Secret Invasion waited till the tip of its first episode to kill Hill, the place she was spectacularly shot within the abdomen by a Skrull model of Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) and left on a cliffhanger. It was as much as Smulders to verify the longstanding character dying, whereas Daredevil: Born Once more wasted no time in clarifying Foggy’s demise and the way it’ll form the likes of Murdock and Web page transferring ahead. “Heaven’s Half Hour” featured the return of Wilson Bethel’s Benjamin Poindexter/Bullseye taking pictures Foggy, and very similar to how Hill’s dying gave Fury a mission of vengeance, it set Daredevil on a a lot darker path.
Regardless of Daredevil: Born Once more and Secret Invasion reiterating that nobody is protected, Nelson and Hill aren’t precisely MVPs of their respective reveals. No less than the writers have managed to keep away from Secret Invasion’s problematic ‘fridging’ trope that accused the collection of killing Hill simply to catapult Fury’s arc ahead. It’s simply unlucky that Foggy looks as if he’s getting used for a similar plot machine. Not like Hill’s surprising dying, Nelson’s dying really makes somewhat extra sense for comedian ebook followers. Born Once more appears to place a typical MCU twist on the “Guardian Satan” arc the place Bullseye killed Karen in 1999’s Daredevil Vol. 2 #5.
Talking to ScreenRant, showrunner Dario Scardapane steered that though Foggy was all the time doomed to perish, he modified the circumstances surrounding the way it occurred. Scardapane advised the outlet that it wanted to occur as a option to ‘break up’ the household dynamic and drive Murdock to place away his masks: “It was an inevitability! Fact be advised…Within the unique model, earlier than I got here in, he had died, but it surely was off-screen, and for me, it couldn’t be off-screen. You needed to really feel it and that’s why that assertion occurred actually.” Whereas Hill was rapidly forgotten, Foggy’s dying will hopefully have extra of a long-lasting impact on the collection.
Foggy’s dying stays one thing of a complicated one, particularly contemplating Marvel TV boss Brad Winderbaum confirmed to Part Zero’s Brandon Davis that Woll and Henson can be again for Born Once more season 2. Winderbaum admitted he can’t think about a “Matt Murdock story” with out the pair alongside Cox, though it’s unclear how Foggy will come again. Whereas we’re guessing some flashbacks can be used to flesh out the lacking years since Daredevil’s cancellation, it’s unclear what these will precisely add to the story. There’s additionally the concept that he’ll seem as some type of ghostly information to Murdock, however once more, it’s a drained TV trope that’s been executed again and again (thanks Agatha All Alongside). The wildest choice may additionally observe the comics and provides followers the MCU’s personal model of Foggy being stabbed to dying in 2006’s Daredevil #82. Just some points later, it was revealed that the FBI had moved Foggy into witness safety, and he was recovering beneath a brand new identification.
There have been loads of divisive character deaths throughout the historical past of the MCU, and though ones like Tom Hiddleston’s Loki haven’t caught (a number of instances), it actually appears to be like like Foggy has kicked the bucket. Whereas he could be huge on the earth of Daredevil, and Hill was a giant a part of the MCU’s early days, there appears little motive to carry them again for the likes of Avengers: Secret Wars via some multiversal shenanigans. It’s a disgrace for individuals who’d solely simply acquired to expertise Henson’s portrayal of Foggy, though we’d query why you’re leaping into Born Once more with out not less than familiarizing your self with Daredevil’s previous.
