Putting the ‘hell’ in Hell’s Kitchen, a horned menace has risen from the ashes of Netflix’s short-lived Daredevil series, finally bringing Charlie Cox’s Matt Murdock back to the Marvel Cinematic Universe on a (hopefully) more permanent basis. Mixing together fresh and familiar faces, Daredevil: Born Again reunited a core cast of Cox, Vincent D’Onofrio’s Wilson Fisk/Kingpin, and Jon Bernthal’s Frank Castle/the Punisher with newcomers like Kamar de los Reyes’ Hector Ayala/White Tiger, Genneya Walton’s Bb Urich, and Hunter Doohan’s unhinged Muse.

Climbing her way to the top of the ensemble was Ayelet Zurer reprising her role as Vanessa Fisk. The Netflix era Vanessa already showed she was more than just a mild-mannered art dealer, previously teasing her darker side when she had FBI Special Agent Ray Nadeem (Jay Ali) whacked because he threatened her husband’s criminal enterprises. Old habits die hard,...