Daredevil: Born Again Season 2, Episode 5 Review

Daredevil: Born AgainDaredevil: Born Again Season 2, Episode 5 ReviewDays of Netflix Past.By Eric GoldmanPosted: Apr 15, 2026 1:01am UTC6 commentsFull spoilers follow for Daredevil: Born Again Season 2, Episode 5, "The Grand Design,” which is streaming on Disney+ now.Though the action scenes are definitely a highlight of Daredevil: Born Again, it’s a testament to the core characters that this episode – one where we got no actual Daredevil fight scenes – still works so well.

The focus here was mainly on whether Vanessa would survive or not, but the scenes set in the past both upped the poignancy already present in the Fisk and Vanessa relationship, as twisted as those two are, while also spotlighting a key character in DD history, Foggy Nelson, and underlining his significance.

There was some great material here between Matt and Dex, as Matt balanced his core belief in saving Dex’s life – powered by his guilt over nearly killing him himself in Season 1 – with the fact that Bullseye is freaking Bullseye and that Dex’s mere mention of Foggy had Matt grabbing and choking the guy he was trying to save.

I mentioned in my review of last week’s episode that it was amusing to see the aspect ratio change when we got some clips from the Netflix series, but the newly filmed flashbacks here had a very cool touch of maintaining that old look.

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In scenes set in the build-up to the original series, not only was that 1.78:1 aspect ratio revisited – filling the whole screen versus Born Again’s 2.39:1 look — but the lighting also felt very much in line with the darker look of the Netflix days.

It was all so well done, I can mostly overlook the pretty goofy looking wig on Charlie Cox… mostly.

These flashbacks allow us to revisit a core dynamic for Matt that is missed, as we saw he and Foggy working together in their early days, before they’ve started Nelson and Murdock ## Editor's Note This is an interesting development that could shape the future of gaming. Source: [IGN](https://www.ign.com/articles/daredevil-born-again-season-2-episode-5-review-the-grand-design)