Warning! This post contains SPOILERS for Daredevil: Born Again episode 7Daredevil: Born Again episode 7 features a handful of pretty exciting MCU Easter eggs and references. As seen in the previous episode, Matt Murdock decided to finally give in and don his mask once more, becoming Daredevil after a year-long hiatus to face the serial-killing artist known as Muse. Now, this new episode reveals the major fallout and cost that comes with Daredevil’s return to New York City.
In Daredevil: Born Again episode 6, Muse managed to evade capture while Daredevil saved Angela Del Toro. Now, the episode primarily covers Daredevil racing Mayor Fisk’s anti-vigilante task force to capture Muse for good. Keeping that in mind, here are all the biggest MCU Easter eggs and references we found in Daredevil: Born Again episode 7, connecting to the greater MCU, the comics, and the original Daredevil Netflix series.
The Biggest Easter Eggs and References in Dardevil: Born Again Episode 7 Explained
Matt’s Necklace, Buck’s MCU History, Bamonte’s, And More
- “He’s Back” – Daredevil: Born Again episode 7 opens with Mayor Fisk learning that Daredevil has returned, a classic superhero genre trope where the arch-rival is shown reacting to the hero’s return. To that end, it’s exciting to see Fisk grappling with the fact that the Devil’s back and what that might mean for the future of his administration.
- Matt’s Cross Necklace – Shown in the shower, Matt is wearing a crucifix around his neck. Not only does this connect to his established Catholic faith, but it’s more than likely the same crucifix necklace given to him by his mother in Netflix’s Daredevil season 3.
- “A Whole Other Life” – During his conversation with Heather Glenn, Matt refers to the life he once had working with Foggy Nelson and Karen Page and, subtextually, his old life as Daredevil, connecting to all the events seen in the original Netflix series.
- “10 Years of Business Infrastructure” – Fisk confirms that following his so-called “unjust arrest”, Daredevil took down the Kingpin’s entire business infrastructure that had taken 10 years to build. Notably, a decade prior was 2015, the year that saw the release of Netflix’s Daredevil season 1. Following Fisk’s arrest at the end of Daredevil season 3, it seems Murdock didn’t stop there, systemically going after every part of Fisk’s operations, forcing the Kingpin to rebuild a new empire in the years that followed.
- Buck’s MCU History and Comics Connections Confirmed – Mayor Fisk also confirms that he brought Buck to his administration from his “other life”. This confirms that Buck Cashman indeed has a darker criminal past, mirroring his comics’ history as the Daredevil villain known as Bullet. That said, Buck is very much Fisk’s replacement Wesley, the Kingpin’s right-hand man in the original Netflix series.
- Muse’s Real Name – Muse’s real name is revealed to be Bastian Cooper, a disturbed young man who was involuntarily committed multiple times by his parents. This is a notable deviation from the comics’ Muse, who on the page was a super-powered Inhuman with a secret identity and past that was intentionally left a mystery by Marvel Comics. That said, his costume, mask, and dark artistic skills and preference for using his victims’ blood as his paint remain the same across mediums.
- “Thin Dark Line” – Wanting his new anti-vigilante task force to find Muse (and potentially take down Daredevil as well), Fisk tells Detective Powell and his fellow officers that they are the “thin dark line” tasked with protecting New York City. This connects to the controversial “Thin Blue Line” flag and sentiments in real life. While originally intended to symbolize support for law enforcement, the Thin Blue Line flag and other connected symbols (like Punisher’s skull logo) have been banned by various police departments due to certain groups who’ve misused the flag to express various problematic views.
- Daredevil in the Daylight – Daredevil’s final fight with Muse takes place in Heather Glenn’s office, notably in the daylight. Matt Murdock wearing his suit when it’s still light out is a pretty rare thing in the MCU. The only other time it’s happened is when the Man Without Fear briefly showed up in the season finale of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.
- Death of Muse – Heather Glenn ultimately kills Muse in Daredevil: Born Again episode 7. In the comics, Muse wasn’t defeated by Daredevil either, and was killed by the vigilante known as Blindspot. That said, both cases also saw Muse sharing sentiments about how badly he wanted to be seen and recognized by the public, right before his demise cut his story short.
- Bamonte’s – The end of Daredevil: Born Again episode 7 sees Mayor Fisk eating dinner at Bamonte’s in New York. Bamonte’s is notably a real restaurant in Brooklyn, one of the oldest Italian restaurants in the city with historic ties to the real-life mob. As such, it’s rather fitting that this is where Fisk sets a trap and has Luca killed (who had tried to ally with Vanessa to kill Fisk himself).
New episodes of Daredevil: Born Again are released Tuesday nights on Disney+.
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- Release Date
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March 4, 2025
- Showrunner
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Chris Ord
- Directors
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Michael Cuesta, Aaron Moorhead, Justin Benson, Jeffrey Nachmanoff
- Writers
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Chris Ord
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