After rescuing Micro's daughter and agreeing to help Madani, Frank are out to rescue the remaining Liebermans and stop Rawlins and Russo.
The last episode, Frank succeeded in killing all of Russo's men, then called Madani to meet him and Micro. Rawlins, meeting with an angry Marion, easily agrees to let Russo burn to cover their tracks and absolve them of any connection. At the start of this episode, we see Frank giving his taped confession to Madani, admitting his, Rawlins', and Russo's involvement in the Kandahar situation. Though Madani believes Russo is the one who killed the officer from the Kandahar tape, Frank, with his typical ethics, firmly admits his guilt. Micro refuses to tell what happened to him until his family is safe, and the two are sent out with a wired-up Frank to swap themselves for Micro's family. Russo is watching the situation with a sniper rifle, and soon police swarm the area, causing a gunfight, during which an agent shoots Micro. Frank is still taken, and though Micro's family begins grieving, they soon learn, like the audience, that Micro simply faked his death again, to trick Russo. Madani's plan, to have Frank's wire gain proof of Russo and Rawlins, goes awry when she realizes Frank has removed his wire and Micro knew he would. Unfazed by Madani's anger, Micro states that his allegiance is to Frank, not her, and refuses to give up Frank's location. Frank, meanwhile, is slipping in and out of consciousness, dreaming of Maria, tied to Micro's chair in the hideout as Russo tries to make him stop the computer counters. Frank tells him to ask Micro how to do it, then learning of the supposed death, Rawlins enters to begin torturing Frank. Frank eventually seems to break, inputting his codes, but takes advantage of having a free hand to grab a blade taped to his chair, only for Rawlins and Russo to stop him after he stabs Rawlins. The episode comes to a climax as Micro doubts the plan, Frank slips further toward death, and Russo and Rawlins begin butting heads. With this episode, we see the tables turned on Frank, as Rawlins uses all his contempt for the Punisher to horrifically torture him. We get a good look at more of Frank's classic moral beliefs as he refuses to let Russo take the fall for him, and see just what it takes for him to begin breaking. Despite his great endurance, repeated visions of his wife throughout the episode result in Frank almost letting go of the world to be with his family. The relationship between Frank and Micro is further cemented with this episode, as contrary to their original relationship, Micro is steadfastly loyal to Frank. We even see Micro's deep understanding of Frank's broken psyche and how emotionally torn he is because of his past. Madani struggles to choose her next move when she learns Frank killed the Agent, immediately reacting to him differently. When she approaches Micro with this, he notes that Frank knows what he did, and knows he deserves to be punished for what he did. As Micro said, Frank hates what he did in the past, rather than having done it joyfully, and his memories and guilt torture him daily. While things between Frank and Micro have improved, we see Russo and Rawlins begin to go at it more, as their relationship begins to crumble. Not much happens with Madani in this episode, but this works to the episode's strengths as it keeps things focused on Micro and Frank's situations. Despite an incapacitated Frank being the only one who can do anything action-wise against the antagonists for much of the episode, nothing feels slow as we learn a lot about the characters and see their relationships. The end also promises some typical Punisher violence to replace his captivity with episodes to come as the show winds down. Only time will tell how Frank will bounce back from his torture and return to his crusade against crime.
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