Daredevil: Born Again ended its first season with the escalation of the rivalry between Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) and Wilson Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio); Fisk used his attempted assassination to enact martial law in New York City, while Matt gathered his closest friends to start fighting back against the new regime. What stands out about the final scene of Daredevil: Born Again Season 1 is the music choice; directors Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson, alongside showrunner Dario Scardapane, chose to score Matt’s closing speech to “Everything in Its Right Place” by Radiohead. It’s a fitting song, both in terms of Matt’s mental state and setting up the stakes for Season 2.
‘Everything in Its Right Place’ Represents the Struggle Matt Murdock Has Been Going Through
Before his speech to his friends, Matt has a quiet conversation with Karen Page (Deborah Ann Woll) about how he thought he could find purpose in fighting crime as Daredevil, but his attempt to kill Bullseye (Wilson Bethel) showed that he was capable of darker impulses. “My mistake was thinking I was immune to the darkness,” Matt says quietly. “Everything in Its Right Place” reflects the struggle Matt is going through, as its minimal lyrics — including “Yesterday, I woke up sucking a lemon” and “There are two colors in my head” — symbolize the boiling darkness that’s been growing within him since he lost Foggy Nelson (Elden Henson). It also reflects the current state of affairs, as Fisk is fulfilling his promise to punish Matt for returning to the role of Daredevil. But Matt made Fisk a promise, too: he’d bring his enemy down hard if he ever returned to committing illegal activities, and now that he knows Fisk plans to launder money through Red Hook illegally, Matt has a plan. The question is, who will come out on top?
The “two colors in my head” is also a great fit for Matt’s dual lives. When Daredevil: Born Again began, he had tried to put Daredevil away and just stick to being a lawyer. But defending Hector Ayala (Kamar de los Reyes), and saving Hector’s niece Angela (Carmilla Rodriguez) from the serial killer Muse helped him realize that Daredevil is a part of his life he can’t put away. Matt’s speech at the end of Daredevil: Born Again‘s Season 1 finale, “Straight to Hell”, sums it up: “I can’t see my city, but I can feel it. The system isn’t working—it’s rotten, corrupt. But this is our city, not his. And we can take it back together: the weak, the strong, all of us. Resist. Rebel. Rebuild. Because we are the city without fear.” With this single declaration, Matt has accepted both halves of his life.
Like Daredevil, Radiohead Was Born Again With ‘Everything in Its Right Place’
“Everything in Its Right Place” was a fitting song for Daredevil: Born Again‘s finale, especially with its history. Following Radiohead’s massive success and a tour celebrating their third album OK Computer, lead singer Thom Yorke was feeling overwhelmed. “I came off at the end of that show, sat in the dressing room, and couldn’t speak. I actually couldn’t speak. People were saying, ‘You all right?’ I knew people were speaking to me. But I couldn’t hear them. And I couldn’t talk. I’d just so had enough. And I was bored with saying I’d had enough. I was beyond that,” Yorke told Rolling Stone. He worked through his issues by playing the melody to “Everything in its Right Place,” even saying that the line “Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon” refers to a sour expression he wore for the better part of three years. When the song first made its debut, it received a mixed reception, especially from fans who were used to Radiohead’s previous songs. But time has been more than kind to “Everything in Its Right Place”, as it’s often considered one of the greatest songs of the early 2000s. In a way, Radiohead’s transformation and return to the top run parallel to Matt Murdock’s return as the Man without Fear in Daredevil: Born Again, so it’s only fitting that one of the band’s songs would feature in the finale.
‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 2 Will Up the Stakes, According to Its Cast and Crew
If “Straight to Hell” shocked Daredevil fans, the cast and crew are promising that Season 2 is going to be an even bigger roller coaster, making “Everything in its Right Place” an omen of things to come. Deborah Ann Woll praised the Season 2 scripts, while producer Sana Amanat said that filming Season 2 has been like being “a kid in a candy shop.” Justin Benson even addressed the final moments where Daredevil starts gathering allies when guesting on the Phase Zero podcast, saying that it was meant to emphasize how much of a struggle the Man Without Fear is in for:
“The dramatic beauty and also just the beauty of the tragedy of the season, and the oddly emotionally satisfying thing about that conclusion, is that the good guys lost. Matt Murdock lost. Fisk won. But in those final moments, you understand just enough that despite the fact…the only one in that room with a costume is [Daredevil]. There’s something beautiful about them being, ‘Yeah, we lost. There’s not a lot of hope, but we’re going to have the grit to say, ‘F*** it,’ and keep going.’ There’s something so satisfying about that.”
Once again, “Everything in Its Right Place” reflects the state of New York. Matt and his friends might have tasted the sour edge of defeat, but it’s only driving them to take out Fisk. Hopefully, everything is put into its right place when Fisk and Matt face off, and hopefully, Daredevil: Born Again has more needle drops up its sleeve.
Season 1 of Daredevil: Born Again is available to stream on Disney+.
- Release Date
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March 4, 2025
- Showrunner
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Chris Ord
- Writers
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Chris Ord
- Franchise(s)
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Daredevil, Marvel Cinematic Universe
