1 00:00:20,479 --> 00:00:22,314 - (Metal clanks) - There. 2 00:00:23,774 --> 00:00:24,816 It just hit. 3 00:00:27,110 --> 00:00:28,904 It's gotta be 40 stories, at least. 4 00:00:31,114 --> 00:00:32,658 - (Shuriken whistling) - Elektra: Down! 5 00:00:36,662 --> 00:00:38,497 They're on all sides. Half a dozen, at least. 6 00:00:38,580 --> 00:00:40,290 - I got a problem. - Right with you. 7 00:00:40,374 --> 00:00:42,393 No, you don't get it. I can't get a read on these guys. 8 00:00:42,417 --> 00:00:43,937 There's no sound, there's no heartbeat, there's nothing. 9 00:00:43,961 --> 00:00:45,772 - They're trained to hide themselves. - How do you know? 10 00:00:45,796 --> 00:00:47,716 Don't focus on the fighters, track their weapons. 11 00:00:47,798 --> 00:00:49,798 - They have swords. - They have swords, I can hear. 12 00:00:49,841 --> 00:00:50,884 (Swords clanking) 13 00:00:51,927 --> 00:00:54,388 (Grunting) 14 00:01:18,328 --> 00:01:20,372 (Shurikens whistling and clinking) 15 00:01:22,541 --> 00:01:23,542 (Groans) 16 00:01:37,431 --> 00:01:38,599 Elektra, no! 17 00:01:40,183 --> 00:01:41,435 (Elektra grunts) 18 00:01:44,104 --> 00:01:45,522 (Groans) 19 00:01:45,606 --> 00:01:47,149 (Yells) 20 00:01:50,819 --> 00:01:51,945 (Elektra groans) 21 00:01:53,864 --> 00:01:55,532 (Gasps) Matthew... 22 00:01:56,617 --> 00:01:57,868 (Grunts) 23 00:01:59,328 --> 00:02:00,454 (Elektra groans) 24 00:02:04,791 --> 00:02:06,001 (Groans) 25 00:02:10,172 --> 00:02:11,632 (Groans) 26 00:02:16,303 --> 00:02:17,471 (Groans) 27 00:02:21,516 --> 00:02:22,684 (Groans) 28 00:02:23,018 --> 00:02:24,019 (Grunts) 29 00:02:29,941 --> 00:02:30,942 So... 30 00:02:34,946 --> 00:02:37,282 Who wants to get the hell out of here? 31 00:02:41,703 --> 00:02:43,705 (Theme music plays) 32 00:03:44,349 --> 00:03:46,143 (Tires squealing) 33 00:03:49,396 --> 00:03:50,856 She's losing too much blood. 34 00:03:50,939 --> 00:03:53,059 - Stick: Hell of a scrape. - Where are you taking her? 35 00:03:54,776 --> 00:03:56,778 They're still coming. Fast little shits. 36 00:03:58,113 --> 00:04:00,365 - Matt: Who are they, stick? - Bad time to chat. 37 00:04:00,449 --> 00:04:02,075 - (Elektra groans) - (Tires squealing) 38 00:04:11,668 --> 00:04:13,044 (Shiurkens clinking) 39 00:04:33,356 --> 00:04:34,691 - Matty! - On it! 40 00:04:34,775 --> 00:04:36,055 - (Glass shatters) - (Man grunts) 41 00:04:38,945 --> 00:04:40,447 - Stick: Watch your ass. - Yeah. 42 00:04:45,285 --> 00:04:47,287 No, no, no. No, she's dying. 43 00:04:47,370 --> 00:04:49,581 - Stick, she's dying. - Stick: Not if I can stop it. 44 00:04:49,664 --> 00:04:50,892 We need to get her to a hospital. 45 00:04:50,916 --> 00:04:53,502 Doctors can't help her. I can. 46 00:04:53,585 --> 00:04:55,587 We're going to your place. It's her only shot. 47 00:04:55,670 --> 00:04:58,465 Sweetie, stay with me. Stay with me. 48 00:04:58,757 --> 00:05:00,300 Stick: Second wave. Brace her. 49 00:05:00,383 --> 00:05:02,385 (Tires squealing) 50 00:05:03,970 --> 00:05:06,306 - (Engine revving) - (Tires squealing) 51 00:05:12,771 --> 00:05:13,980 (Sighs) 52 00:05:15,398 --> 00:05:16,566 End of that batch. 53 00:05:19,027 --> 00:05:20,070 There'll be more. 54 00:05:22,239 --> 00:05:23,657 Always more. 55 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:37,796 I'm not gonna lie to you. This is bad. 56 00:05:38,088 --> 00:05:40,090 - What's happening to her? - (Elektra groans) 57 00:05:40,173 --> 00:05:41,842 Stick: You got baking soda? 58 00:05:41,925 --> 00:05:43,385 Matt: Yeah, in the fridge, why? 59 00:05:43,468 --> 00:05:46,721 Stick: To neutralize the acid in the toilet bowl cleaner. 60 00:05:46,805 --> 00:05:49,474 Plus whiskey, pliers, black tea. 61 00:05:49,599 --> 00:05:51,601 - (Groans) - Tell me what's going on, stick. 62 00:05:51,685 --> 00:05:53,728 Do you wanna talk or save your girlfriend? 63 00:05:53,812 --> 00:05:55,397 (Elektra groans) 64 00:05:55,522 --> 00:05:56,773 (Heart beating irregularly) 65 00:05:58,859 --> 00:06:00,485 Matt: Her heart's skipping. 66 00:06:00,569 --> 00:06:02,904 - Stick: Whiskey. - (Elektra groans) 67 00:06:04,447 --> 00:06:07,659 Stick: The toxins in her bloodstream are shutting everything down. 68 00:06:07,742 --> 00:06:08,785 Is she gonna live? 69 00:06:08,869 --> 00:06:10,245 Stick: Baking soda? 70 00:06:10,328 --> 00:06:12,080 (Elektra groans) 71 00:06:12,163 --> 00:06:13,415 Matt: I thought you got it. 72 00:06:17,335 --> 00:06:18,795 Elektra: (Gasps) Matthew! 73 00:06:18,879 --> 00:06:21,339 I need pliers and hot tea. 74 00:06:22,841 --> 00:06:24,342 (Groans) 75 00:06:24,426 --> 00:06:25,844 The pliers are behind you. 76 00:06:36,313 --> 00:06:37,856 (Matt shushing) 77 00:06:38,356 --> 00:06:40,650 - (Shushing) - Elektra: (Whispers) Matthew... 78 00:06:40,734 --> 00:06:42,569 (Softly) I'm here. I'm here. 79 00:06:44,362 --> 00:06:45,947 (Shudders) Ifl die... 80 00:06:46,031 --> 00:06:49,200 No, you're not gonna die. You hear me? 81 00:06:49,284 --> 00:06:50,994 Elektra, look at me. 82 00:06:51,077 --> 00:06:53,371 - Hey, hey, focus on me. - (Breathes heavily) 83 00:06:53,455 --> 00:06:55,624 Breathe. Breathe. 84 00:06:55,707 --> 00:06:57,292 That's good. That's good. 85 00:06:57,375 --> 00:06:58,710 (Whispers) I'm sorry. 86 00:06:58,793 --> 00:07:01,046 I'm sorry I didn't tell you. 87 00:07:01,129 --> 00:07:02,297 Stick: Bring her in here! 88 00:07:02,380 --> 00:07:03,632 Yeah. 89 00:07:03,715 --> 00:07:05,133 (Whimpers) 90 00:07:07,928 --> 00:07:09,179 One, two, three. 91 00:07:09,262 --> 00:07:10,805 (Elektra moans loudly) 92 00:07:19,648 --> 00:07:21,107 - Clean sheets. - Yeah. 93 00:07:23,735 --> 00:07:25,862 (Groans) 94 00:07:25,946 --> 00:07:27,405 Matt: Can you save her? 95 00:07:27,489 --> 00:07:29,324 Not before I make her worse. 