Marvel's The Punisher (2017) s01e05 Episode Script
Gunner
[GRUNTING.]
[SIGHS.]
[MICRO.]
It was unnecessary.
And I don't get why you can't admit that.
A trained agent should be able to extract themselves from a vehicle unassisted.
- Upside down or not.
- We're still doing this, huh? Yeah, because you need to hear what I'm saying.
I've heard you.
[GRUNTS.]
I'm sick of hearing you.
Know what your problem is? You think you're always right.
What you want is to hear me say it, and that shit is not gonna happen.
You think the fact Madani knows you're alive isn't an issue? Come on, she was unconscious, man.
What did you want me to do? [CHUCKLES.]
If she was unconscious, she wouldn't have seen your face.
Okay, she was unconscious, then she wasn't unconscious.
What? Okay.
Let me Our lives just got way more complicated.
If Homeland Security enters your name into the system, let me ask you, how long before Agent Orange knows that? - Maybe you should've stuck to the plan.
- Frank You were driving right at her.
Was this stupid, bullshit, macho game of chicken part of the plan? If they catch you, I don't see my family.
- So I made a decision.
- That's it.
You want me to get your shit done.
But what you do is you bust my balls.
You are relentless! You nag your wife like that? I mean, are you sure that she wants you back? - Are you sure? [MUMBLES.]
- Oh, come on, man.
Come on.
- Come on.
- I'm outta here.
Maybe while I'm gone, you could come up with some new ways to antagonize me with your bullshit.
- Where you going? - I think I'mma go see your wife.
See, now you're trying to be hurtful.
You don't have to be such a dick all the time.
[SIGHS.]
[THEME MUSIC PLAYING.]
So, by the end of it you're like, "Wait, was the tiger even real? Or did he just make up all that animal stuff to, like get through it somehow?" What do you think? Was the tiger in the boat? - You should check it out.
- Fair enough.
Let's see the new one.
So you, uh you read a lot, huh? Takes my mind off things.
How about you? Yeah.
Yeah.
I, uh I enjoy a good book.
What are you doing here? I'm baking a cake.
- [LEO.]
Where'd you get the skateboard? - Why? - 'Cause you didn't have it this morning.
- Yeah.
Now I do.
Douche.
It would have cost, like, 500 bucks if we went to a mechanic.
More, if your insurance went up.
[SARAH.]
No, I know.
You're right, it was generous of him.
[LEO.]
So inviting him to dinner is a nice way to say thank you.
- It's just being polite.
- [SARAH.]
We barely even know the guy.
Right, but you'll have him over to fix the car? Okay.
That's not That's not fair.
He insisted.
All the more reason we should show our gratitude.
- Hey! - Hey.
Um, we were just talking about how grateful we are to you.
- [CHUCKLES.]
- My mom was thinking she'd like to have you over, you know, on Sunday, to say thank you.
[FRANK.]
It's very kind, but there's no need.
Really? I mean, it is the least we could do.
I say, you break something, you fix it, right? I broke the light.
Yeah, with your face.
- [CHUCKLES.]
It's a good point.
- [LEO CHUCKLES.]
- Is that the book? - Yeah.
[FRANK.]
There's the tiger, huh? [SARAH.]
I am no Rachel Ray, but, uh, I'll do my best to make something edible.
It has been a while since I've had a home-cooked meal.
[ZACH.]
Been a while since she made one.
[SARAH.]
Hey, Zach? [SIGHS.]
Don't don't mind him.
You know, it would, uh it'd be an honor, yeah? To be your guest Sunday.
- Good? Good.
- [SARAH.]
Yeah.
Yeah.
Nice.
Jamming our comms and looping the video required hi-tech know-how.
They were looking at 30 years if they got caught.
Why leave witnesses? [DINAH.]
I, for one, am glad they did.
I told your mother to keep you home.
She tried, if it makes you feel better.
[SIGHS.]
Why would you listen to her? Or anyone else.
You know, I loved that car.
My dad gave me it to me as a 21st birthday present.
Someone killed it.
I can't let that lie.
Okay.
You're here now.
What have you got? You got a plate number for us? Catch a glimpse of the driver? Take a look at the car that hit you? You dragged yourself down here when you should be home, healing.
What are you bringing to the table? Could you give us a minute? I just led my team into an ambush.
You think I'm gonna sit at home feeling sorry for myself and let them put it right without me? Would they respect me for that? Shit happens, Dinah.
The operation was by the numbers and you ran it well.
Right up until the point where you went Steve McQueen - and had to do it all yourself.
- What was I supposed to do? I almost had the bastards.
Instead, they almost killed you.
The OIG is going to investigate.
How can they not? Truck full of guns just went missing.
I suggest you cooperate fully.
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY.]
You want to know what those guys out there think? That you're a badass.
[CHUCKLES.]
If there's anything you need to tell me tell me now, before the official Q and A.
I wish I could.
[CELL PHONE RINGING.]
[CELL PHONE CHIMES.]
[BILLY OVER CELL PHONE.]
Special Agent Madani.
If you're not busy saving the world, I thought you might want to take me out for a drink sometime.
Oh, it's Yeah, it's Billy Russo, by the way.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
[TAPE REWINDING.]
[AHMAD SPEAKING PASHTO.]
[DOOR CLOSES.]
That son of yours Boy, does he remind me of you.
How so? - He's a wall-to-wall asshole.
- Mmm.
[CHUCKLES.]
Yeah, I got something I need to show you.
- [GUNNER ON VIDEO.]
What's he saying? - [AGENT ORANGE.]
Nothing useful.
[GUNNER.]
We sure he's even got anything? [AGENT ORANGE.]
You questioning my I was there, remember? Someone from your unit risked their lives filming this, Frank.
Somebody knew that this was wrong and they wanted to do something about it.
[AHMAD CRYING.]
Please I'm not a terrorist.
I have a family.
Children.
[STAMMERS.]
[INTERROGATOR SPEAKING PASHTO.]
It was Gunner.
Gunner Henderson.
He's wearing the camera.
[AHMAD.]
I'm a good man.
Tell me about him.
Look, I didn't know him before Cerberus.
It's the way these things worked.
We were just cherry-picked from the elite teams, you know? He's from Kentucky.
