Note: This story contains spoilers from “Daredevil: Born Again” Episode 9.
When “Daredevil: Born Again” started, you likely expected to see a new chapter in the fascinating relationship between the series’ “big bad” Wilson Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio) and his art dealer-turned-criminal magnate wife, Vanessa (Ayelet Zurer), but you probably didn’t expect Vanessa to emerge as one of the show’s most complex villains by the finale.
It’s been a twisty, unexpected journey for the character, who we first met as a kind and charming curator in the original Netflix series. But when we met her again in “Born Again,” she had become something of a criminal mastermind in her husband’s stead, leading their criminal enterprise to new heights while he was away and fostering resentment toward Wilson’s absence in the process.