"I can't see my city, but I can feel it. The system isn't working…and it's rotten, corrupt. But this is our city, not his, and we can take it back…together. The weak, the strong, all of us. Resist. Rebel. Rebuild. Because we are the city…without fear."
-- Daredevil, Daredevil: Born Again -- "Straight to Hell"
Hello again, everyone! DJ Nik and I are back for another new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast! This time, we discuss "Straight to Hell", the Season 1 finale of Daredevil: Born Again, featuring Charlie Cox as Daredevil/Matt Murdock, Vincent D'Onofrio as The Kingpin/Wilson Fisk, and the return of Deborah Ann Woll as Karen Page and Jon Bernthal as The Punisher/Frank Castle!
In this episode, DJ Nik and I talk about things like whether the Season 1 finale stuck the landing, Mark McKinney's Head Crusher from Kids in the Hall, some comics background on Karen Page, the end of Season 1 hinting at a possible adaptation of Marvel Comics event Devil's Reign, Vanessa Fisk recruiting Bullseye to kill Foggy Nelson, Heather Glenn and Kirsten McDuffie visiting Matt in the hospital, Buck Cashman trying to kill Matt in the hospital, Matt finding the Punisher in his apartment, Cole North being revealed as the murderer of Hector Ayala, the strange love triangle of Daredevil, Karen Page and the Punisher, the Punisher making damn good coffee, Karen being one of the few people that Frank will actually listen to, Wilson and Vanessa planning to build their own city-state using Red Hook Pier, the return of the "Avocados at Law" joke from the original Netflix series, Mayor Fisk making Heather his Commissioner of Mental Health, Daniel Blake embracing his new position as the Deputy Mayor of Communications, Sheila Rivera throwing Commissioner Gallo under the bus out of self-preservation, the surprising amount of gore with Mayor Fisk crushing Gallo's head to a pulp, the Punisher calling out the Anti-Vigilante Task Force for wanting to be like him, Daredevil realizing he needs an army to defeat the Kingpin, wondering if the Punisher will adopt a different version of his skull emblem, Nik admitting to paying money to see Joker: Folie à Deux, wondering if we'll get the return of the Defenders in Season 2, Daredevil's speech at Josie's Bar and taking on the role of a leader, wondering why the Governor of New York doesn't have a problem with the Mayor of New York City declaring martial law, the post-credits scene where the Punisher escapes from Fisk's party dungeon, Thin Lizzy's "Jailbreak", the AVTF gunning down innocent people and calling the victims vigilantes as justification, Twin Peaks' Dale Cooper not approving of Frank Castle's coffee, our favorite quotes of the episode, new Fandom Zone Fan Mail from Dave Proctor and Aaron Case, The Fandom Zone Podcast returning in July to discuss The Sandman Season 2, and more!
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