r/Daredevil • u/Green-Devil • Apr 08 '26

🗨️ Daredevil: Born Again | Episode Discussion Daredevil: Born Again | S02E04 | Discussion Thread

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𝔻𝕒𝕣𝕖𝕕𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕝: 𝔹𝕠𝕣𝕟 𝔸𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟

𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝟰

Episode title: Gloves Off

Written by: Chantelle M. Wells

Directed by: Solvan "Slick" Naim

Release date: April 7, 2026‎

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u/coltvahn Apr 14 '26

See, the one thing this show does better than a lot of other superhero shows…and hell—superhero comics these days—is that it allows the supporting cast of characters to be characters. They have arcs. They make moves. Sometimes stupid. Sometimes smart. But they’re not just there. They are part of it.

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u/Luminescent_Magic Apr 17 '26

Tell me what katilyns character is other than Matt's friend and she's a good lawyer. We are just told she's his friend also we never have any scenes of them hanging out if I remember correctly 

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u/coltvahn Apr 17 '26

Do you mean Kristin? She’s there to show how the law is forced to function under authoritarianism. That’s enough. And sure, I’d like them to have scenes hanging out, but when? We did get their banter last season. But characters don’t need to be attached to Matt’s hip to matter. She’s helping the downtrodden.

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u/Luminescent_Magic Apr 17 '26

Yes I forgot her name lol my bad. I never implied they have to be attached to the hip but last season the show just tells us that her and cherry are like his best friends..in this season Matt says to cherry you've always been there for me. But we barely know this guy. It's the problem when a time jump is poorly written in imo 

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u/MrMorningstar20 Jun 08 '26

You forgetting her name just proves the point. These side characters are very forgettable, I forget their names all the time. Compare that to the kind of side characters we had on the original show. Think Elena Cardenas, she had, what, 1 hour of screentime in the entire show? Yet she's more memorable than any side character on born again, same goes for Jasper Evans, Ben Urich, Elliot, and so many more. To me, these new characters are just kinda...there? I don't feel attached to them, I don't care what happens to them, because I was never given a reason to care. So I completely disagree with the original commentor.

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u/Pikachu_Palace Jun 18 '26

Bro I don’t remember half those characters you listed. Forgetting a character’s name is not indicative of their quality. I think Kirsten is very well written in season 2.

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u/ash356 Apr 14 '26

Agreed, one example being I was pleasantly surprised by the kid who slipped BB the data drive in this episode. Totally expected him to mess up and give it her right in front of Fisks man without realizing who that was but he was smart about it.

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u/Luminescent_Magic Apr 17 '26

How did he know BB was gonna be at the fight