Bible guy, liked to quote scripture.
Hell of a soldier.
He knew what we were doing was wrong.
I know that.
If he knew what they were doing, maybe he knows who Agent Orange is.
[MAN.]
We are a fortunate people in this country.
Most Americans wake up in warm beds, suck down coffee with their breakfast and go about their lives.
And good for them.
They deserve that life.
They deserve it not because they earned it as individuals but because we've earned it as a nation.
As a people.
But not all of us get to take that life for granted.
Our job at the CIA is to identify and contain any dangers to it.
It's a job that's not always clean, or pretty, or fun.
I've watched friends die and I've left good men behind in shitty countries because that was the home they were born to.
I don't know a single operative with any years under their belt who hasn't had to do something that gave them nightmares.
But we endure those nightmares embrace them, even so that the rest of America can sleep peacefully.
That's why you're here.
My name is William Rawlins.
Welcome to the CIA.
Miss Page.
I'm Acting SAC Dinah Madani.
So sorry to keep you waiting.
Oh, no.
Figured it's something you do, a little gentle intimidation.
[CHUCKLES.]
Why would I want to intimidate you, Miss Page? - Please.
- Thank you.
It's Karen.
[DINAH SIGHS.]
You look like you're in pain, Agent Madani.
- Oh, I'm fine.
- It wouldn't have anything to do with the incident at the docks, would it? A car exploded, your car, according to the, uh, license plate, but, uh, there was no police report, which seems odd.
You're very well-informed.
I imagine our jobs aren't dissimilar in that respect.
We're only as good as our information.
Is it a story you intend to run? Maybe.
I don't know enough yet.
Would you care to comment? Karen, you strike me as someone people would tend to trust.
I'd like to think I could do the same.
Uh, trust me to do what? [SIGHS.]
Not to report anything until the full story is clear.
Did you trust Carson Wolf? Off the record? [KAREN.]
Of course.
Wolf was dirty.
Most likely that's what got him killed.
That stays between us, of course, though I suspect you knew most of that already.
- Who told you? - Mmm.
- Do you have any idea who killed him? - No, I Why would I? Quite a time you've had since you came to New York.
Accused of murder.
Helped bring down Wilson Fisk.
First you're a paralegal, then a journalist.
Would you say you have a tendency to get over-involved, Karen? Depends on what you mean.
Frank Castle, for instance.
You were part of his defense team, a fierce advocate for the man.
Then when he escaped prison, he kidnapped you from under police protection.
- Yet here you sit, alive and well.
- [CHUCKLES.]
I had nothing to fear from Frank Castle.
He killed a lot of people.
You ask me the story of Frank Castle's a tragedy.
No one comes out of that well.
Is that why I'm here? Talk about old cases and a dead man? Did he ever talk to you about his time in Afghanistan? Kandahar? Agent Madani, what exactly happened on the docks? You know, I was in Kandahar myself before this.
Turns out Castle might have been the man I needed to talk to.
Yeah, well, then it's a shame that he's dead.
Yeah.
- What kind of a man was he? - [SCOFFS.]
Decent.
Honest.
He had a code and a sense of honor.
What do you think he'd be doing if he were still alive? Minding his own business.
Frank was a man better left alone, Agent Madani.
Maybe we can grant him that, now that he's gone.
[KNOCKING AT DOOR.]
You wanted to see me? I want you to track down the whereabouts of all these men.
This have something to do with the missing guns? It's a list of soldiers who might've been in the room when Ahmad Zubair was executed.
I narrowed it down as best I could.
The operation in Kandahar was off the books, so there's no record of the team actually being there.
But since they were there, it means there's also no record of them being anywhere else.
Frank Castle, Edward Drogin, Gunner Henderson.
[SCOFFS.]
Who names their kid Gunner? There's gotta be 20 names on here.
Yeah.
I'm banking on one of them knowing something.
You know major shit just went down.
We got left holding our asses in our hands.
OIG's coming in to grill us on our failures.
And you What are you doing? You're chasing down a case about dead men that no one cares about.
I'm sorry, but no.
I'm not doing this.
Not now.
And neither should you.
Hey.
Frank Castle stole those guns.
[SCOFFS.]
You know, I think maybe you should go back to the hospital.
Okay? He stood right over me.
He looked me in the face.
So you're telling me the Punisher is not only alive, but he just stole a truck full of guns from under our noses? Castle pulled me out of my car.
Why would the Punisher save my life? He looked right at me and said, "Stay out of my way, Madani.
" What does that mean? What is he chasing? [SIGHS.]
Well, whatever it is with the arsenal he just stole, you can bet he's gonna drop some bodies.
Now you want that on your conscience? Tell OIG.
Get out ahead of this thing.
The fact he's alive means your case has validity.
I'm not going public with this.
Well, that's your call.
But they ask me a direct question about it in an official Q and A? I'm not gonna lie.
[DINAH.]
Yeah.
I'm banking on one of them knowing something.
[TAPE REWINDING.]
[SAM.]
Frank Castle, Edward Drogin, Gunner Henderson.
[SCOFFS.]
Who names their kid Gunner? [TAPE REWINDING.]
Edward Drogin, Gunner Henderson.
There's gotta be 20 names on here.
[DINAH.]
Yeah.
I'm banking on one of them knowing something.
[TYPING.]
Frank, you got mail.
I'll be back.
You gonna tell me how Karen Page fits in? - Nope.
- Right.
Well, we could use some milk.
And some 1/16th solder tips.
[COUGHS.]
[SIGHS.]
- Hey.
- So I had an interesting day.
The, uh, special agent in charge of Homeland Security investigations called me up.
- Guess who she wanted to talk about? - Yeah.
So you met Madani, huh? I think she knows you're alive.
I pulled her out of a a burning car, so She was also upside down.
Then I guess you kinda had to, didn't you? I guess.
Did you have anything to do with that upside down burning car? Kinda.
Take it David Lieberman had, uh - the answers you were looking for? - Some.
Same people who came after me came after him.
- Is he alive? - He was smart.
Got out ahead of it.
Played possum.
He kept his family safe, Karen.
You know, I've been thinking about my son, Frankie.
I remember, second to last deployment ended unexpectedly, right? So I got to come home, you know.
