Daredevil: Born Again Episode 8 Sets Up An Epic Finale With 11 MCU Easter Eggs and Netflix References

Daredevil: Born Again

admonition ! This post contains SPOILERS for harum-scarum : Born Again sequence 8Daredevil : Born Againepisode 8 hold back several excitingMCUEaster eggs and consultation to the original Netflix series . In the previous episode , Matt Murdock press Muse , and the serial slayer was presumably killed by Heather Glenn , though Mayor Fisk gave credit to his fresh Anti - Vigilante Task Force . Now , this young episode catch the return of Bullseye as tensions come to a headspring between Fisk and Murdock .

InDaredevil : bear Againepisode 7 , Fisk ’s Anti - Vigilante Task Force was unleashed , and Matt Murdock resumed his sprightliness as Daredevil , all in response to Muse . Now , this fresh sequence reveals the consequences of Murdock put on the horns again , as a major truth about the Nox Foggy Nelson was kill by Bullseye is also bring out . To that conclusion , here are all the biggest MCU Easter egg and references inDaredevil : hold Againepisode 8 .

11Poindexter’s Blue Rose and Light

A Unique Perspective Connected To Bullseye’s Comics Appearance

Daredevil : Born Againepisode 8 opens with a shot of a blue get up alfresco of Benjamin Poindexter ’s jail cell . Additionally , there are multiple shot in the episode focused on Poindexter that are saturated in sorry light , connecting to Bullseye ’s aesthetic and costume in the original Marvel Comics . While he ’s never welcome a full - on costume in the MCU , the closet we go was inDaredevil : Born Again’spremiere with Poindexter ’s aristocratical balaclava helmet and bullseye logo on his glove .

10Poindexter Gets Thrown In Gen Pop

Echoing Daredevil Season 2

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Mayor Fisk has Poindexter thrown into Riker ’s general population , presumptively as a means to have him killed by his fellow inmates . This is not unlike in Netflix’sDaredevilseason 2 when Fisk cut a deal with Frank Castle ’s Punisher to kill a prisoner , only to set Frank up by releasing multiple yardbird to try and belt down him afterwards . While Frank of course survive , it was n’t without cause a major bloodbath in Riker ’s . That read , Poindexter is fear for his life inDaredevil : bear Againepisode 8 , having already take some heavy blow before Matt Murdock finally honour his request and agree to forgather with him .

9Fisk and Vanessa’s Painting

Rabbit in a Snowstorm From The OG Netflix Series

need Vanessa to the building where he ’s been keeping Adam locked away , it ’s notable that the Fisks are standing next to the white house painting that first brought them together inDaredevilseason 1 . Likewise , the last time they were seen with the painting wasat the oddment ofDaredevilseason 3 , when the oeuvre of art received its now iconic blood spattering during Murdock , Bullseye , and Fisk ’s major reckoning that resulted in Fisk ’s stop .

8La Guardia’s Desk

New York’s 99th Mayor

to begin with inDaredevil : bear Again , Mayor Fisk wonders loudly if the desk in his part was the same one La Guardia sit at when he served as New York ’s 99th mayor , a human beings who Fisk ’s father admired . have it off that Vanessa would know , Wilson Fisk confirms that the desk was indeed La Guardia ’s in this new episode . This is also a insidious means of showing that Vanessa and Wilson ’s matrimony is improving , darkly doing well follow Vanessa ’s execution of Adam .

7Bottle of O’Melveny’s

A Callback To Nelson & Murdock

Returning to Josie ’s Bar , Josie herself pours Matt and Cherry the same drink Foggy had the night he died . The fact that the drink was O’Melveny ’s surprises Matt , seeing how he and Foggy only drank it when they advance a case . This think of that Foggy was celebrating a lawsuit early , and someone in all likelihood wanted him silenced , meaning Bullseye ’s attack was about more than dim-witted vengeance . This actuate Matt Murdock to visit Bullseye in Riker ’s , against his expert judgement , to get solution about who must have hired him .

6Jack “Always the Stag” Duquesne

Swordsman Was Engaged in Hawkeye

While speak with another New York socialite named Artemis , Jack Duquesne aka Swordsmanconfirms he ’s descend to Fisk ’s inaugural Black and White Ball alone , " always the stag . “This confirms that he ’s yet to enter into a new family relationship ever since his former fiancé , Eleanor Bishop , was arrest for her illegal activities working for Fisk ( as seen in 2021’sHawkeye).Likewise , it ’s go to be fascinating to see how Jack do by being blackmailed by Mayor Fisk , who ’s call for an investment in his Red Hook labor lest Fisk expose Jack as a vigilante and has Swordsman arrested by his fresh Anti - Vigilante Task Force .

5Bullseye’s Brutal Tooth Trick

Something Similar Happened in Marvel’s Ultimate Comics

Dislodging his own tooth while getting his boldness stitch in prison , Poindexter viciously pip the tooth out of his backtalk with lethal speeding and preciseness and kills the guards and doctor , set aside him to break loose Riker ’s . While Bullseye has done the same thing on the Thomas Nelson Page , this also mirrors Marvel ’s Ultimate comics when a likewise unarmed and tied - upHawkeye removed his own fingernails to use as deadly projectilesbefore freeing himself .

4Fisk’s White Suit Returns

The Kingpin Is Back

Fisk enters the ballroom hold out a white suit , his touch look as the Kingpin of Crime in the originalDaredevilNetflix serial . As such , it ’s a exculpated direction to show that Fisk is embracing more of his old self and foundational darkness , just as Matt Murdock is re - comprehend his old life as Daredevil . As a side eminence , Vanessa ’s dress is notably impressive as well . Because she ask over her husband ’s operations when he was elect mayor , " Red Queen " would sure as shooting be a fitting nickname in more way than one .

3"Prime Suspect In Your Uncle’s Murder”

Ben Urich From Daredevil Season 1

Commissioner Gallo confirms that Wison Fisk was the chief defendant in the slaying of Ben Urich , who was indeed strangled by the Kingpin inDaredevilseason 1 . BB , Ben ’s niece , confirms she knows , excuse her true motivations for trying to get closemouthed to the Fisk Administration ( so she can bring the former Kingpin down ) . Clearly , BB Urich is try on to finish the oeuvre that her uncle started , a serious road that will no doubt threaten her aliveness , just as it did Ben Urich ’s in Netflix’sDaredevil .

2Bullseye Crashes The Party

Fisk Just Can’t Catch A Break…

At the end ofDaredevil : Born Againepisode 8 , Benjamin Poindexter fly the coop prison and heads straight for the Black and White Ball , want retaliation on Fisk , who ruined his life . This serves as a verbatim mirror to the ending of Netflix’sDaredevilseason 3 when Bullseye crashed Wilson and Vanessa ’s wedding party reception , guide to the larger-than-life three - manner bash between Fisk , Poindexter , and Murdock .

After cameo appearances in a excerpt of Phase 4 projects , Daredevil : Born Again will ultimately make Matt Murdock a main character in the MCU .

The termination of that struggle saw Fisk let on Bullseye ’s sticker . However , the show ’s final setting saw the bravo undergoing experimental rehabilitative OR , presumably throw him a reinforced spine as he does in the comics . This also in all likelihood excuse how Poindexter pull round being thrown off the roof of Josie ’s Bar by Daredevil inBorn Again’spremiere .

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