Daredevil: Born Again

If you've seen new street art, you're not alone.

The provocative murals have been popping up all around the city.

Sometimes, peace needs to be broken.

I wanna see my tío.

Chaos must reign...

Hands in the fucking air!

...just for a moment, to build a stronger order.

This port is a black eye on the face of this city.

I think we can do better.

I sent Buck to Luca

to tell him to pay Viktor 1.8 restitution

for the hijacking.

I thought we might spend some time on something we need

- to get out into the open. - Adam.

Wilson, did you confront this man?

Yes.

I did tell him how I felt about you.

That I couldn't fathom

a life of meaning without her.

Forgiveness isn't just the highest act of love,

it is the only way forward.

Please!

And where is Adam now?

Let me out!

As graffiti artists, we get this bad rep

that we're hurting the city,

but there's dangerous people out there

that are actually hurting the civilians of New York City,

and people like the vigilantes are helping them.

Is there law and order in New York?

My friend sent me this video...

Yeah, yeah, yeah, check this out.

Bro, look how crazy that is.

Like, where do you learn that? Kinda looks like a swordsman.

Swordsman, if you're watching this, keep doing the good work,

because our cops here...

they don't really do much, so...

"Thou did establish Saint Ives as a judge in the midst of his brethren,

"making him a friend and advocate of the poor.

"Do thou make us, by his intercession, steadfast in the pursuit of justice,

"confident in that merciful goodness."

"Through Christ our Lord..."

...get you help. You just have to stay awake.

No, no, no.

"Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit."

No, Foggy! No!

"Amen."

What are you doing?

Ah, you know, just checkin' in.

You pray? Still?

Yeah. I've stopped a few times over the years, but...

always end up coming back to it.

So, you'll volunteer at The Bowery Mission until 4:00.

Then back to Gracie Mansion,

and then the Children's Art Fund benefit's at 7:00.

That sounds nice.

You go then. I'm tired of these black tie events.

I very much doubt that's an option.

Just so you know, you have an unscheduled visitor in your office.

There he is.

Mr. Mayor.

What are you doing here?

That any way to greet an old friend?

I've got this.

- You all right? - Yeah, sure. Why?

Um... You go to a bank and get taken hostage?

Oh, right, yeah, that. Sure.

- Yeah, that. - That worked out.

Matt, you were a victim of a crime.

Sure, I understand. I'm just saying that I...

I... I knew I was gonna be okay.

I can't really explain it. It was just like...

- Faith. - Something like that.

Thank you, though.

You've got five minutes.

Look at all these books.

You haven't read a single one of 'em, have you?

Is this about the 1.8?

It's all a show. The whole thing, right?

Might as well be Halloween in here.

Four minutes and thirty seconds.

Come on. Is that how we're gonna do this?

No foreplay?

- Ugh, I'm late. - Early patient this morning?

I'm meeting with my editor. Remember?

Oh, that's right. The, uh, congratulatory breakfast.

She's already putting the screws in me about my next book.

Wow, that's quick.

- Mmm. - Well...

if you need help spit-balling ideas,

you know where to find me.

Interesting you should ask.

I've told you the premise, right?

Uh, maybe?

Vigilantes.

Why we revere the mask.

I get it, cool. Yeah, interesting.

Yeah. I think so.

You need to give Viktor the 1.8.

And I'll give you until the end of the week.

Respectfully, Mr. Mayor,

you can shove that 1.8 up your ass.

Make it 2.8.

1.8 to Viktor,

and the balance to me, of course.

I-- I-- I think it's a fascinating question.

What about a mask?

Does it hide us and give us permission to do things

that are legally and socially taboo, like violence?

I mean, does a mask allow us to be our true selves,

or does it strip away our identity and allow us to act like animals?

Hmm, yeah.

Uh, I don't know. Maybe... maybe both.

Maybe, right?

You have experience with those people, don't you?

With animals?

Vigilantes.

- You've represented a few, right? - Ooh.

What, are you researching me now?

You're out of the game, old man.

Stay out of it.

Well, I've been thinking,

maybe you would consider setting me up with someone like,

I don't know, Frank Castle?

The Punisher? You wanna... You wanna interview The Punisher?

Bad idea?

No, it's like-- That's a solid, solid idea.

You've got 'till the end of the week. Your time's up.

See ya, Fisk. Give your wife my regards.

Please show him out.

Okay. Um, how about Daredevil?

You've worked with him, right?

Oh, shit, that's my Uber. All right.

Don't be weird. I'm not gonna stalk your clients,

- but maybe we can talk about it after? - Sure.

- Hmm? - Of course.

Mr. Mayor, it's urgent. Come.

This is John Santini from Sanitation.

Uh, call me Johnny. Hey, it's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Mayor.

I work at the Sanitation. 35 years.

Happy to have you, Johnny.

Just want to let you know, I voted for you.

I can't tell you what a pleasure it is to actually be here.

Mr. Santini, if you would tell the Mayor why you're here today.

Oh... Right, right. The--The mural.

I got bad news and worse news, Mr. Mayor.

I thought that we took care of this.

Nah, turns out, it's gonna be a lot tougher

to get that down than we thought.

Why is that?

Well, look, I made a real good run at that wall.

I got the biggest power washer,

'cause I didn't wanna ruin the facade. Didn't do squat.

So, I made a switch.

I switched to a 50-50 sandglass, like a concentration.

- It was the only way to go. - You should get to the point.

Oh, no, you don't understand. See, the mural, it's made with this epoxy,

so I had to do a chemical analysis.

- Then I had to get this special solvent... - Johnny.

- ...from my guy in Philly-- - Just tell him what you told me.

The worst news.

Right. It's blood.

The mural. It's made outta human blood.

Get Gallo in here. Now.

Your strategy?

Well, essentially, poison counsel.

- Really? - Yeah. You heard it here first.

You know, Madison hired Cready, Glaughlin, and McKagan

to guide him through a complicated yet sophisticated accounting

of his new and uncharted business model,

and while they may be the city's preeminent tax law firm,

they were in over their heads.

Wow, so you're literally pointing the finger at his attorneys.

Have you met the fine gentlemen at Cready, Glaughlin, and McKagan?

Oh, I have. And I approve.

What is she doing here?

Who?

The Ayala girl.

Hey, it's good to see you.

- Is everything all right? - Yeah.

I was hoping to talk to Mr. Murdock.

Of course. Yeah, come in, come in.

Uh... do you mind?

Uh... Okay.

- I'll just be in my office. - Cool. We'll pick this up.

Thanks.

- Hi. - Hi.

So, 11:17 a.m., what is that,

third period? Fourth?

History? Biology?

- English, actually. - Oh.

I'm getting a 99.

One-oh-four if you factor in the curve.

He was onto something, Matt.

He was investigating something.

Someone's gotta protect the streets.

People are going missing. No one seems to care.

I don't know for sure,

but I think it had something to do with all those people going missing.

All those kidnappings. He started tracking them.