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Daredevil: Echo Post-Credits Scene Gives New Meaning to "Born Again"

The "born again" in Marvel Studios' Daredevil: Born Again might have an entirely new meaning after the Echo post-credits scene - here's why.

Whenever a new MCU film or series drops, one of the first things that fans ask about is how it fits in with what came before it and how it sets up things for the future. With the case of Alaqua Cox & Vincent D'Onofrio-starring five-episode Echo, we know that it's using canon from Netflix's Charlie Cox & D'Onofrio-starring Daredevil series when it comes to Wilson Fisk/Kingpin's (D'Onofrio) backstory. But did it set the stage for the upcoming Charlie Cox & D'Onofrio-starring Daredevil: Born Again? Yes, it most definitely did – with a season finale & mid-credits scene combining to add an interesting spin on what "Born Again" could mean. Because the series hasn't been streaming for that long, we're going to keep spoiler details to a minimum – but there are definitely going to be spoilers, so consider the "MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD!" sign officially on, and we'll meet you on the other side of this image spoiler buffer…

Without giving away too much, the final showdown between Maya Lopez (Alaqua Cox) and Kingpin finds Maya using the powers of her Choctaw ancestors to venture into Kingpin's mind to rid him of the pain & rage that's fueled him for so long. Okay, got that? Good… because that leads us to the mid-credits scene. Making a getaway to greener pastures on his private jet, a news report about the New York City mayoral race catches his attention. While the reporter discusses how the city is looking for someone who will fight for them, we see a look on Kingpin's face that says that he believes he could be the answer to NYC's problems. For those of you who are comics fans, you know that Fisk has already recently gone down that route post-"Secret Empire" in a storyline that saw Matt Murdock as deputy mayor and Luke Cage running for office (yeah, there was a lot going on).

But why is this situation so different? Because we don't know which Wilson Fisk wants to be mayor heading into Daredevil: Born Again. We knew what Kingpin we were dealing with pre-Echo , so it would be easy to write this off as just a mad power grab on Kingpin's part. But if all of that pain and rage is now gone, who are we dealing with now? Because "Born Again" takes on a totally different meaning if we're dealing with Fisk legitimately believing he can do right by NYC – that he can be his savior. Throw into that mix the possibility that what Maya did may not stick – maybe Fisk's pain and rage are just too great to stay gone forever. And now that we're thinking about it, having Matt Murdock not believing that Fisk has changed and continuing to target him could also be an interesting way to push Fisk back to his old, big-bad ways.

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