The Setup for Kingpin's Future
Marvel's Echo post-credits scene after the fifth episode, 'Maya,' sets up the future for an important street-level character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. A spinoff from Phase 4's Hawkeye show, Echo follows deaf Choctaw hero Maya Lopez as she returns home after attempting to murder Wilson Fisk aka Kingpin. While in her hometown of Tamaha, Oklahoma, Maya wages war on Kingpin's New York City empire, and at the same time reconnects with her family, from which she's been estranged for close to 20 years. Everything changes when Kingpin shows up in Tamaha and faces off against Maya, who has discovered her ancestral powers.
Vincent D'Onofio's Kingpin in the MCU's Hawkeye series
The battle between Kingpin and Maya is essentially a draw, after Maya uses her healing abilities on Fisk to help him work through some of the trauma he endured as a child that led him to murder his own father. Kingpin and his men flee the Choctaw Powwow while Maya is free to remain with her family. The Echo ending leaves room for future storylines, and the post-credits scene explicitly sets up another upcoming MCU show.
Maya points a gun at the Kingpin in Hawkeye
The Echo post-credits scene opens on Kingpin traveling aboard his private plane seen earlier in the season, in episode 4 when Maya refuses to go home to New York City with him. Presumably, Kingpin is on his way back to New York and is dealing with business matters with the help of a woman who appears to be his assistant. Once he gives an order to assemble all the 'remaining heads' so he can 'stabilize the situation,' Fisk turns his attention to the TV, which depicts two political commentators discussing the NYC mayoral race.
Charlie Cox and Vincent D'Onofrio on a collage image.
Kingpin's Political Ambitions
The TV program Fisk watches on the plane in the Echo post-credits scene is clearly setting up Kingpin's bid for mayor of New York City. Though Wilson Fisk has always been a public-facing figure, he's typically presented himself as a businessman, rather than a political candidate. Given the discussion of the men on the TV, who reference the need for someone not afraid to fight for the people of New York and take on the establishment, it's clear Kingpin thinks of himself as the perfect candidate. Though viewers don't see Kingpin actually join the race, Vincent D'Onofrio's performance in the final moments of the scene shows that Fisk is planning on running.
Kingpin sports a white suit in Daredevil
Before Kingpin starts watching the discussion about the NYC mayoral race, he's coordinating with his assistant on what needs to be done when he returns to the city. The only order viewers hear him give is to set up a meeting with the 'remaining heads,' which are presumably the remaining heads of his organization. Since Kingpin largely rules over his criminal empire with fear, and it was thought he was dead following Maya shooting him in the eye, it's likely Fisk means to stabilize his own organization and its hold on the city once he returns.
kingpin fighting kate bishop in hawkeye
Implications for Daredevil: Born Again
It's long been confirmed that Vincent D'Onofrio will return as Kingpin as part of the Daredevil: Born Again cast and, though official story details haven't been revealed by Marvel, set photos and an early synopsis hinted at Wilson Fisk's mayoral run. Set photos depicted Mayor Fisk memorabilia at an event, as well as a formally dressed Kingpin on the streets, widely speculated to be another part of his mayoral campaign. Additionally, a U.S. copyright filing for Daredevil: Born Again indicated both Kingpin and Matthew Murdock aka Daredevil will try to 'serve the people of New York.'
Kingpin with a hat in Hawkeye.
Now, the Echo post-credits scene seems to confirm all speculation and establish that Kingpin will indeed run for mayor of New York City during Daredevil: Born Again. Since Fisk's dealings with Maya are seemingly over, the credits scene sets up his next storyline in the MCU, which is to have Kingpin focus on New York. That will no doubt see him resume his long-standing battle with Daredevil for control over the city. Further, the Echo post-credits scene seems to set up Kingpin as a figure similar to President Donald Trump, insofar as the former U.S. president ran his original campaign on the idea that the country needed someone who wasn't a typical politician.
Alaqua Cox As Maya Lopez Kicks A Bad Guy With Her Prosthetic Leg In Echo Season 1 Episode 3
