Speaking for myself as well as for a portion of the internet, season two of Daredevil: Born Again has been such a step up from season one. While the first season wasn’t bad, per se, season two has ironed out the tonal inconsistencies and focused the narrative in a satisfying way. That much has been a surprise, but one thing that we all knew was coming before the beginning of the season was the return of Krysten Ritter’s Jessica Jones. She appeared in the early promos for the season. But she sure took her sweet time to show up! Episode six of the eight-episode season. However, Jessica sure made an impact.
Welcome back, Jessicaaaaaaaaaaaa! While we don’t find out much about what Jessica did between the end of her own Netflix series and now, we can piece a few things together. One, she lives somewhere in suburbia. Two, she has a daughter. And three, it does not appear she has a co-parent living with her. So that’s very interesting. Some goons show up at her idyllic, sunny home and she beats the crap out of them. Someone clearly thought they could mess with her and get away with it. But given Jessica’s wounds, it seems her powers are not as powerful as they once were.
Jessica heads to New York City and catches up with Daredevil on the roof of a building. She’s mad as hell that Fisk’s people came to her home, where her daughter plays with her toys. Matt notices she has more injuries than she ought to. Interesting. She doesn’t want to get involved, for the sake of her daughter, but she also knows she’s one of the few people who can do something. So, while she doesn’t (at this time at least) agree to go full Team DD, she does assist her old Defenders buddy in raiding the AVTF’s weapons cache. They do a very good job; that place blows up real good.
While that’s really all we get of Jessica in this episode, seeing her team up with Daredevil again was pretty great. Now, we just need to know where Luke Cage and Iron Fist went. At least one of those.
Daredevil: Born Again airs every Tuesday on Disney+.
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