I was scrolling through my phone when Marvel quietly moved two tiles on its timeline and the room felt smaller. You and I both paused—because a show we thought we understood now sits in a different future. I want to walk you through why that shift matters, and where it might break what you thought was fixed.
The official Marvel website posted a new guide titled “See the Complete MCU Timeline on Disney+.” It adds Wonder Man and Daredevil: Born Again season two to the timeline, and their placement is, frankly, a little odd. You don’t need a PhD in continuity to feel the ripple.
On my morning commute, the timeline looked like someone had shifted a neighborhood
Marvel Studios now lists Wonder Man as the furthest thing forward we’ve seen and right behind it sits Daredevil: Born Again season two. That placement means Born Again S2 happens after the events of Thunderbolts and after The Fantastic Four: First Steps’s tease, at least within the Disney+ catalog. This is where the story gets tricky: the Marvel guide only shows what’s on Disney+, so big theatrical moments—like Spider-Man: No Way Home—aren’t on that list even though they strongly affect New York-based stories.
Where does Daredevil: Born Again season 2 fit in the MCU timeline?
The simple answer on Disney+ is: after Thunderbolts and after Wonder Man. Practically, that places Matt Murdock in a version of the city that has already shrugged at world-scale chaos. For you, that changes how stakes feel—Daredevil is no longer the first response, he’s one actor in a crowded citywide aftermath.
At my desk I replayed the Thunderbolts end-credits scene and felt a small chill
If you remember, Thunderbolts ends with a Fantastic Four crossover tease. The puzzle is whether that post-credits moment counts as part of the movie’s “now” or sits even further ahead. You can rationalize the scene as taking place after the main story—so maybe Born Again S2 fits into the gray zone between the film’s end and its final tease. But there’s another complication: Mayor Fisk. He wouldn’t be thrilled with a new team of Avengers setting up shop in his city. That political friction is the kind of storytelling gasoline showrunners love to throw on the fire.
Does the Thunderbolts end-credits scene force you to ignore that crossover?
Not necessarily. But if you accept the credit scene as a future beat, then Born Again S2 has to either reference that future or politely pretend it didn’t happen. I’d bet writers will at least nod to major events—especially the moment in Thunderbolts where all of New York is covered in the Void. That’s the kind of shared trauma Mayor Fisk could use to push his Anti-Vigilante Task Force, and it would be a missed opportunity not to mention it.
At a coffee shop a fan argued that Spider-Man explains everything
Here’s the uncomfortable truth: the Disney+ timeline omits Spider-Man: No Way Home and other Sony movies because they’re not on the platform. That leaves a hole where important New York stories live. If you assume No Way Home happens before Born Again season one, then the later placement of Born Again S2 pushes new Spider-Man shows—like Spider-Man: Brand New Day—even further forward. The result feels like a map with a new crease; familiar routes still work, but the distances have changed.
Two things to watch once the season begins: whether Born Again S2 mentions the Void event from Thunderbolts, and whether Mayor Fisk uses that event to tighten the city’s leash on vigilantes. Both would reframe Fisk from local villain to a politician with a plausible mandate, and that would raise the stakes for Matt in a way few street-level stories attempt.
I’ll say this plainly: the timeline placement opens storytelling doors and also sows continuity weeds. The show can flourish here—if it chooses to make the aftermath matter on-screen. If it ignores those larger beats, the season will feel like a clever costume without the clothesline holding it up.
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Think of the MCU timeline like a chessboard where a knight learned to fly—new moves, new threats, and new questions about who owns the city. Do you want a season that treats this future as a narrative asset, or one that keeps playing safe—leaving Matt Murdock and Fisk on opposite banks without building the bridge between them?