Daredevil: Born Again Hides a Clever Easter Egg That Revives a Long-Lost Character

The latest Daredevil: Born Again episode just landed, and if you blinked, you might have missed a pretty interesting callback—one that only the real Daredevil diehards would catch. Sure, everyone’s talking about Krysten Ritter finally popping back in as Jessica Jones (that hype was real for a reason), but this week’s story slipped in a subtle reference that could be setting up the return of a truly overlooked character from the old Netflix era. Let’s break it down.

Old Faces, New Texts: Who's BB Messaging?

So, in Season 2, Episode 6 (‘Requiem’), there’s a little Easter egg that most viewers probably shrugged off as nothing: BB Urich pulls up her phone and starts texting a contact named 'Ellison.' Quick reminder—Mitchell Ellison was the editor-in-chief at the New York Bulletin back in the Netflix days, played by Geoffrey Cantor. He always seemed to be either in a moral crisis or cleaning up Ben Urich’s mess.

It’s the kind of name-drop that only shows up for a reason. Marvel Studios hasn’t made any official noise about Cantor returning as Ellison, at least not in Season 2 or the announced Season 3. But come on—they don’t hand out Easter eggs without a plan. At this point, they’re basically baiting fans to speculate.

Quick refresher: Why should you care about Mitchell Ellison?

• Ellison in Netflix’s Daredevil: He was Ben Urich’s boss, aka the guy who tried to keep the Bulletin running while Ben dove head-first into bringing down Kingpin (Wilson Fisk).
• Major conflicts: Ben wanted to publish his Fisk investigations, Ellison said there wasn’t enough evidence and gave him the boot—Ben then called Ellison a sellout (not exactly subtle).
• Big turning point: After Fisk straight-up murdered Ben, Ellison realized he’d made a massive mistake. He eventually teamed up with Karen Page—hiring her to replace Ben and fully supporting her efforts to expose Fisk (and later, the Punisher’s real story).
• Ally status: Ellison became one of Karen’s most reliable backers, even with Daredevil’s secret identity hanging in the balance and, honestly, more than a few staff fatalities courtesy of Fisk’s favorite hitman, Ben Poindexter.

Why this matters for Born Again

By having BB Urich (Ben’s niece, still out there carrying the Urich banner) reach out to Ellison, the show is basically telling fans, ‘Don’t forget: the Bulletin crew might not be done yet.’ It’s a clever way to keep those legacy characters in play and pay off storylines that never really got closure when Netflix snapped the series away. Plus, if Ellison does show up again, having him and BB team up would be a solid full-circle moment—she’s literally keeping her uncle’s fight going.

There’s some fun speculation floating around social media too. One fan summed it up with 'ELLISON MENTIONED RAHHHHHHHHH!! Hopefully this means we’ll see him back one day too. I love that BB is working with him, she’s doing such a good job keeping Ben’s legacy alive.' (That’s the energy I want when my favorite bit characters get a shout.)

When to catch new episodes

If you’re up for more nods to Daredevil’s surprisingly layered supporting cast (or you just want to see Jessica Jones back in action), new episodes of Daredevil: Born Again land every Tuesday at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT on Disney+.