Daredevil: Born Again is somehow over already and whoa was the finale a doozy. Fisk fully takes over the city after offing the Commissioner and puts everyone under martial law. Things are not good because anyone who wears a mask, intricate or plain, is seen as a potential vigilante. And if you break curfew or go against the anti-vigilante mindset, you could face prison or worse. In fact, the task force has the Punisher locked up along with others. But, in a post-credits scene for Daredevil: Born Again, we get a little more Punisher goodness that sets up his future.
In the finale, the Punisher shows up at Matt’s place in the nick of time to save him from Fisk’s men. It turns out Karen asked him to protect Matt. Frank and Matt are still in disagreement about killing with Frank eliminating everyone in sight while Matt wants to subdue them. Matt’s apartment goes kaboom and both he and Frank get away, thanks to Karen pulling up in a Honda Civic. They escape to Frank’s lair, where he argues with Matt (again) and has a very sweet in-person reunion with Karen.
Honestly, I cannot get enough of them together, even though Frank is mean as hell. He refuses to go with them and help, saying he has other things to do. Those other things is fighting the NYPD at Red Hook, specifically the anti-vigilante task force full of super Punisher fanboys. Frank gets captured by this swath of cops, whom he insults in only a way he can. The end of the episode sees Frank beaten up and in a makeshift jail cell along with others who oppose Fisk.
In the actual post-credits scene, Frank strikes up a conversation with Anthony Petruccio, a guard who is a part of the Punisher fanboy club. He chats with Anthony and quickly wins him over, connecting over their former military past. He asks Anthony to shake his hand, which he’s dumb enough to do, and promptly breaks his arm. This opens the door for him to get the officer’s keys and presumably escape. And we all know that an army of fanboy cops cannot stop one grunting and yelling Punisher, twice. The man is surgical with a weapon!
While there isn’t a full Punisher series coming down the pipeline, Jon Bernthal is working with Marvel on a special presentation. This will be in the vein of Werewolf by Night, and that was a banger. The Punisher special will hit Disney+ in 2026 in conjunction with Daredevil: Born Again season two. We assume that special will precede the next chapter of Matt Murdock’s messy saga. Let’s see how that Daredevil: Born Again post-credits scene with the Punisher leads to what’s coming next.