Marvel's The Punisher (2017) s01e09 Episode Script

1 [DINAH.]
Cinnamon coffee? I got the good stuff from the spice shop on Atlantic.
I look that bad? You look how you should look.
Have you been sleeping? No.
Let me write you a prescription.
You know I hate that stuff, Mom.
Rafi called for you again.
Yeah? You tell him I'm bedridden? Crippled with grief? I'm not telling him anything.
It's not my place.
But, Dinah as much as I approve of this, it's not you.
Talk to me at least.
I can't stop thinking about it, Mom.
What do you remember? There [SIGHS.]
There were bullets flying everywhere.
And it's like that happened in slow motion.
When When Sam was dying that happened so fast, I couldn't stop it.
And my brain keeps rewinding it over and over again.
And now you're wondering what right you have to be alive.
You can't answer that question.
But it's normal to ask it.
But blaming yourself isn't helping you to get through this.
His His mom's asked me to speak at his funeral.
What am I supposed to say? That That he died doing what he loved? Well, that's a lie.
That he wasn't alone at the end? What the hell does it matter? He's dead.
- Sweetheart - He believed in what I told him.
He died for the truth.
So do I tell the truth, or do I just say things to make them all feel better? [FARAH.]
What do you need to tell them? - [MICRO.]
Anything? - [FRANK.]
Same.
She hasn't gotten out of that bed since we got here.
I think she's devastated.
I don't think she had anything to do with her partner's death.
Tell you what.
She's either dirty or the woman is a total shit magnet.
Why don't we just send her a little encrypted e-mail set up a meet? Remember the last time you sent her an e-mail, right? You wound up dead.
Look, you agreed to contact her, right? Yes, I did.
You acted like an asshole, and I agreed.
If we're gonna do this, we only got one shot.
Treat her like a high-value target.
[MICRO GRUNTS.]
I gotta take a leak.
[GRUNTS.]
Oh, man.
- [SIGHS.]
- [EXPLOSION.]
- [ALARMS BLARING.]
- [PEOPLE CLAMORING.]
[EXPLOSION IN DISTANCE.]
[THEME MUSIC PLAYING.]
[ALL SINGING.]
Happy birthday to you Happy birthday to you Happy birthday, dear [PEOPLE SCREAMING.]
[NEWSCASTER ON TV.]
What you're looking at is video taken by an employee of the Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms field office at the Wall Street pier.
Two other explosions occurred at the NYPD's 10th Precinct and the federal courthouse in Foley Square.
And we should say, everyone in this video is alive, though some others were not so lucky.
We are hearing several people have been killed and dozens more injured.
The FBI and the police department are at the scenes "If you do not, I will know that you are one of them.
" [SIGHS.]
"If you do not, I will know you are one of them.
" "The United States government has become a tyrannical force" using its power to persecute teachers and citizens trying them in a court like criminals for seeking to defend themselves as the Constitution allows.
They wanna take away our guns, our freedom "and then we will be unable to defend ourselves.
" "I have acted in defense of our liberty and identity.
I have acted for all of us, to do what is right.
" This letter's from the bomber.
- [SIGHS.]
Sure sounds like it.
- Mm-hmm.
And And he sent it to you directly.
Did Did you touch this? Well, yes, obviously, until I realized what it was.
Okay, so the first thing you wanna do is, we're we're gonna call the FBI.
This letter may be the only evidence of who this guy is, what he intends to do, what his state of mind is.
God, I don't know if I'm horrified or excited.
Maybe a little bit of both.
Guess that makes me just half a terrible person.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait.
This just got interesting.
"You have championed the common hero before, Miss Page.
" I believe you understand that sometimes a man has to make a stand for what is right, what is true, even if the law stands against him.
I ask you in the name of this country we love "to print my words as a call to arms.
If you do not" "If you do not, I will know you're one of them" "and you and everyone at your liberal paper will be on my list.
" - Then he writes - "Give me liberty" [KAREN.]
