After Frank Castle's interrogation of David Lieberman, episode 4 of "The Punisher" develops the duo's partnership as Agent Madani settles into her new position.
Frank, following a tip from Micro on anillegal weapon sale, intercepts Marvel street rat Turk. Though Turk was supposed to receive the guns from a group of Greeks, he tells Frank the police have already taken the cache, intending to set up a sting operation. Frank is left with only a pink rifle to start stocking up, causing hostilities between him and Micro. Micro agrees to help find the guns, but adds a condition upon learning that his wife gave Frank her number, which Frank says he got as leverage. Frank then agrees to sign an insurance form for Micro's wife about her hitting him with her car, offering help in other areas as well. We see a sort of bond develop between the two, potentially setting up more tension between Frank and Micro. Micro's wife might start to turn to Frank for more than emotional support, but given Frank's violent life and his devotion to his murdered family, it is likely nothing will happen. As Micro tries to find the guns, Madani and the other agents set up their sting, with Madani unintentionally embarrassing Stein by taking control and pointing out flaws in his plan that she quickly remedies. Stein makes more of an effort to get through Madani's walls, which seems to happen a bit as she open up about being told to stop digging into Wolf's death. Elsewhere, Lewis, the young man struggling with leaving the military from the previous episode, ends up digging a foxhole in his yard to sleep in after a nightmare caused him to almost shoot his father. Curtis pays him a visit but fails to persuade him into rejoining the group, as Lewis says he plans to join Anvil and rejoin the fray. Sensing Lewis' instability, Curtis goes directly to Russo and says he wouldn't want someone like Lewis in the field and watching his back. Despite Russo's earlier rousing speech about making the recruits everything they could be and Lewis performing well in each area, Russo sends him away. Lewis, angered, berates Russo and initially seems about to attack, before leaving for a potentially dangerous future in the show. With Lewis already so unstable and desperate to return to his soldier life, feeling betrayed by Russo and losing his one opportunity could push him over the edge. For now, however, the focus is still on Frank regaining an arsenal to use, as Micro manages to discover Madani's operation and he and Frank begin planning. The two head out for vehicles, and Frank finds a man being tortured as a result of the gun situation, with another man already dead. Frank then begins punishing, causing the torturers to pause as he pulls the pin from a grenade, which rolls under the tortured man but fails to explode. Leaving the man behind as he's "not their problem," Frank takes a sports car while Micro heads out in a van. This episode gives a dangerous meeting in the end while setting up possible future problems for everyone. As Madani already believed Frank to be alive, the possibility of her discovering him threatens to expose him to the world, and cause problems for his future endeavors. Similarly, now that Lewis has a chip on his shoulder and knows Curtis is responsible for him not getting into Anvil, he will likely return with a vengeance. Micro faces issues with himself, as he hears his wife tell Frank he was never much of a "hands-on" guy, calling people when problems arose, which Frank later mentions. The duo's team-up, while already something from the comics, is beginning to bring Frank to his classic style, as along with going after weapons, he now has his "battle van," classically used as a mobile armory. With so much set up and a tense climax, future episodes will have a lot to work off in continuing the Punisher's story.
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