96 00:07:29,407 --> 00:07:31,034 (Elektra groans) 97 00:07:31,117 --> 00:07:32,410 Oh, Jesus! Stick, take it easy! 98 00:07:32,494 --> 00:07:34,496 - Those blades were poisoned. - (Elektra screams) 99 00:07:34,579 --> 00:07:36,039 She'll be dead in 20 minutes 100 00:07:36,122 --> 00:07:38,833 if I don't pull some serious juju out of my ass. 101 00:07:38,917 --> 00:07:40,710 Make the goddamn tea! 102 00:07:40,794 --> 00:07:42,253 (Elektra gasps) 103 00:07:44,255 --> 00:07:45,715 Stick: Easy. 104 00:07:51,262 --> 00:07:52,639 (Gasps) 105 00:07:52,722 --> 00:07:54,599 - (Liquid hissing) - (Screams) 106 00:07:57,310 --> 00:08:00,063 Easy. Easy, young lady. I'm right here. 107 00:08:00,146 --> 00:08:01,773 (Elektra gasps) 108 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:07,278 (Whispering indistinctly) 109 00:08:08,446 --> 00:08:10,086 Forgive those who trespass against us. 110 00:08:11,116 --> 00:08:13,535 Stick: Matty, use that hearing of yours. 111 00:08:15,370 --> 00:08:16,705 How's her heart rate? 112 00:08:16,788 --> 00:08:19,374 - (Steady heartbeat) - (Elektra breathes heavily) 113 00:08:22,043 --> 00:08:24,254 Yeah. Yeah, it's good. It's steady. 114 00:08:24,337 --> 00:08:25,338 (Sighs) 115 00:08:26,381 --> 00:08:27,590 Sheets. 116 00:08:34,931 --> 00:08:36,433 Not too neat... 117 00:08:37,642 --> 00:08:38,935 But... 118 00:08:39,853 --> 00:08:41,021 It'll do. 119 00:08:41,646 --> 00:08:42,731 Tea? 120 00:08:48,445 --> 00:08:50,697 (Sighs deeply) Thank you. 121 00:08:52,741 --> 00:08:54,034 (Stick sighs) 122 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:57,078 (Elektra groans weakly) 123 00:09:25,899 --> 00:09:27,442 She'll recover? 124 00:09:28,401 --> 00:09:29,986 Twenty-four hours will tell. 125 00:09:30,820 --> 00:09:32,906 I've known her to pull through worse. 126 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:36,284 What'd you just say? 127 00:09:36,367 --> 00:09:39,454 Ellie's a real fighter. Always has been. 128 00:09:41,831 --> 00:09:44,709 - You... you know her? - I didn't mention that? 129 00:09:46,377 --> 00:09:48,505 What the hell's going on? How do you know Elektra? 130 00:09:48,588 --> 00:09:50,590 - I'm not done in there. - I want some answers! 131 00:09:50,673 --> 00:09:51,758 Everybody wants something. 132 00:09:51,841 --> 00:09:54,844 - Do you want me to throw you out? - Not unless you want her to die. 133 00:10:02,435 --> 00:10:04,020 Sit down, Matty. 134 00:10:06,606 --> 00:10:07,607 Karen: Where is he? 135 00:10:08,650 --> 00:10:12,112 Um. I may have told him just to stay home today. 136 00:10:12,195 --> 00:10:13,655 You what? 137 00:10:13,738 --> 00:10:15,448 He wasn't actually supposed to do it. 138 00:10:15,532 --> 00:10:18,284 Whoa, whoa, foggy. What the hell happened yesterday? 139 00:10:18,368 --> 00:10:19,702 I can't do this alone. 140 00:10:19,786 --> 00:10:21,412 I didn't even wanna take this case. 141 00:10:21,496 --> 00:10:24,582 - It'll be okay, I... - The whole city is watching. 142 00:10:24,666 --> 00:10:26,018 If I screw up, I'd never work again. 143 00:10:26,042 --> 00:10:28,854 And, frankly, you'd probably never work again, either, by association, which... 144 00:10:28,878 --> 00:10:31,673 Stop, foggy. Stop thinking about screwing up, about losing. 145 00:10:31,756 --> 00:10:33,133 You need to think about winning. 146 00:10:35,009 --> 00:10:37,846 Schoonover: Colonel ray schoonover, United States marine corps. 147 00:10:37,929 --> 00:10:39,556 Do you swear to tell the truth, 148 00:10:39,639 --> 00:10:42,809 the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you god? 149 00:10:43,351 --> 00:10:44,477 I do. 150 00:10:47,981 --> 00:10:49,816 - You got this. - (Sighs) 151 00:10:49,899 --> 00:10:51,484 Batzer: Counsel? 152 00:10:59,450 --> 00:11:01,661 Colonel, how long have you known the defendant? 153 00:11:01,744 --> 00:11:04,080 I'd say, the better part of a decade. 154 00:11:04,164 --> 00:11:05,832 Most of his career in the marine corps. 155 00:11:05,915 --> 00:11:08,710 So, you're familiar with his service in the middle east? 156 00:11:08,793 --> 00:11:10,545 Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran? 157 00:11:10,628 --> 00:11:12,589 Yes, very familiar. 158 00:11:12,672 --> 00:11:14,232 Foggy: I wonder if you could tell us... 159 00:11:15,091 --> 00:11:17,510 How lieutenant frank castle won the Navy cross? 160 00:11:18,011 --> 00:11:20,847 Due to the nature of that mission, you'll have to understand that... 161 00:11:21,431 --> 00:11:23,600 The precise circumstances are classified. 162 00:11:27,729 --> 00:11:28,938 Um... 163 00:11:30,315 --> 00:11:32,275 How about the part that's not? 164 00:11:33,693 --> 00:11:36,154 Lieutenant frank castle was part of a small team. 165 00:11:36,237 --> 00:11:38,323 He was conducting a close target reconnaissance 166 00:11:38,406 --> 00:11:40,325 in the vicinity of the hindu kush. 167 00:11:40,533 --> 00:11:44,704 The mission became compromised, taking enemy contact on three sides. 168 00:11:46,664 --> 00:11:48,833 Lieutenant castle wanted to abort. 169 00:11:49,167 --> 00:11:52,253 Said the mission was a bust, pulling the plug would save lives. 170 00:11:53,171 --> 00:11:56,007 - Officer in charge said "no." - Foggy: And why was that? 171 00:11:56,090 --> 00:11:58,176 Schoonover: Maybe he wanted more medals on his chest. 172 00:11:58,259 --> 00:12:00,428 Doesn't matter. Either way, frank was right. 173 00:12:00,511 --> 00:12:03,890 They were cut off, boxed into a canyon. 174 00:12:03,973 --> 00:12:05,934 Foggy: And what happened next? 175 00:12:06,017 --> 00:12:08,811 Within the first hour, the officer in charge of that mission 176 00:12:08,895 --> 00:12:10,146 got his arm blown off. 177 00:12:10,939 --> 00:12:12,732 So, lieutenant castle assumed command. 178 00:12:13,274 --> 00:12:15,693 His only goal was to get his men out alive. 179 00:12:16,402 --> 00:12:19,530 The enemy had set up an ambush 180 00:12:19,614 --> 00:12:22,617 at the only lz that would accommodate one of our birds. 181 00:12:23,034 --> 00:12:24,035 Sorry, colonel? 182 00:12:24,118 --> 00:12:28,456 L2 is a landing zone that can accommodate a helicopter. 183 00:12:28,539 --> 00:12:31,876 So, the enemy, they block this landing zone, 184 00:12:32,377 --> 00:12:35,797 knowing it was the only shot the team had to get out alive. 185 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:37,465 All they had to do was wait. 186 00:12:37,799 --> 00:12:39,926 They knew that frank's team had to come to them. 187 00:12:40,009 --> 00:12:41,052 Fish in a barrel. 188 00:12:41,135 --> 00:12:42,387 Schoonover: So to speak. 