"liberty, or give me death.
" "death.
" Ah, yes.
Real original.
[SCOFFS.]
Patrick Henry, one of our Founding Fathers and a real anti-Federalist.
Okay, so, yeah, not so excited.
He just threatened the entire paper.
Yeah, well, I feel sick.
That this guy thinks that I'd approve of what he's done? That is the last thing that I meant.
Look, what if we print the letter and a reply? No, I wanna tell him and everyone else how this makes me feel.
Okay, well, that's not up to you or me.
We have to see what the authorities think is the best way to catch this guy.
Surely that's making this public? Someone might know him, might recognize his handwriting - or phrasing or - Yeah.
Maybe.
Just stop.
Stop, okay? Don't Don't do anything.
Don't say anything.
- Don't mention this - Ellison.
until we have official instructions Ellison, we have an opportunity to lead the debate on this.
The Bulletin will publish an editorial if the FBI okays it.
Okay, but I wanna put my name on it.
No, he wrote to me.
I'm not hiding behind the paper.
That's dangerous.
I mean, he's already singled you out.
Yes, he has.
[ELLISON SIGHS.]
All right.
All right, fine.
I'll say something to the FBI.
You can start writing.
I'll make the call.
- Do not touch that! - Of course.
[PEOPLE SINGING ON TV.]
Happy birthday to you Happy birthday, dear [PEOPLE SCREAMING.]
There's nothing in this world I hate as much as a goddamn bomb.
Goddamn cowards.
They think they're gonna scare people into making them do what they want.
They're wrong.
It just pisses people off, you know, brings them together, makes them stronger.
New York doesn't forget.
Whoever this is, they're in for a world of shit.
You know, if they bring Madani into work, we might get our chance.
Come on.
Whole city's got its eyes open.
Last thing we're gonna do is go after a Homeland agent.
[SIGHS.]
What do you wanna do? Nothing? It's better than doing something stupid.
[DOORBELL RINGS.]
How is it going out there? FBI and NYPD are running things on the ground, and we're working intelligence.
How is Dinah? I'm not letting you talk to her.
She's a mess, Rafi.
[DINAH.]
Gee, thanks.
I'm okay.
I'll be right down the hall.
I want you to have all the recovery time you need.
But whatever you've done you left that office completely unprepared for these bombings.
My SAC is out, I have several dead agents and I don't know why.
You might not wanna know.
Survivors say you refused to name the target and filed a false tactical plan.
Have you identified the guys we killed? Who they worked for? Were they government-affiliated? You need to answer the questions, not ask them.
Talk to me, Dinah.
You ever had a partner die on your watch? No.
You ever shot anyone, been shot at? You know I haven't.
Every time I close my eyes, I see Sam Stein's face staring up at me.
He had this look when he was dying.
He wasn't sad or scared.
He was surprised.
Like he couldn't believe it was ending that way.
I can't shake that look.
What do you want me to say? That this has nothing to do with Ahmad Zubair and Kandahar.
That Sam Stein and the others didn't die chasing your ghosts.
I cannot protect you if I don't know the truth.
The truth? The truth is what brought us here.
No one wanted to hear it.
[KAREN.]
This bomber is intent on spreading fear, but I'm not scared.
I know this city will pull together like it has so many times before.
The Bulletin may have printed his words, but we've also given his letter to the FBI, because we have faith in the institutions that he seeks to destroy.
"We must not tolerate those who use violence to communicate.
" This man is not a patriot.
"He's a coward, a terrorist.
" Jesus Christ, Karen.
Why you goin' after him like this? - Well, we're about to find out.
- What are you talking about? - [INDISTINCT CHATTER ON RADIO.]
- Girlfriend's on the radio.
Turn that up.
[MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO.]
[MAN ON RADIO.]
Up next, The Ricky Langtry Show.
Good morning, New York.
You are listening to The Ricky Langtry Show, and I am your host, Ricky Langtry.
We have two guests on the show this morning.