Wanted to surprise them.
I pull up in the driveway and I hear all this shouting, this yelling from inside.
I remember thinking, "Oh, boy.
What'd the kid do now?" Right? [CHUCKLES.]
"I mean, he's barely eight years old.
How bad could it be?" But I walk in the house and he's painted this marine on the wall.
You know, he didn't draw it, Karen.
He painted it.
It's huge.
You know, it takes up half the wall and [CHUCKLES.]
it was pretty good, too.
I dragged him outside.
I put him on the ground.
I had a finger in his face.
So I asked him.
I said I said, "What the hell were you thinking?" He looked up at me like a little man He said, "Marines scare off bad guys, Daddy.
When you're not here, it's my job to protect our girls.
" They were better off without me, Karen.
And me being with them me being by their side, it got 'em killed.
I need to find I need to find these bastards that took 'em from me.
I gotta kill 'em.
- [SNIFFLING.]
- [FRANK STAMMERING.]
So where does that end, Frank? Because I look at you and my heart breaks because all I can see is just this endless, echoing loneliness.
- I'm not lonely, Karen.
- Bullshit.
We are all lonely.
I sometimes think that that is all that life is, we're just We're just fighting not to be alone.
So what do you want? What should I do? Should I let it go? No, but I want there to be an after.
For you.
Say that these men die, right? You get what you want.
They'll paint them as martyrs, Frank.
Is that what you want? [STAMMERS.]
You want to turn these these scumbags into heroes with no one knowing what they were? - What's the alternative? What should I do? - You expose them.
Right, you talk to Madani.
Or you tell me.
Right, I write a story about it.
We let the truth hang them.
These men decide what the truth is.
- You don't get to.
- They You don't get to do that! Now, look, I I can't go after these men and keep you safe.
- I can't - You don't need to.
What do you mean? My family's gone 'cause of what I know.
They're gone! Karen, I Hey.
I cannot let that happen to you, you got that? I cannot let that happen.
Please.
[OIG AGENT.]
What went wrong, Agent Madani? Someone knew about the arms deal and hijacked it.
Was that a failing in your mission planning and execution? Not in my opinion.
There's nothing you might have done differently? With hindsight, sure.
Did any tactical conversations take place outside of this office? - Not to my knowledge.
- No.
- Who designed the tactical plan? - I did.
And you were confident in this plan? These questions are ridiculous, if I may say so.
Did either of the agents from the follow car see this suspect? You haven't asked them? I understand you might resent these questions, Agent Madani, but please answer them.
Not to my knowledge.
- And you chased the perpetrators? - [GRUNTS.]
Almost caught 'em, too.
But you still have no knowledge who they might be? No, I do not.
Agent Stein? Sorry.
Do you have any suspects? [SAM SIGHS.]
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS.]
Shit! Shit! [SIGHS.]
[CHUCKLES.]
You damn well knew I wouldn't tell.
Look we find Castle's unit, the men on that list, and hopefully they can give us Castle.
Here's my condition.
You get a week.
A week to find Castle or some kind of evidence.
If we don't have anything, then I'll go to Hernandez myself.
For both our sakes.
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS.]
[SIGHS.]
[MARION.]
In recognition of outstanding services in the field, despite great danger and serious personal injury, it is my honor to present you with the Distinguished Intelligence Medal.
Congratulations.
Tell no one.
- [CROWD LAUGHS.]
- Thank you, ma'am.
[MARION.]
You may not have the medal, but all of our admiration, that is yours to keep.
Well, all it cost me was an eye.
Well, it cost our enemies a hell of a lot more than that.
Your sacrifices took some very heavy targets out of the game, Bill.
For that, you should be very, very proud.
I'm keen to help wherever I can.
- You gonna be around a while? - Sure.
- Drop by and see me later.
- Will do.
Yeah.
How 'bout this guy? He's quite something, your man, Gunner.
Completely off the grid.
You know, no electricity, no phone, no Internet.
No running water.
How the hell you live without that? Yeah.
Maybe he's got a well.
Like most other people on the planet.
- Huh.
Never thought of that.
- There's a shocker.
Only thing in the system is the deed to his family's land and the cabin on it.
Point being, this is a man who is, you know, hiding from the world.
[FRANK.]
Maybe he just doesn't like it.
[MICRO.]
What's he gonna say when you show up? Is he gonna welcome you with open arms? Just write the address down.
Put it on a piece of paper.
Put it on the dash.
- I'm coming with you.
- [SCOFFS.]
You can forget about it.
[CHUCKLES.]
No, no, no, no.
"Forget about it.
" That's bullshit.
- Forget about it.
- No way! You know what? You're just pissed off about the other night because deep down No! Deep down, you know that I'm right.
You can't agree to work with someone and then cut them out.
Okay.
I want you to listen carefully.
- This guy, he is no joke.
- Okay.
Look, if he doesn't want us there, I do not have time to look after you.
You won't even know I'm there.
I'll help with the driving.
Get you there all, you know, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.
[CHUCKLES.]
The Kandahar operation, all right was, as you know, named for Cerberus.
Hellhound, multi-headed guard dog of the underworld.
Which sounds really scary, right? But Cerberus comes from "Kerberos," I think.
Greek.
[FRANK MUMBLES.]
Jesus Christ.
Which means "spotted.
" So, Hades, you know, Lord of the Dead literally named his dog Spot.
And you and Gunner, many years later [CHUCKLES.]
were part of Operation Spot.
You almost done with that? - Yeah.
It says "mix thoroughly.
" - It's fine, all right? - Here you go.
- Thank you.
Want me to drive while you eat? No, I got it.
Where'd you get that? - I made this.
- What do you mean, you made it? - Did you make me one? - No.
This stuff was all in the fridge, you know? I thought you liked those things.
[BREATHES HEAVILY.]
[KNOCKING AT DOOR.]
Hey.
Perfect timing.
- You wanted to see me? - Yeah, thanks for stopping by.
Scotch? Knowing what you keep on hand, I'd be a fool to say no.
Good answer.
Well, it's quite a day, huh? Yes, and I'm humbled by it.
- Nonsense.
You deserve it.
- [SIGHS.]
So, rumor has it that you're not long for this office.