189 00:12:42,470 --> 00:12:44,430 Only fish don't know they're gonna die. 190 00:12:44,514 --> 00:12:45,807 These men did. 191 00:12:46,975 --> 00:12:52,605 Frank went to the l2 all by himself to draw the bastards away. 192 00:12:52,730 --> 00:12:54,730 Foggy: Why didn't he order one of his men to do it? 193 00:12:54,774 --> 00:12:55,775 He certainly could have. 194 00:12:56,609 --> 00:12:57,777 Not his style. 195 00:13:00,154 --> 00:13:03,783 So, the men hear the firefight break out. All hell breaks loose. 196 00:13:03,866 --> 00:13:05,493 Frank against god knows how many. 197 00:13:05,952 --> 00:13:07,328 And then there was silence. 198 00:13:07,662 --> 00:13:12,292 The team thinks, "that's it. Frank's dead, and we're next." 199 00:13:14,585 --> 00:13:17,880 Next sound they hear is the helos, the helicopters. 200 00:13:17,964 --> 00:13:20,425 They get to the landing zone, you know what they see? 201 00:13:21,926 --> 00:13:24,387 Frank castle, standing there, grinning. 202 00:13:24,470 --> 00:13:28,099 Thirty-two muj surrounding him, all dead. 203 00:13:28,182 --> 00:13:31,644 Son of a gun cleared that entire lz all by himself. 204 00:13:32,353 --> 00:13:33,479 Foggy: How? 205 00:13:34,272 --> 00:13:35,940 By being frank castle. 206 00:13:36,065 --> 00:13:38,484 - And his men survived? - All of 'em. 207 00:13:38,568 --> 00:13:41,446 Including the idiot officer that got 'em trapped in the first place. 208 00:13:41,529 --> 00:13:44,699 If you had to sum up frank castle, how would you do it? 209 00:13:44,782 --> 00:13:46,701 I would say frank castle is a man 210 00:13:46,784 --> 00:13:50,038 who would gladly give his life to keep others safe. 211 00:13:50,121 --> 00:13:52,248 Foggy: And the crimes he's accused of today? 212 00:13:52,332 --> 00:13:54,125 Could the man you knew have committed them? 213 00:13:54,208 --> 00:13:55,585 Absolutely not. 214 00:13:57,045 --> 00:13:59,714 Lieutenant frank castle that I know is a hero. 215 00:14:00,798 --> 00:14:02,633 A man who deserves our respect... 216 00:14:03,718 --> 00:14:05,178 And our gratitude. 217 00:14:06,929 --> 00:14:08,139 Not the same man. 218 00:14:09,057 --> 00:14:11,642 Thank you, sir. No more questions, your honor. 219 00:14:13,478 --> 00:14:14,604 People? 220 00:14:23,154 --> 00:14:27,241 I'd like to personally thank you for your service to this country, colonel. 221 00:14:27,825 --> 00:14:29,744 My father served in Vietnam. 222 00:14:29,827 --> 00:14:32,622 - Do you know what he told me about medals? - No, ma'am. 223 00:14:32,705 --> 00:14:35,708 He said the only people who truly know what happened 224 00:14:35,792 --> 00:14:37,085 are the ones that were there. 225 00:14:38,336 --> 00:14:40,004 You told a nice story, colonel... 226 00:14:40,546 --> 00:14:44,634 But how can we know that it happened the way you described? 227 00:14:44,717 --> 00:14:48,262 Well, perhaps I wasn't clear. I was there, ma'am. 228 00:14:49,347 --> 00:14:52,642 That officer that didn't listen to frank, got his men trapped... 229 00:14:53,226 --> 00:14:54,310 You're looking at him. 230 00:14:54,394 --> 00:14:55,954 - (Indistinct chatter) - And believe me when I tell you, 231 00:14:55,978 --> 00:14:59,399 I thank god every day that I only lost my arm. 232 00:14:59,982 --> 00:15:03,528 That man saved my life, the lives of his entire team. 233 00:15:04,695 --> 00:15:06,030 If it was up to me, 234 00:15:06,114 --> 00:15:08,741 he'd have a medal of honor hanging around his neck. 235 00:15:09,826 --> 00:15:10,868 (Sighs) 236 00:15:10,952 --> 00:15:13,746 No further questions at this time, your honor. 237 00:15:16,416 --> 00:15:17,834 How'd you miss that in his file? 238 00:15:17,917 --> 00:15:19,252 All the names were redacted. 239 00:15:19,335 --> 00:15:20,378 Not good. 240 00:15:20,461 --> 00:15:21,879 No shit. 241 00:15:21,963 --> 00:15:24,549 Hey, Matt couldn't have done it better. 242 00:15:25,341 --> 00:15:26,467 It was good. 243 00:15:35,059 --> 00:15:36,310 Matt: How is she? 244 00:15:36,394 --> 00:15:39,397 Well... she'll live. 245 00:15:40,523 --> 00:15:41,858 Yeah? You sure? 246 00:15:41,941 --> 00:15:43,609 Sure as I am of anything. 247 00:15:43,693 --> 00:15:45,236 (Both grunting) 248 00:15:45,319 --> 00:15:46,904 - (Breathes heavily) - (Stick groans) 249 00:15:49,699 --> 00:15:51,742 Stick: Jesus, didn't we do this already? 250 00:15:51,826 --> 00:15:53,119 Start talking, stick. 251 00:15:53,202 --> 00:15:55,913 - It's about the war. - What is? 252 00:15:56,873 --> 00:15:58,166 All of it. 253 00:15:58,791 --> 00:16:02,211 Roxxon, midland circle, the damn hole, Elektra... 254 00:16:02,295 --> 00:16:05,256 All right, you've been using this war as an excuse since the day I met you, 255 00:16:05,339 --> 00:16:07,842 and you still haven't told me a goddamn thing about it. 256 00:16:07,925 --> 00:16:09,510 - You know what I think? - Tell me. 257 00:16:09,594 --> 00:16:10,970 I think you're full of shit. 258 00:16:11,429 --> 00:16:13,014 I don't think there is any war. 259 00:16:14,015 --> 00:16:16,434 I think you're just a sick old fighter dying to hit people, 260 00:16:16,517 --> 00:16:18,287 so you make up stories to justify your behavior. 261 00:16:18,311 --> 00:16:19,479 (Stick sighs) 262 00:16:20,521 --> 00:16:22,315 And then, you rope in the wounded... 263 00:16:23,149 --> 00:16:26,110 So that you can sit back and watch them throw away their lives, 264 00:16:26,194 --> 00:16:27,570 and you can feel important. 265 00:16:27,653 --> 00:16:28,821 Stick: Sit down. 266 00:16:31,199 --> 00:16:33,034 Sit down, Matty. 267 00:16:39,332 --> 00:16:43,169 It all began centuries ago. Nobody knows how many, 268 00:16:43,252 --> 00:16:45,004 but the shit we're dipping into... 269 00:16:45,630 --> 00:16:47,298 Is ancient. 270 00:16:47,882 --> 00:16:53,137 Back then, warlords and their gangs ruled the countryside. 271 00:16:53,513 --> 00:16:55,640 Not that much different from today. 272 00:16:56,766 --> 00:17:02,647 Bloodthirsty, greedy brutes after loot, pussy, booze, same ol', same ol'. 273 00:17:03,814 --> 00:17:06,067 But... one day, 274 00:17:06,150 --> 00:17:09,237 one of these collections of assholes 275 00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:13,115 comes across a thing they can barely understand. 