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Daredevil: Born Again – Season 1, Episode 8 Isle of Joy

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Daredevil: Born Again – Season 1, Episode 8

Isle of Joy

Aired Apr 8, 2025

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At his inaugural Black and White Ball, Mayor Fisk tightens his grip on New York City; Matt Murdock learns shocking information when an old enemy reaches out.

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Caroline Siede

Episodic Medium (Substack)

Apr 14

I don’t know exactly what the big moral takeaway of this hour is, but I had fun watching it. And as Born Again enters its new era, that’s enough for now.

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Proma Khosla

IndieWire

Apr 10

B

In this setting, the episode shifts between covert conversations, furtive looks, confrontations behind doors, and everything in between. It’s both spectacularly theatrical and immensely realistic.

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Jarrod Jones

AV Club

Apr 9

B

The messiness evident in earlier installments has been somewhat ironed out this week.

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Randy Dankievitch

Processed Media

May 13

B

... there's a definite shift in the winds of Hell's Kitchen in this hour, in what makes for a surprisingly entertaining episode... and, importantly, the first hour of the series that truly feels spiritually connected to the original.

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Daniel Chin

The Ringer

Apr 10

Even if Born Again is using a familiar approach to fix a series that wasn’t quite working, Scardapane and Co. have just created some thrilling momentum to carry into next week’s season finale.

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Tori Preston

Pajiba

Apr 10

It’s too bad this season spent so much time trying to repurpose spare parts from the failed launch of the first iteration of Born Again because it’s clear that the new vision of the series is the one that really cooks.

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Synopsis

At his inaugural Black and White Ball, Mayor Fisk tightens his grip on New York City; Matt Murdock learns shocking information when an old enemy reaches out.

Executive Producer: Matt Corman, Chris Ord, Louis D'Esposito, Kevin Feige, Chris Gary, Brad Winderbaum
Network: Disney+
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Action, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date: Apr 8, 2025