Senator Stan Ori, a vocal, long-standing proponent of tougher gun control laws.
Is that fair to say, Senator? Ricky, thanks for having me.
And yes, it certainly is.
And we have Karen Page, Bulletin journalist, to whom the bomber wrote personally.
Karen, you responded with a pretty, uh, pissy editorial this morning.
You addressed this individual directly by calling him - You called him a terrorist? - Mm-hmm.
Do you have sympathy with his point of view? Uh, no.
None.
The irony of this bomber's point of view is terrifying.
You're referring to the idea that that he is using violence to defend the second amendment? Yes, I am.
We have a killer committing murders in our midst to protest against efforts to reduce the murder rate in this country.
Well, that's your takeaway, Senator.
I mean, uh, you know, you are the gun control guy.
Less guns, less death.
That simple.
This guy was using bombs, not guns.
Could be some local hero with a hand gun puts a cap in this guy's ass.
You could even argue that the right to put a cap in his ass is part of the foundation that America was built upon.
[ORI CHUCKLES.]
Ricky, really? That was almost 300 years ago.
Miss Page, wouldn't you agree that, in this day and age, - no ordinary citizen needs to carry a gun? - [KAREN SIGHS.]
- You're barking up the wrong tree there.
Have you ever been scared, Senator? Uh, genuinely afraid for your life? [STAMMERS.]
In a situation where a gun and the willingness to use it might be the only difference between living or dying? Guns are a toxin in our society.
In the wrong hands, they wreak terrible results.
It's barely a year since this city was terrorized by the Punisher.
You know, uh, that's hardly the same thing.
Frank Castle killed murderers and drug dealers.
[ORI.]
But where's the line, Karen? Frank Castle decided he knew better than the law and was tried for killing 37 people.
Frank Castle's not a terrorist.
- Thirty-seven? - That they know about.
Castle was a hero to many who felt that he was doing what cops failed to do.
Uh, hold it there, folks.
We'll be right back.
Gotta pay some bills.
Got a caller.
Says it's him.
The bomber.
Uh, call the cops.
Uh, give them the number.
Maybe they can trace the call.
[CHUCKLES.]
This just got interesting, huh, guys? - You both ready? All right.
- [ORI.]
Mm-hmm.
New York, we have a caller on the line who claims to be the bomber himself.
Can I get a name? [LEWIS SIGHS.]
No, my name is not important.
Only my actions.
[SIGHS.]
[RICKY.]
You're talking to New York.
What do you wanna say? Why did you say those things about me, Karen? Because I despise everything you've done.
Ease up, Karen.
[LEWIS.]
This country is being cannibalized by people like Senator Ori.
Shipping our jobs overseas, selling us out, then taking our guns so we can't do anything about it.
[SCOFFS.]
You're such a coward.
Those people that you killed, they weren't making policy.
They were secretaries and janitors and beat cops.
Regular people.
How does that help your cause? Maybe the government did something awful to you.
I don't know your story.
But awful things happen to people every day, and they don't murder people because of it.
[BREATHES DEEPLY.]
You're just a pawn, like the rest of them.
And Senator Ori, what a joke.
You don't represent anyone but yourself.
The war is just beginning, and you are all on the wrong side of it.
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
Sic semper tyrannis.
[LINE DISCONNECTS.]
- [RICKY.]
New York, you're dealing - [RADIO CUTS OFF.]
Wait.
I've heard that before.
- Yeah, in history class.
- No, no, no, no.
I heard that I heard that somewhere before.
[SOFTLY.]
Where the fuck was it? It's it's Curtis' Curtis' group.
That kid, he he said that.
He said sic semper tyrannis.
He said that.
- You sure about that? - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
How often you hear Latin? Yeah, I'm sure about it.
He Curtis talked to me about that kid.
He said he's always blaming others for his problems.
His name is His name is Lewis, and he drives a cab.
Lewis and he drives a [STAMMERS.]
Could you find him on there? Lewis and he drives a cab? That's not much to go on.
