Matt Murdock secara terbuka mengungkapkan identitas rahasianya sebagai Daredevil di hadapan kamera publik pada episode final musim kedua Daredevil: Born Again yang ditayangkan 6 Mei 2026. Keputusan drastis ini mengubah alur cerita secara signifikan dan memicu dampak hukum langsung terhadap sang pengacara tunawisma tersebut.
Dilansir dari Screen Rant, momen pengungkapan di ruang sidang ini menyerupai akhir ikonik film Iron Man tahun 2008 saat Tony Stark mengakui identitasnya kepada media. Namun, berbeda dengan Stark yang memiliki perlindungan finansial, Murdock langsung menghadapi konsekuensi hukum dan ditangkap oleh pihak berwenang tak lama setelah pengakuannya.
Aktor Michael Gandolfini juga memberikan rincian mengejutkan mengenai nasib karakternya, Daniel Blake, yang tewas di episode ketujuh. Gandolfini mengungkapkan bahwa naskah aslinya membiarkan Daniel tetap hidup, namun perubahan dilakukan demi memperkuat narasi kepahlawanan karakter tersebut.
"So, the crazy part is Daniel originally lives, and we shot [some scenes for] Episode 8, and as we were going through, I was just shocked. I was so grateful that he had this amazing arc, not every non-superhero character gets that, and I was so lucky that they gave it to me, and after we had shot [Episode] 7 and we were shooting 8, there was this weird thing of like, “OK, he had this great run, this great arc, what’s next?” I don’t think there’s really anywhere for him, and we had talked about some ideas, but these seasons are made in a vacuum; you can’t really think about Season 3. And I was just like, “I don’t know, it feels weird, it just doesn’t really make sense.” So they came back to me, and they were like, “Hey, so we actually are going to kill you in [Episode 7].” And it just felt so right. It felt so freeing, and I remember saying, “Hey, if I didn’t think it was right, I’d fight it.” I love Daniel, but it’s so right. Where else is he gonna go? And he gets this little hero’s moment, and it just felt so great, I just felt so lucky. Again it’s hard, you’ve got Bullseye, Fisk, Karen Page, Matt Murdock, and including other like people from the comics, so sometimes, characters that don’t have superpowers don’t have the longest arcs, and they’re there to support the superheroes, which is great, but the fact that Daniel got to have this, I just felt so touched and that they trusted me… there’s only so much screen time that you get every episode, and so like the fact that they gave me a real journey to go on, I was very lucky." kata Michael Gandolfini, pemeran Daniel Blake.
Gandolfini menjelaskan dinamika rumit antara Daniel dan karakter BB yang diperankan oleh Genneya Walton. Meskipun Daniel mengetahui BB membocorkan informasi penting, ia memilih untuk membiarkan gadis itu melarikan diri sebelum akhirnya menghadapi maut di tangan Buck Cashman.
"He doesn’t trust her. I think he knows that things are gonna be leaked when they are. He hopes that when he says, “Hey, seriously this time, don’t do it,” and she does it, like leaking the hospital location. I think that is hurtful to him. But he is a wheeler and dealer, and so is BB, and that’s how they met. Daniel’s whole thing, I think, is he’s loyal to whoever’s in front of him, and he knows you got to do what you got to do. So, I don’t think he ever takes it personally. I just don’t think he ever thinks about her and goes, “Oh my God, like how could you have done this?” It’s f**king pissing him off, but I think he likes it. She’s doing her job, you know? I think he also feels a closeness to Vanessa and a loyalty to Fisk. So I think when [Vanessa]’s hurt, and [BB]’s still trying to get information, I think that’s when he’s like, “You’re really gonna do this right now?” I think that affects him and that makes him angry, but other than that, I think he likes that she is rebellious." ujar Michael Gandolfini kepada TV Insider.
Penangkapan Matt Murdock menempatkannya dalam situasi berbahaya di dalam penjara, di mana ia dikelilingi oleh para kriminal yang pernah ia tangkap sebagai Daredevil. Sementara itu, musuh bebuyutannya, Wilson Fisk, dilaporkan berhasil melarikan diri dan berada di lokasi yang jauh dari jangkauan hukum.
