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Daredevil: Born Again – Season 2, Episode 5 The Grand Design

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Daredevil: Born Again – Season 2, Episode 5

The Grand Design

Aired Apr 14, 2026

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The Anti-Vigilante Task Force intensifies its search for Daredevil and Bullseye.

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Caroline Siede

Episodic Medium (Substack)

Apr 15

After the first season of Born Again couldn’t quite decide how much it truly wanted to be in continuity with the Netflix show, this episode fully merges the two into one big saga.

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Jarrod Jones

AV Club

Apr 15

A-

When it eases off the throttle and lets its ensemble feel the impact of its violence, as Born Again does this week in “The Grand Design,” the Marvel Television series proves to be no slouch in the character department either.

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M.N. Miller

FandomWire

May 25

8/10

The episode remains brutal, visceral, and highly entertaining.

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Emmet Asher-Perrin

Reactor

May 5

This entire script reads like a reminder for everything we’ve already watched, which makes all the flashbacks feel grotesque and cheap—and that’s without getting into the weird de-aging scrub they did on the actors.

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Randy Dankievitch

Processed Media

Apr 26

B

"The Grand Design" makes it pretty clear the elements missing from Born Again that's made its attempts to recapture the ol' Netflix magic feel a bit hollow and performative.

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Jeffrey Lyles

Lyles' Movie Files

Apr 20

9.5/10

Last week was a shocking cliffhanger, but this slow burn payoff raised all the conflicts in Born Again to another level. One major supporting player is off the board, but it feels like a safe bet that this won’t be the only one.

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Synopsis

The Anti-Vigilante Task Force intensifies its search for Daredevil and Bullseye.

Creator: Dario Scardapane, Matt Corman, Chris Ord
Executive Producer: Dario Scardapane, Kevin Feige, Sana Amanat, Matt Corman, Louis D'Esposito, Brad Winderbaum, Aaron Moorhead, Justin Benson, Vincent D'Onofrio, Iain B. MacDonald
Network: Disney+
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Action, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date: Apr 14, 2026