Come on! He's a vet! I just He's Army, all right? He He's white, 25 years old.
He's definitely under 30 years old.
Could you just find him? That narrows it down.
But listen, Frank, are you sure that this is the same guy? I'm goddamn sure.
Just Come on, David, just find him.
[MICRO.]
Okay, what happens when I find him? What do you think happens? [SIGHS.]
This piece of shit's going after Karen.
What's the deal with you two? The deal is just that nobody goes after her, okay? Not on my watch.
- You wanna go after this guy.
- You're goddamn right.
What would you do if it was Sarah? If there was a maniac coming after her, what would you do? Sarah's my wife.
Sarah's my family.
Listen to me.
Listen.
I'm only gonna say this once.
So is Karen.
If something happens to her, I [STAMMERS.]
- [GRUNTS.]
Just - Okay.
Please.
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
Thank you.
Lewis, you need to call me.
I heard the radio.
I've been to your place.
I wanna stop this before anyone else gets hurt.
But you gotta call me, buddy, all right? [KNOCKING ON DOOR.]
O'Connor? O'Connor, you home? [GRUNTS.]
O'Connor, you home? [SIGHS.]
[LEWIS BREATHING HEAVILY.]
You shouldn't be here, Curtis.
I needed to come check on you.
Huh.
I figured, um, that you need some help.
You know, talk.
There's a dead guy in that chair.
Seem like he's been there for a while.
None of that matters now.
We could still figure this out.
It's not too late to do the right thing.
Oh, I am doing the right thing.
I can't leave here without you, buddy.
You know that, right? [SIGHS.]
Right.
[BREATHES DEEPLY.]
You can't leave here.
[BOTH GRUNTING.]
No, no, uh Just stay down, Lewis! [BOTH PANTING.]
[BOTH GRUNTING.]
[PANTING.]
- [MICRO.]
Frank.
- [FRANK.]
Yeah? Lewis Wilson.
Age 26, formerly 1st Infantry Division.
Address is registered to Clay, Lewis' father.
- [FRANK.]
That's him.
- Look why don't we just call an anonymous tip line? - Frank, let's call Curtis.
- Nah.
All right? Curtis knows the guy.
Let him deal with this.
Curtis will just try to fix him.
We're doing this my way.
[NEWSCASTER ON TV.]
No arrests in the three deadly blasts that rocked Manhattan early Tuesday.
The three devices referred to by the FBI as homemade He may have written you once before.
Nothing sounds familiar? Uh, not that I can tell.
Um, we get a lot of angry letters, though.
- [CELL PHONE RINGING.]
- We might have some in the archives.
Is it okay if I get this? - Be my guest.
- Thanks.
Karen Page.
The hell are you doing, Karen? Going after a guy like this.
Because he chose me.
It made me angry that he thinks I'd agree with his actions.
Yeah, good for you.
Now you got a target on your back.
You happy? What was I supposed to do? Nothing? That's how people like this win, Fr Why are you calling? - Is the FBI there? - Yes.
Good.
You just stay put till you hear from me.
Oh, sorry, hold on a sec.
Could I get a little privacy? Sure.
Why am I hearing from you? What do you know about this? Yeah, I know that you need to stay put until this gets dealt with.
No, what does this have to do with you? [STAMMERS.]
Do you know who he is? Frank? If you do, tell me.
I can go to the FBI, and we can deal with this.
Ah, it's faster my way.
Faster? They're right here.
Why don't we do this the right way for once? Right way he doesn't walk away from.
That makes you no different than him.
Hey, Karen, we are plenty different, and you know it.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
Two guys don't like the way the world works, so they do whatever they like? Do not do this and say that it's for me.
Yeah, just stay put.
- [KNOCKING ON DOOR.]
- [DOOR OPENS.]
Hey.
Shouldn't you be out there? - Nobody wants me out there, believe me.
- Hmm.
Hey, hey.
Sex is not gonna make your problems go away.
