With Matt Murdock being revealed to have retired as Daredevil afterFoggy ’s decease in instalment 1 , the show has something of a slow start on the superhero front , since it makes trusted to explore the stop inthe MCU timelinewherein Murdock refuse to put on his mask again rather than getting right back to vigilante action . However , the cease engagement of sequence 2 suggests Matt ’s mindset is in a place quite similar to some of his more worrying moments in the originalDaredevil , which makes me equal part interested and nervous to see where his story goes next .

Daredevil: Born Again Episode 2’s Ending Provided A Bleak Moment In Matt Murdock’s Life

Daredevil: Born Again Episode 2’s Ending Is Even Worse With The Director’s Comments In Mind

In an interview with Brandon Davis , Daredevil : bear Againepisode 2 & 3 music director Michael Cuesta delved into a lot of the originative decisions behind the two chapters of the MCU story , including the final view of instalment 2 . When the issue uprise , Cuesta mentioned that " What I remember the most is I put the camera underneath him , and you see him react to the beating , and I remember having a conversation with Charlie about , like , this is something that you call for to go through - and it ’s like you ’re punish yourself here . "

After Davis need whether the scene of Matt being beaten up without fight back was presuppose to be interpret as either Murdock enjoy the beating because he " know where it could go " , or him wanting to be penalise , the director exposit that " I was in the ' deserve to be punished ' thing , but you know , a little moment of ' you guy cable have no idea what ’s coming ' kind of affair was always latent , you know , was always there . "

understand Matt be beat up by two corrupted characters who seemingly intend to assassinate a witness is by itself is a comparatively gloomy scene , particularly since they for all intents and purposes look to conceive Murdock is just an ordinary lawyer who ca n’t fight back . However , hearing confirmation that the scene is also Matt punishing himself and potentially even enjoy the idea it would let him to work vengeance makes the episode feel so much more grim , as it ’s possible to conceive or at least trust that Murdock simply did n’t want to uncover his secret indistinguishability in this shot until then .

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The Daredevil: Born Again Episode 2 Director’s Comments About Matt’s Ending Scene Have Some Notable Parallels To The Original Show

ThroughoutDaredevil , the titular vigilante struggles with a double - sided variety of guilty conscience about his superhero double - lifespan . Matt feels immense conflict about hurting others , and yet also has a profound sentiency of shame that he ’s not doing more for those who could be benefited by his aid , with this often lead him into a spiral about both his motivations and what the best path forward is . As such , it ’s not a surprise that Murdock let the officer to nonplus him up partially as a form of penance , as these feelings of dubiousness and conflict have persisted even though he ’s put the hood and costume off for the time being .

Charlie Cox ’s Daredevil also briefly retired from the fighter mantle after the end ofDaredevilseason 2 , coming back out of this retirement with the events ofThe Defendersand thenDaredevilseason 3 .

Historically , Matt has often found what his best path forwards is by talk to Foggy and Karen about what to do next , even before they were fully aware he was a vigilante . However , now that Foggy is dead and Karen has seemingly no contact with Murdock , it ’s almost inevitable that the road Daredevil walk will be a far morose one , as he does n’t have the same support system of rules in blank space to adjudicate and ensure he does n’t corkscrew yet further . While this augur well for the drama ofDaredevil : Born Again , it also suggests the worst is very much yet to come for its hero in the story thus far .

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