The Punisher – Episodes 5 & 6
How much trouble can a girl, an agent, and the Punisher get in? A lot… especially when dealing with with a crazy Pilgrim and a psycho jigsaw puzzle. What am I talking about? Let’s look at episodes 5 and 6 “One-Eyed Jacks” and “Nakazat”
Frank Castle
The simple life
It doesn’t work well for a man like Frank Castle. Sitting around just isn’t his style. Though Amy tries her best to keep them both entertained – By shuffling out a game of “Three Card Monte”
And though he gets annoyed with it, he continues to play and continues losing, because like Amy explains to him… there is no way to win.
After her trying to give him a lesson about how you can’t always win, she tells him about Konchevsky – The guy who hired her and her friends to take the pictures, about how he lives in New York.
Visiting Turk
Surprise Turk. After surprising Turk Barrett (played by Rob Morgan) in the backseat of his car.
He tells him to make him a meeting with Konchevsky. To tell him someone has something he wants.
After a lot of back and forth and some threatening Turk tells him he will do it.
Madani puts her foot down
I have to say I’m loving all the reading that’s being done in this season. As that is what Frank is doing when Madani comes home.
After telling him about Billy killing that guy – in which Frank didn’t care – which technically I agree… Billy did a service to the world.
She than confesses that now she thinks Billy is insane, and that she needs Franks help putting him behind bars.
Amy pushes Madani’s last button
An already pissed Madani gets even more mad as Amy brings up the Russians and how maybe Madani could help.
Bad move. Madani gets furious about them bringing trouble to her doorstep. And tells them they have 24hrs to get out of New York. And to clean up her place before leaving.
Neither her or Frank notice Amy steal Madanis credit card.
Turk goes to the Gym
Taking a minute away from Frank, though he’s not to far away. As he’s on a roof across the street, watching Turks every move.
Turk is up for an unwelcome surprise as he says a guy from Chicago wants to make a deal with Konchevsky. They grab him and start beating him up after telling him Konchevsky is dead, and had died in Chicago.
Back to Frank who is just watching all this. Though I know he did the best thing not intervening, I feel bad for Terk.
The headache of parenthood never ends
After patrol duty, Frank comes home to find Amy surrounded by a bunch of delivered items. Even one for him… But that doesn’t stop him from being pissed about her stealing Madanis card.
Well, until he sees she got sausage and mushroom pizza from Lombardi’s.
As he’s eating the pizza he gets a call from Turk (Who is tied up being forced to call), who tells him that him that he will have to make the deal with Konchevsky, and that they will be doing it at Turks house.
Both him and Amy know it’s a trap. Especially after Amy tells Frank she thinks Konchevsky is dead because the ones that came after her weren’t Russian.
But in typical Frank Castle – fashion he goes anyway.
Back to the Gym
Though I would love to watch Frank Castle work out, especially shirtless, he’s not there for that.
He beats up everyone to a bloody pulp except the head – who tells him that it was Nikolai Poloznev, who paid for the pictures.
After knocking him out, Frank and Turk leave. As they’re leaving, Turk tells him he never wants to see him again and Frank says the feeling is mutual.
Time to get the girl and go
Going back to Madanis place… He tells Amy that it’s not Konchevskys men that are the enemy… it’s Nikolai Poloznev. Who also went after Konchevsky’s people.
Later they’re walking down the street and he tells Amy that Curtis has a place for them.
Developing photos
With new information at hand, Frank and Amy go to a photo studio that’s for taking pictures with young girls.
Frank quickly attacks the guy and tells Amy to go develop the photo. As she’s doing that the sicko tries to use a gun on Frank that he easily grabs and beats the guy with.
Once Amy’s done, Frank is ready to kill the guy, which I’m cheering for. Amy talks him down and instead they burn the place the ground.
Information and memories
With her conning skills Amy finds out that Poloznev goes to breakfast at the same place at the same time every morning.
After watching Poloznev and his family go into the restaurant, they go to Poloznev’s daughter’s school.
As they’re sitting there, Amy complains about the school. And asks if Frank would send Lisa there and how old she would be.
He tells her he doesn’t think about… that just about Lisa – Which Amy is happy about.
We see him take a bit to come up with Lisa’s age, which you can tell is hurting him. But he finally recalls she would be 15 by now.
It makes one wonder if he did get some brain damage from everything. Or time really stopped for him two years ago and he can’t even fathom the future.
Lessons
At the trailer that Curtis let them use. Amy tells him she wants a gun to protect herself. He tells her if she can get the gun out of his hand she can have it. Which, of course, she can’t.
He than teaches her how and tells her that if someone is after her, don’t hesitate just shoot.
But the moment ends, as she mentions he must have been a good parent. She asks if he ever taught Lisa those skills.
He ignores the comment and tells her that he will always call her name when coming towards the trailer. And, if someone doesn’t, to use the shotgun without hesitation.
I wonder if Amy is trying to push his buttons, or is really genuinely interested. I think she is also starting to see Frank as a dad she never had.
And in moments like when he was teaching her to get the gun, I feel he also might be seeing her as his kid.
Plan put into motion.
As Frank beats up Poloznev’s limo people while he’s inside the restaurant eating with his family.
Amy pretends to be a waitress and hands Poloznev a menu with the picture of the two men kissing.
Amy quickly leaves and with a few twerks of her uniform (she looks like one of the private school kids and blends in with the other girls), walking right past Poloznev’s men.
