DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN Theory May Explain How [SPOILER] Returns In Season 2 Following Episode 7 Twist

DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN Theory May Explain How [SPOILER] Returns In Season 2 Following Episode 7 Twist

The latest episode of Daredevil: Born Again featured some big surprises, including the death of a major villain. Now, we have some thoughts on how they could be revisited in the upcoming second season...

By JoshWilding - Apr 03, 2025 08:04 AM EST
Filed Under: Daredevil

In Daredevil: Born Again's latest episode, "Art For Art's Sake," Muse targeted Heather Glenn and took several bullets to the chest for his troubles. With that, the serial killer is dead, the same fate that befell his comic book counterpart. 

That version of the character was superpowered and ended up in Hell; eventually, his "soul" escaped, and he inspired a disturbed young woman called Morgan to pick up where he left off. This female Muse is so far every bit as sinister as her predecessor, and in the current Daredevil: Unleash Hell comic book series, she can be found clashing with the second Daredevil, Elektra.

While Muse's story is over in the MCU, Daredevil: Born Again season 2 set photos have seemingly confirmed that the villain will return. How? Well, Morgan could be the answer...except it won't be her under the mask. 

There's a popular theory online that Heather will become the new Muse following that disturbing run-in with her patient. Throw in the fact that her comic book counterpart had serious mental health issues, and you can probably see how Marvel Television could make it so that killing Bastian pushes the therapist down a dark path.

In the aforementioned photos, several names were spotted on trailers, including "Heather" and "Stunt Muse." This is starting to make a whole lot of sense now, right? Matt Murdock's girlfriend being haunted by Muse and recreating his crimes would also be a pretty wild challenge for the Man Without Fear to face in season 2.

Talking to Screen Rant, Margarita Levieva shared her take on whether or not Heather has deduced that Matt and Daredevil are the same person. 

"It's a lot, and obviously, we're in a world that is extreme and dealing with extreme circumstances, because in the real world, [laughs] the idea of finding out that the person that you're basically living with and believe could be your partner for life, perhaps is Daredevil, is pretty out there, and then to also have a patient who's a vigilante, it's a lot for Heather. I wondered a lot through the season, 'How much does she suspect?'"

"She is a highly capable doctor or psychiatrist, so it's her job to sort of pick up on the clues, and her intuition has to be really sharpened. I wonder if there was a part of her that just didn't want to know that. Sometimes in life where you're like, 'I know something is off, but I don't want to know. I want to believe the fairy tale right now. I want to believe this life that I've chosen for now.' So I'm curious to see what would happen if she finds out."

Do you think Heather could become the new Muse in Daredevil: Born Again season 2? As always, let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.

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KurtCrawler
KurtCrawler - 4/3/2025, 8:45 AM
That would be a good twist, and make for more character development (trauma) for Matt
JustAWaffle
JustAWaffle - 4/3/2025, 11:08 AM
@KurtCrawler - Yeah, the whole copycat serial killer idea would be a solid direction.
KurtCrawler
KurtCrawler - 4/3/2025, 12:10 PM
@JustAWaffle - especially someone he loves
BeyondtheFuture
BeyondtheFuture - 4/3/2025, 8:47 AM
I mean, it wouldn’t be hard to take her down considering she’s got no combat training that we know of.
Antitrollpatrol
Antitrollpatrol - 4/3/2025, 9:04 AM
@BeyondtheFuture - the even bigger twist is that she as well is a master of taekwondo!
Vigor
Vigor - 4/3/2025, 9:18 AM
@Antitrollpatrol - lol
JstaKIDfrmBKLYN
JstaKIDfrmBKLYN - 4/3/2025, 9:58 AM
@BeyondtheFuture - what's makes her hard to take down is that it's Heather. It's emotional, not physical.
Lucasberg
Lucasberg - 4/3/2025, 1:40 PM
@Antitrollpatrol - lol
Repian
Repian - 4/3/2025, 8:48 AM
Muse is the precursor of an artistic movement. Thus, Muse lives on through his legacy.
harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 4/3/2025, 8:53 AM
a muse with t1ts? damn they just introduced us to him and now he dead with a female replacement is already in line to take his place? phucking the same thing happened with white tiger, FOGGY and cuckpin. what next? is MATT GONNA GET a boob job next season when they bring back elektra? and..and Karen once used a gun in the OG show so does that mean she'll replace pill junkie Frank as the new punisher with t1ts?