276 00:17:14,033 --> 00:17:18,120 Real treasure. Not gold, or rubies, or any of that. 277 00:17:21,082 --> 00:17:22,959 They found the secret. 278 00:17:23,876 --> 00:17:25,169 What secret? 279 00:17:25,378 --> 00:17:26,671 Immortality. 280 00:17:27,588 --> 00:17:29,674 Bringing the dead back to life. 281 00:17:30,466 --> 00:17:32,134 Come on, stick. 282 00:17:33,344 --> 00:17:36,305 (Sighs) I thought you were a catholic, Matty. 283 00:17:37,473 --> 00:17:41,936 Doesn't your whole belief system hinge on one guy pulling that off? 284 00:17:45,815 --> 00:17:47,024 So... 285 00:17:48,734 --> 00:17:51,153 Free from the fear of death, 286 00:17:51,237 --> 00:17:56,742 these pieces of shit step up, kill their master, take over, 287 00:17:56,826 --> 00:17:58,911 and paint the shores of the far east 288 00:17:58,995 --> 00:18:01,664 with the blood of anybody who stands in their way. 289 00:18:03,624 --> 00:18:07,753 They grow in size, power, wealth... 290 00:18:09,213 --> 00:18:11,340 Spread across Asia... 291 00:18:11,424 --> 00:18:13,801 And finally give themselves a name. 292 00:18:15,011 --> 00:18:16,387 Yaminote. 293 00:18:17,722 --> 00:18:19,515 It means, "the hand." 294 00:18:21,392 --> 00:18:23,394 And did they have a goal? 295 00:18:23,477 --> 00:18:27,023 Weapons. It's always weapons. 296 00:18:27,106 --> 00:18:29,442 Like, guns, bombs? 297 00:18:29,525 --> 00:18:30,693 Stick: Worse. 298 00:18:31,777 --> 00:18:33,821 Thing called a black sky. 299 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:37,241 So, what's it do, this, uh, black sky? 300 00:18:37,325 --> 00:18:39,118 Stick: Nobody knows exactly. 301 00:18:41,495 --> 00:18:42,580 Why not? 302 00:18:42,663 --> 00:18:45,625 Because they've never activated one. 303 00:18:46,751 --> 00:18:49,378 They've tried. They'll try again. 304 00:18:51,005 --> 00:18:52,173 But... 305 00:18:54,175 --> 00:18:56,385 The hand made one mistake. 306 00:18:56,969 --> 00:18:58,179 They made enemies. 307 00:18:58,262 --> 00:18:59,430 Bingo. 308 00:19:01,390 --> 00:19:03,476 Some say it was just a kid. 309 00:19:04,727 --> 00:19:09,315 Hand comes into his village, kills everyone... 310 00:19:09,398 --> 00:19:10,483 Almost. 311 00:19:11,609 --> 00:19:17,490 Kid... pulls the knife from the breast of his dead mother... 312 00:19:17,573 --> 00:19:20,242 - (Blade swishing) - And goes to work. 313 00:19:21,952 --> 00:19:25,039 He cuts down some of the hand's finest warriors. 314 00:19:25,122 --> 00:19:26,707 (Man groans) 315 00:19:26,791 --> 00:19:30,586 They're lying dead... kid's standing. 316 00:19:31,879 --> 00:19:35,508 They give him a name: The chaste. 317 00:19:36,092 --> 00:19:37,843 And he's just one kid? Alone? 318 00:19:38,344 --> 00:19:42,431 Kid grows up, rounds up every warrior he can. 319 00:19:43,224 --> 00:19:47,436 Men, women, young, old, doesn't matter as long as they kick ass. 320 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:48,938 And they do. 321 00:19:49,021 --> 00:19:51,190 Without mercy. 322 00:19:54,360 --> 00:19:58,197 And the only protection this world has against the hand. 323 00:19:59,365 --> 00:20:02,159 (Inhales deeply) Wow. 324 00:20:04,161 --> 00:20:06,956 Now, in this fairy tale... 325 00:20:08,374 --> 00:20:10,292 You're the chaste, right? That's... 326 00:20:11,252 --> 00:20:12,336 Is that it? 327 00:20:12,962 --> 00:20:14,296 (Sighs deeply) 328 00:20:15,297 --> 00:20:17,091 It's why I didn't tell you. 329 00:20:17,174 --> 00:20:19,885 No, no, it's... it's good. It leaves you front and center. 330 00:20:20,386 --> 00:20:22,930 Finding the hand, keeping the black skies at bay. 331 00:20:23,472 --> 00:20:24,932 Murdering when it suits you. 332 00:20:26,892 --> 00:20:28,436 Believe it or don't. 333 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:33,315 The fact remains that the city you're sworn to protect 334 00:20:33,858 --> 00:20:37,486 is ground zero in a war it doesn't even know is happening. 335 00:20:37,570 --> 00:20:39,697 That hole is just the start. 336 00:20:41,532 --> 00:20:44,452 So, you can kill, die, 337 00:20:44,535 --> 00:20:48,831 or sit on your ass and watch hell's kitchen burn... 338 00:20:50,499 --> 00:20:56,005 But this war is bigger than you, or me, or any of our... 339 00:20:58,591 --> 00:21:00,092 Problems. 340 00:21:00,176 --> 00:21:03,763 And you've pulled Elektra to your side, haven't you? 341 00:21:03,846 --> 00:21:05,890 Welcome to the world, kid. 342 00:21:09,435 --> 00:21:12,730 (Softlty) Elektra works for me. 343 00:21:20,362 --> 00:21:22,257 Dr. Lee: The bullet penetrated Mr. Castle's skull 344 00:21:22,281 --> 00:21:23,449 in the lower right quadrant, 345 00:21:23,532 --> 00:21:26,452 or more specifically, the sphenofrontal suture, 346 00:21:26,535 --> 00:21:30,080 which is the cranial suture between the sphenoid bone and the frontal bones, 347 00:21:30,164 --> 00:21:31,415 both here and here. 348 00:21:33,083 --> 00:21:35,669 I believe what my expert witness is trying to convey 349 00:21:35,753 --> 00:21:38,214 is that my client, frank castle, was shot... 350 00:21:38,672 --> 00:21:41,592 Point blank, execution style, in the head. 351 00:21:43,052 --> 00:21:47,431 Could you please describe the damage Mr. Castle sustained from the bullet? 352 00:21:47,848 --> 00:21:49,809 Dr. Lee: It fragmented on impact, causing damage 353 00:21:49,892 --> 00:21:52,770 in both the right frontal lobe and temporal lobe of his brain. 354 00:21:52,853 --> 00:21:55,231 What are the effects of such an injury? 355 00:21:55,314 --> 00:21:58,776 Dr. Lee: Mr. Castle is suffering from what we call sympathetic storming. 356 00:21:58,859 --> 00:22:01,362 It's a heightened and ongoing state of fight or flight, 357 00:22:01,445 --> 00:22:04,657 in which the sympathetic nervous system is hyperactive. 358 00:22:04,740 --> 00:22:08,452 As if he is reliving the incident of trauma, over and over again. 359 00:22:09,078 --> 00:22:11,247 It can plunge a seemingly peaceful individual into... 360 00:22:12,039 --> 00:22:14,124 Mental and emotional chaos. 361 00:22:14,208 --> 00:22:16,585 It sure sounds a lot like PTSD. 362 00:22:16,669 --> 00:22:19,797 No, that's not where we're going. Just... listen. 