevin Feige, Louis D’Esposito, Brad Winderbaum, Sana Amanat, Chris Gary, Dario Scardapane, Christopher Ord & Matthew Corman, and Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead.

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Conquistador - 4/17/2025, 1:08 PM

I thought it was a pretty good season. You can kind of see the stitching with the revamp, but I'm considering that and what we possibly was going to initially get, this was for the better.

That ending was dope...bring on season 2....And of course The Punisher's Speciao Presentation.

mastakilla39 - 4/17/2025, 2:25 PM

@Conquistador - I thought it was the weakest season so far. There are so many volume added shots and the cgi just looks off to me. I thought the Kingpin/Vanessa plot was terrible, Matt/Heather relationship is unconvincing, Muse kinda wasted, and the random cameos of Bullseye, Karen, Punisher, Foggy, etc. were all so obviously reshoots that were forced in. The bank heist episode was the worst episode by far.

By going to Disney+ it kinda lost that gritty realism. Hopefully next season is an improvement as they now have the chance to shoot it from beginning rather than Feige forcing them to reshoot and re-edit it like he did with Cap 4 Brave new world.

3/5...for me

harryba11zack - 4/17/2025, 1:08 PM

a complete woke wank stain

MarkCassidy - 4/17/2025, 1:15 PM

@harryba11zack - I know I'm going to regret this... But what on earth was "woke" about this show?

HammerLegFoot - 4/17/2025, 1:19 PM

@MarkCassidy - Duh, Matt's new law partner is a black woman. WOKE AS HELL!!

MarkCassidy - 4/17/2025, 1:41 PM

@HammerLegFoot - oh yeah I forgot about that. Also, white tiger was a Mexican or something like that.

HammerLegFoot - 4/17/2025, 1:52 PM

@MarkCassidy - See. Show could have been amazing if it wasnt so WOKE

harryba11zack - 4/17/2025, 2:21 PM

@MarkCassidy - replacing the support cast with DEI, transforming the kingpin into the cuckpin and being surpassed by the queenpin who ran his criminal empire better then he ever did. Her background skills in Art really paid off i guess.
Matt and cuckpin constantly being talked down to by female support characters that know whats best for them. cuckpin's advisor telling cuckpin not to talk about his wife during his campaign, not because she be doing crimes n sh1t no, but because shes a woman and some of his voters are "traditionalist" like it's 1950's or some sh1t. and remember when Matt was meant to be a Catholic? can you count how many times even entered a church in this show? him in church where some of his most powerful scenes in the netflix show yet this show appears to wanna completely remove the religious aspects of the character. pauly D punisher going after more "evil" cops cause cops they bad in sh1t. "daredevil didn't save me, I saved me"

mastakilla39 - 4/17/2025, 2:27 PM

@harryba11zack - Shit...thought I was the only 1 who thought this....agree with everything you listed.

harryba11zack - 4/17/2025, 2:33 PM

@mastakilla39 -

MarkCassidy - 4/17/2025, 2:38 PM

@harryba11zack - 😂😂 oh dear. I think maybe you're reading a bit much into... Everything you watch.

harryba11zack - 4/17/2025, 2:44 PM

@MarkCassidy - son, you asked, I just answered.

DrDReturns - 4/18/2025, 12:24 AM

@harryba11zack - Asks and then doesn't properly engage.

DrDReturns - 4/18/2025, 12:25 AM

@MarkCassidy - The removal of Matt Murdock's Catholicism.

Gabimaru - 4/18/2025, 7:38 PM

@MarkCassidy - you "journos" are all in denial how woke these movies/shows are now

HammerLegFoot - 4/17/2025, 1:08 PM

Loved it. Just got to finish season 3 now

Mercwitham0uth - 4/17/2025, 1:13 PM

It was good. A little slow to build up though. The season finale was great. Hoping season 2 is more Daredevil action rather than Matt Murdoch.

Fares - 4/17/2025, 1:14 PM

Fantastic.

I was a massive doubter and now I think it stands right next to the other seasons.

