Daredevil: Born Again season 2 ending explained — what happens to Matt Murdock and Wilson Fisk, does anyone die, and more on the Marvel TV show's latest finale

Daredevil: Born Again season 2 has run its course — find out how it ends, and how it sets up season 3

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News By Tom Power published 6 May 2026

Born Again's season 2 finale is full of shocks aplenty (Image credit: Marvel Television/Disney+)

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Daredevil: Born Again season 2 episode 8 has premiered on Disney+ — and it not only closes out the show's latest chapter in typically tense fashion, but also sets up some intriguing storylines to come in its already announced third season.

So, how does the Marvel TV series' sophomore season end? What happens to Matt Murdock, Wilson Fisk, and Karen Page? And what can we glean from it as regards what to expect from season 3, which is being filmed as we speak? I'll answer those questions and more below. This is your one and only warning, then: full spoilers immediately follow for Daredevil: Born Again's season 2 finale.

How does Karen Page's trial end in Daredevil: Born Again season 2 episode 8?

With Karen's freedom still hanging in the balance after Daredevil: Born Again season 2 episode 7, Matt Murdock — aka the titular hero's civilian identity — continues to make a case for her defence as Page's lawyer, alongside co-attorney Kirsten McDuffie.

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The trial plays out as you'd expect, with both sides trading verbal blows and twisting every piece of evidence in their favor to gain the upper hand.

Eventually, Murdock uses the first of two aces up his sleeve — calling none other than archnemesis and New York City mayor Wilson Fisk to the witness stand.

As gasps ring through the courtroom, Fisk — who, in a show of strength, brings the full might of his Anti-Vigilante Task Force (AVTF) with him — enters the chamber and takes the stand to say he'll tell the truth and nothing but the truth.

Unsurprisingly, Murdock's intense cross-examining of Fisk ratchets up the tension further. Murdock supplies plenty of evidence that Fisk was responsible for the Northern Star, its huge arms shipment, the deaths of its first and second mates when Daredevil — aka Matt's vigilante alter-ego — discovered said cargo, and the freighter's wrecking and sinking when Fisk realized his criminal activities could be exposed. In response, Fisk denies all knowledge of these claims.

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