Did Daredevil: Born Again Just Confirm A Popular Foggy Nelson Fan Theory?

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This file contains spoilers for Daredevil: Born Again done Episode 8.

Fans were aghast erstwhile Foggy Nelson took his past enactment successful the bid premiere of Daredevil: Born Again. After each the outcry and fanfare to get Elden Henson and Deborah Ann Woll backmost arsenic Foggy and Karen respectively, it felt similar madness that the archetypal happening the writers did was tragically termination disconnected 1 of the Avocados astatine Law. But eagle-eyed fans instantly noticed an Easter ovum that whitethorn springiness anticipation that Foggy could person different time successful court. The instrumentality mentation gained traction erstwhile it was confirmed that Henson would beryllium successful Season 2 of the bid — contempt the apt anticipation that he's successful a flashback oregon a imagination — and the extremity of Season 1’s penultimate occurrence offers 1 last tidbit that whitethorn corroborate it all. Let’s spell connected a journey, shall we?

First, the Easter egg. The code for Nelson, Murdock and Page is 468. There person been 680 full issues of flagship Daredevil comics, but they’re not ever numbered that way. The 468th contented of Daredevil is really numbered Daredevil #88 (created by Ed Brubaker, David Aja, Frank D’Armata, and Cory Petit). In that issue? Foggy narrowly avoids decease to spell into witnesser protection. “The Secret Life of Foggy Nelson” has immoderate differences from Daredevil: Born Again like, for instance, the information that Foggy’s decease successful the erstwhile issues “The Devil successful Cell Block D” and “Heaven’s Half Hour” is mode much ambiguous than Born Again’s mentation wherever Matt hears his friend’s bosom halt beating portion Karen screams connected the street. But hey, the MCU has ever been prone to instrumentality immoderate liberties.

The question remains though: would they truly bring Foggy Nelson backmost to beingness successful Born Again aft his decease played specified a pivotal relation successful the communicative arc truthful far? The authoritative Daredevil relationship fueled the instrumentality mentation flames erstwhile they posted pages from Daredevil issues related to the arc of Foggy’s decease being faked, but that could beryllium arsenic elemental arsenic a societal media manager seeing an accidental for engagement. What’s mode much absorbing present arsenic we caput into the past occurrence of Daredevil: Born Again is the revelation that Vanessa Fisk (Ayelet Zurer) was down Foggy’s murder. We larn successful the past moments of this week’s occurrence that it was she, alternatively than Fisk, who contracted Bullseye to propulsion the occupation which, erstwhile again, adds to the chances that Foggy mightiness beryllium live aft all.

Like before, the comic tally plays retired a small spot otherwise than what we’re seeing unfold connected screen, with Vanessa being terminally sick successful the comic but what’s important present are the parallels of her being frustrated with some Daredevil and her hubby and her being the 1 to facilitate the full Foggy Nelson decease scare situation.

The information of the substance is that determination are a whole batch of parallels betwixt the comic and what we’ve seen play retired connected screen, adjacent if they aren’t 1:1. In summation to the perchance coincidental fig 468 and Vanessa Fisk orchestrating everything, “The Devil successful Cell Block D” features Matt being persecuted for being a vigilante. In Daredevil: Born Again, it is Hector Ayala (Kamar de los Reyes) being punished for his relation arsenic White Tiger. So, erstwhile again different, but besides erstwhile again adjacent capable to marque you wonder.

But the existent question benignant of boils down to why. Why would Foggy hold to specified a thing? Some person theorized that it’s to get Matt backmost for choosing the cowl aft each of their backmost and distant successful Season 3, others person wondered if helium thought his decease would beryllium the lone mode to amusement Matt however acold helium would spell arsenic Daredevil erstwhile pushed, but I’m not rather convinced Foggy could beryllium truthful cruel.

Frankly, portion I decidedly spot the signs and privation each of them to beryllium true, I don’t cognize that I’m connected committee with the mentation that Foggy Nelson is live to statesman with. I deliberation it would beryllium poetic if it were true, but my skepticism is due to the fact that of Bullseye. He’s not missing a changeable connected an unmoving people unless helium was paid handsomely to miss connected purpose. The extremity of this week’s occurrence made it abundantly wide that helium and Vanessa are not connected bully presumption and, fixed that helium was rotting successful a compartment and past was moved to gen popular against his will, I can’t ideate that wealth would beryllium a meaningful motivator. Add that to the information that helium had ample clip and plentifulness of crushed to archer Matt that Foggy was inactive live portion helium was begging his lawyer to get him moved backmost into solitude, and it conscionable doesn’t adhd up.

That being said, I privation thing much than to beryllium incorrect here. Long unrecorded Foggy Nelson.