ECHO Spoilers: Here's How The Kingpin Returns And What's Next For Him In DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN

ECHO Spoilers: Here's How The Kingpin Returns And What's Next For Him In DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN

The Kingpin was gunned down by Maya Lopez in Hawkeye, but returns in Echo. Here's what the series tells us about his return and what it means for the villain's role in Daredevil: Born Again and beyond...

By JoshWilding - Jan 10, 2024 07:01 AM EST
Filed Under: Echo

Wilson Fisk's MCU debut (or return depending on how you choose to look at it) in Hawkeye broke the internet back in 2021. Revealed as New York's Kingpin of Crime, the villain's role in the death of Maya Lopez's father led to his "niece" gunning him down in an alleyway. 

Despite being left for dead, Fisk managed to survive that bullet to his head and returned in Echo today. We first see him at the end of the premiere when the bandaged baddie wakes up in a hospital bed after seemingly laying comatose since that clash with Maya. 

In the third episode, some of the Kingpin's men arrive in Oklahoma to take her out - Maya has spent months fending off his goons - only for the ringleader to receive a call from his boss which gives her a stay of execution. During its closing moments, a very much awake Fisk arrives at Maya's old family home wearing an eyepatch and bandage; in case it wasn't clear, he "saved" her. 

A full explanation for how he lived is never given (his apparent power upgrade in Hawkeye led to speculation he might have taken Power Broker's Super Soldier Serum), but the eyepatch does have a power source which is presumably healing his wound and looks to even be growing back his eye.

Again, it's never explicitly stated, but Daredevil: Born Again set photos haven't shown Vincent D'Onofrio with any noticeable scarring. Remember, this is the MCU we're talking about so the technology is likely there for him to have fully recovered by the time that series starts. 

After pleading with Maya to rejoin his organisation and even presenting her with the same hammer from Daredevil we saw him use to kill his father as a child, The Kingpin loses it when she rejects him. As a result, he enacts a plan to kill Maya's friends, family, and people during the Choctaw Powwow.

She confronts him - we'll take a deep dive into her powers later today - and uses her newfound abilities to not fight The Kingpin, but heal him instead. Taken back to his childhood bedroom in a vision, Fisk attempts to fight off Echo's attempts to heal the pain and rage he feels by moving on from his traumatic childhood (earlier in the episode, Fisk suggests she "free" him by using that same hammer). 

The process seems to work to some extent, but The Kingpin is by no means. In fact, aboard his private jet, he demands all the different crime bosses meet to sort out a problem which is spiralling out of control - Daredevil's repeated attempts to take them down, perhaps? - and appears to then embrace the idea of running for New York City Mayor after watching a news report.

Some part of him might have healed and moved on (and Maya's powers might be what physically fixes him), but it looks a lot like that will translate into The Kingpin believing the right thing to do is to take on a legitimate position of power to fix his city...all while removing those who stand in the way of his criminal enterprises. That's not good news for 'ol Hornhead...

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WhatIfRickJames
WhatIfRickJames - 1/10/2024, 7:43 AM
"we'll take a deep dive into her powers later today "

Another [frick]ing article
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 1/10/2024, 9:33 AM
@WhatIfRickJames - well, atleast he's upfront about it. @LSHF already warned me about it, but I guess it shouldn't surprise anyone.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 1/10/2024, 7:43 AM
Here come the 10 different articles….
“we'll take a deep dive into her powers later today”

That Kingpin finale sounds like dog-water. Just…wow.Thats what they came up with?
Origame
Origame - 1/10/2024, 7:44 AM
So it heals him...by making him exactly like what he was in daredevil?
mountainman
mountainman - 1/10/2024, 7:45 AM
Kingpin getting defeated by inferior opponents so often that maybe he should be the new Kang.
Origame
Origame - 1/10/2024, 8:08 AM
@mountainman - thats basically what they were saying. That he's gonna be the Kang for street level. Don't think it ended up the way they thought it would.
mountainman
mountainman - 1/10/2024, 8:12 AM
@Origame - Well at least MCU Kingpin has faced off against his arch nemesis Echo and lost to this one legged tiny woman twice. He’s super intimidating now.
Origame
Origame - 1/10/2024, 8:13 AM
@mountainman - is that better or worse than losing to ants?
mountainman
mountainman - 1/10/2024, 8:17 AM
@Origame - Probably worse. At least the Ants were futuristically advanced.
mountainman
mountainman - 1/10/2024, 8:17 AM
@Origame - On the other hand, it sounds like Echo has some super awesome made up for the show Native American powers!
AllsGood
AllsGood - 1/10/2024, 8:53 AM
@mountainman - Are you a Disney Plus Subscriber?
Origame
Origame - 1/10/2024, 8:55 AM
@AllsGood - let me guess. If he is then it doesn't matter what he says because he already paid them.

