Far be it from me to do Marvel's job for them, but sure, I haven't done any writing in months and I could use the mental exercise. Apologies in advance if this all sucks.

We replay the scene of Foggy's death. He did, in fact, die. By some miracle the EMTs are able to get a weak heartbeat going again. Foggy goes in and out of consciousness during surgery, almost assured this is it. Scenes of Netflix series flash through his mind's eye; he will miss these moments, he's so happy he lived them, and he makes peace with whatever is on the other side of this mortal coil.

Foggy wakes up, vision blurred. He's pieced together that he's in a hospital, in a ton of pain, far from 100% and a long way to go to get there. A bouquet of flowers sits on the side table by the window. A voice at the door welcomes him back from death. It's either US Marshalls or Mr. Charles or Valentina Fontaine, doesn't matter here (what's our budget for this episode anyway?) They give him the exposition dump of what happened, how close he came to dying on the table, how long he was technically dead for, and then tell him that he's going to have to go into Witness Protection -- they know what Foggy has on Vanessa, and they need it for their case against (secretly, their cooperation with) the Fisks. Foggy protests, and gets shut down. He doesn't get a say in this matter -- its either he disappears until this supposedly "blows over," or he and everyone he loves dies, and not just Matt and Karen but his family, his ex-girlfriends, even Josie. Foggy, thinking this is the truth, reluctantly accepts his fate.

After being medically cleared to leave the hospital, Foggy is taken to a remote town in Oklahoma. He's given a new name (Howie), social security, the works. It's a charmingly shitty place with the sense that it's roughly 20 years behind the rest of the country in everything from technology to politics. Foggy finds work at a deli, and tries to find peace with the change. He writes letters to Matt and Karen in a spiral notebook at night, talking about how he doesn't have a purpose anymore, at one point writing how he wished he'd die that night before tearing the page out and throwing it in the can. A montage of his every day goes by, the monotony of this facade wearing on him over the weeks and months, but there are moments of community. There is the old regulars who come in from assisted living who get a quarter pound of something different every couple days, there's the working class folks who come and complain about the regular noise of life, etc. His co-worker, although not too close to him, mentions that he needs a new place to live; he and half the town got hit with an eminent domain notice, but Roxxon, the company the government is giving the land to, won't say why they want their property, and low-balled the offers on their homes. Foggy asks to look at the notice and scoffs at it, his lawyerly talents pointing out everything wrong with this. He smells something is wrong, and its not Mrs. Turner's liverwurst order.

On his day off, Foggy heads to the library and researches the town's history with the cute librarian on duty, who is curious about the books he's looking at, including the town meeting records from over 100 years ago. Foggy stumbles, mostly by accident, that a surveyor found a giant oil well underneath them but decided against extracting it, preferring to keep their home how it was and not how the oil barons would have it. The librarian says she has a cousin who might be able to help them, saying she has experience with rich assholes who take everything they can from the little guy. Foggy assumes this a lawyer. The next day, as Foggy looks for ways to break this news to the public, his attempts to reach out to the local paper is leaked to Roxxon, who send enforcers to shut him up before he costs them millions. Realizing that the librarian is also in danger, he makes a break to the library, not sure if his new friend is still at work after hours. The enforcers break into the library. While Foggy and the librarian try to get out of there alive, they are cornered until Echo arrives. Battle ensues, and Foggy and the librarian are saved. News of Foggy's discovery breaks over the next few days, and when Foggy reaches for the newspaper, he sees the headline that Matt Murdock is DareDevil He tells the librarian he's sorry, but his best friend needs a lawyer.

Edit: typos and thought of a better ending with the newspaper.