You'd think in a building full of secrets, we'd be better at keeping one.
Ah.
Then the rumors are true.
The director is moving up to a cabinet post.
God help us all.
The king is dead.
Long live the queen.
It's time they gave you the big seat, Marion.
They should have last time.
That would have involved owing favors in places I didn't want any debt.
I want you as my deputy director, Bill.
I need someone who can make things happen and make hard decisions.
Because unlike my predecessor, I am not political and I am not concerned what my next move is.
I only want results and security.
The integrity of what goes on here is paramount.
And I need people that understand that.
Bringing in someone from covert operations won't sit well with Defense or State.
You just let me worry about that.
Look, you've led some of the most effective ops in recent history of this agency.
But you're right.
To bring you in as deputy director will definitely get political.
So I need to know, Bill, between you and me are there any skeletons buried out there that might come back and bite us both in the ass? No, ma'am.
Will you work with me? I'd be honored.
Good.
Here's to us.
Once I head up, pull the van off the road.
You stay hidden.
[SIGHS.]
Frank.
What can it hurt? Take it.
I don't wanna hear from you unless you hear from me.
All right.
You stay in the van.
No getting your hands dirty this time.
[GRUNTS.]
Gunner? You here? Gunner, it's Frank Castle! Brother, I just want to talk! Come on, Gunner, it's Frank! Gunner! [GRUNTS AND SCREAMS.]
[GRUNTING.]
[GROANING.]
[PANTING.]
God damn it.
Gunner, God damn it, it's Frank Castle! Come on.
I'm not a part of it, brother.
I never have been.
Hey.
Hey! Hey, hey, hey, hey.
I'm not your enemy, brother.
[PANTING.]
It's me.
That tape you made they thought it was me.
They killed my family for it.
Schoonover.
He betrayed us.
And I put him down.
I just want a name, okay? I want names and I'll let you be.
God! [PANTS.]
Come on.
Come on.
Hey, it's me.
I'm sorry I shot you.
Well, shit.
Yeah, brother, me, too.
God! [GRUNTING.]
I'm sorry about your family.
Agent Orange.
You know who he is? You have a name? No.
So, why'd you do it, man, why Why'd you make the tape? [EXHALES SHARPLY.]
There was this kid on base Young kid, 19, maybe.
He lent me his knife 'cause I dropped mine somewhere.
Knife's a sacred thing, Frank.
Anyways, this kid got killed and I went down the mortuary to give him his knife back, pay my respects.
Then I saw him.
They had that boy opened up.
They was putting bags of drugs into his body.
Like he was nothing.
Like, just an empty carcass.
Him and all the rest of them in there.
Who was it, Gunner? Who was in the room? It was the colonel, Bennett the one who run the mortuary.
Him and Orange.
I didn't know who was in on it, who I could trust.
[HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING.]
- They with you? - Shit, no.
Frank, you've got company.
[SOLDIER 1.]
Let's go! Let's go! Hurry! Hurry! [SOLDIER SCREAMS.]
[GUN FIRING.]
[WHISTLES.]
[SCREAMING.]
[GASPING.]
[SCREAMS.]
Shit! [SOLDIER GROANING.]
[GRUNTS.]
[GRUNTS.]
- [GUNNER GROANING.]
- [GUN CLICKING.]
[PANTING.]
[FRANK.]
How bad? - I can fight.
How many? - Five, maybe six.
Frank, I'm assuming you and your buddy are the two hiding behind the tree, yeah? Closest two are behind you at your five and seven.
[FRANK GRUNTS.]
Now they're gonna come up behind you from either side of the tree and then you got ten seconds till the next pair comes at you from the front making it a crossfire.
[GRUNTING.]
Let's go.
Let's go.
[PANTING.]
[CHOKING.]
Downhill.
Move.
Quickly.
[GUN FIRES.]
I guess we got a little help from above.
[GUN CLICKS.]
Shit.
Let's go.
[GRUNTS.]
[GASPS.]
- [GUN FIRING.]
- Come on! Come on! Come on! Come on! [PANTS.]
You're gonna die, you hear me? I'm gonna kill you! You're gonna die! [YELLS.]
[GROANING.]
Whoever you are, I'm coming for you.
[SOLDIER GRUNTS.]
[EXHALES HEAVILY.]
Just like old times.
Gunner.
- Come on.
Come on.
- [GROANS.]
[STRAINING.]
You gotta get out of here, man.
[ZACH.]
How long are we gonna wait? Let's just eat.
[BOTH GRUNTING.]
[FRANK MUMBLES.]
- Come on.
Come on.
- [GUNNER GROANING.]
That's it.
Come on.
[BOTH PANTING.]
- I'm sorry.
- Oh, hell, man.
I always figured I'd die in these woods anyway.
[WHEEZING AND COUGHING.]
Shh.
Come on.
Hey.
- Yo.
- [CONTINUES WHEEZING.]
Hey.
- Bury me, man.
- Stop that.
Just bury me.
Promise me you'll bury me, okay? [WHEEZING.]
Okay.
Okay.
Oh, shit.
Oh, shit.
Oh, shit.
Just stay here.
I'll get help.
Just stay here.
I'll be back.
I'll be back, Gunner.
You stay.
[CONTINUES WHEEZING.]
[FRANK GRUNTING AND PANTING.]
[PANTING.]
So drinking? Drinking.
Tough day? Yeah.
I had to make a decision and I have no idea if I made the right one.
Sometimes I think the only way to get by in this world is to step off it for a while, you know? And if it helps, I also had a shitty day.
So, what are we gonna do about that? I'm open to suggestions.
You are? I mean, within reason.
Why? What you got in mind? [BREATHING HEAVILY.]
[GASPS AND GRUNTS.]
Hey, you all right? You all right? I'm fine.
[BOTH CHUCKLE.]
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
What happened? - Hey, don't stop.
- What happened to you? Shh.
[GRUNTS.]
[BOTH GRUNTING.]
Oh, shit! [GRUNTING.]
[GRUNTING.]
[EXHALES.]
Come on now, Frank.
Everything's gonna be okay, all right? Everything's gonna be okay.
[GRUNTS SOFTLY.]
[CHUCKLES.]
[FRANK GROANS.]
Might be hope for you yet, Spook.
