Rob Reviews: Daredevil Born Again 2.6 “Requiem”

I’m back with another “beat-by-beat” of the latest episode of Daredevil: Born Again. This is the week when Jessica Jones makes her return to the MCU. Okay, I’ll go back and watch season 2 of her show eventually.

⚠️ SPOILER ALERT

Fair warning: The following review contains a beat-by-beat breakdown of “Requiem” If you haven’t watched yet, proceed at your own risk. Spoilers abound!

The Breakdown:

• The Kingpin’s Grief: Fisk is sobbing in Vanessa’s hospital room before literally “bear-hugging” a doctor to death. It’s a brutal reminder that he’s transitioned from a calculated politician back into a physical monster.

• The Resistance: We see Jessica Jones defending a home and her daughter, Danielle, from government-led AVTF goons. Interestingly, her powers seem to “drop out” at times—a convenient writing choice, perhaps, but it adds a layer of vulnerability we haven’t seen from her.

• The Hospital Stand-off: Karen holds Bullseye at gunpoint. She offers to take the “burden” of the kill so Matt doesn’t have to. It’s a dark, messy expression of love, but Matt stops her.

• Art Imitating Life: The imagery of the “Fisk flags” and the protests at City Hall mirrors the real-world tension we’ve seen in Minneapolis and elsewhere. It’s “on the nose,” but it fits the narrative of a city under a populist tyrant.

• The Infiltration: Jessica and Daredevil team up to hit a warehouse. It’s the first time we’ve seen her truly flex in this series, even with her powers fading mid-fight.

• The Showdown: Matt and Fisk finally go at it. Fisk is a tank, but a knee to the head finally brings him down. The episode ends with Javy down, Karen exposed, and a total stalemate.

Rob’s Commentary

The Moral Monopoly of Option C

Being a Batman fan, I respect the “no-kill” rule, but Karen’s offer to Matt was profound. She was willing to carry the trauma of the act just to protect his soul. By stopping her, Matt is essentially forcing his code onto everyone else. In a way, he’s choosing his own “Option C”—choosing his own peace of mind and moral standing over the closure Karen needs after Foggy’s death. It’s a selfish kind of righteousness.

Art, Life, and the Mouse

I have to give kudos to Disney for leaning into the political parallels. With everything that happened in Minneapolis so recently, this could have felt like pandering, but it works here. While many in entertainment seem to be kowtowing to the current political climate, Born Again is holding up a mirror to the “American Kingpin” reality. It’s bold storytelling.

The “Parental Nerf”

I suspect the writers are fading Jessica’s powers to keep her from ending the season in five minutes. If she could just toss cars at the AVTF, there’s no show. But humanizing her through Danielle makes her a much more sympathetic character than the cold, distant version we saw in her early solo seasons.

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