363 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:21,757 Could you define it for the jury, please? 364 00:22:21,841 --> 00:22:24,093 Extreme emotional disturbance. 365 00:22:24,176 --> 00:22:25,719 It's twofold. 366 00:22:25,803 --> 00:22:29,181 First, the defendant is so emotionally disturbed that he loses control. 367 00:22:29,265 --> 00:22:32,434 And second, the defendant has a reasonable explanation 368 00:22:32,518 --> 00:22:34,520 for said disturbance, from his point of view. 369 00:22:34,603 --> 00:22:38,566 Foggy: Are you aware that frank castle's wife, son, and daughter 370 00:22:38,649 --> 00:22:40,568 were all murdered right in front of him 371 00:22:40,651 --> 00:22:42,736 when he sustained the brain injury in question? 372 00:22:42,820 --> 00:22:44,196 An injury which, you say, 373 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:47,908 keeps him in a perpetual state of mental and emotional chaos? 374 00:22:47,992 --> 00:22:48,993 I am, yes. 375 00:22:49,118 --> 00:22:52,121 Foggy: With that in mind, would you say that frank castle's mental state 376 00:22:52,204 --> 00:22:56,542 satisfies the definition of "extreme emotional disturbance"? 377 00:22:56,625 --> 00:22:58,794 Reyes: Objection, calls for a conclusion. 378 00:22:58,878 --> 00:23:01,297 Foggy: Your honor, Dr. Lee is an expert on the brain. 379 00:23:01,380 --> 00:23:03,340 He is qualified to an opinion, 380 00:23:03,424 --> 00:23:07,511 and said opinion is not only relevant, but imperative to the case. 381 00:23:09,513 --> 00:23:11,181 Overruled. 382 00:23:11,265 --> 00:23:12,391 Dr. Lee? 383 00:23:12,474 --> 00:23:15,811 Dr. Lee: Personally, I do believe he is suffering from eed, yes. 384 00:23:15,895 --> 00:23:19,523 And one who's suffering from extreme emotional disturbance, 385 00:23:19,607 --> 00:23:23,652 is it possible to willfully premeditate a crime? 386 00:23:23,736 --> 00:23:26,488 Any infractions would be considered crimes of passion. 387 00:23:27,573 --> 00:23:29,325 Foggy: How many of your other patients 388 00:23:29,408 --> 00:23:32,745 witnessed their families being brutally murdered right in front of them? 389 00:23:32,828 --> 00:23:36,081 - Other than frank castle? - He's the only one. 390 00:23:36,165 --> 00:23:39,668 And so, would you say the circumstances surrounding frank's mental state 391 00:23:39,752 --> 00:23:42,296 is different than those of your other patients? 392 00:23:42,379 --> 00:23:43,631 I would. 393 00:23:44,632 --> 00:23:48,218 And what exactly would that difference be, in simple terms? 394 00:23:48,302 --> 00:23:50,387 Frank castle's been through hell. 395 00:23:51,305 --> 00:23:52,431 Foggy: Thank you. 396 00:23:52,514 --> 00:23:53,974 Man: (Shouts) You killed my dad! 397 00:23:54,058 --> 00:23:55,577 I don't give a shit what you've been through! 398 00:23:55,601 --> 00:23:57,412 - Order! Order in the court! - Man: You killed him! 399 00:23:57,436 --> 00:24:00,064 - I saw him in his coffin... - Please remove that young man now. 400 00:24:00,147 --> 00:24:02,399 (Sobs) He was my dad, and now he's gone! 401 00:24:03,817 --> 00:24:07,863 I'm now instructing each and every one of you to disregard that outburst 402 00:24:07,947 --> 00:24:11,200 and to not let it influence your opinions on this case. 403 00:24:13,786 --> 00:24:15,162 Frank: I did that. 404 00:24:16,372 --> 00:24:17,373 Right? 405 00:24:19,375 --> 00:24:21,877 That kid, I took his father from him. I did that. 406 00:24:23,629 --> 00:24:25,547 - Yeah, you did. - Uh-huh. 407 00:24:28,676 --> 00:24:31,178 Look, frank, I can'tjudge you. 408 00:24:35,683 --> 00:24:38,352 (Softly) That was tough in there for you, right? It was... 409 00:24:38,435 --> 00:24:40,062 It was, um, hard? 410 00:24:40,562 --> 00:24:41,772 (Sighs) 411 00:24:43,899 --> 00:24:45,275 (Softly) Yeah. 412 00:24:48,070 --> 00:24:49,279 Okay. 413 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:52,199 You gotta do something for me. 414 00:24:52,533 --> 00:24:53,951 Hmm? 415 00:24:54,034 --> 00:24:56,078 I need you to take the stand. 416 00:24:56,161 --> 00:24:57,579 Come on, for what? Why would I... 417 00:24:57,663 --> 00:25:01,083 The jury has to know what happened to you, what you go through every single day. 418 00:25:01,166 --> 00:25:03,669 After this afternoon... (Sighs) 419 00:25:03,752 --> 00:25:06,171 I don't think we have any other shot. 420 00:25:06,255 --> 00:25:07,631 What? 421 00:25:07,715 --> 00:25:09,734 (Stutters) And what do you think is gonna happen here? 422 00:25:09,758 --> 00:25:10,819 We're not gonna win this thing. 423 00:25:10,843 --> 00:25:12,803 No, but we can still reduce the charges. 424 00:25:12,886 --> 00:25:13,929 (Inhales) 425 00:25:14,013 --> 00:25:17,558 Look, that might not be important to you, but it is important to me. 426 00:25:18,183 --> 00:25:20,602 All of them, they all think that you're a monster. 427 00:25:21,186 --> 00:25:23,272 But I know that you're not. You're not! 428 00:25:25,941 --> 00:25:27,317 You sure about that? 429 00:25:29,319 --> 00:25:31,655 What if I find these men that did that to my family? 430 00:25:31,739 --> 00:25:32,740 What if... 431 00:25:35,075 --> 00:25:36,493 What if nothing changes? 432 00:25:38,120 --> 00:25:39,872 (Mutters) 433 00:25:39,955 --> 00:25:41,915 What if this is just me now? 434 00:25:47,421 --> 00:25:49,089 Then don't you deserve to know that, too? 435 00:25:56,305 --> 00:25:57,639 Karen: Foggy! 436 00:25:57,723 --> 00:25:58,807 Hey. 437 00:26:00,184 --> 00:26:02,394 He'll do it. He'll take the stand. 438 00:26:03,020 --> 00:26:04,772 - Are you serious? - Yeah. 439 00:26:04,855 --> 00:26:07,483 Look, unless you have a better idea, I think... 440 00:26:07,566 --> 00:26:09,485 (Sighs) How did we even get here? 441 00:26:09,568 --> 00:26:11,320 This guy's a murderer. 442 00:26:11,403 --> 00:26:14,281 He's killed fathers and brothers. You heard that kid. 443 00:26:14,364 --> 00:26:15,824 Why are we helping him? 444 00:26:17,284 --> 00:26:18,744 (Sighs) 445 00:26:18,827 --> 00:26:22,539 Do you think that frank is completely and totally mentally healthy? 446 00:26:23,207 --> 00:26:25,000 - I think he's batshit. - Yeah? 447 00:26:25,084 --> 00:26:27,169 Well, then that's why you help him. 448 00:26:27,961 --> 00:26:30,214 - (Sighs) - Put him on the stand, foggy. 