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Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 4/3/2025, 9:15 AM
@harryba11zack - Well Lady Bullseye exists... and since he's in prison...
harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 4/3/2025, 9:22 AM
@Urubrodi - and I'm guessing shes also probably a female
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DocSpock
DocSpock - 4/3/2025, 8:53 AM

I wanna know when Bullseye is gonna get loose dammit.

theprophet
theprophet - 4/3/2025, 9:26 AM
@DocSpock - I heard next episode
DocSpock
DocSpock - 4/3/2025, 11:42 AM
@theprophet -

Cool!
theprophet
theprophet - 4/3/2025, 4:10 PM
@DocSpock - ep 1, 8 and 9 are the ones done with the new creative team so we’ll see a shift in quality not that the show has been bad, show has been great, I think it’s just the fact that we’re not getting all episodes at once really hurt it
DocSpock
DocSpock - 4/3/2025, 4:20 PM
@theprophet -

I like the show a lot, but it has been very uneven in the quality of the episodes. I expect it to get better as time goes by. They had to scrap and rebuild the whole thing. That is gonna lead to problems.
BlackStar25
BlackStar25 - 4/3/2025, 8:59 AM
Who cares? They were so uncreative with Muse in the first place...I just dont care.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 4/3/2025, 9:11 AM
@BlackStar25 - I do

While I do wish the character had atleast a bit more screentime & development , I think he served his function well which were to further the overall narrative in terms of getting Matt back into the suit and having Fisk set up the AVTF etc.

Sorry you haven’t been enjoying the show as much but oh well…

However , the pre-overhaul stuff is done now since it was reportedly shifted from ep 1-6 to 2-7 and was mostly unchanged.

Ep 1 was written by the new showrunner and the final 2 were co-written by him aswell and are said to be the best of the season so we’ll see.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 4/3/2025, 9:05 AM
Idk how much I buy this theory but it’s certainly interesting enough to think about…

Heather in the comics was a troubled but wealthy socialite that got involved with Matt but ultimately her story ended in tragedy when she killed herself while this version is an accomplished therapist & author so I feel like she perhaps has the tools & skills in order to help herself through this trauma but sometimes doctors don’t make the best patients so we’ll see.

The showrunner had said that Muse creates ripples and consequences heading into S2 which I can see since he’s potentially not only brought a wedge into Matt & Heather’s relationship now but he was the catalyst for the AVTF being formed aswell…

Now there are also 2 characters dealing with the trauma of their encounters with him , one of which is Heather and the other is Angela Del Toro which could propel her into taking on her uncles mantle as the new White Tiger.

Also given that apparently a Muse will be in S2 , I don’t think we go the supernatural route that the comics are heading down right now since I feel they want this corner of the MCU to be as grounded as possible for the foreseeable future but I could possibly see copycats that were inspired by Muse to also reveal their true selves (I like how that thematically tied into what Matt & Fisk have been struggling with all season aswell).

Anyway , I wish this version of Muse got more screentime since I felt Hunter Doohan was great in the role but sadly he was as short lived as his comic counterpart…

They had him be as skilled in hand to hand as the comic version but not an Inhuman as him either which I didn’t mind nor giving him a face & an identity since we never find out Muse’s identity in the comics since again , it thematically tied into the idea of masks & true selves that the show has been doing all season.

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slickrickdesigns
slickrickdesigns - 4/3/2025, 9:36 AM
Regardless of whether they did it in the comics I find the idea to make any character we’ve seen so far in born again season 1 stupid AF. Nobody except Kingpins body guard seems qualified to be the next muse.
While that was the best episode so far I feel like this show has been too slow in comparison to the Netflix series.
I’m still enjoying the show but it suffers from the same stuff most recent Marvel projects suffer from which is that the fans and fake spoilers sound better than the actual plots and writing they’ve been going with.
slickrickdesigns
slickrickdesigns - 4/3/2025, 9:38 AM
it’d be more interesting to just have a bunch of copy cats like Riddler and Joker have had.

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RedFury
RedFury - 4/3/2025, 9:40 AM
Hmmm, I hope they don't end up making her Muse. To me it's a giant leap that she would take what happened to her, and in turn become a serial killer because of it. I get that it's all pretend, but people who are therapists their entire life don't just break bad when they've gone through a traumatic experience. And people don't just become serial killers because of a single instance. I could definitely see this ruining her life, her career, and where her future leads. But the becoming a copy cat thing to me is pretty silly.

