Charlie Cox thought one of Daredevil: Born Again season 1's fan-favorite episodes was "really dumb"

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Daredevil: Born Again star Charlie Cox has an unpopular opinion about season 1 – he didn't like the bank heist episode. In fact, he thought it was "really dumb."

"I was not a fan of the bank episode in season 1 of Born Again," Cox admitted during a panel at C2E2 2026 (via Popverse), referring to episode 5, 'With Interest.' "I thought it was really dumb, and I really fought against doing it in a polite way. I did end up watching it because I had to know, because I was told that when they were testing the show it was one of the highest tested episodes of Marvel Television. And I kind of get it. It’s binge-y. I had problems with it though."

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"There was a point, and I can’t remember what we ended up figuring out, but there was a point where they needed a key, so the bad guys come back after the whole heist, and they have a key to get to the lockbox, and during the heist they moved something from one lockbox to another lockbox," Cox continued.

"Anyway, whatever happened, I posed the question, 'If they already had both keys, why didn’t they just go to the vault and take the thing they originally wanted?' Because they had both keys, because they switched the things around. The answer was a very prolonged silence until someone was like, 'Uh huh. Yes.'"

The Man Without Fear is currently back on our screens for Daredevil: Born Again season 2, which sees Mayor Fisk ruling New York with an iron grip. With Matt in hiding and an anti-vigilante task force wreaking havoc on the streets, it's not looking good for the city. And there are some new players to contend with, too – namely Matthew Lillard's mysterious Mr. Charles...