Everything to Know Before WatchingEcho

Echo , the in vogue show from Marvel Studios , debuts on cyclosis tonight . It ’s the first Marvel show to not only cast off all of its episodes simultaneously , but also to premiere both on Disney+ and on Hulu , which is take place for a few reasons . One , it ’s idiot box - MA , mean it ’s point at amore mature audience . Two , it ’s the first“Marvel Spotlight”title , a fresh streamer marking Echo as a show that ’s purposefully strand and more removed from the epic scope of the Marvel Cinematic Universe . essentially , it means you do n’t need to be exceedingly well - versed in the old 30 + movies and 10 or so shows to see it .

Because of that , Echo itself will give you reasonably mucheverything you need to know to understand itin its first episode . But if you ’d like a little more context on top of that , we ’ve got you cover .

Who is Maya Lopez?

Maya Lopez ( Alaqua Cox ) is a deaf woman with a prosthetic leg who , despite those disabilities , grow up as a very convinced , capable champion , thanks in part to the teachings of her father , William Lopez , and her “ uncle , ” Wilson Fisk , aka Kingpin .

We first met Maya in the Disney+ showHawkeyewhere we witness a piece of her upbringing . Maya was an exceptionally smart child who initially found it toilsome to adjust to a hearing humanity , but quickly came around . She gained some of that trust by training in warlike arts .

In the world of Marvel Comics , Maya is Echo , a character who can re-create the movements of anyone . She does not have that office ( or any power ) yet in this population , though .

Echo, the newest MCU show, debuts tonight.

Echo, the newest MCU show, debuts tonight.Image: Marvel Studios

What was Maya doing before Echo?

Maya is one of the leaders and key members of the Tracksuit Mafia , a radical range by her father but overseen by Fisk . One day Maya witnesses Ronin , Hawkeye ’s alter ego , kill her forefather . Maya consecrate revenge on Ronin but later learns it was her uncle , Kingpin , who engineer William ’s death . Maya then turns on her uncle and , at the end of Hawkeye , shoots him in the head . Or so we thought .

Who is Wilson Fisk?

Wilson Fisk ( Vincent D’Onofrio ) is Kingpin , the liberal law-breaking boss of New York City . In the Marvel Cinematic Universe , he was first introduced in Hawkeye along with Maya in a story that ’ll go forward in Echo and into the coming show Daredevil : comport Again . His previous actions on the Netflix show Daredevil will also come into maneuver .

In Marvel overall , he ’s one of the biggest ( literally ) villains out there , adequate to of superhuman exploit but mostly just as a super - knock-down crime genus Bos . A version of the character was the villain in Spider - Man : Into the Spider - Verse .

What was Fisk doing before Echo?

If you factor in in Netflix ’s Daredevil , which Marvel kind of is — he was doing a lot . That ’s a three - time of year , almost 40 - episode show . But none of that is apposite at this minute . In terms of Echo specifically , Fisk is well established as a very powerful , very intimidate crime boss with his finger’s breadth in fundamentally everything . One of those things was moderate the Tracksuit Mafia , which Maya ’s father was the leader of . Many years before , William ask Fisk for help with Maya and the two developed a very close , familial relationship . Hence him kind of becoming her uncle . Maya intrust him completely until she learned Kingpin had William killed by Ronin .

Who Is Matt Murdock?

Matt Murdock ( Charlie Cox ) is a blind New York lawyer whose other senses are all superpowered so , in the evening , he moonlight as a Hero of Alexandria called Daredevil .

What was Matt doing before Echo?

In the MCU , Matt Murdock first appear as Peter Parker ’s lawyer in Spider - man : No style Home and , later , as the love interest of fellow lawyer Jennifer Walter , aka She - Hulk . So he was fighting criminal offence both in court as well as in the street ( and in the sheet … heeeeey ! ) .

Matt shows up briefly in an early episode of Echo and it ’s made exonerated that he has also feud with Kingpin in the past tense . Whether those conflict are specifically what happened on Netflix ’s harum-scarum , or something else entirely , will be covered in his future show , Daredevil : Born Again .

What do I have to watch before Echo?

If you find the need to brush up on the relevant nook of the MCU , watch Hawkeye , which is Echo ’s lineal predecessor . And if you really want to plunge late , you could also watch Netflix ’s Daredevil . But if you have n’t seen either , it ’s wholly fine . Echo is designed so that anything you demand to know is in this story . Everything , including the events from Hawkeye , is shown again to lend viewers up to speed .

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