Daredevil: Born Again season two is moving along and things were interesting from the first episode. It was six months past the first season’s finale, and NYC is different. Matt and Karen are living in seclusion and still trying to take down Fisk. A few old faces pop up in season two’s first episode, but there is one new character who intrigues us deeply… and makes us laugh. That’s Matthew Lillard’s Mr. Charles. But who is Mr. Charles in Daredevil: Born Again season two and how does he connect to our heroes? Let’s explore what goes down with him.
Through a mysterious source, Karen discovers that Fisk is using the port for smuggling weapons. Daredevil locates them on a vessel called the Northern Star, but things go awry quickly. The ship’s captain and first mate are advised to flood the ship should someone interfere, and that’s what they do. Of course, Daredevil makes it off the vessel in time but now the Mayor’s office has to deal with a half-sunk ship.
We meet Mr. Charles, who is in DC, as he takes a phone call about all of the mess that’s gone down. He shows up during a tense meeting that Fisk’s office is having with the Attorney General, who wants to have some oversight over Fisk’s policies. He particularly mentions the “safer streets” initiative, calling it aggressive. Mr. Charles pops in very casually wearing a plaid shirt and scarfing down a gyro. He claims to be from Langley and it is clear that he knows Fisk.
The Attorney General tries to berate him, but that doesn’t go on for long. The Attorney General’s phone rings and Mr. Charles tells him to answer it. Whoever is on the other line quickly changes the AG’s tune, who says that Fisk will have his full support on vigilantism and safer streets policies. Meanwhile, Fisk tells his right hand man Buck to find the ship’s captain and first mate to ensure that no strings are left open. The Anti Vigilante Task Force finds them, killing the captain but allowing the first mate, Christoffi, to escape.
Later on, Mr. Charles has dinner with Fisk and his wife Vanessa, who finds Charles to be off-putting and annoying. (She’s not wrong.) Fisk calls out Mr. Charles for his grandstanding in his office, while Charles says it is divine intervention. We learn that whomever Charles works for are grateful for using Fisk’s port but that things are messed up. He says his job is logistics and that it is necessary to move all the cargo without anyone knowing it. Charles’ plan is a dark one involving hiring some sailors to do it because they will be easy to discard and kill so nothing traces back to either of them. Way harsh, Mr. Charles. It is now clearer that he is indeed a power player in the CIA.
We don’t see Mr. Charles again until episode four. It’s after Fisk had the Anti Vigilante Task Force blow up the Northern Star following Daredevil’s successful attack. Mr. Charles wants to know why there’s a delay in moving the weapons to Guinea-Bissau, and Fisk tells him to basically chill out. Mr. Charles questions if Fisk can hold up his end of the bargain, and rightfully so.
So, in episode 6, Charles goes to Governor McCaffrey, who absolutely doesn’t want to partner with nor support Fisk following Vanessa’s death, and says he will help her boot him from office. He also sends men to attack Jessica Jones, who is living in solitude with her daughter Danielle, because she didn’t want to work for him. In episode 7, Jones confronts Charles about the attack and he reveals that her man Luke Cage is working for the CIA overseas, which causes her to back off a bit. Charles does the right thing by tipping off Jessica about Fisk’s plans to take out the Governor, which allows Daredevil to make a deal with Bullseye to protect her.
Could this mean that Mr. Charles is perhaps flipping to the good side? Or is he just looking out for himself and determined to stick it to Fisk? We will see what happens in the finale.
Originally published on March 24, 2026.