Maybe I just wanted to feel something good.
[BILLY SIGHS.]
Do you know that I've been to 17 funerals? Friends, guys that I served with.
You think I don't know what this feeling is like? Yeah, were any of them your fault? Yeah, if I wanted to go that way.
Sure.
Maybe if I'd shot this guy, or stopped that guy.
Been there a second sooner, stayed a second later.
So maybe.
Or, shit, blame the enemy.
How about that? Sometimes Sometimes it's the dead guy's fault.
You ever think about that? While you're lying there? Maybe Stein screwed up.
I mean, how'd he manage to get himself stabbed when he was the one with the gun? It doesn't matter if I'm out there or in here.
Bad guys keep doing bad shit, the world turns.
You get back on the horse.
That's what people like us do.
And there's a pretty big horse for you to jump on the back of right now.
If you can't do that maybe it's time to call it a day.
There'd be no shame in it.
Is that what you want? Permission to quit? Look, I can't go back, even if I wanted to.
Federal agents are dead, and Stein died for nothing.
As soon as everyone figures that out, I'm finished.
I I used Frank Castle's name as bait.
I went after the people trying to kill a dead man.
You see how crazy that makes me look, right? You were just trying to do the right thing.
No one will give a shit.
Yeah? Well, they weren't there.
Neither were you.
[CELL PHONE VIBRATING.]
- Yeah? - Hey, where are you? At the Wilsons'.
No sign of him or the old man.
Listen, Frank I've been thinking about what you said.
You're right.
If you can do something about this guy, you have to, you know? Even if I don't like it.
[SCOFFS.]
What is this? You're giving me permission I never asked for.
You have to do whatever it takes to take care of the people you love.
What are you trying to tell me, David? Listen, I got a trace from Wilson's cell, different address.
He got a call about 30 minutes ago from Curtis.
Now Curtis is at the same address.
- 83451 Van Buren.
- God damn it.
Absolutely.
None of my concern.
My view of law enforcement is let them do their jobs.
What I'm proposing to do is twofold.
Firstly, that we see that the victims of this terrible event are looked after and Exactly.
And secondly, that Yeah.
Secondly, that we do not lose sight of what drives this terrorist.
He I appreciate that.
Your support will make all the difference.
Yup.
And thank you.
He's in.
Contact his office for transfer of funds.
And make sure his name is prominent in the, uh, programs.
Who's next? Mr.
Russo, the security consultant, is here.
Ah, Mr.
Russo.
I'm Stan Ori.
I hope we haven't kept you.
Not at all.
It's a hive of activity around here.
Yeah, I'm planning a fundraising gala here at the hotel to benefit the victims of the bombings.
Raise awareness on the issues.
And a clear act of defiance in the face of terrorism.
Yeah, and setting yourself up as this guy's enemy.
I guess that's why I'm here.
A, uh, friend in a high place told me you were the best.
Your friend was right.
I'm interested.
As a military man, what's your take on this terrorist? Professionally, he's a threat to be neutralized.
Personally he's a murdering coward I'd take out in the blink of an eye.
And you you don't worry that violence begets violence? Senator, I make my living out of violence.
And that doesn't bother you? Says the guy looking to hire armed security.
Listen, if we're gonna work together, you need to start seeing us as insurance.
If everything goes well, well then you'll wonder what the hell we're doing here.
And if it doesn't then we'll be the reason that you get to keep having these debates.
I am a prominent voice in the anti-gun movement.
If someone trying to attack me gets shot in the head you can see how that wouldn't look good.
These principles of yours they worth dying for? When can you start? Right away.
Isaac and Simon will stay while I organize the rest of your detail.
And if this guy does come after you, then they'll do their best to subdue him in a humane manner.
[CHUCKLES.]
Very dry, Mr.
Russo.
- Welcome aboard.
- Thank you, sir.
- You good? - Yeah.
Eyes on Ori.
[GUN COCKS.]
Curt? - [GRUNTING.]
- [SHUSHING.]
