Included in this post Spoilers In episode 8 of “Daredevil: Born.”
Passing through this week’s episode of “Daredevill: Born Again” was like a tooth pull, especially for one character. After the morally obscure Matt Murdoch (Charlie Cox) follows the crumbs surrounding his friend’s final case, the fearless lawyer finds himself in the room with the person responsible for the death of Nelson in the Fog, leading to a violent explosion. Benjamin Poindexter (Wilson Bethel) ate a desk he was held in chains and smiled at the visitors through his bloody teeth. Matt didn’t know that his teeth could be used like a bullet to escape prison. It may be tough, but this is not the first time Bullseye has applied such a tactic.
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Dex can be used as anything as it has already been seen in Netflix’s “Daredevil” series (“Reborn” quickly and violently tied up). On the show, he did this when he took on it at the wedding of Matt Murdoch and Wilson Fisk (Vincent Danofrio) and Vanessa (ayelet zurer) at the Daily Britain. However, in the comics there were several occasions where he used his molars as a murder weapon when he had nothing else on hand. Bullseye, on multiple occasions, was able to suppress him with loose teeth, thus killing people who were free to break from his restraint. In fact, there are various other wildly weaponized items that can be used in DEX, and similarly extreme cautions apply, making sure he cannot do so.
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In Bullseye, even runny nose and shards are fatal
There’s something about a pointedexter using his teeth to shoot someone sitting on the far right in a hard-hit world of “Dardevil: Reborn.” After all, we’ve seen pretty bad injuries on the show so far, so we feel it’s fitting that the villain Marksman uses his advantage to his advantage. But that’s the limit, as in the comics there was a much darker and hilarious object used to defeat targets that Bullseye doesn’t work in TV format.
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In Poindexter’s weapon of choice, Bullseye uses his own runny nose to take out a rat that cares about his business, and even the blind Venom, one of the deadliest characters in Marvel’s universe, throws a poodle in his eyes. Perhaps one of the most ridiculous potential items Bullseye feared to use was his own excrement. In the comics, the assassin proudly stated how he was a forced-supplied stool fabric softener so that he could not fire his poop at a careful guard. With that in mind (as much as we don’t like to do) I’m pleased that using his own teeth is the farthest thing this version of Bullseye has done to take his target.
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The season 1 finale of “Daredevil: Born” will hit Disney+ on April 15th, 2025.