After telling his family he will be back, Poloznev goes to his limo. But finds out too late that his driver is Frank.
At the loading docks
Taking him to the loading docks, Frank takes him inside a warehouse.
Where he finds out that Poloznev thought he killedKonchevsky, and when he finds out that’s not true, tells Frank they both have the same enemy.
Anderson and Eliza Shultz – Who own businesses all across America and see business taking over the government with their son David as the president.
Poloznev was planning to use the photos to black mail David with the picture of him kissing another man. He wants to use him as a puppet leader – If his orientation doesn’t bring him down first.
I love how when Poloznev mentioned David liking men, Frank said “so what”. It made me love him and the show so much more. Until now, gay people haven’t even been mentioned. Thus had no idea how Frank felt towards it. It’s nice to know he doesn’t care if someone is gay or not.
Originally, Frank is going to kill Poloznev, but decides not to, for Poloznev’s wife and daughter.
Back at home
Amy tells Frank that Poloznev wasn’t lying – the Shultzes ARE slowly buying out Congress. They’re making Alt-right pages spreading lies and how everything they’re doing is legal.
She blames all of that for her friends dying. But Frank tells her it’s a consequence of running a blackmailing scheme.
After a fight, Amy almost leaves, but Frank talks her into staying.
That’s when she once again shows how young she really is and how she’s still learning the world. She asks Frank if he would go back and change things if he could. Like she wants to with her friends.
A meeting with Curtis and Madani
At a meeting called together by Curtis, Frank finds out that Madani has been being followed by Pilgrim. And that Billy visited Curtis.
Frank tells Curtis and Madani he will take down Billy.
Billy Russo
Making friends
After getting out of the shower (sadly one cannot see anything), he overhears Krista having a therapy meeting with a veteran named Jake Nelson.
After the meeting, and she leaves, he decides to take a trip to the bar to find Jake and he does… And the two hit it off immediately.
Billy immediately becomes friends with all of Jake’s veteran friends. All who go to Curtis’s meetings.
Helping out a fellow veteran
At one of his many meeting swith Jake and his friends, one of them, Jimbo gets his car towed. And is hysterical because everything he own is in the car.
Billy decides they will help him get his car back.
Leaping into action
Following the path of the tow truck, they stop it. And undo Jimbos car. As Billy beats up the driver, the others have to pull him off and tell him to stop.
Afterwards they tell Jimbo to get out of town. Head to Texas and change his plates.
The rest and Billy decide they would become a crew and do things their way.
Visiting an old friend
Scaring Curtis in a parking garage, Billy holds him at gunpoint and tells him he’s sorry for shooting him. But he will never go back inside.
He also asks him who did that to his face. Curtis lies and says he doesn’t know. Billy finally calms down and, as he’s leaving, tells Curtis he wouldn’t of ever hurt him.
Life with Krista
After returning back to Krista’s apartment after being out with the boys, he accidentally she’s her changing. Which starts a sexual interest///
She gets mad at Billy for leaving, because he could get killed.
After a few yelling matches her and Billy end up kissing. Though it’s odd, I think they make a good couple. They’re both a bit off.
Curtis Hoyle
Enjoying Life
We find out he’s living in a hotel room with his girlfriend. She thinks it’s because of work being done, but I believe it’s because of Billy.
Doing good
As one of the most caring people in the world and definitely this show – It’s no surprise as Curtis holds a soup kitchen for the vets, and even gives Jimbo a pair of glasses.
News from Jimbo
It would seem Jimbo didn’t get too far before being found by police.
But it doesn’t seem like he was arrested. Just got his car taken. He also tells Curtis about what Jake and the others did. And that a guy named Billy was part of Jake’s posse.
Which is when he decides to pull in Madani and Frank and tell them what he learned. And about his visit…
Agent Dinah Madani
Dealing with Mahone
Kicking Frank and Amy out of her apartment didn’t help matters much for Madani
Not only is she having nightly nightmares about Billy, but is constantly getting visits by Mahone – who basically tells her if she does anything more to impede on the Billy case she will be arrested.
Being followed
Along with everything else, she gets followed by Pilgrim.
Who, after following her from her favorite coffee place, asks her where Frank and Amy are. In which she says nothing.
He also tells her he will find her again.
Getting evidence
Running back to the diner, she tells all staff to stop and brings all the dish-ware to an eager new forensic lab scientist at homeland.
But, sadly, nothing turns up
Called to a meeting
Pissed off Madani goes to see Curtis and finds out Frank’s there which pisses her off more.
And shows Frank the picture or the guy following her.
She then gets even more annoyed, when Frank and Curtis decide to kill Billy. Though Frank does ask her if that’s ok… And the episode ends before she can answer.
No matter the nasty words they share, I still think there’s chemistry between her and Frank.
Pilgrim
At home
We see a different side of Pilgrim. The first scene is him lashing himself in repent for his actions.
We see him sitting by his wife’s bed, who we find out has gotten worse and is dying.
I feel if he really cared he wouldn’t leave and do the Shultzes’ nasty work. But maybe he’s worried about what they’ll do to his family?
In New York
We see him annoyed at a diner, hating being in the city.
But that’s where he finds and follows Dinah
He also later shoots Poloznev.
My Final Thoughts
1. Madani and Frank need to end up together. They have so much chemistry
2. Pilgrim isn’t the most exciting character, though I feel bad for his wife and sons.
3. I like the growing father/daughter relationship between Frank and Amy
4. I think this season is kick ass and I can’t get enough of it
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