Hey.
Hey.
Hey, hey.
[SHUSHING.]
Hey, Curtis, look at me.
It's me.
Hey, you do not move, okay? You stay still.
You got that? - [CURTIS BREATHING HEAVILY.]
- You just stay still.
[SIGHS.]
- Look at me.
Look at me.
[SHUSHING.]
- [MOANING.]
Look at me.
I got you.
I got you.
- [GRUNTING.]
- Come on.
You're all right.
There you go.
[SHUSHING.]
All right.
What happened here, Curt? [CURTIS.]
I tried to stop him.
Little bastard kicked my leg out from under me.
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
Back in the day, you know I would have snapped him in two.
I know you would, Curt.
Hey, I know you would.
I know you would.
You just You you be easy, okay? You just - Easy.
- [COUGHS.]
Where you going? - Where you going? - I'm gonna clean you up a bit.
See about getting you out of here.
Hey, Frank, just get out of here.
Call Get out of here and call the cops, man.
Come here.
Come here.
Hey, drink this.
That's it.
Go on.
- Good.
- [GRUNTS.]
[GROANING.]
He beat me.
Beat me with my own leg.
Come on, Curt.
You remember that, uh that EOD class we took? And what they said about Claymores? [CURTIS.]
Seven hundred steel balls comin' at you 1,000 meters per second.
[FRANK.]
A lot of goddamn balls, huh? [CELL PHONE RINGING.]
- What is that? - My cell phone.
In my pocket.
My [RINGING CONTINUES.]
[LEWIS BREATHING HEAVILY.]
You're supposed to be dead.
[FRANK.]
This Lewis? And you're Frank Castle.
They said that you were killed.
Yeah, well, they say a lot of things, kid.
I guess they needed you gone.
Too many people were on your side.
People like me.
People who know that we have to to take matters into our own hands.
Is that what you're doing here, Lewis? You you taking matters into your own hands? Someone had to.
Same as you.
[CELL PHONE BEEPS.]
Kid, what does this have to do with Curtis? [LEWIS ON SPEAKERPHONE.]
Curtis Curtis chose the wrong side.
No.
No, you're wrong there.
I promise you, he's never been on the wrong side of anything in his life.
Just You gotta trust me on that one.
Come on, Lewis.
What's the plan here, huh? I mean, how does this end? You gonna wait for the cops to show up? You gonna blow them all to hell? You take on the establishment, kid, that that will not end well.
They will find you and kill you before you ever make a dent, I promise you.
I already made a dent.
Listen to me.
You need to let Curtis go, all right? You let me get him out of here and then you turn yourself in, all right? Just do it, yeah? Nobody else needs to get hurt.
- [LEWIS.]
Is that what you did, Frank? - What? No, you fought your war, and now I am fighting mine.
You are nothing like me.
You are nothing like me.
People I went after, I stood in front of 'em.
I looked them in the eye before I put 'em down.
Not you.
You're a coward.
You hide behind these goddamn bombs.
You got a United States Marine here! A United States Marine! You're nothing but shit on my shoe, you [STAMMERS.]
You trying to get us killed? [FARAH.]
You decided to go? I owe it to Sam.
When I first came to New York, Sam's career was going nowhere.
And then I came along.
I lit a fire under him, gave him something to chase.
He trusted me.
And he died for it.
So, yeah, I'm gonna speak at the service.
And I'm gonna tell the truth.
All of it.
It'll mean the end of my career.
But the federal agents, the press, someone will have to act on my words.
They can't bury it then.
Even if they bury me.
Grand gesture.
Yeah.
The only one I have left.
It's a dangerous time, Dinah.
I want you to reflect on all this before you act.
Mom, the last thing I need to do is spend another minute reflecting, okay? I understand your need.
But if you do this, there is no turning back.
I know.
All right, then.
But consider one question first.
I wonder if, deep down, you want to burn all your bridges because you're scared to return.
[SIGHS.]
