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In Daredevil: Born Again Episode 4, Sic Semper Systema, the city's rot rises, and Matt can't keep pretending he's done with Daredevil. The episode's title isn't just a catchy headline; it's a battle cry. A play on the infamous Latin phrase Sic Semper Tyrannis, the reworded version Sic Semper Systema speaks to the systems, not individuals. Corrupt institutions, failed justice, and rotten law and order.
Episode 4 of Daredevil: Born Again drills into this idea, very central theme of the show. Everyone's struggling to survive the structure they once believed in. Matt slings to a legal system that offers no redemption. Fisk becomes the mayor only to be later dragged into darkness. And now a new villain, Muse, emerges from the shadows to paint the street in chaos.
Matt Murdock is tired of the failed system in Daredevil: Born Again
Matt's guilt is palpable. Foggy's death still defines his choices, and Episode 4 of Daredevil: Born Again shows how much he's clinging to the idea that law can replace justice. But the more he leans into the system, the more it exposes the cracks. Matt visits the morgue to find answers about Hector Ayala's death.
Meanwhile, Angela, Ayala's niece, storms into the hallway of the morgue and demands to see her uncle's body. Matt tries to comfort her and make her understand. Angela accuses the cops of killing her uncle as she breaks down and utters,
"I hate them, Mr. Murdock. I hate this city. No one is doing anything about it, and no one's ever gonna do anything about it cause he was just Hector from the Heights and they're the f***ing cops. It's not fair"
Matt assures her by telling.
"You have to believe that someone will find his killer. We have to believe."
His case with Leroy Bradford drives the point home. Bradford's charged with stealing five bags of Fiddle Faddle caramel corn from a bodega, and all Matt can manage is a ten-day jail sentence. Bradford denies the claims from the start, despite the existence of surveillance footage. He even points out that the cops steal those, too, and there's no charge against them. What's even more chilling is that he asks Matt whether it was Skrull who did it, and Matt firmly declines.
Bradford insists on getting probation. When Matt delivers the information of the reduced sentence to Leroy Bradford, he shows his frustration towards the system and says,
"They are willing to spend five times more to lock me up than they are willing to spend to feed me. And you come in here and tell me that's a gift. That I should thank you?"
As Matt gets a brutal reality check of the rising corruption within the system, he utters,
"You're right"
Matt's silence after the confrontation says more than any courtroom monologue.
Frank Castle returns to stir the beast in Daredevil: Born Again Episode 4
In Daredevil: Born Again Episode 4, Frank Castle's reappearance is a high point. It seems like he's holed up in a bunker filled with weapons and vengeance. When Matt enters his den, he pins him against the lockers. Matt then shows him the Punisher-marked bullets from Ayala's murder scene, and Frank brushes them off.
"Oh, for Christ's sake. Bunch of bullshit fanboys, huh?"
In one charged exchange, Frank brings up Foggy Nelson's death, and it triggers Matt as he repeatedly says,
"It's not about him."
Frank charges Matt.
"Say his name, you coward, say his name. You hate yourself. It's eating you up cause you ain't done a goddam thing about it."
The exchange ends with a punch, an apology, and a quiet admission: maybe Frank is right.
Wilson Fisk plays mayor-but still pulls strings
Fisk, meanwhile, is desperately holding together a double life. As a mayor, he's trying to reshape New York, starting with the Red Hook port. But politics isn't as simple as muscle and fear. His grand vision stalls behind red tape, protocol, and media leaks (BB Urich).
When a leak from inside his office brands him a union buster, Fisk doesn't react immediately in Daredevil: Born Again Episode 4. Instead, he simmers. Daniel, his young protege and the culprit behind the slip, owns up fast. Somehow, he walks away unscathed- at least for now.
But the coldest moment isn't in the office. It's in Fisk's private chamber, where Adam, the man Vanessa had an affair with, is still alive, imprisoned like a trophy. Fisk promised not to kill him. So far, he hasn't, but the cruelty is just as loud.
A new villain steps out of the shadows
Amid all this internal unraveling, the show introduces its most terrifying threat yet: Muse.
He's masked, a figure with a flair for the grotesque. Bodies hang from his hideout. Blood drips from his canvas. And the final scene where Muse begins draining a captive's blood is pure horror.
It's a chilling note to end and a warning that the city's still unsafe and the vigilantes need to put back their suits to protect it.
Episode 4 of Daredevil: Born Again is a slow burn. There may not be fight scenes, but the series is gearing up for a showdown. Sim Semper Systema is more than a warning-it's a prophecy. The system will fail because it was never built to heal. Not for Matt, not for Fisk, not for anyone caught in its teeth.
This episode doesn't offer salvation. It offers reality. When the mask returns, it won't be for hope. It'll be for survival.
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