The second season of the American television series Daredevil: Born Again is based on Marvel Comics featuring the character Daredevil. It sees blind vigilante Matt Murdock / Daredevil gathering allies to resist Wilson Fisk, who is the mayor of New York City, and his Anti-Vigilante Task Force (AVTF). Set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and sharing continuity with the films and television series of the franchise, Born Again is a revival and continuation of Marvel Television and Netflix's Daredevil (2015–2018). The season was produced by Marvel Studios under its own Marvel Television label, with Dario Scardapane as showrunner and Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead as lead directors.
Charlie Cox reprises his role as Matt Murdock / Daredevil from Marvel's Netflix television series and prior Marvel Studios productions, starring alongside Vincent D'Onofrio (Fisk), Deborah Ann Woll, Margarita Levieva, Tony Dalton, Michael Gandolfini, Nikki M. James, Arty Froushan, Genneya Walton, Zabryna Guevara, Clark Johnson, Ayelet Zurer, Wilson Bethel, and Elden Henson, all returning from the first season. They are joined by Matthew Lillard, Lili Taylor, Toby Leonard Moore, and Krysten Ritter. Development on a new Daredevil series began by March 2022, and Born Again was announced in July 2022 with a planned 18-episode first season. Marvel Studios decided to overhaul the series by late September 2023, after filming began. Scardapane, Benson, and Moorhead were hired to rework the series, and the planned 18 episodes were split into two seasons. Filming for the second season took place from February to July 2025 in New York, with Solvan "Slick" Naim, Angela Barnes, and Iain B. MacDonald also directing episodes.
The second season premiered on the streaming service Disney+ on March 24, 2026, and ran for eight episodes until May 5 as part of Phase Six of the MCU. Viewership was reported to be around half as much as the first season, but reviews from critics were positive and praised the season as an improvement over the first and one of the best projects from Marvel Television, highlighting the action and performances, including those of Cox and D'Onofrio. A third season was confirmed in September 2025. __TOC__
Episodes
Cast and characters
Main Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock / Daredevil:A blind lawyer with superhuman senses from Hell's Kitchen, New York, who leads a double life as a masked vigilante. Murdock forms a resistance group during the season to fight back against Wilson Fisk and his anti-vigilante agenda. Executive producer Brad Winderbaum described Murdock as a revolutionary and a rebel in the season, with the character "go[ing] up against the power of the city". Vincent D'Onofrio as Wilson Fisk / Kingpin:A powerful businessman and crime lord who is the mayor of New York City. Winderbaum said Fisk acts like a king when he takes over as mayor, and that "puts him in a new class of power players on the international stage". Executive producer Sana Amanat said Fisk's anti-vigilante "Safer Streets Initiative" is everything he hoped to achieve and the season explores whether that is enough for him. D'Onofrio said the season showed Fisk at his most human, and thought it was scary to show that the character is "just like you or I, but he's very, very dangerous." D'Onofrio continued wearing a fat suit to portray the character, as he had done since appearing in the Marvel Studios series Hawkeye (2021). However, for the boxing match, he wanted to be able to show some of his arms and shoulders, believing it would be weird to have Fisk fighting in long sleeves. D'Onofrio then began working out his upper body to grow it a few more inches to match the girth of the fat suit at his waist. Deborah Ann Woll as Karen Page:A former reporter, Murdock's friend and former partner at the law firm Nelson, Murdock & Page. Cox said Karen would be part of Murdock's resistance group during the season, and the pair would be working at night to "find a crack in the armor" while spending their days together waiting, with a rekindled romance between the two. Showrunner Dario Scardapane said Page's evolution is in line with her history in Marvel's Netflix television series Daredevil (2015–2018). He and Woll did not want her to be depicted as a sidekick or girlfriend, with Scardapane describing Page as "somebody who both mirrors and pushes Murdock—not always in the best way". Margarita Levieva as Heather Glenn:A therapist and Murdock's ex-girlfriend who is Fisk's Mental Health Commissioner. Levieva said that the season sees Glenn "struggling with the aftereffects" of Muse's attack on her in the first season, stating that Glenn is "doing her best to put up a front" while focusing on her work as a therapist, which has become her "biggest and only relationship" following her breakup with Murdock. She ultimately embraces the idea of Muse, putting on his mask at the end of the season. Matthew Lillard as Mr. Charles:An influential "power player" who becomes an antagonist for Fisk at the "politics and international diplomacy" level. Lillard said that Charles is "a CIA spook" who controls power behind the scenes such as helping nations "rise and fall". He works for CIA director Valentina Allegra de Fontaine. Lillard described the character as "somebody who bends the ear of very powerful people around the world" and who is unimpressed with Fisk, as Charles is not interested in New York City politics as much as he is in world politics. Lillard added that the character had "this Cheshire Cat sort of energy about him". Mr. Charles also uses the alias "Mr. Robertson". Tony Dalton as Jack Duquesne / Swordsman: A wealthy socialite who is secretly a sword-wielding vigilante and was imprisoned by Fisk in the first season Michael Gandolfini as Daniel Blake: Fisk's protégé and the Deputy Mayor of Communications Nikki M. James as Kirsten McDuffie: A former New York assistant district