449 00:26:30,297 --> 00:26:31,882 Shit. Okay. 450 00:26:32,674 --> 00:26:34,551 - One caveat, though. - Okay. 451 00:26:34,635 --> 00:26:36,887 - We get Matt to do the questioning. - No. 452 00:26:37,012 --> 00:26:38,722 - Foggy: Yes. - (Chuckles) No. 453 00:26:38,806 --> 00:26:41,767 You're doing great, okay? You're making reyes play defense. 454 00:26:41,850 --> 00:26:42,911 You... you don't need Matt for this. 455 00:26:42,935 --> 00:26:44,728 - I do, Karen! - Why do you always do this? 456 00:26:44,812 --> 00:26:47,540 Why do you put Matt in the driver's seat when you can do this yourself? 457 00:26:47,564 --> 00:26:49,316 Matt and I are partners for a reason. 458 00:26:49,399 --> 00:26:52,611 There's some things that I'm better at, and there's things that he's better at. 459 00:26:52,694 --> 00:26:54,172 This is something that he'll be better at. 460 00:26:54,196 --> 00:26:55,757 He's barely spent two seconds with frank. 461 00:26:55,781 --> 00:26:58,492 I know, but that kid nearly destroyed us in there. 462 00:26:58,575 --> 00:27:01,995 And at this moment, Matt is the right person to question frank. 463 00:27:02,079 --> 00:27:03,455 He just is. 464 00:27:05,582 --> 00:27:06,750 Okay. 465 00:27:07,334 --> 00:27:08,335 I'll get him. 466 00:27:31,024 --> 00:27:33,318 - I'm sorry... - When we met... 467 00:27:35,779 --> 00:27:37,072 Was it fate? 468 00:27:38,866 --> 00:27:39,867 Was it luck? 469 00:27:39,950 --> 00:27:41,201 (Inhales deeply) 470 00:27:42,369 --> 00:27:43,912 Or was I a mission? 471 00:27:50,252 --> 00:27:51,670 (Softly) Mission. 472 00:28:02,306 --> 00:28:03,807 (Sighs deeply) 473 00:28:11,315 --> 00:28:15,277 Stick trained me a long time, like he trained you. 474 00:28:15,819 --> 00:28:18,614 He's not a sentimental man, but he wanted you back. 475 00:28:21,450 --> 00:28:24,786 He wanted you to forget about law, your friends... 476 00:28:25,746 --> 00:28:26,914 Your city. 477 00:28:28,290 --> 00:28:29,958 He thought I could distract you. 478 00:28:31,919 --> 00:28:33,045 He was right. 479 00:28:33,712 --> 00:28:34,755 Elektra: No. 480 00:28:36,089 --> 00:28:38,884 Because I did the thing I promised him I'd never do. 481 00:28:40,302 --> 00:28:42,095 I fell in love with you, Matthew. 482 00:28:43,639 --> 00:28:45,474 Listen to my heartbeat, if you must. 483 00:28:46,099 --> 00:28:47,434 You know it's true. 484 00:28:50,604 --> 00:28:54,441 Stick told me about some secret Japanese organization. 485 00:28:55,442 --> 00:28:56,652 The hand. 486 00:28:56,735 --> 00:28:59,696 They won't stop until they've infiltrated your whole city. 487 00:29:00,155 --> 00:29:02,407 Killed every last member of the chaste. 488 00:29:02,908 --> 00:29:04,618 - Stick... - You. 489 00:29:05,035 --> 00:29:07,120 Elektra: (Sighs) We live on the front lines. 490 00:29:07,663 --> 00:29:08,914 Like it or not. 491 00:29:09,539 --> 00:29:11,583 It doesn't mean we have to fight stick's way. 492 00:29:11,667 --> 00:29:14,544 He kills his enemies, and we don't have to. 493 00:29:14,628 --> 00:29:16,630 Elektra: You make that choice sound so easy. 494 00:29:16,713 --> 00:29:19,508 Matt: No, it's not easy. It's impossible. 495 00:29:20,133 --> 00:29:23,929 But it's a choice and it's a choice that I remake every single day. 496 00:29:24,471 --> 00:29:26,181 Every second, sometimes. 497 00:29:27,099 --> 00:29:28,433 And you can, too. 498 00:29:29,017 --> 00:29:31,353 Matthew, there are things about me you don't know. 499 00:29:31,436 --> 00:29:32,789 - I don't need to know. - I want you to. 500 00:29:32,813 --> 00:29:35,023 I don't care, whatever you've done in the past... 501 00:29:35,107 --> 00:29:37,693 Elektra, whoever you've chosen to be, you're free now, all right? 502 00:29:37,776 --> 00:29:40,004 You could have killed those men at the hole, but you didn't. 503 00:29:40,028 --> 00:29:41,280 Because you're not stick. 504 00:29:41,363 --> 00:29:44,783 And screw him for ever making you feel like you might be, even for a second. 505 00:29:44,866 --> 00:29:46,243 - He can hear you. - I don't care. 506 00:29:46,326 --> 00:29:48,954 When you were hurt, when I thought I might lose you, I... 507 00:29:49,037 --> 00:29:50,622 (Shudders) 508 00:29:50,706 --> 00:29:52,291 (Softly) I... 509 00:29:52,416 --> 00:29:54,376 (Trembles) I felt hollow. 510 00:29:55,627 --> 00:29:57,546 Now, I have no reason to trust you. 511 00:29:57,629 --> 00:29:59,798 You've lied to me more times than I can count. 512 00:30:00,340 --> 00:30:01,925 But if you leave stick... 513 00:30:04,094 --> 00:30:05,304 Be with me. 514 00:30:06,471 --> 00:30:08,640 Fight this war by my side. 515 00:30:08,724 --> 00:30:09,933 My way. 516 00:30:12,144 --> 00:30:13,144 Our way. 517 00:30:15,188 --> 00:30:17,024 Elektra: (Softly) Why are you so good? 518 00:30:21,486 --> 00:30:22,738 Matt: I'm not. 519 00:30:24,323 --> 00:30:25,449 (Whispers) Yes. 520 00:30:28,243 --> 00:30:30,203 There's a light inside you. 521 00:30:33,999 --> 00:30:36,168 I tried to snuff it out in college. 522 00:30:38,795 --> 00:30:40,630 I'm so lucky I failed. 523 00:30:45,177 --> 00:30:47,137 (Door opens and closes) 524 00:30:47,220 --> 00:30:48,513 Someone... someone's here. 525 00:30:49,556 --> 00:30:51,141 You got company. 526 00:30:52,601 --> 00:30:53,769 Hey. 527 00:30:56,563 --> 00:30:57,731 Karen... 528 00:30:58,690 --> 00:30:59,775 Hi. 529 00:31:00,692 --> 00:31:03,403 Um... let's, uh... 530 00:31:03,487 --> 00:31:04,738 - Let's go somewhere. - No. Why? 531 00:31:04,821 --> 00:31:06,406 - So, we can talk. - I don't want to. 532 00:31:06,490 --> 00:31:08,092 I know this looks crazy, but it's really not. 533 00:31:08,116 --> 00:31:09,951 It doesn't... it doesn't matter. 534 00:31:10,744 --> 00:31:12,829 Frank castle's going to take the stand tomorrow. 535 00:31:13,705 --> 00:31:15,332 And your friend could use your help. 536 00:31:16,500 --> 00:31:17,584 That's all. 537 00:31:19,836 --> 00:31:21,213 Nice meetin' ya. 538 00:31:22,672 --> 00:31:23,673 (Door opens) 539 00:31:24,758 --> 00:31:25,759 (Door closes) 540 00:31:25,842 --> 00:31:27,594 (Indistinct chatter) 541 00:31:32,891 --> 00:31:35,018 - Fan club's here. - (Scoffs) 542 00:31:35,102 --> 00:31:37,687 Word must have gotten out about frank testifying. 