Daredevil: Born Again Gets Frank, Fisk, And a Little Funny

This week’s Daredevil: Born Again is more of a transitory and lighthearted episode, at least up to a point. Matt’s corner of the MCU can’t exactly be called sunny, as the two teases of serial killer Muse make clear, but “Sic Semper Systema” offers up a few laughs and a more low stakes case, intended to give him and the audience a bit of a break after last week’s gut punch of an ending. It also brings the short, but welcome return of Jon Bernthal’s Frank Castle, who more than makes the most out of his screentime. Fisk and his supporting cast get more to do this week in what’s an even split between his political and personal life. In the former’s case, he’s put on the backfoot when BB Urich reports confidential info on the Red Hook ports and union busting spilled to her by his yuppie assistant Daniel Blake (Michael Gandolfini). In the first two episodes, it was clear Daniel’s schmuck nature was hiding aspirations of going over his boss Sheila (Zabrina Guevara) to get deeper into Fisk’s ... Read full article.