attorney and Murdock's former law partner Arty Froushan as Buck Cashman: Fisk's right-hand man and fixer Genneya Walton as BB Urich:A journalist for The BB Report and the niece of the late Ben Urich. BB disseminates propaganda for Fisk while working undercover to expose him and his crimes. She secretly runs a smear campaign against him through an online program called City Without Fear, which she hosts wearing a caricature mask of Fisk's face under the alias of "Mayor Kingpin". Ivan Moutinho provided the voice of "Mayor Kingpin" in those videos. Zabryna Guevara as Sheila Rivera: Fisk's mayoral campaign director Clark Johnson as Cherry: A retired New York Police Department (NYPD) officer who works as an investigator at the Murdock & McDuffie law firm Ayelet Zurer as Vanessa Fisk:Wilson's wife who is part of his criminal empire and the one who orchestrated Foggy Nelson's assassination. Zurer said Vanessa's death scene in the season was emotionally difficult, but she saw it as being consistent with the character's death in the Marvel Universe's canon, seen in both Brian Michael Bendis's Daredevil comic book run and the Sony Pictures Animation film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018). Wilson Bethel as Benjamin "Dex" Poindexter / Bullseye:A psychopathic assassin and former FBI agent who is a highly skilled marksman capable of using almost any object as a lethal projectile. Bethel said the season featured new sides to Dex's personality that had not been seen before, and he was excited for fans to see the "fun, insane stuff" that he got to do with the character in the season. Bethel added that Dex has a "renewed sense of purpose" in what he perceives as a "redemption arc" for himself, despite having a misguided idea of what redemption is. Lili Taylor as Marge McCaffrey: The governor of New York who is a political opponent to Fisk Elden Henson as Franklin "Foggy" Nelson:Murdock's best friend and former law partner who was assassinated by Dex, at the behest of Vanessa, in the first season. The announcement that Henson would return for the second season led to speculation that the series could adapt Daredevil vol. 2 #88 (legacy #468; August 2006). That issue, by Ed Brubaker, David Aja, and Frank D'Armata, is called "The Secret Life of Foggy Nelson" and depicts Nelson making a deal with the FBI to enter the Witness Protection Program after his apparent murder. Responding to this, director Aaron Moorhead said "dying very often does mean that you're actually dead" in Born Again street-level stories. The character ultimately appears in flashbacks set before the events of Daredevil. Scardapane said they never intended to follow the "Secret Life" storyline from the comics because it would lessen the impact that Nelson's death has on Murdock and Page. Despite this, the creative team still wanted to include him in the season, with Amanat explaining that they could not see a Daredevil season without Henson having some involvement. Toby Leonard Moore as James Wesley: Fisk's former right-hand man and friend who was killed by Page in Daredevil. He appears in flashbacks set before the events of that series. Krysten Ritter as Jessica Jones:An investigator and former vigilante who becomes Murdock's resistance ally. Since she was pregnant with her daughter, Danielle, Jones's powers—which include superhuman strength and limited flying—stop working intermittently. Ritter said it felt like no time had passed since she starred as Jones in Marvel's Netflix television series Jessica Jones (2015–2019), and she found it creatively fulfilling to contrast her performance in Born Again with her concurrent role as Mia LaPierre / Lady Vengeance in the series Dexter: Resurrection (2025–present). She said exploring Jones's life as a mother was an exciting character development, and the new wrinkle with her powers made for an interesting journey. Ritter acknowledged that Jones is more willing to use her powers now, after becoming a mother, compared to her reluctance in the Netflix series, explaining, "I think when you give her a child, there's a fierceness, a mama bear that comes out and gives her real strength and power... To be bigger and badder than ever as a result of having a child is really exciting." Cox described Jones as an antihero and said she and Murdock have a mutual respect despite their differing opinions of each other. Amanat said Jones brings an "edginess and lightness" to the season that "cuts through the [bullshit] in a really fun way".
Recurring
Hamish Allan-Headley as Connor Powell: A corrupt NYPD officer and the leader of Fisk's Anti-Vigilante Task Force (AVTF) John Benjamin Hickey as Benjamin Hochberg: The New York City district attorney Yorgos Karamihos as Christofi Savva: The first mate of the Northern Star Annie Parisse as Ariana Iacovou: A restaurant owner helping victims of the AVTF Lenny Platt as Juan Gomez: The Lieutenant Governor of New York
Bartley Booz as a seminarian at Clinton Church Jeremy Isaiah Earl as Cole North: An NYPD sergeant from Chicago and a member of the AVTF who has recovered from the explosion that destroyed Murdock's apartment in the first season Ruibo Qian as Angie Kim: An NYPD detective helping the resistance Camila Rodriguez as Angela del Toro / White Tiger:A teenage girl who joins Murdock's resistance and takes on the mantle of White Tiger from her vigilante uncle Hector Ayala, who was assassinated by Cole North in the first season. She uses the mystical Amulet of Power that belonged to her uncle, which grants her superhuman abilities. Ashley Marie Ortiz as Soledad Ayala: Angela's aunt and wife of the deceased Hector Felix Torrez-Ponce as Alan Saunders: A member of the AVTF who wants to help the resistance Roberto Lopez as Berto: The owner of a bodega who was taken prisoner by the AVTF
Deirdre Lovejoy as Waters: The chief judge presiding over the trials of Duquesne and Page Dustin Tucker as Grimes: A judge presiding over the trials of Duquesne and Page