After the Punisher's attempt to assassinate William Rawlins failed in the previous episode, Frank and Micro regroup for a new plan to proceed.
The episode opens with Russo visiting his elderly mother in a nursing home, where she is bedridden and doesn't speak. Russo resents his mother due to her past drug addiction resulting in her abandoning him to abusive foster care, and terrorizes her with his visits. Despite this, Russo says he pays them extra to be sure they even brush her teeth, and gives her a shot before leaving. Back with Frank, Micro has been running a facial recognition program on an image of Rawlins from Frank's scope, and is able to identify him. Frank becomes enraged about Rawlins profiting from the "battle wound" he got when Frank beat him for the disastrous mission overseas, and Micro worries that the CIA will know he is on their site. Frank assures Micro the CIA aren't going to come after them, noting they have no mention of his prior assaults at the compounds or the shot at Rawlins. Micro's worries soon increase, however, as the cameras in his house suddenly go out, prompting him to demand Frank check on his family. Rather than go immediately to the house, we head to Russo making light jabs at Madani after another hook-up for her inability to let him get close. As the two talk about their scars, Madani comments about Russo's multitude of scarred areas except his face, a nod to his comic counterpart. Though the two joke about their scars initially, Russo opens up to Madani about his life in foster care and how he was abused by one of the caregivers. Over at the Lieberman house, Frank arrives with flowers just as Sarah takes the garbage out, and she invites him in. Pouring wine for them both, Sarah explains she turned off the Internet to punish Zach, yet still let him go out for the day. Madani, meanwhile, has the bug in her office exposed and stages a conversation with Sam about intervening in an ammo buy Frank will be making. Frank, still at the Lieberman house, reactivates the Internet, allowing Micro to see as Sarah, drunk and feeling comfort with Frank, kisses him. Frank defuses the situation and heads back to the hideout, where Micro has the kiss frozen on his computer and is passed out drunk. Madani's fake plan gets to Rawlins and Russo, who refuses to use more of his Anvil personnel because of the losses sustained going after Gunner, instead later hiring mercenaries. Madani and Sam tell other officers about the ammo buy and file paperwork for the situation, but don't inform anyone of their true intentions. Back at the hideout, Frank gets the two talking about how they met their wives to show Micro he has no intention of going after Sarah. Micro, still drunk, starts walking away once appeased, but comes back upon realizing Madani could be the key to their plans. He says Frank could be the witness Madani needs to put Rawlins away, but Frank refuses and has to knock Micro out with a punch to stop him from calling her. We go back to Frank, banging pots to roughly wake Micro, giving him food and frustrated that Micro still believes they should contact Madani. Sarah calls Frank and says she needs help with Zach, so he heads over and she shows him a knife she found in Zach's bag, saying she is afraid of what he'll do. Frank has a "talk" with Zach, saying how similar he is to young Frank, and scares both Zach and Micro by holding the knife to his neck. Zach, speaking for the first time in the interaction, admits he is scared and alone, and wanted others to feel the way he does. The episode comes to a close as Frank handles the situation a new way and Madani and Russo's groups collide. In this episode, we finally get payoff for the relationship built between Frank and Sarah, which sees obvious but well-handled issues between both Frank and Sarah and Frank and Micro. It was good to see Frank stick to his feelings and beliefs, not letting the show get wrapped up in a love triangle. The Zach situation finally culminates in a pleasing scene, which I had been waiting for, wondering what tough love tactics Frank would employ to get through to the kid. The fact Rawlins and Russo easily fell for Madani's ruse and aren't able to counter Frank and Micro's plans show they're not in control as much as they initially seemed. The pressure has continued to mount on the two as Frank gets closer, of course, but also as Madani gets closer to uncovering them. Madani, meanwhile, is making some risky plays now that she knows someone has bugged her office and likely other areas of the division. The faked conversation with Sam was definitely a good play on her part, but her decision to not tell anyone else, while likely necessary because she doesn't know who is trustworthy, could lead to trouble in the future. To enact their plan, the two had to falsify documents, and this paired with their refusal to let others in on the idea, could get her in trouble if there are problems. With Frank finding a new kind of relationship with the Lieberman family, including Micro, and Russo and Rawlins' plans crumbling around them, future episodes will likely give us some violent meetings.
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