If not, then he isn't watching the series and he can't be taken seriously for not giving the series a chance.

You fanboys are predictable 🤣
AllsGood
AllsGood - 1/10/2024, 8:59 AM
@Origame - Are you a Disney Plus Subscriber?
mountainman
mountainman - 1/10/2024, 9:01 AM
@AllsGood - My house reactivated it to watch some classics around the holidays. My wife wanted to watch Percy Jackson and I want to watch X-Men 97 then we will cancel it again.
AllsGood
AllsGood - 1/10/2024, 9:04 AM
@mountainman - All the money goes to Disney thank you for your Support. Don't matter what you watch.
mountainman
mountainman - 1/10/2024, 9:11 AM
@AllsGood - They can have my $50 for a few months of subscription. Then they lose it. They’d make a lot more from me if they produced quality content.
Origame
Origame - 1/10/2024, 9:23 AM
@AllsGood - thanks for proving my point.
WhatIfRickJames
WhatIfRickJames - 1/10/2024, 9:26 AM
@Origame - The way he talks about Disney confirms my suspicions all along....

It's Bob Iger
Origame
Origame - 1/10/2024, 9:34 AM
@WhatIfRickJames - no no.

Bob iger admitted there was a problem with the storytelling at disney. 🤣
AllsGood
AllsGood - 1/10/2024, 9:35 AM
@Origame - Your COMMENT Screams I'm a Hardcore Disney Plus Subscriber because you would be proud of not paying Disney money. Don't matter what you watch.

Origame
Origame - 1/10/2024, 9:38 AM
@AllsGood - dude, you're a hard-core disney fanboy.

And again, I know what you're doing with that question so I'm not telling you whether I'm a subscriber or not.

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WhatIfRickJames
WhatIfRickJames - 1/10/2024, 9:45 AM
@Origame - Let me retract and rephrase - he's Ike Perlmutter
Origame
Origame - 1/10/2024, 9:49 AM
@WhatIfRickJames - oh ike perlmutter hates current disney. He's on a warpath to take it over 🤣
marvel72
marvel72 - 1/10/2024, 9:51 AM
@AllsGood - You watching Echo and the rest of phases 4 and 5.

Batmangina
Batmangina - 1/10/2024, 9:53 AM
@AllsGood - No worries, I'm torrenting any content that I give five minutes to, so I offset @origame subscription.

You can thank for watching 17 minutes of The Marvels before tapping out!
AllsGood
AllsGood - 1/10/2024, 9:56 AM
@Origame - The more you need to Comment just CONFIRMS you're a Disney Plus Subscriber from Day One. Disney just wants your money you paid for your opinions in full. Thank you :)


Origame
Origame - 1/10/2024, 9:57 AM
@AllsGood - sure, whatever makes you feel better 🤣
AllsGood
AllsGood - 1/10/2024, 10:01 AM
@marvel72 - YOU already CONFIRMED you're a Disney Plus Subscriber from Day One. Don't matter what you watch. You paid Disney to post your Opinions.
marvel72
marvel72 - 1/10/2024, 2:57 PM
@AllsGood - What it costs to make shit like She-Hulk, the subscription doesn't cover the cost.

If you add up all the subscribers they've lost and how much just Marvel and Star Wars shows cost to make. L
AllsGood
AllsGood - 1/10/2024, 3:24 PM
@marvel72 - Attacking SHE-HULK: ATTORNEY AT LAW is weak and she still toward the top of list of the most watched shows. Loki Season 2 would love to have She-Hulks number.

77%

AVERAGE TOMATOMETER
marvel72
marvel72 - 1/10/2024, 5:01 PM
@AllsGood - Attacking She-Hulk? how much an episode, I think it was $20 maybe $30 Million an episode.

Yup the subscription cost covers all of that,this is without including all the other crap they churn out.
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 1/10/2024, 7:49 AM
Timerider
Timerider - 1/10/2024, 8:00 AM
Mayor Wilson Fisk coming soon.
marvel72
marvel72 - 1/10/2024, 8:08 AM


FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 1/10/2024, 8:33 AM
Scrap the show and give Daredevil a movie. I’ve had enough
GhostDog
GhostDog - 1/10/2024, 11:29 AM
@FireandBlood - honestly imagine an R rated Daredevil trilogy.
AllsGood
AllsGood - 1/10/2024, 8:52 AM
Far From Dead Marvel Studios Echo was lot of fun. I give it 3.5 Stars / 5 Stars much better than Loki Season2.

SEASON 1 Echo

72%

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