Yeah, the thing I just can't figure out is whether this is on a, uh, an open circuit or a closed.
You know the difference? Uh I think a, uh a closed circuit means any wire I cut, that's it.
But open, some go boom, some don't.
The problem is I just cannot figure out which is which.
So either way, we're screwed.
[SIGHS.]
You know, maybe what happens is supposed to happen, and if we get in the way, same old shit's just gonna come back around.
Yeah, and maybe that kid hit you a little bit too hard in the head.
There's been plenty of times I wished for it.
Ah, come on.
That's bullshit, and you know it.
You think I woke up in the hospital with a missing leg, full of good thoughts? Hey.
I'm proud of everything that you've done since then.
You didn't feel sorry for yourself.
You didn't wallow.
You got on with it, yeah? You helped people, Curtis.
That's what you did.
You wanna know why? I'll tell you why.
'Cause every time I'm talking to them, I'm talking to myself.
You think I don't wake up screaming thinkin' on what I used to be? Wish for it? Shit.
I got my ass beat by a kid.
It's not your fault.
You ever feel helpless? I have.
And I swore I'd never feel it again.
But here I am.
I'd rather I had died in that last bomb than be sat here, strapped to this one.
[CELL PHONE RINGING.]
Yeah.
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
I called the cops.
[FRANK.]
Okay.
I figured you would.
- [LEWIS.]
I don't wanna hurt you, Frank.
- [FRANK.]
And why is that? You're not my enemy.
We should be working together.
If that's what you want, kid, you got it.
Just You just tell me which one of these wires to cut, yeah? You tell me how I get Curt out of here, and, uh, I'll be right along.
I don't know if I can trust you.
Trust, it's it's got nothing to do with it, right? You can You can trust someone, they still let you down.
Curtis ever tell you about how he lost his leg? [LEWIS.]
No.
There was a, uh There was an IED.
It went off in a market.
You know, it was a big one.
It was It was bad, you know.
Women, kids There's body parts everywhere.
People screaming, you know.
It was It was madness, you know.
People were trying to make sense of it.
You know, all wild-eyed, but not not Curt.
He was cold as ice, you know.
He was in the middle of it.
He was doing his job.
He was He was holding this kid puttin' him back together.
He was the best damn corpsman I ever saw.
See, my job, I was supposed to secure a perimeter.
That's when I saw this woman walking at us.
She was 7, 8 months pregnant.
She was walking right at us.
It wasn't even like that.
[STAMMERS.]
It was.
It was.
I saw her.
My job was to keep her away.
The only problem, Lewis, is when I looked at her, I saw my wife back home, who was pregnant with my kid.
I should have put her down, but I froze.
I couldn't squeeze that trigger.
And when she blew herself up well, she killed that kid that Curtis was working on.
She blew off Curtis's leg, too.
Now I dragged him out of there.
He thanked me for saving his life, but the truth is I ruined it.
[SIGHS AND SNIFFLES.]
Come to the back window, Frank.
Yeah.
- Hear that? - [SIRENS WAILING IN DISTANCE.]
- They're coming? - Yeah.
Yeah, I hear it.
But I'm gonna stay right here.
Get out of here.
Go! [STAMMERS.]
Frank, you son of a bitch, please! I don't give a damn about the past, and you don't owe me anything.
I am not leaving.
Let me ask you a question, Lewis.
Why'd you join up? - I wanted to serve my country.
- [CHUCKLES.]
Come on.
That's elementary school shit, and you know it.
Joined up because you wanted to fight, right? You wanted a taste.
To get some.
It's okay.
Me, too.
And now what you're doing is you're using the flag, right? You use it to wipe off the shit that you've done since you've been home.
Home? Home? - No, there is no home.
- [KICKS WALL.]
Not as long as hacks like Karen Page think they can write or say whatever it is they want.
Or politicians like Ori sit and attack real patriots, Frank.
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
No, they are gonna learn that they're not safe.
