Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 with only five episode has managed to rectify many of its first season mistakes.

We could go on about how Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) feels like himself again, or how the full-time return of Karen Page (Deborah Ann Woll) is a step in the right direction, but that's only the beginning of it.

"The Grand Design" recaptures the magic of the original Daredevilby cleverly balancing superhero action, courtroom drama, and religious themes that speak to the Marvel hero's entire being.

While the episode at large is an impressive homage to the Netflix show, there's one sequence in particular that really seals the deal.

Following the shooting of Vanessa Fisk (Ayelet Zurer), "The Grand Design" is framed around a combination of flashbacks to the time before the first season of Netflix's Daredevil as Kingpin's bride fights for her life.

Simultaneously, Daredevil and Bullseye (Wilson Bethel) attempt to do the same by evading the Anti-Vigilante Task Force, which eventually takes them to the late Father Lantom's (Peter McRobbie) old church.

Not only does this place hold significance for both of them, but it represents the very ideals that Matt claims to stand for, ideals that are soon challenged.

When the Task Force comes knocking, Matt can't give up his life for Bullseye.

He abandons the wounded assassin and heads for the hills. Yet, upon reaching the edge of the church grounds, he has a revelation.

Earlier, "The Grand Design" gives viewers a glimpse of a time when Elden Henson's Foggy Nelson helped his old childhood bully, Lionel "Ray" McCoy (Nathan Wallace).

After getting him out of any extra jail time, Foggy took things a step further by sacrificing Nelson & Murdock's savings to help Ray get out of town before his old mob contacts could kill him.

It's this example of pure mercy that encourages Matt to be a better man. In the end, he goes back for Bullseye, regardless of his own personal feelings regarding Foggy's killer, choosing to save his life.

It's no wonder that "The Grand Design" is a triumph of an episode. Between its basic structure, powerful ideas, and strong returning cast members (Henson is perfect as ever), it has managed to catch lightning in a bottle.

What really makes this flashback scene stick out, this momentary recollection on Matt's part, is the internal conflict it represents for the titular hero.

After spending much of last season rediscovering his faith, Matt has struggled under the rule of Wilson Fisk (Vincent D'Onofrio) to be the man who Father Lantom and his mother, Sister Maggie Grace (Joanne Whalley), knew he could be.

But thinking back on what Foggy did for Ray, a man who once tormented him as a child and couldn't care less about him, he is reminded that mercy is not for those who "deserve" it, but for those who need it.

Although Foggy wasn't Catholic, his example of what it means to be merciful spoke to Matt on a deep, spiritual level back then, and it does the same in the present.

Matt knows that if he doesn’t act, Fisk’s team will kill Bullseye, and even if a part of him feels Bullseye deserves it, Matt chooses mercy over revenge.

He believes every life matters, no matter how bad the person is, and that’s what makes his struggle so real, he feels anger, but still tries to forgive.

Foggy shows the same kindness by forgiving someone from his past. In the end, Matt feels renewed, ready to be a better hero, one Foggy would be proud of.