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(The Netflix series mined elements for its third season anyway.)
The series then cuts to a year later, where we find Murdock some way into a new life.
Hes retired from the vigilante game.
But things arent completely terrible for the Hells Kitchen lawyer.
Hes even dating again.
In many senses,Born Againis a season-long expansion of the Bugs Bunny Lord Forgive Me meme.
but also a hearty embrace of violence weaponized to great effect.
The graphic viscera doesnt feel like its servicing a greater idea about the brutality of its world.
Born Againsimply doesnt work as a continuation of the Marvel television project or an entry point for anyone new.
The series has its pleasures, but they are either marginal to the action or purely accidental.
Jon Bernthal returns for a few stretches as Frank Castle, a.k.a.
the Punisher, turning in a performance so masc and coked-up, its sublime.
The dinkiness would be charming if its laziness werent so annoying.
The most painful thing aboutBorn Againis how it reminds you that things could be different.
Weshouldbe asking more of Marvels television endeavors.
Thereisa path forward for Marvel to make interesting television.
It just needs to let a revival likeBorn Againactually live.
