So, it seems immediately after turning
himself in at the end of the last episode, Frank and David are immediately brought
in to make their statements. Castle is interviewed first. He drops what he
knows about Cerberus and the bigwigs mixed up with them. He saves name dropping
Russo and Rawlins until the very end. Madani asks Frank about her former partner,
Ahmad Zubair. Frank tells her what he knows, including that he was the one that
executed Zubair. Said confession clearly shakes Madani. At the same time, David
has a ‘sorry I’ve been dead’ speech with his daughter, Leo. He promises to get
the rest of the family back. In his interview, David plays harder ball then
Frank did. He swears he won’t say a word that Madani wants to hear, until his
family is taken care of.
They must come to some sort of agreement,
as Frank and David are left at the Docks area. Why? To swap themselves with Sarah
and Zack Lieberman. Both are extremely nervous, though Frank is better at hiding
said nerves. They get in the middle of a heart to heart conversation, but then
the bad guys show up. Way to kill the mood, guys. Zack and Sarah are brought
out, and Frank gets a call from Russo. Russo is in a sniper perch with a rifle
pointed at them, he tells Frank that they’re going to make the swap and that
the two will come along quietly. To keep Frank and David honest, they strap a
pair of gas tanks to the Liebermans, poke a hole in them, and send them over. I
guess the idea is they’re going to light the gas on fire to kill them…
personally I’d just use a gun. Duh. Frank and David march over as Sarah and Zack
march back. Before the exchange could be completed, though, Madani and a crew
of Homeland guys pull in. The bad guys grab Frank, and David is shot thrice in
the crossfire. Well… crap. Russo takes out the tires of the Homeland’s truck
tires and makes a break for it.
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| So... Much... Blood. |
Frank is taken back to the lair by
the bad guys. He dreams about his wife on their wedding before being woken by
smelling salts. Russo is going to force Frank to disengage the timer on David’s
computers. Frank, instead, tells Russo he’s going to kill him, and that “all
kinds of good $%^#” is going to happen when the counter hits zero.
Madani, meanwhile, unzips David’s
body bag. And he sits up. Yeah, he was wearing a vest and blood packs to fake
his death. But, unfortunately, they were supposed to keep Frank out of Rawlins’
clutches too, but, shucks, the Punisher just got grabbed. David is brought to
see his family. They take seeing him alive after watching him die again surprisingly
well. His wife only hits him a few times before the entire family hugs it out.
Hooray.
At the lair, Russo keeps trying to
force Frank to talk. He’s clearly trying to be the ‘good cop.’ Unfortunately,
Rawlins aka Bad Cop comes in a moment later. He puts on his black torture
gloves and starts beating Frank. Not sure if he’ll stop even if Frank talks, if
I’m being honest. After he passes out, Russo wakes him up again and convinces
Frank to work with them. Frank disengages the security protocols, using the passwords
and the retinal scanner. Lucky Micro added Frank to the safety protocols. Frank
grabs a hidden blade at the bottom of David’s chair and stabs Rawlins in the
chest several times and bites his ear. Russo pulls the two apart and restrains
Frank again.
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| Frank has been beaten, tortured, is suffering from severe blood loss and an obvious concussion. Yeah, my money would still be on him. |
Back at Homeland Security offices,
David, after chatting with his wife, decides to go against his promise to Frank
and helps Madani find him. Using Madani’s computer, David pulls up some
wireless footage of the lair and see’s Frank being beaten to death. Crap. The
team mobilizes.
Russo tries to convince Rawlins to
just leave Frank to die, but Rawlins has clearly lost it. He keeps muttering
about Frank owing him an eye and how Russo is his weapon. Russo, clearly tired
of this, stealthily snips Frank’s bonds. Frank, dying of blood loss and blunt
force trauma, see’s his wife. She tells him it’s time to go home. Subtle. Rawlins
sticks Frank with a bunch of adrenaline to keep him going and preps to finish
him. Frank, wired by the drugs, breaks free, grabs a knife and stabs Rawlins to
death. Russo, having let Frank finish their mutual enemy, pulls a gun and aims
to kill Frank. But, Homeland busts in and wings the SOB before he runs. Despite
the numerous wounds, Frank survives, but is still badly injured. And,
obviously, they can’t bring a wanted criminal to the hospital. Well crap.
A pretty good penultimate episode for
the season. It’s nice to see David and his family being brought back together
at long last. I didn’t touch on it much here, but David has a pretty solid
internal struggle on what to do in this one. On the one hand, he promised Frank
to get him back to Rawlins and Russo so that the Punisher has a chance to kill them.
On the other, despite everything, the two have become friends and David isn’t
super happy leaving his friend on a suicide mission. I’m glad that he broke
down and told Madani where to go. The punishment that Frank both receives and
dishes out in this one is phenomenal. I was wincing when I saw the blows to
Frank’s face. He was a bloody mess, and he really messed up Rawlins in return.
I wonder how many gallons of fake blood they used up in this season… I’m getting
off track. So, Rawlins is dead. Guess Frank just has to survive his wounds,
kill Russo and then everything’s all tidy again. Easy peasy.
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