This week, Disney has just released the eighth and penultimate episode of season 1 of Daredevil: Born Again. And like every week, we're taking a look back at the 12 best Easter eggs from our weekly roundup.
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12) A color code for Bullseye
In this episode 8, the terrible Bullseye finally makes his return. Benjamin Poindexter manages to escape from his prison, aiming to get revenge on Vanessa Fisk. The artistic direction surrounding Bullseye is particularly interesting in this episode 8 of Born Again. Indeed, Matt Corman and Chris Ord, the two showrunners, opted for a blue color to accompany the character of Bullseye. A color that obviously refers to the character's blue costume in the comics.
11) Bullseye vs. the Prisoners
Wilson Fisk plays the same trick as in season 2 of Marvel’s Daredevil. Remember, in this season 2, Wilson Fisk tries to get rid of the Punisher by incarcerating him and putting him in front of a horde of prisoners who have a grudge against him. Obviously, it takes more than that to defeat Frank Castle. In this episode 8 of Daredevil: Born Again, Wilson Fisk uses the same method to get rid of Bullseye. Here again, the plan fails.
10) New York Examiner
One of the sequences at New York City Hall features the Kingpin boasting about the polls in his favor. He notably shows the front page of a newspaper: the New York Examiner. A journal that comes up regularly in the MCU, which we notably encountered in Captain America: First Avengers and Marvel’s Daredevil.
9) A painting that comes up regularly
We've already talked about it in our easter eggs articles, but Wilson Fisk's blank canvas regularly comes back to the forefront. This painting has accompanied the Kingpin's entire trajectory. From season 1 of Marvel's Daredevil, this blank canvas symbolizes the union between Wilson and Vanessa. Then, in season 3, the canvas is covered in a spray of blood during a confrontation between Daredevil and the Kingpin. Fisk wanted to preserve the work of art, which now sits in his secret cellar where he locked Adam away. Here again, the canvas accompanies the couple.
8) The parallel with Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
This episode 8 highlights the love that the Kingpin has for Vanessa. Wilson Fisk states that without her, he is nothing, and that he would absolutely be ready to do anything for her. A line that creates a parallel with Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Remember, in the Sony animated film, the Kingpin is ready to destroy the multiverse to bring Vanessa back to life.
7) O'Melveny
In this episode 8, Matt Murdock decides to return to Josie's bar. An important bar, especially in the first episode, which was the scene of Foggy Nelson's death. Matt then discovers that the night of Foggy's death, he was drinking O'Melveny, a somewhat expensive whiskey that Foggy only enjoyed if he won a trial. It is thanks to this alcoholic beverage that Matt discovers that Foggy was murdered to silence him and not simply out of revenge.
6) The Broken Tooth
To escape from prison, Bullseye intentionally breaks a tooth to use it as a projectile. In fact, it's a technique he's already used in comics, notably in Captain America 372.
5) Swordsman
Jack Duquesne, aka Swordsman, makes a new appearance in this episode 8. But this time, Wilson Fisk puts the pressure on Jack. He reveals to him that he knows everything about his double life, his role as a vigilante. Things are about to get complicated for Swordsman.
4) Red Hook
Since the beginning of Daredevil: Born Again, Wilson Fisk has been trying to find funding to renovate the New York harbor called Red Hook. Red Hook is a location that comes up quite regularly in the Marvel Comics universe. It is notably there that HYDRA has a secret base. It is also the headquarters of the Green Liberation Front. Finally, after revealing his secret identity, Captain America leaves to settle in Red Hook. Red Hook is also mentioned several times in the series Marvel’s Iron Fist and Marvel’s Punisher, in which he plays an important role.
3) The Kingpin is back
In the climax of this episode 8, Wilson Fisk reappears for the first time since Marvel’s Daredevil in his iconic white suit. An iconic costume that obviously refers to the comics. A costume that reminds us that the Mayor of New York is still the Kingpin.
2) New reference to Ben Urich
During the City Hall ball, journalist BB Urich talks with Commissioner Gallo. The two characters seem to form an alliance to overthrow Fisk. Gallo takes the opportunity to remind BB Urich that his uncle, the great Ben Urich, was probably assassinated by Fisk. A way, once again, to connect Born Again and Marvel’s Daredevil since the murder of Ben Urich took place in the first season of the Netflix series.
1) Bullseye’s spine
Are you wondering how Bullseye recovered so quickly from his fall at the beginning of episode 1? Well, remember, in the last episode of Marvel’s Daredevil, Wilson Fisk breaks Bullseye’s spine. In one of the show's final shots, we learn that Benjamin Poindexter is the guinea pig for an experimental reconstructive surgery that gives him a reinforced spine that is nearly indestructible. A direct reference to the comics, since in the Marvel universe, Bullseye does indeed have a titanium spine.
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