543 00:31:38,605 --> 00:31:40,524 - (Sighs) - Matt better show. 544 00:31:41,608 --> 00:31:43,819 If he doesn't, we'll survive. Right? 545 00:31:59,459 --> 00:32:00,836 Karen, I'm so sorry about... 546 00:32:00,919 --> 00:32:03,463 Uh. Foggy wants to walk through some things with you. 547 00:32:09,928 --> 00:32:11,680 Yeah, you wanted me here? 548 00:32:11,763 --> 00:32:14,182 Wow. Let's be clear. 549 00:32:15,892 --> 00:32:18,562 You're not here because you're a better lawyer or person. 550 00:32:18,645 --> 00:32:22,190 You're here because you're almost as crazy as frank castle, and that's it. 551 00:32:22,274 --> 00:32:24,109 So, you called me here to insult me? 552 00:32:24,192 --> 00:32:27,195 I called you here to be useful, for a change. 553 00:32:27,237 --> 00:32:29,507 We need to get frank to tell his story in a way that keeps him 554 00:32:29,531 --> 00:32:31,283 out of prison and alive. 555 00:32:31,783 --> 00:32:35,495 No one's heard that story except for you, because you're who you are. 556 00:32:36,204 --> 00:32:39,016 Why don't you put all that torture you put me and Karen through to good use? 557 00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:40,750 - (Matt chuckles) - Now would be the time. 558 00:32:40,834 --> 00:32:42,169 Counsel, we about ready? 559 00:32:42,252 --> 00:32:43,879 Uh... one more moment, your honor. 560 00:32:44,921 --> 00:32:47,549 Did you read the notes from schoonover and Lee? 561 00:32:47,632 --> 00:32:48,633 Yeah. 562 00:32:48,717 --> 00:32:51,386 Okay, here's the play. Walk frank through his story. 563 00:32:51,470 --> 00:32:54,097 Connect the dots between the colonel and the neurologist. 564 00:32:54,181 --> 00:32:56,766 We don't have to prove that frank's version of events is true. 565 00:32:56,850 --> 00:32:59,311 We just have to convince the jury that he believes it, 566 00:32:59,394 --> 00:33:00,687 and he relives it every day. 567 00:33:00,770 --> 00:33:03,273 We can put this guy in the loony bin, where he belongs. 568 00:33:03,356 --> 00:33:04,774 - Counsel? - Matt: Yeah. 569 00:33:04,858 --> 00:33:08,028 Uh. Your honor, the defense would like to call frank castle to the stand. 570 00:33:08,487 --> 00:33:10,864 Bailiff, bring in the defendant, please. 571 00:33:13,158 --> 00:33:15,285 (Crowd clamors) 572 00:33:18,413 --> 00:33:20,123 Tell me what's going on. 573 00:33:20,624 --> 00:33:22,417 (Whispers) Frank's wearing a suit. 574 00:33:23,293 --> 00:33:26,505 He looks better than I ever have, and he's not even wearing a tie. 575 00:33:31,510 --> 00:33:33,136 (Crowd clamors) 576 00:33:33,220 --> 00:33:35,889 - (Gavel banging) - Batzer: Order. 577 00:33:42,229 --> 00:33:44,356 Officer: (Whispers) Think about what you want, frank. 578 00:33:51,488 --> 00:33:54,032 - Something's not right. - No turning back now. 579 00:33:55,158 --> 00:33:57,661 Bailiff: Do you solemnly swear that you will tell the truth, 580 00:33:57,744 --> 00:33:59,305 the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, 581 00:33:59,329 --> 00:34:00,789 so help you god? 582 00:34:01,748 --> 00:34:02,874 Yeah. 583 00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:07,003 Bailiff: Please state your name for the record. 584 00:34:07,087 --> 00:34:08,421 Frank castle. 585 00:34:21,768 --> 00:34:25,355 Matt: Mr. Castle, you've been charged with multiple capital crimes. 586 00:34:25,438 --> 00:34:29,818 Been called "a killer incapable of empathy or remorse." 587 00:34:29,901 --> 00:34:30,902 Hmm. 588 00:34:31,528 --> 00:34:32,654 Yeah. 589 00:34:33,196 --> 00:34:34,281 So, I hear. 590 00:34:35,323 --> 00:34:38,034 Frank... may I call you frank? 591 00:34:42,706 --> 00:34:43,873 Yeah. 592 00:34:43,957 --> 00:34:46,876 Frank, we've heard a lot about neuro-chemistry... 593 00:34:47,544 --> 00:34:49,671 And psychology, and all things unfolding, 594 00:34:49,754 --> 00:34:52,257 scientifically and othennise, inside your brain. 595 00:34:53,592 --> 00:34:55,594 But I just have one question I want to ask. 596 00:34:57,887 --> 00:34:59,222 What happened that day? 597 00:34:59,806 --> 00:35:02,058 The day your family was so tragically killed. 598 00:35:12,110 --> 00:35:13,612 Matt: It's okay, frank. 599 00:35:14,237 --> 00:35:16,573 - I understand, it's difficult. - Frank: Do you? 600 00:35:18,533 --> 00:35:19,743 Do you understand? 601 00:35:21,494 --> 00:35:24,039 'Cause I don't think you understand shit. 602 00:35:32,213 --> 00:35:34,841 I'd like permission to treat the witness as hostile, your honor? 603 00:35:34,924 --> 00:35:35,967 Batzer: Granted. 604 00:35:36,051 --> 00:35:37,260 Matt: All right, frank. 605 00:35:38,178 --> 00:35:40,930 You don't want to tell us? I'll tell you. 606 00:35:41,014 --> 00:35:43,475 I'm gonna tell you exactly what kind of man you are. 607 00:35:45,060 --> 00:35:47,020 You're the kind of man this city needs. 608 00:35:47,687 --> 00:35:50,732 Because, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, we all know this city needs help. 609 00:35:50,815 --> 00:35:51,983 Needs it now. 610 00:35:52,442 --> 00:35:54,778 Not tomorrow, not next week, not when the day comes, 611 00:35:54,861 --> 00:35:58,073 when the corruption that Wilson fisk left in his wake is flushed out for good, 612 00:35:58,156 --> 00:36:00,450 and the police force is finally back on its feet. 613 00:36:00,533 --> 00:36:02,202 We need it now. 614 00:36:02,994 --> 00:36:04,704 'Cause this city's been sick. 615 00:36:05,705 --> 00:36:07,999 And the cops, they can't fix it alone, they need... 616 00:36:08,083 --> 00:36:12,087 We all need men and women who are willing to take the fight themselves. 617 00:36:12,170 --> 00:36:14,255 The kind of people who risk their lives 618 00:36:14,339 --> 00:36:16,841 so that we can walk safe at night in our own neighborhoods. 619 00:36:16,925 --> 00:36:20,595 The ones our esteemed district attorney here is trying so hard to destroy. 620 00:36:20,679 --> 00:36:22,764 New York needs these people. 621 00:36:22,847 --> 00:36:25,684 We need... heroes. 