{"id":50189,"date":"2026-05-06T10:29:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T02:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=50189"},"modified":"2026-05-06T10:29:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T02:29:38","slug":"born-again-season-2-finale-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=50189","title":{"rendered":"Born Again Season 2 Finale Review"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Full spoilers follow for <\/strong>Daredevil: Born Again<\/strong><\/u> Season 2, Episode 8, \u201cThe Southern Cross,” which is streaming on Disney+ now.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Daredevil: Born Again went big and bold in its Season 2 finale, with an episode that saw both Matt Murdock and Wilson Fisk\u2019s true selves revealed to the public in a manner they never had been before\u2026<\/p>\n

..Well, okay, for Fisk, it\u2019s more revealing the truth in a way it kind of<\/em> never had before. But while he\u2019d been arrested in the past (twice!) for major crimes, this was the first time there was no masking the out of control, violent animal he was so easily capable of becoming, given what he did inside that courthouse and how many witnessed him massacring all of those people. <\/p>\n

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This was incredibly thrilling and amazing to behold, to be sure, as Fisk unleashed on those people storming in to get him like he was Darth Vader at the end of Rogue One. But maybe it was a bit too <\/em>much if we\u2019re to buy into what happened in totality? How on earth could Fisk still be offered a \u201cjust leave the country and we\u2019re cool?\u201d deal after he\u2019d just \u2013 as in literally moments ago \u2013 murdered people with his bare hands in full view of so many witnesses? And even if that was what was offered, would all those others peacefully accept it? Yes, Matt\u2019s the one that managed to stop the mob from killing Fisk in the first place, but it just felt like there would be some people still raring to go again when told Fisk was going to be allowed to just move away rather than actually face justice. <\/p>\n

And yet\u2026 man, seeing Fisk unleashed like that was effective! This finale was by no means perfect, but it certainly delivered on the endorphin rush level and on a big picture level in terms of the power of Matt and Fisk having this big confrontation \u2013 inside a courthouse, no less. <\/p>\n

Matt\u2019s identity being revealed to the world is a storyline many fans of the Daredevil comics have wanted to see explored, and it\u2019s exciting to finally get that happening here. It\u2019s also very satisfying that it happened on Matt\u2019s own terms while testifying at Karen\u2019s trial: He used the biggest swing he had in his arsenal in order to explain how Daredevil \u2013 which is to say, how he himself \u2013 could speak on what exactly Fisk had been up to. <\/p>\n

Matt\u2019s identity being revealed to the world is a storyline many fans of the Daredevil comics have wanted to see explored.\u201c<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

Sure, the legality of it all felt pretty freaking murky, to be charitable. I\u2019m no lawyer, so maybe I\u2019m wrong and this followed the letter of the law and what a judge would allow, but it felt a bit silly at times as Matt was pushing this <\/em>much of a tangent in a trial where Fisk wasn\u2019t even the defendant. And yet it was also simultaneously emotionally satisfying in terms of the idea of Matt Murdock, lawyer, getting one over on Fisk and saving Karen, all while using his alter ego\u2019s very existence to do so. <\/p>\n

There were some other bumpy moments along the way that the finale got through by selling the overall mood and emotion. While lightly teased earlier this season, Cole\u2019s face turn, as he suddenly was aghast that, gasp, Powell had lied about Hector deserving to be executed in the street by Cole, felt very rushed and didn\u2019t align with Cole\u2019s depiction in Season 1. But then you had the actual chaos and action of all of those people rushing into the courthouse as Daredevil and Jessica Jones took on the AVTF guys inside in what turned into an awesome sort of mega DD hallway fight through one corridor and floor of that place after another. And the imagery of Fisk, so out of control and covered in blood, truly was striking and impactful. <\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t exactly a huge surprise to see Luke Cage at the end \u2013 especially given Mike Colter himself has been among those posting photos from the set of Season 3<\/u> \u2013 but it still is great to see him. Hopefully Season 3 gives us the details on how and why he came to accept Charles\u2019 job offer. In the meantime, Bullseye<\/u> going to work for Charles is a nice way to send Dex off for now, but make it easy to fold him back in when needed. <\/p>\n

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Appearances to the contrary, Karen and Matt don’t quite get a happy ending in the Season 2 finale.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Speaking of which, it\u2019ll be interesting to see how much we follow Fisk next season now that he\u2019s off in exile. It\u2019s been made clear that Vincent D\u2019Onofrio will still be a part of the series, but as much as I love both the performance and the character, it feels like it\u2019s time to back off from having him so prominent for awhile, given how understandably large he\u2019s loomed here during the Mayor storyline. With Matt in prison and the city looking towards a few other Defenders for the time being, it feels like plenty is already in play for a strong Season 3 before the Kingpin makes his next big move down the line. <\/p>\n

Lingering Finale Thoughts Without Fear:<\/strong><\/p>\n