Daredevil: Born Again season 2 ended on Tuesday with an explosive finale that put a cap on many of the show's major plotlines while also opening up new possibilities for season 3, which is currently in production. (I advise you to stay away from Mike Colter’s social media if you want to avoid spoilers.) The final episode, “The Southern Cross,” included some genuine surprises, like Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) publicly revealing himself as Daredevil. It also included several retreads of moments from the original Netflix series finale that were already done better on that show.

[Ed. note: Spoilers below for Daredevil: Born Again season 2 episode 8.]

The finale continues Karen Page’s (Deborah Ann Woll) trial from the previous episode. Matt shows up wounded from a shootout with AVTF (Anti-Vigilante Task Force) agents, but perseveres. He and Kirsten McDuffie (Nikki M. James) call Mayor Wilson Fisk (Vincent D'Onofrio) to the stand, which the district attorney encourages because he sees this move as self-sabotage for Karen’s defense.

But interrogating Fisk isn’t Matt and Kirsten’s only ace-in-the-hole — they’re allowed to present the video testimony of Christofi Savva (Yorgos Karamihos), which Kirsten had recorded earlier in the season. In it, Christofi testifies that Fisk was behind the weapons shipment and the sinking of the Northern Star in the first episode, which set up the season’s main conflict.

Watching this unfold, I couldn’t help but........

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