‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Just Set Up 6 Unexpected Season 3 Mysteries

Spoiler Alert: This list contains spoilers for the Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 finale.After a strong second season, Daredevil: Born Again wrapped up this year with a massive cliffhanger that could very well change the MCU forever. As Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) reveals his dual identity as the vigilante Daredevil, his testimony exposes Wilson Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio) for who he has always been, and New York City is saved from the Kingpin’s reign of terror. But that doesn’t mean that everything is all hunky-dory going forward, as Born Again has left us with several questions we need answers to.

From small teases for future material to the absence of certain characters, Daredevil: Born Again Season 3 has a lot to live up to. So, we’ve put together a list of several unexpected mysteries that Season 2 set up ahead of the next season (which is filming right now). Here’s hoping that the next batch of Born Again episodes will make good on these promises and answer our questions as to the future of these characters and the greater MCU.

What Is Mr. Charles up to Overseas?

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When Mr. Charles (Matthew Lillard) first shows up, his off-putting nature instantly feels out of place in Kingpin’s new empire. But as the season progresses, we discover a bit more about Charles and his connections to Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and her government-sponsored superhuman activities. Most importantly, it turns out that Mr. Charles has been Luke Cage’s (Mike Colter) off-screen employer, using him for some overseas mission that he later recruits Bullseye (Wilson Bethel) for in “The Southern Cross.”

So, what is Charles up to? Is this some kind of New Avengers offshoot that is in operation toppling foreign governments or dealing with supervillain threats? Could this lead to the formation of the Dark Avengers? Right now we have far more questions than answers. Thunderbolts* was a superhero flop that deserved to be a major hit, so perhaps this is a tease for a Born Again spin-off with a new iteration of the team? We would certainly watch “The Misadventures of Mr. Charles and Bullseye.”

Is Heather Glenn Possessed or Losing Her Mind?

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Matt Murdock’s ex-girlfriend Heather Glenn (Margarita Levieva) was nearly killed at the hands of the supervillain serial killer Muse (Hunter Doohan), who used the blood of his victims to paint murals across New York City. Talk about a disturbed individual. But over the course of Season 2, Heather herself becomes more and more disturbed by voices in her head and visions of the killer. It’s even revealed that she keeps his mask close by, a mask that she identifies with by the season’s end.

Everything in Born Again Season 2 points to Heather taking up the Muse name for herself, but the real question is, why? Are her visions, her vindictive behaviors, a result of some sort of post-traumatic psychosis or is the actual spirit of the killer reaching out from the great beyond? In the Marvel comic, Daredevil: Unleash Hell, it’s revealed that Muse’s soul, trapped in Hell, begins influencing an artist named Morgan Whittier from the dead. Right now, we’re not sure if the MCU plans to go the ghost route with Muse, but it seems like a possibility — and with an evil spirit on her side, Heather could become one of the strongest MCU TV villains.

Where Was Spider-Man During ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 2?

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After being mentioned by Kingpin back in Season 1, along with calling out the Punisher (Jon Bernthal), Tom Holland‘s Spider-Man failed to appear in Born Again Season 2. It’s a shame, really, because Marvel Studios appears to be rebranding Spidey away from the Avengers and more as a “street-level” hero, be it in the upcoming Spider-Man: Brand New Day or in the MCU-adjacent Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man animated series (which, ironically features Daredevil). But considering Kingpin’s war on all New York-based vigilantes, it seems incredibly strange that our favorite web-slinger doesn’t appear.

Now, it’s possible that, as with Punisher’s absence (which will be explained in The Punisher: One Last Kill), Brand New Day will explain this absence, but if not, then Season 3 really needs to give us an answer as to how the Anti-Vigilante Task Force never got the upper-hand on the wall-crawler. Yeah, he’s got a spider-sense, but that doesn’t mean he wouldn’t be constantly hunted by Fisk’s forces. Since it’s possible that Daredevil could show up in Brand New Day if the next Spidey film takes place before Born Again Season 2, we’ll have to wait and see.

How Does Fisk Avoid Prison After Murdering Protesters?

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In perhaps Born Again‘s most gruesome and uncompromising display of violence, “The Southern Cross” builds up to a standoff between Kingpin and the people of New York City, donned in Daredevil-style masks hoping to bring the mayor to justice. But as Fisk goes to confront Daredevil, he brutally kills his own citizens, plowing mercilessly into them, throwing them across the hall, and cracking skulls into walls. It’s far worse than anything we’ve seen from the Devil of Hell’s Kitchen, and it begs the question: How does Fisk avoid prison?

Considering Matt Murdock, Karen Page (Deborah Ann Woll), and Foggy Nelson (Elden Henson) helped put Fisk away on two separate occasions back during the original Daredevil series, you would think that any honest judge would be a little less lenient on this elected official. More than that, there are dozens of witnesses to his physical assaults and murders in the capitol building, and although Fisk and Daredevil make a deal that the former will leave New York for good, Season 3 needs to deal with the fallout of his departure — and the lack of justice for his victims.

Why Didn’t the Governor Pardon Matt Murdock?

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Speaking of, if Kingpin’s escape from the law is an egregious error that feels too convenient and unrealistic, then the question as to why New York Governor Marge McCaffrey (Lili Taylor) didn’t just pardon Matt Murdock for his crimes as Daredevil is another that’s on our minds. After almost single-handedly exposing Kingpin’s operation and saving the Big Apple from what was essentially martial law, you’d think that the governor could cut The Man Without Fear just a little slack, right?

Okay, sure, the best Daredevil fight scenes prove that the vigilante is something of a menace, but in a world where Fisk gets to live his best life outside the country and Matt gets tossed behind bars, it would be justified for the governor to legally acknowledge that he helped save her life. Perhaps her hands were tied? Perhaps the whole thing is a ploy to further unravel Kingpin’s entire criminal empire from within? Maybe there’s something bigger at play here. But whatever the reason, some clarification would be helpful.

Who Will Protect Hell’s Kitchen Without Daredevil?

Given that Born Again is still a Daredevil show first-and-foremost, keeping Matt Murdock locked behind bars isn’t going to last for long — right? After being reunited with Frank Castle last season and Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter) this season, we know that Matt’s list of superheroic allies is an ever-growing one. Nevertheless, the question remains as to who is going to take Daredevil’s place on the streets of Hell Kitchen now that he’s been incarcerated?

Whenever Matt has been arrested in the comics or his identity has been threatened, his superhero allies typically band together to watch the streets and don the Daredevil mask and uniform in his absence. In the past, everyone from Spider-Man to Iron Fist (Finn Jones) to even Elektra Natchios (Élodie Yung) has taken up those devil horns in the comics — so we’re hopeful that the return of the Defenders will lead to some similar masked vigilante action in the MCU.