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Elden Henson is returning as Foggy Nelson and Deborah Ann Woll is returning as Karen Page for Season 2 of "Daredevil: Born Again." That news comes straight from the top, from Marvel TV chief Brad Winderbaum, who revealed it during an interview with Brandon Davis.
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If you've seen the first episode of "Daredevil: Born Again," this news may come as a surprise. The series kicks things off with a gut-punch: Benjamin Pointdexter aka Bullseye (Wilson Bethel) seemingly murders Foggy. With his enhanced senses, Daredevil (Charlie Cox) hears Foggy's heartbeat slow and, eventually, stops.
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But apparently a stopped heart isn't enough to keep Foggy Nelson down. Winderbaum told Davis, "I don't think there's a Matt Murdock story without [Karen and Foggy], and I'm excited to see them both in Season 2 as well."
Regardless of how Foggy's return is explained, Winderbaum says that the decision to kill him in the series premiere was an intensely difficult one:
"It's not something that we took lightly. It led to many impassioned debates... Many sleepless nights. Honestly, nobody wanted to do it, including me."
The decision to kill him was made, Winderbaum says, because it was the only way to put Matt Murdock on the path the writers wanted him on.
"The story needed it to happen," Winderbaum said. "Matt had to struggle with his own internal demons in a way that only an event like that could bring about... The cost of violence is something that drives him and also challenges him."
The revelation that Elden Henson will return as Foggy Nelson for Season 2 of "Daredevil: Born Again" could mean nothing more than a flashback or two, but there is a more intriguing possibility. In the comic book story "The Devil, Inside and Out" by writer Ed Brubaker and artists Michael Lark and Stefano Gaudiano, Foggy Nelson is killed and - like in "Daredevil: Born Again" - Matt is forced to hear his heartbeat slow and finally stop while helpless to save him. In a surprise twist, Foggy later turns up alive and well in witness protection.
If this is the same route the writers of "Daredevil: Born Again" are going, it would raise some interesting questions; chief among them is who Nelson would be a witness against. Benjamin Pointdexter is in prison and we would know if Foggy testified against him. It could suggest that, rather than Bullseye acting out of pure vengeance, he was hired to kill Foggy.
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