Dare Devil: Born Again > Review > Episode 6 ''Excessive Force"

Matt Murdock, battered and nearly broken, clutches a braille card in one hand and whispers scripture through bruised lips. In this haunting opening, Daredevil: Born Again Episode 6 stakes its claim as the spiritual fulcrum of the season.

It's even better than stopping a bank heist in its tracks...

Halfway through Marvel's much-anticipated series revival, the show finds its blind lawyer-turned-vigilante at a crossroads once more — reawakening to his alter ego amid a city steeped in corruption and chaos. This hour of television feels like a communion of two worlds: the raw, faith-tinged grit of the old Netflix days and the slick, interconnected tapestry of the MCU.

It's a daring balancing act, and Episode 6 pulls it off with confident swagger and a bloody flourish.

The Devil Inside: Matt Murdock’s Reawakening

At the episode's emotional core is that quiet church scene: Matt Murdock fingering a worn braille business card Foggy Nelson once gave him, reciting a hushed prayer. "For we walk by faith, not by sight," he whispers, voice cracking on faith. It's a poignant callback to his Catholic roots and a subtle nod to the Born Again theme. In that moment, Charlie Cox delivers a masterclass of restraint — a tremble in his jaw, a glimmer of anguish — showing Matt's realization that Hell's Kitchen needs its Devil back.

After episodes of doubt, this is the moment Matt finally embraces Daredevil again — reluctant yet resolute. The institutions he once trusted have failed, leaving him no choice but to resurrect the vigilante. 

It's a spiritually charged rebirth; Matt would rather be praying for salvation, but with no angels left in Hell’s Kitchen, he becomes one in horns.

You could even say... Dare Devil is... BORN AGAIN. 

Finally.

 

Corruption in the Halls of Justice

Meanwhile, Hell's Kitchen’s institutions are crumbling from within. Wilson Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio, in chilling form) is orchestrating a quiet coup of law and order. In one scene, city officials and cops gather at Fisk’s behest to form a “special task force” — ostensibly to fight crime, but really to serve the Kingpin’s agenda.

It’s a haunting portrait of institutional corruption: Punisher loving police brass nodding along as Fisk, barely raising his voice, turns them into his personal enforcers. This slow return of Fisk’s old tactics - corruption draped in respectability - feels uncomfortably timely and utterly menacing.

The message is clear: when the law falls to a Kingpin, vigilantes must rise.

The Art of Chaos: Muse’s Bloody Masterpiece

Fisk’s controlled corruption is only half the nightmare; the other half is pure chaos incarnate. 

Episode 6 finally unveils Muse, an elusive serial-killer-artist whose latest work is a grotesque showstopper: a mural painted in human blood. Discovered across the city by horrified sanitation workers, this blood mural uses the bodies of victims as its canvas.

The imagery is straight out of David Fincher's Se7en with a Marvel twist — horrifying yet artful in its sickening detail. 

Look closely and the mural even hides Easter eggs: one corner’s crimson splatter forms a devil’s silhouette, and another section faintly resembles a skull (a nod to one Frank Castle, perhaps). Muse’s carnage is a twisted statement on Hell’s Kitchen’s soul, a chaos that thrives as justice decays.

 

Angela Crosses the Devil

Amid these dueling forces, Angela (Camila Rodriguez) stands as the season’s moral compass — and a catalyst.

The fearless niece of White Tiger confronts Matt in one of the episode’s rawest exchanges. Meeting in Matt's law office, she lambastes him for retreating into legal work while the city bleeds.

 “You don’t get to hide in the dark and call it penance,” she scolds with such fury that it jolts Matt (and viewers) alike. 

In a series full of action, this moment of emotional truth hits just as hard, forcing Matt to face his complacency.  

Angela’s crusade for justice leads her to look for serial killer Muse herself, but she is not yet a White Tiger herself, and the teenager is caught by Muse. 

 

The Devil Unchained: A Brutal Rescue

Daredevil’s answer is swift and furious. .

In the final act, Matt suits up — unveiling an updated suit with new crimson accents — and raids the warehouse where Angela is held. 

What follows is a ferocious rescue sequence that pushes the limits of TV superhero action. It’s a hallway fight on steroids: Daredevil fights and overwhelms a fairly competent Muse. 

The Devil is in the house.

 All this blood and bludgeoning begs the question: does Episode 6’s violence serve the story or veer into excess?

For the most part, it serves the narrative. The grotesque mural isn’t there just to shock; it’s a visual howl of despair that makes the stakes painfully clear.

The brutal fight choreography likewise carries weight — we feel every punch and broken bone as the cost of waging a one-man war on crime. Still, the show occasionally revels in darkness for its own sake. 

Performances with Punch

The episode’s lofty themes and gut-churning moments are anchored by stellar performances. Charlie Cox reminds us why he is the definitive Matt Murdock, conveying weary faith and bottled fury often without a word. His quiet agony in the church and his steely resolve in the warehouse fight feel like two halves of the same soul, finally united.

Vincent D’Onofrio is just as magnetic; his Fisk remains a masterclass in controlled menace — a mere tilt of the head or calmly spoken threat carries more weight than any ranting supervillain.

The deck is now set - Wilson Fisk has become his old self, Matt is prepared to suit up and Bullseye looms large... not to forget the Punisher has not fired a single bullet half way through was is becoming a superb season. 

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