Daredevil: Born Again episode 5 — Is that a Hellcat Funko POP on the desk?

Daredevil: Born Again came back with two episodes and tons of Easter Eggs, breadcrumbs and, well, Funko POPs.

It’s St. Patrick’s Day in Hell’s Kitchen, and the Guinness is flowing, but the real buzz is sitting quietly on a desk. As Matt Murdock waits for a certain Mr. Aldritch, the camera lingers, not on his face, not on the skyline, but on a tiny figure beside a bowl. A Funko POP with a bright blue mask, dark hair, and a full blue outfit. It’s subtle, but unmistakable. Not Kamala. Not any Avenger. It’s giving Trish Walker, post-makeover, mid-breakdown, full Hellcat mode.

Disclaimer: This feature contains no official confirmation of Trish coming (back) to the streets of Hell's Kitchen in Daredevil: Born Again, but it's full of sharp-eyed speculation, cross-referenced breadcrumbs, and emotionally unstable vigilantes with a history of making bad choices.

We’re not saying it is Hellcat on that desk. But if it looks like Trish, stares like Trish, and broods in Funko form like Trish... maybe it’s time to start watching the background. Consider this your spoiler-adjacent, theory-rich warning. Proceed with caution, curiosity, and possibly a magnifying glass.

So, who's that Funko? (And we're not even delving into the product placements here. Not the focus. Not right now.)

Not much later in With Interest, Daredevil: Born Again's episode 5—the interlude of the season—, we get a more-than-direct nod to Kamala Khan, via her very proud dad Yusuf, who describes and shows every detail of her Funko POP to a blind man (yes, really); however, this earlier figure feels more like a whisper from the Netflix era. A whisper wearing blue. And the camera insists we see it. Zoom in, and it’s suddenly not so quiet.

We surely know Daredevil: Born Again is filled with visual cues, but this one feels different. It’s not flashy, not central, yet it pulls the viewer in like a riddle waiting to be solved.

Back in episode 1’s original draft, Fisk was reportedly set to mention “a drunk lady” among New York’s vigilantes. We all know who that is. And if Jessica Jones’s name was already in the room, how far behind could Trish be? This isn’t just fan-service. It feels deliberate, crafted, planted with intention. Marvel doesn’t usually let the camera linger without a reason, and in a show so packed with blink-and-you-miss-it clues, this might be one of the loudest silences yet.

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Is Marvel teasing a Hellcat return in Daredevil: Born Again?

The real question is whether this tiny Funko is just a prop or an intentional breadcrumb. Because if you’ve watched Jessica Jones, you know Trish doesn’t need much of a push to go full chaos. Last time we saw her, she was on a revenge spiral, one step away from becoming exactly the kind of threat she once feared. Her final arc wasn’t just tragic, it was deeply unstable. And what better time to bring her back than now, when Daredevil: Born Again is clearly playing with blurred moral lines, fractured trust, and a city once again on the edge?

Trish Walker isn’t just a secondary character from the Defenders era. She’s a woman molded by trauma, rejection, and ambition, someone who believed in justice so much that she tried to carve it into her skin. If this really is a version of Hellcat waiting in the shadows, we might not be dealing with a hopeful comeback. We could be staring down the barrel of a full-blown antagonist arc. One that questions what heroism even means in a world where everyone has blood on their hands.

And then there’s the camera again. It doesn’t just show the desk. It frames the moment like a secret being kept in plain sight. For a character like Matt, who lives in darkness, the things that go unseen often speak the loudest. The Funko may seem like a toy to most viewers, but for fans who’ve followed the Netflix characters, it looks like a ghost. A callback. A warning.

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A whisper from the Netflix era, or something else creeping its way into Daredevil: Born Again?

Plus, the supernatural undertone is already creeping in. From masks and color-coded criminals to weird metaphysical symbols and the low hum of something darker waiting in the wings, episode 5 feels like the calm before a supernatural storm. Hellcat has always walked that fine line between grounded and otherworldly. What if this version of Trish is the one who comes back not as a sidekick, but as something more? A warning? A threat? A reckoning?

This could be the beginning of a shift in tone. While earlier episodes of Daredevil: Born Again leaned into street-level grit, this one starts to hum with something else. The kind of energy that makes you wonder if demons and devils are more than just metaphorical in the MCU. And Trish fits that shift perfectly. She’s unstable, unpredictable, and possibly tapped into something even Matt can’t fight with fists alone.

The fact that Matt doesn’t even see the Funko POP, that the camera shows it only to us, creates a layered irony. The blind man misses the clue, but the audience is forced to confront it. It's a clever reversal that puts us in the role of the vigilant observer. And in the world of Daredevil: Born Again, that might mean more than we think. After all, justice is blind. But the MCU rarely is.

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Is there a place for Hellcat among devils, demons, and the Midnight Sons in Daredevil: Born Again?

And here’s where it gets even more intriguing. With rumors swirling about Moon Knight’s return, and Marvel quietly assembling its more mystical players, it’s not a stretch to imagine Hellcat as part of a future Midnight Sons lineup. She wouldn’t be the bright-eyed sidekick anymore.

This would be the Trish who’s seen hell, possibly literally, and came back with something broken. Or maybe something new. In a world of ancient gods, blood rituals, and monsters in designer suits, her brand of haunted justice fits right in. After all, she was never just a hero. She was always a little too close to the edge.

The idea of Trish Walker joining the likes of Moon Knight, Blade, or even Elsa Bloodstone opens doors to a part of the MCU that fans have barely glimpsed. She brings emotional baggage, psychological depth, and a human face to stories drenched in darkness. If Daredevil: Born Again is laying the groundwork for this tonal shift, then this tiny desk figure might be the quietest scream we’ve seen so far.

So the question remains: if Marvel is reintroducing Trish into Daredevil: Born Again (and/or the MCU altogether), what version of her are we getting? A fractured vigilante seeking redemption? A bitter former ally? Or something far more dangerous, a figure twisted by power, regret, and supernatural forces just waiting to be unleashed?

Because the desk may be quiet, but the camera is screaming. And that tiny, blue-masked Funko POP might be the first piece of a puzzle we didn’t even know we were supposed to see.

Did you catch it? Or did you blink and miss it? Blimey. Maybe it’s not Hellcat at all. Maybe it’s someone else. What’s your bet?