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Daredevil: Born Again – Season 2, Episode 7 The Hateful Darkness

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Daredevil: Born Again – Season 2, Episode 7

The Hateful Darkness

Aired Apr 28, 2026

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A trial close to Matt Murdock's heart grabs the city's attention.

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Dario Scardapane

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Matt Corman

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Chris Ord

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Charlie Cox

Matt Murdock

Vincent D'Onofrio

Wilson Fisk

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Foggy Nelson

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Jarrod Jones

AV Club

Apr 29

B

Gandolfini renders Blake’s inevitable fall with a sense of dignity and tragedy that complements Born Again as a Marvel series that continues to punch above its dramatic weight.

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Caroline Siede

Episodic Medium (Substack)

Apr 29

Where this season of Born Again once felt like a sprawling tapestry, it’s now spooling up like a neat ball of yarn.

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M.N. Miller

FandomWire

May 25

9/10

In Daredevil: Born Again Season 2, Episode 7, Matt and Fisk collide in a way we’ve never seen before—Cox and D’Onofrio have never been better.

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Chris Gallardo

Tell-Tale TV

May 1

4/5

“The Hateful Darkness” is not only a gratifying penultimate episode, but is also quite hard-hitting because of how two particular characters suffer.

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James Preston Poole

But Why Tho?

May 1

6.5/10

Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 Episode 7 seems to repeat a problem from the season’s first episode: there is just entirely too much going on.

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Jeffrey Lyles

Lyles' Movie Files

Apr 30

9/10

Hateful Darkness lights the fuse for what should be an explosive season finale to Born Again with the tease of another Defenders team-up, Bullseye on the loose as a force for good, Heather spiraling and Fisk reeling.

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Synopsis

A trial close to Matt Murdock's heart grabs the city's attention.

Creator: Dario Scardapane, Matt Corman, Chris Ord
Executive Producer: Kevin Feige, Sana Amanat, 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 28, 2026