The MCU's Most Vile Villain Keeps Racking Up Wins — Why Can't Anyone Stop Them?

Marvel has a long history of building up villains, then hitting the eject button before they really land. Some get one-note and disposable, some get redeemed, some get snapped out of existence. But over in the street-level corner of the MCU, one guy has quietly been racking up wins like a season-long highlight reel. And somehow, he keeps walking away without so much as a slap on the wrist. That guy is Officer Connor Powell.

Who is Connor Powell and why is he everywhere?

Officer Connor Powell (played by Hamish Allan-Headley) is a straight-up dirty cop who literally slapped a Punisher skull on himself like it was a personality. He helped railroad Hector Ayala — better known as White Tiger — through a bogus arrest and trial that ended in Ayala getting killed. That mess made him the perfect recruit for Wilson Fisk (Vincent D'Onofrio), who installed Powell on his Anti-Vigilante Task Force once Fisk took office. Powell did not show up to keep the peace; he showed up to be the mayor's enforcer. And he led the AVTF like a rabid dog off the leash.

The Powell highlight reel (unfortunately impressive)

• White Tiger: involved in the sham case that led to Hector Ayala's death.
• The Punisher: ambushed, beat down, and captured Frank Castle.
• Other targets: the show strongly implies he helped feed captives like Swordsman into Fisk's off-the-books prison.
• Daredevil: went multiple rounds with Matt Murdock and held his own more than once.
• Bullseye and Jessica Jones: nearly put both down when they were vulnerable.
• Alan Saunders: executed an AVTF colleague (played by Felix Torrez-Ponce) after Saunders flipped and started informing.
• Karen Page: captured her, because of course he did.
• Achilleo Kyriaco: helped grab and torture the ship captain (Thomas Cokenias) tied to Fisk's sketchy weapons shipments.

Consequences? Barely.

Across all of this, Powell's 'punishment' has basically been taking a few lumps from Daredevil and the Punisher. No charges. No public reckoning. Not even a career setback. For a henchman-level goon, he's been wildly effective and weirdly durable.

Why this feels off

Look, Fisk is the big bad. Everyone understands Daredevil and his allies are aiming at the king, not the knight. But leaving Powell on the board this long strains logic inside the show. If you're Matt Murdock and friends and you're plotting to bring down Mayor Fisk, maybe you remove the guy who keeps kidnapping, torturing, and murdering people on Fisk's behalf. And if you're Frank Castle — who literally got jumped and hauled in by Powell — how has there not been a return visit with a skull logo and a plan?

What the show owes us

Daredevil: Born Again has built Powell into a poster child for corrupt power with a badge. Story-wise, someone like that needs to face the music — not just because superhero tales tend to balance the scales eventually, but because viewers want that real-world catharsis. You beat the rotten apple, you prove the system he represents can be beaten too.

Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 is now streaming on Disney+. If there is any justice — fictional or otherwise — Powell's bill is coming due.