The third and final season of the American streaming television series Daredevil, which is based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, follows Matt Murdock / Daredevil, a blind lawyer-by-day who fights crime at night. When Wilson Fisk is released from prison, Murdock must decide between hiding from the world or embracing his life as a hero vigilante. The season is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), sharing continuity with the films and other television series of the franchise. It was produced by Marvel Television in association with ABC Studios, with Erik Oleson serving as showrunner and series creator Drew Goddard acting as a consultant.
Charlie Cox stars as Murdock, and Vincent D'Onofrio portrays Fisk, with Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson, and Stephen Rider also returning from previous seasons; Joanne Whalley, Jay Ali, and Wilson Bethel join them. Former series regular Ayelet Zurer also returns in a guest role. The season was ordered in July 2016, with Oleson announced as the new showrunner for the season in October 2017. Filming began the following month and ended by June 2018, with the season adapting elements from the "Born Again" comic storyline.
The 13-episode season was released on October 19, 2018. Netflix canceled the series on November 29, 2018. Daredevil: Born Again, a revival series produced by Marvel Studios for Disney+, was announced in July 2022.
Episodes
Cast and characters
Main
Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock / Daredevil
Deborah Ann Woll as Karen Page
Elden Henson as Franklin "Foggy" Nelson
Joanne Whalley as Maggie Grace
Jay Ali as Rahul "Ray" Nadeem
Wilson Bethel as Benjamin "Dex" Poindexter
Stephen Rider as Blake Tower
Vincent D'Onofrio as Wilson Fisk / Kingpin
Recurring
Peter McRobbie as Paul Lantom
Danny Johnson as Benjamin Donovan
Stephen Rowe as Nicholas Lee
Kate Udall as Tammy Hattley
Sunita Deshpande as Seema Nadeem
Noah Huq as Sami Nadeem
Geoffrey Cantor as Mitchell Ellison
Peter Halpin as Theo Nelson
Amy Rutberg as Marci Stahl
Holly Cinnamon as Julie Barnes
Royce Johnson as Brett Mahoney
Joe Jones as Felix Manning
Kelly McAndrews as Mrs. Shelby
Notable guests
Matt Gerald as Melvin Potter
John Patrick Hayden as Jack Murdock
Annabella Sciorra as Rosalie Carbone
Ron Simons as Strieber
Ayelet Zurer as Vanessa Marianna-Fisk
Production
Development
At the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con International, Marvel and Netflix revealed the series had been renewed for a third season, with the expectation that Doug Petrie and Marco Ramirez would return as showrunners from the second season. In October 2017, it was announced that Erik Oleson would replace Petrie and Ramirez as showrunner for the season. The season had yet to be scheduled for release by the end of July 2018, and television critics wondered whether the quality of the season was to blame on this. Netflix VP Cindy Holland responded that the scheduling of the various Marvel Netflix series, especially the crossover miniseries The Defenders which required cast members from all of the series to come together, was to blame for the delay, and that the company had no issue with the quality of the season; on the contrary, Holland described the season as "fantastic" and felt it was a "real return to form" for the series.