[SIGHS.]
Okay, okay.
Okay.
[SIGHS.]
[MICRO.]
It was unnecessary.
And I don't get why you can't admit that.
A trained agent should be able to extract themselves from a vehicle unassisted.
- Upside down or not.
- We're still doing this, huh? Yeah, because you need to hear what I'm saying.
I've heard you.
[GRUNTS.]
I'm sick of hearing you.
Know what your problem is? You think you're always right.
What you want is to hear me say it, and that shit is not gonna happen.
You think the fact Madani knows you're alive isn't an issue? Come on, she was unconscious, man.
What did you want me to do? [CHUCKLES.]
If she was unconscious, she wouldn't have seen your face.
Okay, she was unconscious, then she wasn't unconscious.
What? Okay.
Let me Our lives just got way more complicated.
If Homeland Security enters your name into the system, let me ask you, how long before Agent Orange knows that? - Maybe you should've stuck to the plan.
- Frank You were driving right at her.
Was this stupid, bullshit, macho game of chicken part of the plan? If they catch you, I don't see my family.
- So I made a decision.
- That's it.
You want me to get your shit done.
But what you do is you bust my balls.
You are relentless! You nag your wife like that? I mean, are you sure that she wants you back? - Are you sure? [MUMBLES.]
- Oh, come on, man.
Come on.
- Come on.
- I'm outta here.
Maybe while I'm gone, you could come up with some new ways to antagonize me with your bullshit.
- Where you going? - I think I'mma go see your wife.
See, now you're trying to be hurtful.
You don't have to be such a dick all the time.
[SIGHS.]
[THEME MUSIC PLAYING.]
So, by the end of it you're like, "Wait, was the tiger even real? Or did he just make up all that animal stuff to, like get through it somehow?" What do you think? Was the tiger in the boat? - You should check it out.
- Fair enough.
Let's see the new one.
So you, uh you read a lot, huh? Takes my mind off things.
How about you? Yeah.
Yeah.
I, uh I enjoy a good book.
What are you doing here? I'm baking a cake.
- [LEO.]
Where'd you get the skateboard? - Why? - 'Cause you didn't have it this morning.
- Yeah.
Now I do.
Douche.
It would have cost, like, 500 bucks if we went to a mechanic.
More, if your insurance went up.
[SARAH.]
No, I know.
You're right, it was generous of him.
[LEO.]
So inviting him to dinner is a nice way to say thank you.
- It's just being polite.
- [SARAH.]
We barely even know the guy.
Right, but you'll have him over to fix the car? Okay.
That's not That's not fair.
He insisted.
All the more reason we should show our gratitude.
- Hey! - Hey.
Um, we were just talking about how grateful we are to you.
- [CHUCKLES.]
- My mom was thinking she'd like to have you over, you know, on Sunday, to say thank you.
[FRANK.]
It's very kind, but there's no need.
Really? I mean, it is the least we could do.
I say, you break something, you fix it, right? I broke the light.
Yeah, with your face.
- [CHUCKLES.]
It's a good point.
- [LEO CHUCKLES.]
- Is that the book? - Yeah.
[FRANK.]
There's the tiger, huh? [SARAH.]
I am no Rachel Ray, but, uh, I'll do my best to make something edible.
It has been a while since I've had a home-cooked meal.
[ZACH.]
Been a while since she made one.
[SARAH.]
Hey, Zach? [SIGHS.]
Don't don't mind him.
You know, it would, uh it'd be an honor, yeah? To be your guest Sunday.
- Good? Good.
- [SARAH.]
Yeah.
Yeah.
Nice.
Jamming our comms and looping the video required hi-tech know-how.
They were looking at 30 years if they got caught.
Why leave witnesses? [DINAH.]
I, for one, am glad they did.
I told your mother to keep you home.
She tried, if it makes you feel better.
[SIGHS.]
Why would you listen to her? Or anyone else.
You know, I loved that car.
My dad gave me it to me as a 21st birthday present.
Someone killed it.
I can't let that lie.
Okay.
You're here now.
What have you got? You got a plate number for us? Catch a glimpse of the driver? Take a look at the car that hit you? You dragged yourself down here when you should be home, healing.
What are you bringing to the table? Could you give us a minute? I just led my team into an ambush.
You think I'm gonna sit at home feeling sorry for myself and let them put it right without me? Would they respect me for that? Shit happens, Dinah.
The operation was by the numbers and you ran it well.
Right up until the point where you went Steve McQueen - and had to do it all yourself.
- What was I supposed to do? I almost had the bastards.
Instead, they almost killed you.
The OIG is going to investigate.
How can they not? Truck full of guns just went missing.
I suggest you cooperate fully.
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY.]
You want to know what those guys out there think? That you're a badass.
[CHUCKLES.]
If there's anything you need to tell me tell me now, before the official Q and A.
I wish I could.
[CELL PHONE RINGING.]
[CELL PHONE CHIMES.]
[BILLY OVER CELL PHONE.]
Special Agent Madani.
If you're not busy saving the world, I thought you might want to take me out for a drink sometime.
Oh, it's Yeah, it's Billy Russo, by the way.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
[TAPE REWINDING.]
[AHMAD SPEAKING PASHTO.]
[DOOR CLOSES.]
That son of yours Boy, does he remind me of you.
How so? - He's a wall-to-wall asshole.
- Mmm.
[CHUCKLES.]
Yeah, I got something I need to show you.
- [GUNNER ON VIDEO.]
What's he saying? - [AGENT ORANGE.]
Nothing useful.
[GUNNER.]
We sure he's even got anything? [AGENT ORANGE.]
You questioning my I was there, remember? Someone from your unit risked their lives filming this, Frank.
Somebody knew that this was wrong and they wanted to do something about it.
[AHMAD CRYING.]
Please I'm not a terrorist.
I have a family.
Children.
[STAMMERS.]
[INTERROGATOR SPEAKING PASHTO.]
It was Gunner.
Gunner Henderson.
He's wearing the camera.
[AHMAD.]
I'm a good man.
Tell me about him.
Look, I didn't know him before Cerberus.
It's the way these things worked.
We were just cherry-picked from the elite teams, you know? He's from Kentucky.
Bible guy, liked to quote scripture.
