Daredevil: Born Again quotes

Karen Page

This Hell's Kitchen nostalgia is running pretty thin with you guys, you realize that, right?

Foggy Nelson

Not nostalgia; reverence for the past, yet hope for the future.

Karen

Oh, that is some next-level closing argument BS right there!

Foggy

Too much?

Matt Murdock

Nostalgia or not, it's hard to believe Cherry's retiring.

Karen

So many retiring, leaving -- I mean, it's thirty percent of the force in the last two years.

Foggy

Are those numbers legit?

Karen

My numbers are always legit.

Matt

I really wouldn't argue with her. Still, the city finds other ways to protect itself.

Foggy

[to Matt, who is about to suit up as Daredevil] Look, I'm sorry. I-- Maybe I didn't wanna give you an excuse.

Vanessa

You left the bed I sat beside for months while you recovered. And for what? And now you walk in here and end a meeting with five families by simply standing in the doorway?

Fisk

You've kept them in line. They respect you.

Vanessa

The respect the money I make them. Protection makes people scared. Profit makes them loyal.

Matt

As you know, I've stood in this court many times. Delivered summations, called witnesses, defended the innocent to the best of my ability. Although as I sit here on the other side of the court, it occurs to me that justice will not be served today. It won't be served because, whatever sentence is passed, Foggy Nelson -- only his mother called him Franklin -- will still be dead. It won't be served beca--

Matt

Apologies, Your Honor. It won't be served because I-I don't get to see him again. We don't get to see Foggy again, today. Or tomorrow, or ever. Because my friend is dead. Killed on the whim of a violent and disturbed man. A self-styled assassin with a grudge, out to murder his perceived enemies. But, in the absence of justice, the court can punish this man. And I urge you to do so, to the fullest extent that the law allows. Because that punishment, that is the closest that any of us will ever get to justice.

Matt

I refuse to believe a tragedy had to destroy everything.

Karen

But it did. What are you gonna do about Daredevil?

Matt

I made a promise to myself that I would let the system handle it. All of it. Besides, I'm not him anymore, and I won't let myself be.

Karen

And you think that that will help?

Matt

I don't know. It doesn't make it worse.

Matt

If I didn't know better -- know him better -- I'd say he sounds sincere. Like maybe he wants to do something for this city.

Cherry

Look who you're talking about! The man crushes every--

Matt

I know. I know! You think I don't know? I know. Well, if this city actually elects him, then... maybe New York's getting the mayor it deserves.

Cherry

You ask me, that's pretty goddamn cynical, Matt.

Matt

Mm-hm. Or maybe I'm just wising up.

Matt

You're a real man of the people now.

Fisk

A rich man, by his very nature, is self-serving. A-A mayor, a mayor serves his city.

Matt

Ah.

Fisk

You don't seem entirely convinced.

Matt

Could you blame me? Considering you've tried to kill me a few times over the years...

Fisk

As you have.

Matt

No, no. Incarcerate, maybe. Kill? Never.

Fisk

I wonder if your darker half would agree.

Matt

That part of my life is over.

Fisk

Mm. Well, tragedy can transform a man. About your friend -- I had nothing to do with his death, I kept that promise.

Matt

Hm. But now the Kingpin is back.

Fisk

No. No, he's not. My time away, I... Well... Well, let's say I followed a road less-traveled. And at its end, I found a new man.

Matt

The mayor of New York.

Fisk

Mm, soon.

Fisk

I was told you tried to kill Benjamin Poindexter that night. It's hard... it's hard to come to terms with a violent nature. Hating the power it has over us.

Matt

I was raised to believe in grace. That we can be touched by the divine and transformed into a better person. So if you say to me that you're a new man, I say "fine". But you should also know I was raised to believe in retribution. So if you step out of line, I will be there.

Fisk

This caution that you're giving me, who's it from? Matt Murdock, or...? You liked being on that rooftop with Dex. You liked how it felt, didn't you? Giving no quarter, dispensing justice...

Matt

Just stay in your lane. I'll do the same.

Fisk

I'm going to be mayor of this town. And when I am, I will not tolerate people running around in silly costumes. The rule of law will prevail. And should you go back to any of your old activities, there will be consequences.

Matt

Well, then. It appears we really do understand each other.

Fisk

Mm, I love a man who rises above his nature. Good luck with that, Murdock.

Matt

Good day, sir.

Fisk

These meet-and-greets... Can't we push them?

These first few days are critical, optics are gonna matter. Establishing connections is how we set the tone with the stakeholders who can make or break your agenda. And let's be honest, a lot of these people absolute hate you.

Fisk

I'm used to that.

Fisk

The city is broken. I said I'd fix it.

Sir, the first hundred days are about settling in. Getting a feel for the office. Try anything big now, you're painting a target on your back.

Fisk

Good. Targets draw attention to problems.

You hired me because I know how politics work in New York City. And right now, it's all about maintaining the status quo.

Buck Cashman

So your advice for the newly-inaugurated mayor of New York City is that he do nothing?

Look, play softball in there, okay? I'm calling in a favor.

Wait, I thought you said you were his guy.

I am. I might've embellished a little bit.

Wow! You know, I can't tell if you're an idiot or an operator.

Well, maybe I'm... I don't know what I am.

It still makes no sense to me, this mayor thing. So you gave up your criminal empire for what? So you could have less money, less power? So you could kow-tow to an Italian sunovabitch in a cemetery?

Fisk

How are we gonna fix this issue?

Do you know who Samuel Vance was? No, of course you don't. Mayor Vance was the mayor of New York in 1874, he served for one month. It is my personal mission to make sure that your term is shorter than his. I see right through you, Fisk. You're not a mayor who loves this city, you're a whiny kid who wants everyone to love him. A monster trying to rewrite his legacy. Well, guess what? It's too late. Once a thug, always a thug. See you around, "Kingpin".

Cherry

An NYPD cop is dead. And any time that happens, a big machine gets turned on to try and figure out what went wrong, and to punish whoever killed the cop. Punish them severely. And that machine has no off-switch. It just goes and goes until somebody pays.

Matt

This is a tough case, Hector. A cop is dead. And the only way I can win it is if I know every way I can lose it.

Cherry

You know, for what it's worth? I like the Matt Murdock I've seen this year -- the guy that went out and found his own way, got out of the Kitchen, wears a... normal suit. He's doing some good.