There are a couple of massive dumb decisions done by the characters here and there, like how Matt decided to reveal Hector's identity like that and how Bullseye was being treated for his injuries with his hands not tied, but overall it was fantastic.

It's ironic that the best episodes for me had little to no action/Daredevil, but that's good writing for you.

TheVisionary25 - 4/17/2025, 1:26 PM

@Fares - I thought Matt revealing Hectors identity in the moment was a bold by genius decision in the moment given the character witnesses that led to his acquittal but yeah , it did led to his death which wasn’t good since he was always going to be in danger after that.

I do agree with Bullseyes hands not being tied though

Wahhvacado - 4/17/2025, 1:17 PM

I enjoyed it but you could see the seams where the stitched the story and tone from two different sets of filming together.

The last episode was the best and I'm all in if they can make a season close to that quality

ModHaterSLADE - 4/17/2025, 1:20 PM

Took a little time to get its footing but when it did I was hooked. I like the idea of an almost dual-protagonist take with this adaptation of Devil's Reign.

rebellion - 4/17/2025, 1:24 PM

there were flashes of brilliance, like the ending of ep8.. but overall it was a bit of a mess. the showrunner was a fool to criticize the original show since he didnt get nowhere near that masterpiece.

MarvelousMarty - 4/17/2025, 1:29 PM

Quite a let down.

IAmAHoot - 4/17/2025, 1:38 PM

@MarvelousMarty - Now go ahead and explain.

Clintthahamster - 4/17/2025, 1:31 PM

The first two and last two eps were "Very Good," everything else, disappointing. IMO, anyway.

RitoRevolto - 4/17/2025, 1:34 PM

Maybe I'm easy and just excited to have DD back but I really liked it.

RolandD - 4/17/2025, 7:47 PM

@RitoRevolto - I am with you.

MosquitoFarmer - 4/17/2025, 1:35 PM

Anyone who walked in wanting/expecting a Season 4 of Netflix's Daredevil was already inherently setting them self up for failure.

MotherGooseUPus - 4/17/2025, 1:41 PM

Loved it. 4/5 stars

Daredevil:
S3
S1
BA
S2

thats my order. I think BAS2 will be special if its anything like the finale was.

HashTagSwagg - 4/17/2025, 1:49 PM

Gave up after the second episode, watched the hi-lights on youtube. It's just not enjoyable to sit through, hated every side character, especially the ungratful "I saved myself" chick, hated the seeing matt just take shit from everyone when Netflix Matt would hit back, hated the Cuckpin and what they did with his relationship with Vanessa, Muse was completely wasted, fights DD for the first time, dies the next episode, how does he know how to fight? we get one off hand mention that he studied jujitsu at some point, that's it, why does he do what he does, oh he just blurts it out to his psychiatrist on the same episode he dies. They took a cool character from the books and reduced him to a throwaway villain of the week from a law and order episode. I've already said before about the dodgey choreography, the stage lights making it look like a threatre play, the over reliance on CGI to try and make up for the lackluster action scenes. Watching DD spit CG blood after every kick from Muse was just ........ there's no restraint and I mean that in the worst way possible.
Could the show have been much worse? yes but at the same time, at this point I wouldn't give a sh1t if they cancelled it after season 2 because of the low viewership because frankly, they earned it. This is from someone who consider's the first season of Daredevil to be on par with the quality of The Winter soldier.

TrentCrimm - 4/17/2025, 1:55 PM

@HashTagSwagg -

If you only watched two episodes and then dipped, I don't think you're really "qualified" to give any kind of in depth assessment about the season. Not saying the couple points you mentioned aren't valid, but as far as judging the entire seasons quality, dude stfu.