As science, and research tends to show, people that become serial killers more often than not have severe childhood trauma, brain disorders, and other such things that lead to them becoming murderers. It's a stretch and a half to turn a loving psychologist into a copy cat killer lol. Especially when the show is based on a very close reality to the real world. I think it would really pull me out of the show, and question the creators if they went down this route.

It would be much better to introduce someone new that uses the Muse mantle, and has their own traumatic past turning them into a serial killer as well. Copy cat killers are a very real thing, and I think that extension of the plot would land much better in live action.

I mean I guess you could write in some kind of troubled past for her that we haven't been witness to. But her character throughout the season was a kind, empathetic, wise, and compassionate person. Not even a glimpse of her having some kind of darkness was ever hinted at, so it would be one hell of a leap to just throw that in there.
RolandD
RolandD - 4/3/2025, 12:36 PM
@RedFury - Well said. I agree 100%.
RolandD
RolandD - 4/3/2025, 12:37 PM
@RedFury - Even Two-Face was ret-conned to have an abusive father and some emotional struggles before he took the acid in the face.
RedFury
RedFury - 4/3/2025, 12:52 PM
@RolandD - yeah, in this day and age we're smart enough to understand that trauma and life experiences dictate what kind of person we become. So writers need to reflect that in their work, and be careful about changing characters without thinking about how they became the way they are.

They could get away with stuff like that in the past where we didn't truly understand this stuff. But nowadays it just seems like lazy writing to me haha.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 4/3/2025, 2:53 PM
@RedFury - They could bring in her characters background from the comics. The corruption within Glenn Industries and her and Matt rooting it out and getting to the bottom of it. Her father going to jail, killing himself and then having to assume control of the family company giving up her profession, etc. This could cause a lot of undue stress that even an accomplished psychotherapist might struggle with.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 4/3/2025, 2:53 PM
Add to all that dating Matt Murdock and ...
RedFury
RedFury - 4/3/2025, 4:02 PM
@ObserverIO - that would definitely flesh out some of her past problems, and stressors. But even then I just don't see it leading to her becoming a serial killer. I could see it absolutely changing her, and making her an unstable version of herself; which could lead to her breaking bad in some way. But becoming a deranged killer just seems like too much haha. Becoming a twisted psychiatrist with ulterior motives I could definitely see though. I think that would be more in line with who she's been presented to be in the show.
String
String - 4/3/2025, 9:45 AM
I don't know anything about Muse from the comics, but I also heard the spoilers of Muse and Heather returning in season 2. Since Heather was the only character really connected to Muse, even before Daredevil got involved, I was thinking her story was designed around Muse.

I think the only issue I have is the show did a poor job with showing Heather with Muse to pass that legacy over. We got two scenes. One in the first episode with the two characters meeting and a second scene with Muse threatening Heather and she kills him. I don't think that's enough set-up, although I believe this is where the story is going.
Deklipz
Deklipz - 4/3/2025, 1:37 PM
@String - This is my issue here as well. 0 setup between muse and heather. I’d rather see a copycat of muse or even some weird shit that just brings him back somehow… it’s a comic book show. If he can toss bullseye off a building onto his neck/head and have him stand trial after he ‘recovers’ they can certainly have muse come back due to some experimental medical [frick]ery or magic bs. Grounded doesn’t mean they can’t dip into the other side of the coin.
BlackStar25
BlackStar25 - 4/3/2025, 2:13 PM
@String - WHICH IS INSANE!!!! I thought what Daredevil did best when on Netflix was setup character development and storylines for further down the road. Very frustrating that this was done so poorly.
KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 4/3/2025, 10:27 AM
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JustAWaffle
JustAWaffle - 4/3/2025, 11:09 AM
@KennKathleen - I hope they forget to...User Comment Image
DocSpock
DocSpock - 4/3/2025, 11:42 AM
@KennKathleen -

So ambiguous. Tell us how you really feel.

:)
KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 4/3/2025, 12:30 PM
@DocSpock -
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KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 4/3/2025, 12:30 PM
@JustAWaffle - I do too!!!
Lucasberg
Lucasberg - 4/3/2025, 1:49 PM
@KennKathleen - I appreciate both the message in this comment and the time you took to highlight this message. Cheers! lol
DocSpock
DocSpock - 4/3/2025, 2:45 PM
@KennKathleen -

You are joy.
KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 4/3/2025, 3:04 PM
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