Daredevil: Born Again’s fifth episode took us temporarily out of the thick of all the mess in NYC. It was a tense yet comical romp that paired Matt Murdock with Kamala Khan’s father to survive a hostage situation. But now we are back to business in episode 6, which really focuses on Muse, a comic villain who made his MCU live-action debut in Daredevil: Born Again. And boy is this guy incredibly frightening.
We previously got a glimpse of him earlier this season when he kidnapped and started drawing blood from a random man. Well, it turns out he’s taking people to his weird lair near an abandoned train station, draining their blood, and using it to paint murals that mock and antagonize Wilson Fisk. That’s certainly one disturbing way to create art.
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In this episode, Hector’s niece Angela searches for more answers about her uncle’s potential killer. She comes to Matt first, who tells her that they must let the police handle it. Angela takes matters into her own hands, finding out that there are kidnappings/bad things happening at a particular location. Muse gets his hands on her and she’s unconscious as he begins to crudely drain blood from her body. Hector’s wife soon calls Matt, upset that Angela isn’t home yet, and he fears she’s in the clutches of this mysterious killer. With some intel from Cherry, Matt Murdock decides to go and rescue Angela from Muse.
Muse’s lair is quite strange, with drawings all over the place. It’s clear he hates Fisk and is also rather anti-establishment in general, but not in a cool way. Muse and Daredevil battle it out in a pretty even matchup before Daredevil gets the upper hand. He has the choice to potentially kill Muse but he stops so he can try to save Angela’s life. Muse gets away and Daredevil is now back in effect. We don’t know who is behind Muse’s chilling mask but perhaps those answers will come to the light this season.
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Angela’s involvement and saving could be Muse’s undoing as well as Fisk’s motivation to start gunning for Matt Murdock. Surely this kid didn’t save herself, right? Fisk doesn’t want Muse, Daredevil, or anyone wearing a mask on the street, as evidenced by his newly-formed anti-vigilante task force. Things are heating up and we will have to see who Muse is, what he ultimately wants, and how Daredevil will stop him.