Hell of a soldier.
He knew what we were doing was wrong.
I know that.
If he knew what they were doing, maybe he knows who Agent Orange is.
[MAN.]
We are a fortunate people in this country.
Most Americans wake up in warm beds, suck down coffee with their breakfast and go about their lives.
And good for them.
They deserve that life.
They deserve it not because they earned it as individuals but because we've earned it as a nation.
As a people.
But not all of us get to take that life for granted.
Our job at the CIA is to identify and contain any dangers to it.
It's a job that's not always clean, or pretty, or fun.
I've watched friends die and I've left good men behind in shitty countries because that was the home they were born to.
I don't know a single operative with any years under their belt who hasn't had to do something that gave them nightmares.
But we endure those nightmares embrace them, even so that the rest of America can sleep peacefully.
That's why you're here.
My name is William Rawlins.
Welcome to the CIA.
Miss Page.
I'm Acting SAC Dinah Madani.
So sorry to keep you waiting.
Oh, no.
Figured it's something you do, a little gentle intimidation.
[CHUCKLES.]
Why would I want to intimidate you, Miss Page? - Please.
- Thank you.
It's Karen.
[DINAH SIGHS.]
You look like you're in pain, Agent Madani.
- Oh, I'm fine.
- It wouldn't have anything to do with the incident at the docks, would it? A car exploded, your car, according to the, uh, license plate, but, uh, there was no police report, which seems odd.
You're very well-informed.
I imagine our jobs aren't dissimilar in that respect.
We're only as good as our information.
Is it a story you intend to run? Maybe.
I don't know enough yet.
Would you care to comment? Karen, you strike me as someone people would tend to trust.
I'd like to think I could do the same.
Uh, trust me to do what? [SIGHS.]
Not to report anything until the full story is clear.
Did you trust Carson Wolf? Off the record? [KAREN.]
Of course.
Wolf was dirty.
Most likely that's what got him killed.
That stays between us, of course, though I suspect you knew most of that already.
- Who told you? - Mmm.
- Do you have any idea who killed him? - No, I Why would I? Quite a time you've had since you came to New York.
Accused of murder.
Helped bring down Wilson Fisk.
First you're a paralegal, then a journalist.
Would you say you have a tendency to get over-involved, Karen? Depends on what you mean.
Frank Castle, for instance.
You were part of his defense team, a fierce advocate for the man.
Then when he escaped prison, he kidnapped you from under police protection.
- Yet here you sit, alive and well.
- [CHUCKLES.]
I had nothing to fear from Frank Castle.
He killed a lot of people.
You ask me the story of Frank Castle's a tragedy.
No one comes out of that well.
Is that why I'm here? Talk about old cases and a dead man? Did he ever talk to you about his time in Afghanistan? Kandahar? Agent Madani, what exactly happened on the docks? You know, I was in Kandahar myself before this.
Turns out Castle might have been the man I needed to talk to.
Yeah, well, then it's a shame that he's dead.
Yeah.
- What kind of a man was he? - [SCOFFS.]
Decent.
Honest.
He had a code and a sense of honor.
What do you think he'd be doing if he were still alive? Minding his own business.
Frank was a man better left alone, Agent Madani.
Maybe we can grant him that, now that he's gone.
[KNOCKING AT DOOR.]
You wanted to see me? I want you to track down the whereabouts of all these men.
This have something to do with the missing guns? It's a list of soldiers who might've been in the room when Ahmad Zubair was executed.
I narrowed it down as best I could.
The operation in Kandahar was off the books, so there's no record of the team actually being there.
But since they were there, it means there's also no record of them being anywhere else.
Frank Castle, Edward Drogin, Gunner Henderson.
[SCOFFS.]
Who names their kid Gunner? There's gotta be 20 names on here.
Yeah.
I'm banking on one of them knowing something.
You know major shit just went down.
We got left holding our asses in our hands.
OIG's coming in to grill us on our failures.
And you What are you doing? You're chasing down a case about dead men that no one cares about.
I'm sorry, but no.
I'm not doing this.
Not now.
And neither should you.
Hey.
Frank Castle stole those guns.
[SCOFFS.]
You know, I think maybe you should go back to the hospital.
Okay? He stood right over me.
He looked me in the face.
So you're telling me the Punisher is not only alive, but he just stole a truck full of guns from under our noses? Castle pulled me out of my car.
Why would the Punisher save my life? He looked right at me and said, "Stay out of my way, Madani.
" What does that mean? What is he chasing? [SIGHS.]
Well, whatever it is with the arsenal he just stole, you can bet he's gonna drop some bodies.
Now you want that on your conscience? Tell OIG.
Get out ahead of this thing.
The fact he's alive means your case has validity.
I'm not going public with this.
Well, that's your call.
But they ask me a direct question about it in an official Q and A? I'm not gonna lie.
[DINAH.]
Yeah.
I'm banking on one of them knowing something.
[TAPE REWINDING.]
[SAM.]
Frank Castle, Edward Drogin, Gunner Henderson.
[SCOFFS.]
Who names their kid Gunner? [TAPE REWINDING.]
Edward Drogin, Gunner Henderson.
There's gotta be 20 names on here.
[DINAH.]
Yeah.
I'm banking on one of them knowing something.
[TYPING.]
Frank, you got mail.
I'll be back.
You gonna tell me how Karen Page fits in? - Nope.
- Right.
Well, we could use some milk.
And some 1/16th solder tips.
[COUGHS.]
[SIGHS.]
- Hey.
- So I had an interesting day.
The, uh, special agent in charge of Homeland Security investigations called me up.
- Guess who she wanted to talk about? - Yeah.
So you met Madani, huh? I think she knows you're alive.
I pulled her out of a a burning car, so She was also upside down.
Then I guess you kinda had to, didn't you? I guess.
Did you have anything to do with that upside down burning car? Kinda.
Take it David Lieberman had, uh - the answers you were looking for? - Some.
Same people who came after me came after him.
- Is he alive? - He was smart.
Got out ahead of it.
Played possum.
He kept his family safe, Karen.
You know, I've been thinking about my son, Frankie.
I remember, second to last deployment ended unexpectedly, right? So I got to come home, you know.
Wanted to surprise them.
