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Superhero girlfriends deserve better than whatever is happening on Daredevil: Born Again

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10.04.2025

A lot has happened to Daredevil in the first season of Born Again. Foggy died; his nemesis ran for mayor of New York and won; his attempts to go straight have hit some roadblocks; he dealt with a serial killer who targeted two people he knew personally. Also, he got a girlfriend.

The fact that Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) has found some happiness amid all this drudgery should seem like a bigger deal, particularly when his girlfriend is more or less the most stable part of his whole life. Heather (Margarita Levieva) and Matt have been together for eight episodes now. There’s not a ton of clarity in the timeline of the show, but given that they were together when Fisk got elected mayor (which would’ve been around November) and a recent St. Patrick’s Day episode, they’ve been together for at least five months.

But as the end of the season looms and Heather’s plotlines are finally........

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