The Punisher has finally made a comeback to television with Daredevil: Born Again episode 4, but given the backdrop of his involvement in the original Netflix Marvel series, his return appears to be quite different. Only a few weeks into its run, Daredevil: Born Again episode 4 provided answers to some of the series’ most important questions, such as the identity of the enigmatic Adam that Vanessa and Kingpin had previously discussed and the location of the Punisher’s lurking presence after his role in Daredevil and The Punisher ended, particularly in light of Kingpin’s new anti-vigilante laws in the MCU timeline. Frank Castle’s comeback is thrilling, but it also poses new problems for the future of the franchise, particularly given that Jon Bernthal’s Punisher and Charlie Cox’s Daredevil shared several hours of on-screen time in the first Daredevil. This backstory already gives the Marvel team’s on-screen reunion a significant amount of depth and provides an intriguing glimpse into how their future interactions and shared narratives may play out in Daredevil: Born Again and other future MCU films.
The Punisher is first introduced to the Disney+ series in Daredevil: Born Again toward the conclusion of this chapter. Matt Murdock searches for him after discovering the Punisher mark engraved on the bullet that murdered Hector Ayala, a fellow vigilante and former client of his. In a dramatic premiere, Frank Castle calls anybody who use his emblem “bulls**t fanboys,” attacks Matt right away before identifying himself, and then forces Murdock to acknowledge that he’s grieving over Foggy’s passing and wants Castle’s “permission” to follow a violent course. Since Castle and Murdock spend the whole sequence at most mildly agitating one another, this provides viewers with all the background information they actually need for the moment and, in fact, to comprehend their complex relationship. However, it also skips over a large portion of the two characters’ on-screen history. The only indication of the pair’s past is that they obviously have a pre-existing relationship, as evidenced by the fact that they call Matt “Red” in allusion to the moniker he created for Daredevil in the original Netflix series and that they obviously already know one another.
The Punisher, played by Jon Bernthal, was originally featured in the Netflix Marvel universe in season two of Daredevil. He played a major role in this portion of the series before launching his own two-season series, The Punisher. Frank Castle is hunting down the gangs responsible for his family’s deaths, and Daredevil is trying to stop him from killing them. The first episode of season 2 pits the two against each other in a dramatic way, with Castle shooting Daredevil in the head, damaging his helmet but leaving Murdock unharmed. Even though the Punisher tries to double down and make Daredevil acknowledge that he is willing to kill and that his moral objections are merely idealistic by threatening to kill an innocent person unless Daredevil kills him, the two are by no means friends when they first interact. However, as season 2 progresses, their level of hostility changes. As they relate to the struggles of being a vigilante and the anguish that drove them to choose the position, an unusual relationship really develops between the two throughout the narrative. Despite Castle’s bloodthirsty efforts and past brutal treatment of Daredevil, the Punisher keeps trying to aid him. As a result, when the gun-wielding vigilante is jailed, Murdock becomes Castle’s lawyer, partly because he starts to think more is going on. This proves to be true, and the Punisher kills his former Marine commander, who was found to have participated in Castle’s family’s deaths, to end his role in Daredevil season 2. In the season 2 finale, the Punisher repays Daredevil by assisting him in fending off the Hand’s ninjas as they attempt to kill him.
The Punisher makes it apparent that he still views Murdock’s intentions and strategies as foolish, demonstrating that their ideological struggle is still very much alive and well even if Frank Castle did save Daredevil in the Daredevil season 2 finale. The fact that the Punisher has previously stepped up to help Matt makes their conflict more interesting, and it appears that some of the Punisher’s rage stems from their interactions with Daredevil. As for the Punisher, it probably seems like Murdock is taking on impossible odds once more, just like he did before Castle stepped in to help at the end of season 2. Because Nelson served as Foggy’s public defender alongside Murdock in Daredevil season 2 and, in fact, carried the Castle trial itself when Daredevil became preoccupied with vigilante work, Castle’s rage at Matt for not recognizing Foggy’s death or name feels very different now that he knows the Punisher did meet Foggy. It is not unexpected that Castle would view Foggy’s killer’s survival as its own miscarriage of justice and hold Daredevil accountable for it, considering that Foggy openly supported Frank and complained about how the legal system had failed his family throughout this time.
Since the personal details of their dispute can only be briefly discussed without bringing up all of these previous incidents, the exchange may easily come off as the Punisher being merely stern without this background. Considering them, however, makes Frank’s story appear more unstable because it’s possible that he has taken many of Daredevil’s actions personally. This is especially true given the additional background that Castle killed his own former best friend Billy Russo at the end of The Punisher season 2 after he had gone too far as a villain. As a result, he may be angry with Murdock because he connects the two events. All of this helps to explain and intensify the emotional impact of Daredevil and the Punisher’s reunion in Daredevil: Born Again. It also suggests that future encounters between the two could just as easily result in them working together as they could in them engaging in physical combat. It appears that Frank and Matt may need each other’s assistance more than ever, but the greater question may be whether they can get over their disagreements in order to do so, given Kingpin’s anti-vigilante legislation that is poised to worsen and Daredevil’s apparent return to the role.
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