I pull up in the driveway and I hear all this shouting, this yelling from inside.
I remember thinking, "Oh, boy.
What'd the kid do now?" Right? [CHUCKLES.]
"I mean, he's barely eight years old.
How bad could it be?" But I walk in the house and he's painted this marine on the wall.
You know, he didn't draw it, Karen.
He painted it.
It's huge.
You know, it takes up half the wall and [CHUCKLES.]
it was pretty good, too.
I dragged him outside.
I put him on the ground.
I had a finger in his face.
So I asked him.
I said I said, "What the hell were you thinking?" He looked up at me like a little man He said, "Marines scare off bad guys, Daddy.
When you're not here, it's my job to protect our girls.
" They were better off without me, Karen.
And me being with them me being by their side, it got 'em killed.
I need to find I need to find these bastards that took 'em from me.
I gotta kill 'em.
- [SNIFFLING.]
- [FRANK STAMMERING.]
So where does that end, Frank? Because I look at you and my heart breaks because all I can see is just this endless, echoing loneliness.
- I'm not lonely, Karen.
- Bullshit.
We are all lonely.
I sometimes think that that is all that life is, we're just We're just fighting not to be alone.
So what do you want? What should I do? Should I let it go? No, but I want there to be an after.
For you.
Say that these men die, right? You get what you want.
They'll paint them as martyrs, Frank.
Is that what you want? [STAMMERS.]
You want to turn these these scumbags into heroes with no one knowing what they were? - What's the alternative? What should I do? - You expose them.
Right, you talk to Madani.
Or you tell me.
Right, I write a story about it.
We let the truth hang them.
These men decide what the truth is.
- You don't get to.
- They You don't get to do that! Now, look, I I can't go after these men and keep you safe.
- I can't - You don't need to.
What do you mean? My family's gone 'cause of what I know.
They're gone! Karen, I Hey.
I cannot let that happen to you, you got that? I cannot let that happen.
Please.
[OIG AGENT.]
What went wrong, Agent Madani? Someone knew about the arms deal and hijacked it.
Was that a failing in your mission planning and execution? Not in my opinion.
There's nothing you might have done differently? With hindsight, sure.
Did any tactical conversations take place outside of this office? - Not to my knowledge.
- No.
- Who designed the tactical plan? - I did.
And you were confident in this plan? These questions are ridiculous, if I may say so.
Did either of the agents from the follow car see this suspect? You haven't asked them? I understand you might resent these questions, Agent Madani, but please answer them.
Not to my knowledge.
- And you chased the perpetrators? - [GRUNTS.]
Almost caught 'em, too.
But you still have no knowledge who they might be? No, I do not.
Agent Stein? Sorry.
Do you have any suspects? [SAM SIGHS.]
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS.]
Shit! Shit! [SIGHS.]
[CHUCKLES.]
You damn well knew I wouldn't tell.
Look we find Castle's unit, the men on that list, and hopefully they can give us Castle.
Here's my condition.
You get a week.
A week to find Castle or some kind of evidence.
If we don't have anything, then I'll go to Hernandez myself.
For both our sakes.
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS.]
[SIGHS.]
[MARION.]
In recognition of outstanding services in the field, despite great danger and serious personal injury, it is my honor to present you with the Distinguished Intelligence Medal.
Congratulations.
Tell no one.
- [CROWD LAUGHS.]
- Thank you, ma'am.
[MARION.]
You may not have the medal, but all of our admiration, that is yours to keep.
Well, all it cost me was an eye.
Well, it cost our enemies a hell of a lot more than that.
Your sacrifices took some very heavy targets out of the game, Bill.
For that, you should be very, very proud.
I'm keen to help wherever I can.
- You gonna be around a while? - Sure.
- Drop by and see me later.
- Will do.
Yeah.
How 'bout this guy? He's quite something, your man, Gunner.
Completely off the grid.
You know, no electricity, no phone, no Internet.
No running water.
How the hell you live without that? Yeah.
Maybe he's got a well.
Like most other people on the planet.
- Huh.
Never thought of that.
- There's a shocker.
Only thing in the system is the deed to his family's land and the cabin on it.
Point being, this is a man who is, you know, hiding from the world.
[FRANK.]
Maybe he just doesn't like it.
[MICRO.]
What's he gonna say when you show up? Is he gonna welcome you with open arms? Just write the address down.
Put it on a piece of paper.
Put it on the dash.
- I'm coming with you.
- [SCOFFS.]
You can forget about it.
[CHUCKLES.]
No, no, no, no.
"Forget about it.
" That's bullshit.
- Forget about it.
- No way! You know what? You're just pissed off about the other night because deep down No! Deep down, you know that I'm right.
You can't agree to work with someone and then cut them out.
Okay.
I want you to listen carefully.
- This guy, he is no joke.
- Okay.
Look, if he doesn't want us there, I do not have time to look after you.
You won't even know I'm there.
I'll help with the driving.
Get you there all, you know, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.
[CHUCKLES.]
The Kandahar operation, all right was, as you know, named for Cerberus.
Hellhound, multi-headed guard dog of the underworld.
Which sounds really scary, right? But Cerberus comes from "Kerberos," I think.
Greek.
[FRANK MUMBLES.]
Jesus Christ.
Which means "spotted.
" So, Hades, you know, Lord of the Dead literally named his dog Spot.
And you and Gunner, many years later [CHUCKLES.]
were part of Operation Spot.
You almost done with that? - Yeah.
It says "mix thoroughly.
" - It's fine, all right? - Here you go.
- Thank you.
Want me to drive while you eat? No, I got it.
Where'd you get that? - I made this.
- What do you mean, you made it? - Did you make me one? - No.
This stuff was all in the fridge, you know? I thought you liked those things.
[BREATHES HEAVILY.]
[KNOCKING AT DOOR.]
Hey.
Perfect timing.
- You wanted to see me? - Yeah, thanks for stopping by.
Scotch? Knowing what you keep on hand, I'd be a fool to say no.
Good answer.
Well, it's quite a day, huh? Yes, and I'm humbled by it.
- Nonsense.
You deserve it.
- [SIGHS.]
So, rumor has it that you're not long for this office.
You'd think in a building full of secrets, we'd be better at keeping one.
Ah.
