Warning! This article contains SPOILERS for Daredevil: Born Again season 1, episodes 1 & 2A famous villain’s return in Daredevil: Born Again poses a big question about Daredevil season 3 and its canon connection to its MCU continuation. Daredevil: Born Again directly continues the story established in Netflix’s three-season Daredevil series, apparently with no changes to the original series’ canon status in the franchise. As shown by Daredevil: Born Again episodes 1 and 2, Matt Murdock, his friends, and his enemies have come to terms with the events of Daredevil season 3, each taking drastically different paths. Whereas Matt Murdock tries and fails to leave his vigilante persona behind, Wilson Fisk aims higher than ever before as Mayor of NYC.
In Daredevil season 3’s ending, Matt Murdock turns Benjamin Poindexter against Wilson Fisk, and Fisk breaks Dex’s back. Although Matt has to make sacrifices to achieve it, he manages to eliminate both threats simultaneously, agreeing to a truce with Fisk while Dex is out of the picture. Unfortunately, Dex a.k.a. Bullseye has returned, and he delivers a huge blow to Matt Murdock’s life as soon as he arrives. However, Bullseye’s disastrous return leaves an interrogation mark Daredevil: Born Again needs to address sooner or later.
Daredevil: Born Again Suggests Bullseye Knew Daredevil’s Identity
Bullseye Targets Matt Murdock And His Friends Right Off The Bat
In Daredevil: Born Again episode 1, Bullseye doesn’t hesitate to kill Foggy Nelson even before exchanging the first punch with Daredevil. Bullseye kills Foggy effortlessly thanks to his near-superhuman accuracy, and he survives being thrown off a building by an enraged Daredevil, with no apparent injuries. But instead of how he survives the fall, the mystery around Bullseye’s attack is why he targets Foggy Nelson and Karen Page. Benjamin Poindexter was hired by Wilson Fisk to impersonate Daredevil in Daredevil season 3, but he never learned who was under the mask.
Born Again Forgets Who Bullseye’s Target Should Be
Bullseye’s Revenge Plan Doesn’t Make Sense, At Least For Now
Moreover, if Benjamin Poindexter is seeking revenge for the injuries he received in Daredevil season 3, it would make more sense for Bullseye to go after the person who broke his back, Wilson Fisk. Not only did Kingpin almost kill Bullseye during Daredevil season 3’s brutal three-way battle, but he also manipulated him all along, killing the woman Dex was in love with. As it stands, Bullseye’s attack on Foggy Nelson makes it seem like he’s still working for Wilson Fisk. After all, Fisk has painted a huge target on his back as Mayor of New York.
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Daredevil: Born Again episode 2 acknowledges a key hero from Netflix’s series with the introduction of a new character linked to Wilson Fisk’s past.
On the flip side, Bullseye is “a violent and disturbed man,” as Matt Murdock states during Benjamin Poindexter’s trial. Bullseye wasn’t only working for Kingpin because Kingpin hired him to impersonate Daredevil. He loved making Darevil’s life a living hell, and it seems like he’ll continue to do so for as long as he’s breathing. Sparing Wilson Fisk’s life while he rises in the political sphere could also be part of Bullseye’s plan to ruin Fisk’s life at the right moment. Bullseye’s sentence in Daredevil: Born Again episode 1 certainly isn’t the end of his MCU story.