Though the epic topic has struck left and right in conversations among my peers, I intended to wait until the second season of Marvel/Disney+'s Daredevil: Born Again was done to comment on it, just as I did with the prior stretch. (My projections regarding what might materialize for any given series, I fear, may have grown old hat, and yet ...)
I realize that Krysten Ritter's Jessica Jones will rejoin Charlie Cox's titular hero, aka Matt Murdock, but Jon Bernthal's Frank Castle, aka the Punisher, is said to be roaming Queens/Manhattan (or thereabout) for a Brand New Day, "special presentation" segue. All the same, the various pieces are being set in motion for a "Defenders (Re)Assemble!" (re)launch (aka Daredevil Born Again: Season 3).
Despite the exciting, long-term prospects, for the interim, I'm more interested in seeing how Vincent D'Onofrio's Wilson Fisk, aka the Kingpin, finishes his dictatorial trip, and if, in fact, he'll make Michael Gandolfini's Daniel Blake an honorary Kingpin Jr.. (What can I say? I'm hankerin' for a Sopranos extension.)
As far as Born Again's climate goes, I realize Season 1 reflects (as William Joel would say/sing) a "New York State of Mind." In the antagonistic, allegorical intersection of Andrew Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani, the political specks do make Daredevil's resurrection all the timelier. I can only presume that Season 2 will exploit the variables for all they're worth.
On the other hand, as much as the NY regurgitation distinguishes this Man Without Fear incarnation, it's Trenton and Hamilton, NJ that bleed through for me. Those areas comprise my stomping ground, with all of their bad-is-good and good-is-bad vexations, where criminals are made into heroes and the worst of the worst have been pardoned by a former governor who's been puppeteered by a slippery, political boss, with (alas) a new, "golden dome" pundit now playing much the same part. (Okay, the ingredients still mirror NY, but it's really just a matter of "You like potato and I like ...," well, you get my drift.)
No matter the geographic relegation or parallel placement, I'm confident I'll enjoy Born Again's philosophical, criminality dives no matter the twists and tucks. If that doesn't prove the case for some incalculable cause, I'm sure the fallback of two-fisted brawls will at least keep things tolerable.
Daredevil: Born Again, Season 2 begins March 24 on Disney +.
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