Then the rumors are true.
The director is moving up to a cabinet post.
God help us all.
The king is dead.
Long live the queen.
It's time they gave you the big seat, Marion.
They should have last time.
That would have involved owing favors in places I didn't want any debt.
I want you as my deputy director, Bill.
I need someone who can make things happen and make hard decisions.
Because unlike my predecessor, I am not political and I am not concerned what my next move is.
I only want results and security.
The integrity of what goes on here is paramount.
And I need people that understand that.
Bringing in someone from covert operations won't sit well with Defense or State.
You just let me worry about that.
Look, you've led some of the most effective ops in recent history of this agency.
But you're right.
To bring you in as deputy director will definitely get political.
So I need to know, Bill, between you and me are there any skeletons buried out there that might come back and bite us both in the ass? No, ma'am.
Will you work with me? I'd be honored.
Good.
Here's to us.
Once I head up, pull the van off the road.
You stay hidden.
[SIGHS.]
Frank.
What can it hurt? Take it.
I don't wanna hear from you unless you hear from me.
All right.
You stay in the van.
No getting your hands dirty this time.
[GRUNTS.]
Gunner? You here? Gunner, it's Frank Castle! Brother, I just want to talk! Come on, Gunner, it's Frank! Gunner! [GRUNTS AND SCREAMS.]
[GRUNTING.]
[GROANING.]
[PANTING.]
God damn it.
Gunner, God damn it, it's Frank Castle! Come on.
I'm not a part of it, brother.
I never have been.
Hey.
Hey! Hey, hey, hey, hey.
I'm not your enemy, brother.
[PANTING.]
It's me.
That tape you made they thought it was me.
They killed my family for it.
Schoonover.
He betrayed us.
And I put him down.
I just want a name, okay? I want names and I'll let you be.
God! [PANTS.]
Come on.
Come on.
Hey, it's me.
I'm sorry I shot you.
Well, shit.
Yeah, brother, me, too.
God! [GRUNTING.]
I'm sorry about your family.
Agent Orange.
You know who he is? You have a name? No.
So, why'd you do it, man, why Why'd you make the tape? [EXHALES SHARPLY.]
There was this kid on base Young kid, 19, maybe.
He lent me his knife 'cause I dropped mine somewhere.
Knife's a sacred thing, Frank.
Anyways, this kid got killed and I went down the mortuary to give him his knife back, pay my respects.
Then I saw him.
They had that boy opened up.
They was putting bags of drugs into his body.
Like he was nothing.
Like, just an empty carcass.
Him and all the rest of them in there.
Who was it, Gunner? Who was in the room? It was the colonel, Bennett the one who run the mortuary.
Him and Orange.
I didn't know who was in on it, who I could trust.
[HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING.]
- They with you? - Shit, no.
Frank, you've got company.
[SOLDIER 1.]
Let's go! Let's go! Hurry! Hurry! [SOLDIER SCREAMS.]
[GUN FIRING.]
[WHISTLES.]
[SCREAMING.]
[GASPING.]
[SCREAMS.]
Shit! [SOLDIER GROANING.]
[GRUNTS.]
[GRUNTS.]
- [GUNNER GROANING.]
- [GUN CLICKING.]
[PANTING.]
[FRANK.]
How bad? - I can fight.
How many? - Five, maybe six.
Frank, I'm assuming you and your buddy are the two hiding behind the tree, yeah? Closest two are behind you at your five and seven.
[FRANK GRUNTS.]
Now they're gonna come up behind you from either side of the tree and then you got ten seconds till the next pair comes at you from the front making it a crossfire.
[GRUNTING.]
Let's go.
Let's go.
[PANTING.]
[CHOKING.]
Downhill.
Move.
Quickly.
[GUN FIRES.]
I guess we got a little help from above.
[GUN CLICKS.]
Shit.
Let's go.
[GRUNTS.]
[GASPS.]
- [GUN FIRING.]
- Come on! Come on! Come on! Come on! [PANTS.]
You're gonna die, you hear me? I'm gonna kill you! You're gonna die! [YELLS.]
[GROANING.]
Whoever you are, I'm coming for you.
[SOLDIER GRUNTS.]
[EXHALES HEAVILY.]
Just like old times.
Gunner.
- Come on.
Come on.
- [GROANS.]
[STRAINING.]
You gotta get out of here, man.
[ZACH.]
How long are we gonna wait? Let's just eat.
[BOTH GRUNTING.]
[FRANK MUMBLES.]
- Come on.
Come on.
- [GUNNER GROANING.]
That's it.
Come on.
[BOTH PANTING.]
- I'm sorry.
- Oh, hell, man.
I always figured I'd die in these woods anyway.
[WHEEZING AND COUGHING.]
Shh.
Come on.
Hey.
- Yo.
- [CONTINUES WHEEZING.]
Hey.
- Bury me, man.
- Stop that.
Just bury me.
Promise me you'll bury me, okay? [WHEEZING.]
Okay.
Okay.
Oh, shit.
Oh, shit.
Oh, shit.
Just stay here.
I'll get help.
Just stay here.
I'll be back.
I'll be back, Gunner.
You stay.
[CONTINUES WHEEZING.]
[FRANK GRUNTING AND PANTING.]
[PANTING.]
So drinking? Drinking.
Tough day? Yeah.
I had to make a decision and I have no idea if I made the right one.
Sometimes I think the only way to get by in this world is to step off it for a while, you know? And if it helps, I also had a shitty day.
So, what are we gonna do about that? I'm open to suggestions.
You are? I mean, within reason.
Why? What you got in mind? [BREATHING HEAVILY.]
[GASPS AND GRUNTS.]
Hey, you all right? You all right? I'm fine.
[BOTH CHUCKLE.]
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
What happened? - Hey, don't stop.
- What happened to you? Shh.
[GRUNTS.]
[BOTH GRUNTING.]
Oh, shit! [GRUNTING.]
[GRUNTING.]
[EXHALES.]
Come on now, Frank.
Everything's gonna be okay, all right? Everything's gonna be okay.
[GRUNTS SOFTLY.]
[CHUCKLES.]
[FRANK GROANS.]
Might be hope for you yet, Spook.
[SIGHS.]
Okay, okay.
Okay.