Daredevil: Born Again

Watch on Disney+

Episodes: 9 thirty-one to fifty one minute episodes

Rated TV-MA

Matt Murdock and his crew from the original Netflix series are back, but this time even more in the MCU. However, he has hung up his “horns” and Wilson Fisk has become major of New York.

Themes:

Justice, law, Hell’s Kitchen, vigilantes, politics, New York, protecting and rebuilding, moonlighting, change, forgiveness, gangs wars, leaving a vacuum, the criminal underworld, truth, investigation, witnesses to crime, testifying, bad cops, violence, news, building a defense, chaos, promises, helping people, the system, failure of the system, forgiveness, therapy, serial killers, hate, pressure, lies, true self, counseling, marriage, and prison.

Language:

A*s - 22 B*tch - 1 B*stard - 4 D*mn - 18 F*ck - 32 Hell - 20 Sh*t - 49 P*ssy - 1 Religious Exclamations - 40

The abbreviation B.S. is used. The word twat is used. I am not counting curse words that are in recaps.

Stuff to be aware of:

Alcohol/Drugs - Characters enjoy drinking at a bar named Josie in multiple episodes. In episode three, there is a brief scene where a man is surrounded by drugs and alcohol. He is given a small bag of something. There are several scenes where people drink. Bourbon is mentioned.

In episode four there is a scene that takes place in a dance club and most of the people present are drinking.

Religious - Matt is still catholic. Scripture is quoted briefly during a church assembly. Matt prays in one episode.

Sexual - There is some flirting and kisses exchanged between Matt and a woman. In episode four a female mentions sleeping over. She then unbuttons a male’s shirt. The scene changes and they are seen lying in bed together. The woman is a sleep and the man is awake.

In episode six a man jokes about there being no foreplay. In episode seven a man and woman have sex in the shower. This scene last only a minute. You see their shoulders and the man’s back. No private area are seen, it is a brief PG-13 rating scene.

Violence - In the first two episodes three people get shot and killed with blood splattering on walls,windows, and people’s faces. A character bleeds to death after being shot. There is a ton of blood. A man gets thrown from a roof. A man gets thrown out in front of a sub train and is killed. During a fight scene in episode two Matt breaks a mans arm and you see his bones start to come out. He also breaks a man’s neck and there is plenty of blood.

In episode three a man gets shot in the face and his blood splatters all over the man with him. A man in a mask is shot in the head and killed. His mask is blood stained. This man getting shot is shown several times in recaps and as Matt investigates and discusses the crime.

In episode four a man is strapped to a table and a masked villain pumps blood out of his body. In episode five there is a bank robbery. Matt breaks and man’s leg. It is heard but not seen.

In episode six and man is seen with his eye removed. In a flashback a man is seen falling from a roof and hitting the ground. There are two dead girls seen with blood around their eyes and their eyes removed. People are seen having their blood drained by tubes. There are two lengthy fight scenes one between a man with no weapons and a man with an axe and another one between Daredevil and an unarmed man. These fights are violent and bloody.

In episode seven the Police find Muse’s lair. There are dead people hung from chains, dead. There are used needles and a jug of blood. A man’s nose bleeds and he paints on a piece of paper with it. There are a bunch of different paintings made with blood. A character cuts vertically down another character’s arm. Blood gushes out. There is a pretty bloody fight scene in this episode. A man gets stabbed in the shoulder and shot several times.

In episode eight a man gets shot in the head and his blood is splattered on the wall behind him. Later a man gets his head banged on a table and he starts to bleed. Two men get killed by scissors. A man get his hand dunked into hot oil in fryer.

In episode nine (the season finale) there is a lot of blood and gore in some of the fight scenes. The heroes have some pretty gruesome cuts they sew up. Several people get shot point blank and stabbed. People get punched to a pulp and one man gets his head smashed. It is very gruesome.

Seeing It With Your Family

This series is rated TV-MA for a reason. The show goes full MA with language and violence/gore.

What I Thought

This mostly feels like a natural continuation to the Netflix series, but it isn’t flawless. There are some neat references to the larger MCU like a a quick glimpse of an advertisement for Rogers the Musical and skrulls are mentioned in a brief line of dialogue.

Episode three is pretty courtroom heavy, but still feels like the old school Netflix Daredevil. Episode four continues strong, but it is starting to feel a little too slow of a burn. I need Daredevil to mask up and fight some bad guys. Episode five is a complete side mission that seems like a wasted episode which will connect Matt to another super hero in the MCU.