Foggy Nelson quotes from Daredevil: Born Again

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.

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.

Matt

Oh, come on Foggy! It's not like he deserves to walk.

Foggy

I don't recall the word "deserve" coming up in law school.

Matt

He's in bed with the mob, he's selling drugs, he's poisoning the neighborhood!

Foggy

Yeah, but...

Matt

But what? He was also a raging prick to you when you were kids! You wanna spring the guy who calls you Foggy the Fembot?

Foggy

No, I don't. But, Matt... we are his attorneys.

Matt

Oh, we're associates.

Foggy

Don't get technical.

Matt

Either way, Jeff made it sound like--

Foggy

Mr. Levine. Thank you.

Matt

Okay, okay, fine. Dark Lord of Unspoken Kink Levine made it sound like we're not only off the case, but our badges might not work on Monday.

Foggy

Ray, Lionel... He had a hard life, Matt.

Matt

Aw! Cue the violin.

Foggy

His dad, he was not a good guy. And their mom, Suzanne, she drank. A lot. She died when we were in the eighth grade, okay? Cirrhosis, liver failure. He never had a chance.

Matt

His brother did though, didn't he? What was his name, Connor?

Foggy

Connor was younger. Lionel took the brunt of it. I didn't like him.

Matt

And you wanna let him out to continue to do horrendous things to a whole bunch of new people?

Foggy

I wanna do the right thing.

Matt

I dunno, Foggy. I dunno. You sell drugs, you traffic in firearms, I'm sorry, you get caught. There are consequences.

Foggy

His crew, whoever he was working with, they're gonna kill him when he's inside.

Matt

Yeah, that might be the definition of consequences.

Foggy

But does the punishment fit the crime?!

Matt

Crimes past, present, or future?

Foggy

So you think we should ignore it?

Matt

Ignore what?

Foggy

It's our job to represent clients to the best of our abilities. Suppressing evidence--

Matt

Objection! "Suppressing" evidence is questionable. One might even say inflammatory phrasing in this particular instance, Counselor.

Foggy

Aren't you supposed to be the Catholic one here?

Matt

Oh, come on. Alright, fine. So you wanna go with guilt now.

Foggy

How about mercy? There's gotta be something about that in the Bible. Second chances. Redemption. All I know is that, if he goes to jail, he dies.

Matt

And all I know is, that might not be our problem.

Foggy

Unfortunately, it is now.

Daredevil

We should be safe for now.

Dex

"Safe". What does that even mean? You know what happens if she dies?

Daredevil

Fisk turns this city upside-down and shakes it 'til he find us and kills us.

Dex

Me. He kills me.

Daredevil

Us. I was there. That is more than enough for Fisk.

It's open.

The fuck you doin' here, Foggy?!

Daredevil

I know someone who can help. A nurse.

Dex

Nurses, doctors, lawyers. Vigilantes, assassins. Killing people, saving people... Act like it makes a difference. Like it matters at all.

The hell is this?

Foggy

I was hoping you'd take that and, I don't know... Get outta here. I don't even know where, but...

Wait, wait, wait. So-- So you... You, you, uh, give me money?

Foggy

No, Ray, I already gave it to you. What I want is for you to start over with it. You got a second chance here!

Dex

It's not about them, it's about you. About me. Just people. And brother, we are who we are.

You know, those nights... We used to, uh... Crash in the living room, um... Well, you and Connor, with the, uh, sleeping bags and the, uh, flashlights, you know? I never really, uh, had a friend like that.

Foggy

I know.

Dex

We're all doing the same thing here. Acting something out, scratching some kind of itch. But the worst part... is when you think you got it beat. So you go "Oh, I outran it." And then you turn a corner, bam. There it is. Staring you right in the face. Only it's worse this time. And you know... it was always gonna be there.

Hey, hey, do me a favor, will you? Tell my brother to stay right where he's at. Alright? And you tell him that I told you to tell him that. That he ain't got nothing back here for him.

Foggy

He's got you.

C'mon, Foggy, you gotta go. Get outta here.

Dex

There's no escaping it.

Matt

And there I was, thinking the Murdock and Nelson fund was supposed to be about the future.

Foggy

It is, Matt. But not just ours.

Matt

So, where to now?

Foggy

Josie's, obviously.

Matt

What are we celebrating?

Foggy

Mercy.