Now I'm getting sick of your goddamn voice, you know that? Now I'm gonna walk in there and I'm gonna cut one of those wires.
Now what are you gonna do? You gonna kill me, kid? You ready? You ready to kill me? You ready to kill Curtis? Is that who you are? Decision's in your hands.
- You decide how this goes! - Yeah.
Yeah, that's right.
I do, Frank.
Wow, you're a big man.
Well, then go ahead, big man.
Make your decision! Are you ready? You wanna kill me? You wanna kill Curtis? [BREATHING HEAVILY.]
[SIRENS WAILING IN DISTANCE.]
Try the white wire.
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
Hey Hey, hey - Hey - [SHUSHES.]
Frank, no, what are you doing? Just go.
Frank, just go.
Just go, man.
Just just go.
[SHUSHING.]
- Frank, just go.
- Look at me.
Hey.
- Hey.
- Frank, just go.
Hey.
It's you and me, Curt.
It's you and me.
Come on.
It's you and me.
- [GRUNTING.]
- [CHUCKLES.]
[POLICE SIRENS APPROACHING.]
[HORN HONKS.]
[OFFICER 1.]
Stop right there! He's heading east, towards Pine Street! [SIRENS CONTINUE WAILING.]
- [FRANK GRUNTS.]
- [WOMAN SCREAMS.]
[WOMAN YELLING IN SPANISH.]
[SIRENS APPROACHING.]
[SIRENS CONTINUE WAILING.]
[TIRES SCREECHING.]
[OFFICER 2.]
Freeze! NYPD! Don't move, asshole! Hands on your head! Down! Right now! [GROANS.]
[BOTH GRUNTING.]
[TIRES SCREECHING.]
You want another one, sweetie? No.
I'm gonna be late.
Thanks.
Buy you a drink? Really not in the mood, buddy.
Is that 'cause your partner's dead? Who are you? Call me Micro.
- You sent me the video.
- Mm-hmm.
Then a lot of people got killed.
You're wondering if I had something to do with that? Yeah.
So Frank Castle turns up alive, and now you're sitting here.
No way that's a coincidence.
So you you and Castle, you're what? Partners? - [SIGHS.]
- Are you here to kill me? I'm here because I hope I'm right and you're not one of 'em.
You know what? Screw you for thinking I'm part of that shit.
You wanna shoot me, then go right ahead.
There's a funeral I'd rather not attend, so you'd be doing me a favor.
I can give you the names of everyone involved in Kandahar.
- [INDISTINCT CHATTER ON RADIO.]
- [OFFICER.]
Yeah, we're clear.
[MICRO.]
The CIA operation was off the books.
It was, uh totally illegal.
The heroin was funding.
Your guy Zubair, he caught wind of it, and, uh they painted him as a terrorist, pulled him from his house, executed him.
Have you got a name? William Rawlins.
He was the interrogator.
He ran it.
And you can prove all this? Mmm.
I still have the video files.
But you need Frank.
He was in the room.
He doesn't know you're here, does he? [ELLISON.]
Answer me one thing.
Did you know? [REPORTER 1 ON TV.]
An anonymous tip led police to this house in Queens where Castle was fleeing the scene.
- Did you know? - Police were unable to apprehend Castle, but this image was caught on a dashboard camera.
- Facial recognition software confirms - [GASPS.]
- that the man you are looking at is indeed Frank Castle.
He is alive.
[REPORTER 2.]
Early reports - Hey, turn that up.
- of a casualty and police pursuit of a fleeing suspect.
So far those reports are unconfirmed.
Stay tuned as this story develops.
[REPORTER 1.]
It appears Frank Castle, - also known as the Punisher - Shit! - Shit.
- is alive and may [REPORTER 3.]
Castle was tried and convicted of the murders of 37 people, all of whom have ties to the city's most notorious organized crime syndicates [REPORTER 4.]
We have breaking news that Queens NYPD Police [NEWS REPORTS CONTINUE INDISTINCTLY.]
Stay tuned as the story develops.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING.]