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Daredevil: Born Again
Season 1
Season Premiere: Mar 4, 2025
69
8.1
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37% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 30 Critic Reviews
69
60% Positive
18 Reviews
18 Reviews
37% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
3% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
“Daredevil: Born Again” is easily one of the best series the Disney+ has offered and is also one of the best shows of 2025. It journeys into dark spaces with its contemporary power struggle and grazes, but doesn’t surrender to, the morally blurry lines set forth in “The Joker” and “The Batman.
Everyone on this show has come back at the top of their games. Charlie Cox and Vincent D'Onofrio are particularly good as their characters and slip back into them as if they stopped playing them yesterday, not several years ago.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 34 User Ratings
8.1
85% Positive
29 Ratings
29 Ratings
9% Mixed
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6% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 34 User Ratings
8.1
85% Positive
29 Ratings
29 Ratings
9% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
6% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
A worthy follow-up to its predecessor, “Born Again” is a violent crime thriller by way of courtroom drama that’s for adults only. Gritty but polished, it marks a sea change for Marvel, giving it a serious project that finally caters to prestige TV-watching grown-ups and not “Deadpool”-loving teenagers.
By Matt Juul
FULL REVIEW
Cox slides back into playing the “really good lawyer” like he never left. .... Fisk’s own arc is notably slower, and both are fairly obvious, but they intertwine while making engaging detours.
Murdock and Fisk – or Cox and D’Onofrio if you prefer – are great in key scenes together, the former fleet and dancing, the latter giving off a dark, heavy energy that has you backing away from the screen as you watch. .... Whether the MCU team has done enough to take the comic adaptation crown from its current holder, DC’s dark, clever, critically acclaimed ratings smash The Penguin, however, remains to be seen.
"Born Again" can't find that greatness. In the producers' desire to replicate something beloved they have ended up plagiarizing themselves: Too much of "Born Again" feels like something we've already seen.
Born Again gives you enough blood, sweat, and tears in its opening episode to suggest that maybe, just maybe, we’re so back. But it doesn’t take long for the promising revival to crumble once more into another incoherent mess of IP management.
Daredevil: Born Again largely recreates the tone and structure of the original Netflix series. While the pacing drags at times and the action takes a noticeable backseat, it still marks a promising start for Marvel’s first real attempt to integrate Daredevil into the MCU.
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SEASON 1
When Daredevil: Born Again was announced, the promise was great: to continue one of the most acclaimed series in the Marvel universe on TV, now under the direct care of Marvel Studios. The idea of repositioning the character as one of the pillars of the new phase of the franchise, uniting urban heroes like Spider-Man, Kate Bishop and Ms. Marvel, ignited fans' enthusiasm. The initial proposal of eighteen episodes reinforced this commitment, but changes behind the scenes - with a change of showrunners, directors and even a complete rewrite of the script after the writers' and actors' strike - caused the series to lose momentum before it even premiered. The end result, now with only nine episodes, is a production that tries to balance nostalgia and renewal, but in the process loses some of the impact that the original series **** task of connecting the new Marvel universe with the events of the old Netflix series has always been a challenge. Here, this is done in a subtle way, with short dialogues and scenes that hint at these connections, avoiding too much exposition and respecting the emotional continuity of the characters. Despite this, Reborn seems reluctant to fully embrace its roots. Instead of returning to established relationships, such as the Matt, Foggy and Karen trio, the series bets on new narrative arcs and characters, but fails to give them the same weight and depth we've seen in previous seasons.This new approach creates one of the season's main problems. The narrative rhythm is unstable: it starts strongly, investing in action and the presence of Daredevil himself, but soon turns into an investigative thriller with legal subplots. Although this dialogues with the character's history in the comics, the contrast is abrupt. The narrative grows cold, and the new characters - such as Heather Glenn, played by Margarita Levieva - add little to the drama. They function more as narrative tools than as figures with real dramatic **** series tries to get back on its feet around the fifth episode, when the villainous Muso enters the scene. Initially promising, the character is soon discarded, serving only as a catalyst for Matt Murdock to resume his vigilante mantle. Once again, the production relies on the Kingpin as its antagonist, an understandable decision given the character's strength, but one that also reinforces the feeling that the series prefers to play it safe. Betting on a new villain with more screen time and development could have given the plot some much-needed **** the final episodes, the series prepares for a climax that delivers the basics. The revelation of Foggy's murder, which serves as the central mystery of the season, is resolved without the expected emotional impact. Even so, some special appearances and one-off scenes manage to rescue some of the enthusiasm, suggesting that the future may be brighter. With rumors and leaked photos of a second season full of familiar faces, everything indicates that Marvel intends to create small urban groups, like a new Defenders, preparing the ground for future formations in the main films of the franchise.Daredevil: Born Again gets some things right, especially the darker tone and the well-choreographed hand-to-hand fights, which are reminiscent of what made the Netflix series a landmark. But its attempt to renew what it didn't need and preserve what was already exhausted prevents it from reaching the same level of excellence. The result is a season that oscillates between lukewarm and efficient, and delivers more promises than achievements.
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SEASON 1