On this week’s episode of Daredevil: Born Once more, Matt Murdock has a showdown with serial killer Muse. The masked assassin has been stalking the streets of New York Metropolis, utilizing his victims’ blood to color murals (identical to on this one Felony Minds episode — OK, OK, I’ll cease derailing).
[Ed. note: This post contains spoilers for this week’s episode of Daredevil: Born Again.]
Because it seems, Muse has a private connection to Matt Murdock, even when neither of them notice. His actual identify is Bastian, and he’s an everyday affected person of Heather Glenn, Matt’s girlfriend. Bastian has additionally determined that his subsequent good sufferer is Heather, and his masterpiece received’t be full with out her blood.
All of it appears… surprisingly acquainted (even past that Felony Minds unsub).
If Muse seems acquainted, and if the acts of killing and violence he’s partaking in additionally ring a bell, it could be since you watched Wednesday. As a result of actor Hunter Doohan performed Tyler Galpin in Netflix’s Addams Household sequence (spoilers for Wednesday forward!) — aka the lovable barista who turned out to be a murderous, bloodthirsty creature referred to as the Hyde.
In Wednesday, he additionally develops an unhealthy attachment to his therapist and finally ends up killing her. Nonetheless, because the Hyde, Tyler was being manipulated by Christina Ricci’s character in an try to wipe out all outcasts (that’s moving into deep Wednesday lore that fairly frankly hasn’t been meaningfully addressed within the present). Sadly, he’s not an artist — however the different edgy teenage boy who Wednesday suspected did make some moody, broody artwork.
I don’t know what it’s about Doohan that evokes individuals to forged him as an unlikely serial killer, however apparently there’s simply one thing about this man that screams homicide. His profession has been stuffed with killer roles. He performed a teenage boy concerned in a hit-and-run within the Showtime sequence Your Honor. In Apple TV Plus’ Fact Be Advised, he performed the teenage model of a assassin — albeit one who was wrongfully convicted.
Possibly it’s the scrawny, reedy, plant-that-needs-sunlight look that he has happening. I imply this as a praise. Folks (me) love brooding skinny white males. Pair that with the tousled curls and a good-looking face that may go from “I’m in emotional ache :(” to “I’m inflicting bodily ache >:)” in two seconds flat, and also you’ve bought the visible aesthetic of a killer.
To paraphrase the nice Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz, “If I had a nickel for each time Hunter Doohan performed a serial killer with an obsession together with his therapist, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t quite a bit, however it’s bizarre that it occurred twice.”
