Daredevil: Born Again - Episode 5 - Initial Reactions (spoilers)
Friends From Work: An Unofficial Marvel Podcast
Kyle Schonewill and Robby Earle
4.8 • 659 Ratings
🗓️ 15 April 2026
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Even though episode 5 is one of the highest rated episodes of Marvel television, we break down why it didn't quite live up to the hype.
Let's get into the latest episode of Daredevil: Born Again, exploring its character moments, storytelling choices, and how it fits into the broader Marvel universe. In today's podcast epsiode, we discuss the emotional depth of Vincent D’Onofrio’s performance as Kingpin, the narrative risks of flashbacks, and the balancing act of fan service versus storytelling integrity.
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| 0:00.0 | Since the second season of Daredevil Born Again launched, we've heard from critics that every episode is a linear step up. |
| 0:06.0 | I'm going to tell you why today, that maybe wasn't quite the case for me. |
| 0:10.0 | Here we go. Let's go. Shocked. |
| 0:11.8 | Teaser. Welcome back to another episode of Friends from Work. |
| 0:28.1 | This is a podcast about all things in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. |
| 0:30.9 | And it's a podcast that's hosted by myself, Kyle Skunnelil, my longtime friend from work. |
| 0:36.9 | Robbie, we were just talking off air. |
| 0:39.6 | This has been a crazy era for things just because of my travel schedule and whatnot. |
| 0:43.7 | I've watched Bagonia. |
| 0:45.8 | I've watched all of DTF St. Louis. |
| 0:48.3 | I've watched the Daredevil stuff. |
| 0:50.1 | I'm actually watching stuff right now and not just playing video games or watching sports. |
| 0:55.3 | And all these different projects have got my mind in a blender. |
| 0:59.0 | If you've seen Begon, you know what I'm talking about like that shut off. |
| 1:02.2 | And I was like, I need to tell somebody about this. |
| 1:05.8 | DTF, St. Louis just finished. |
| 1:07.3 | And I literally texted you. |
| 1:08.3 | I don't, I have this overwhelming sense of I need to process what I just witnessed, but I don't have anyone watching this except for you. So I was like emergency, like text me back. Like I, I feel so alone. Who do I talk to about this? Oh, yeah. I mean, and Candace and I just finished it. So the timing was great because we were just like, oh, wow. Okay. |
| 1:28.5 | Yeah, no spoiler. |
| 1:36.9 | The nice thing is we have been watching Rooster, which is the Steve Correll HBO show. |
| 1:39.2 | No, no, Apple TV Plus. |
| 1:40.3 | No, no, it's HBO. |
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