Daredevil: Born Again’s Muse Episode Needed a Bigger Canvas

Well, that was disappointing. “Art For Art’s Sake” scuttles some of the goodwill earned by last week’s two episodes and overall, may be the weakest of Daredevil: Born Again. In its efforts to push the story along, the episode accidentally shines a light on what might’ve been lost amid the show’s creative shakeup. Of the main cast, Heather has felt like the least developed character, despite being in the orbit of the central leads. A therapist dating a retired-ish superhero and helping the villain through his rocky marriage is an interesting spot for her to be in, at least in theory. But since she’s just a sounding board to Matt and the Fisks, and not entirely aware of what’s going on in either party’s lives, it just means one woman’s getting lied to by three people for the price of one. And yet, she’s somehow wound up with another, fourth client with a secret of his own. Remember Bastian Cooper (Hunter Doohan), the kid who went to her book signing in episode two and hasn’t been seen ... Read full article.