HashTagSwagg - 4/17/2025, 2:17 PM

@TrentCrimm - No, I think I'd like to add a bit more if you don't mind.
The punisher now has to screech like an autist child when performing the most basic actions. Holy sh1t does that get annoying fast.
The subltley and calm demeaner of the kingpin is gone, we now get the Cuckpin yelling at his people like a damn cartoon villain, do you remeber when he didn't need to that because he already had the rep?
We have Bullseye break out of prison in a scene that only would have made sense if Vanessa had a hand to helping him out but no, they just let the dude who can kill you with any whatever he can grab have his hands free and leave him alone in a room with one doctor and one mall cop?
In the second last episode, he's finally out and then he does nothing for the final episode.
We no longer have the citizen's of hell's kitchen acting like real people, instead we get dumb scenes like that cop who unloaded on a theft only to have the other cop go "that was bad dude" and the other cops like "no, *pulls down hat* see, he bad actually".
There was no big climax with the main dudes facing off at the end, instead it's just Matt escapes hospital, has fight scene with punisher and meets up with some DEI check boxes at the bar while Cuckpin gives is cartoon villain speach. That was House of the dragon season 2 final episode aniclimatic level of unsatisfying.

TheVisionary25 - 4/17/2025, 1:56 PM

I didn’t think ep 5 “ Without Interest” was as tonally out of place with the rest of the series as some others did..

Perhaps a bit lighter to an extent due to Yusuf’s involvement but still felt relatively serious imo aswell as furthered the brewing gang war in the background and Matts struggle in leaving DD behind.

Anyway , I liked the episode though I say that as someone who enjoys bottle episodes.

Overall , it was a solid season imo given the overhaul but I’m looking forward to S2 even more since they won’t be burdened by constraints anymore.

DD season rankings…
1.S3
2.S1
3.BA S1
4.S2

RolandD - 4/17/2025, 7:54 PM

@TheVisionary25 - I really enjoyed the episode also. It was a throwback to a lot of old style TV shows that were episodic and not carrying a narrative throughout the entire season. Besides, he was acting like daredevil the entire episode, even if he wasn’t in costume. Matt, in a large part is what brings me back to the show. Sometimes he’s in costume and sometimes he’s not. Now mind you, if he never suited up, I would be disappointed but I think I have more of a quality many on here lack, present company excluded, and that is patience.

MyCoolYoung - 4/17/2025, 1:59 PM

I wonder how it will flow now that all episodes are available. The lack of Daredevil in the show hit us harder in the week-to-week format than, say, the critics who got each episode at once. I get the criticism of the lack of Daredevil, but I liked that they let it build up between Fisk and Matt, letting their violent natures show themselves.

By the last episode, you felt the tension and uneasiness from the Netflix shows. Nothing highlights that more than when Matt was about to get up and Karen stopped him. To me, there was such an uneasy, uncertain feeling even though the season was ending.

MyCoolYoung - 4/17/2025, 2:00 PM

Im not ranking the shows because I haven't watched them in years and it would be disingenuous

SuperSpiderMan5 - 4/17/2025, 2:53 PM

Loved it. Loved the season finale. More Punisher please.

ThouBear8 - 4/17/2025, 3:13 PM

I liked it overall & I'm excited to see season 2 where they have this tone & creative team working from the start, rather than doing that from the midway point of filming.

I'm definitely not squeamish, but I honestly could've done without that Kingpin scene in the finale. It felt gratuitous, & they could've easily gotten the point across without being so explicitly gory. That was Michael Myers / Jason Voorhees shit.

It didn't ruin the episode for me or anything, it just sorta felt like they were trying to be like "look how violent we are. We're EDGY!". I liked the overall arc for Kingpin tho & how it paralleled Matt's arc.

Every scene with Matt & Frank on screen together was fantastic, just as it always has been previously. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing more of them, both individually & together.

RolandD - 4/17/2025, 7:59 PM

@ThouBear8 - I am squeamish and I agree that was too much. There was no need for it and it WAS gratuitous. It certainly shut down anyone who said that they would Disnefy the violence. Even when he took off Anatoly’s head , it was gross but not in your face gross. I still thoroughly enjoyed the episode, especially the return of Karen.

bkmeijer1 - 4/17/2025, 4:47 PM

Was a great season imo. Can tell what was there before the overhaul, but they made it work. Even killing Foggy and keeping Matt out of the suit.

Think it's a testament to the quality of the rest of the show that I didn't even mind it until the Muse arc (which was haunting) Daredevil suited up. Good stuff all around.

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