622 00:36:25,767 --> 00:36:27,102 (Crowd applauds) 623 00:36:27,185 --> 00:36:28,505 - Batzer: Order. - (Gavel banging) 624 00:36:28,561 --> 00:36:30,188 (Crowd clamors) 625 00:36:30,271 --> 00:36:32,565 - Matt: The help they offer... - (Clamoring subsides) 626 00:36:33,483 --> 00:36:35,360 And the hope that they provide. 627 00:36:37,153 --> 00:36:40,281 Frank castle wanted to help, but he took it too far. 628 00:36:40,990 --> 00:36:44,536 He shot people, he killed people. It's against the law. 629 00:36:45,036 --> 00:36:47,247 And he broke that law many, many times. 630 00:36:47,872 --> 00:36:49,582 Now, I don't like him any more than you do, 631 00:36:49,666 --> 00:36:51,876 but here's the thing, he's not a common criminal. 632 00:36:51,960 --> 00:36:54,045 He's not malicious in intent. 633 00:36:54,129 --> 00:36:56,923 Frank castle is actually a good man. He just... 634 00:36:57,006 --> 00:36:59,193 He doesn't know the difference between right and wrong anymore. 635 00:36:59,217 --> 00:37:01,010 And he doesn't need punishment for that. 636 00:37:01,094 --> 00:37:03,638 He needs help. Our help. 637 00:37:06,641 --> 00:37:08,893 That's the kind of man frank castle is. 638 00:37:11,062 --> 00:37:14,107 And now, you have to decide what kind ofjury you want to be. 639 00:37:16,526 --> 00:37:18,194 No further questions, your honor. 640 00:37:20,155 --> 00:37:21,281 Frank: Your, uh... 641 00:37:22,240 --> 00:37:23,366 Your honor? 642 00:37:24,367 --> 00:37:25,785 Can I say something? 643 00:37:26,786 --> 00:37:28,204 Batzer: You may. 644 00:37:28,288 --> 00:37:29,706 You know those, uh... 645 00:37:31,374 --> 00:37:33,376 (Scoffs) Those people? 646 00:37:34,461 --> 00:37:36,796 The ones I put down, the people I killed? 647 00:37:38,548 --> 00:37:40,383 I want you to know that I'd do it all again. 648 00:37:40,467 --> 00:37:42,719 - (Crowd exclaims) - Frank: This is a circus, all right? 649 00:37:42,802 --> 00:37:44,637 It's a charade, it's an act. 650 00:37:44,721 --> 00:37:46,365 - It's bullshit about how crazy I am. - Language. 651 00:37:46,389 --> 00:37:48,057 I ain't crazy! 652 00:37:48,141 --> 00:37:49,684 I'm not crazy. 653 00:37:49,768 --> 00:37:50,769 Okay? 654 00:37:51,770 --> 00:37:52,979 I know what I did. 655 00:37:55,064 --> 00:37:56,483 I know who I am. 656 00:37:57,233 --> 00:37:59,486 And I do not need your help. 657 00:38:02,113 --> 00:38:05,825 I'm smack-dab in the middle of my right goddamn mind, 658 00:38:05,909 --> 00:38:07,494 and any scumbag, any... 659 00:38:07,577 --> 00:38:11,748 Any lowlife, any maggot piece of shit that I put down, I did it... 660 00:38:11,831 --> 00:38:13,541 - Because I liked it! - Order! 661 00:38:13,625 --> 00:38:16,669 Hell, I loved it! I'm sittin' here, I'm... I'm just itching. 662 00:38:16,753 --> 00:38:19,130 - (Crowd clamors) - (Stutters) I'm itching to do it again. 663 00:38:19,214 --> 00:38:22,425 And you think... what, you think you're gonna send me to a nuthouse? 664 00:38:22,509 --> 00:38:25,470 Some doctor, they're gonna get me to stop from doing what I want to do? 665 00:38:25,553 --> 00:38:27,806 Well, that ain't happening! Not on my watch! 666 00:38:28,890 --> 00:38:31,184 You people, you call me the punisher, ain't that right? 667 00:38:31,351 --> 00:38:32,435 The big, bad punisher. 668 00:38:32,519 --> 00:38:33,913 - Batzer: Bailiff. - Well, here I am! 669 00:38:33,937 --> 00:38:35,664 - Remove the witness. - Frank: You want it, you got it! 670 00:38:35,688 --> 00:38:38,024 I am the punisher! I'm right here! 671 00:38:38,107 --> 00:38:40,026 You want it, I'll give it to you. 672 00:38:40,109 --> 00:38:43,905 And anybody who came here today to hear me whine, to hear me beg? 673 00:38:43,988 --> 00:38:46,032 Well, you can kiss my ass! 674 00:38:46,741 --> 00:38:48,493 Do you hear me? I'm guilty. 675 00:38:48,576 --> 00:38:51,246 Come on, please, judge! I'm guilty, you hear me? 676 00:38:51,329 --> 00:38:53,331 I'm guilty! I'm guilty! 677 00:38:53,414 --> 00:38:56,292 I'll kill every one of 'em! I'll kill every single one! 678 00:38:56,668 --> 00:38:58,419 (Indistinct chatter) 679 00:38:58,503 --> 00:38:59,754 How the hell did this happen? 680 00:38:59,838 --> 00:39:01,190 That wasn't the frank I met with yesterday. 681 00:39:01,214 --> 00:39:02,590 Matt: Guys... 682 00:39:02,674 --> 00:39:05,385 - I think somebody got to him. - Convincing him of what? 683 00:39:05,468 --> 00:39:07,720 Yelling his way to multiple life sentences? 684 00:39:07,804 --> 00:39:09,764 - You provoked him. - (Stutters) What? I didn't... 685 00:39:09,806 --> 00:39:11,826 - What are you talking... - I had it lined up for you. 686 00:39:11,850 --> 00:39:12,851 We could have done this. 687 00:39:12,934 --> 00:39:14,769 We could have gotten the charges reduced. 688 00:39:14,853 --> 00:39:17,105 All you had to do was get frank to tell his story. 689 00:39:17,188 --> 00:39:20,148 - Instead you veer off into vigilante-land! - Foggy, he wasn't cooperating! 690 00:39:20,567 --> 00:39:23,278 I'm glad we lost. You hear me? I'm glad. 691 00:39:23,361 --> 00:39:24,821 - Foggy". - Karen, let him go. 692 00:39:24,904 --> 00:39:25,822 I don't want to hear it. 693 00:39:25,905 --> 00:39:27,383 Karen, can I talk to you for five seconds, please? 694 00:39:27,407 --> 00:39:29,492 I don't want to hear another bullshit excuse! 695 00:39:30,368 --> 00:39:33,162 (Sighs) Maybe you are an alcoholic. Maybe you're in a fight club. 696 00:39:33,246 --> 00:39:35,540 Maybe you are sleeping with a whole harem of women. 697 00:39:35,623 --> 00:39:37,041 I don't care, I'm done. 698 00:39:39,836 --> 00:39:41,170 You're right. 699 00:39:41,796 --> 00:39:43,673 This city really needs heroes. 700 00:39:46,092 --> 00:39:47,302 But you're not one of them. 701 00:39:54,684 --> 00:39:55,894 (Sighs) 702 00:39:57,729 --> 00:39:59,731 You gotta feel like shit. 703 00:40:01,107 --> 00:40:02,358 Go back to bed. 704 00:40:02,442 --> 00:40:03,818 (Elektra grunts) 705 00:40:04,819 --> 00:40:06,821 I can barely stand. 706 00:40:07,864 --> 00:40:10,033 Then go back to bed. 707 00:40:15,496 --> 00:40:17,540 (Sighs) No. 708 00:40:21,794 --> 00:40:24,047 I don't want to be with you anymore. 709 00:40:25,798 --> 00:40:27,216 I want to be with him. 710 00:40:27,842 --> 00:40:30,386 - Don't be stupid. - He needs more training. 711 00:40:30,470 --> 00:40:31,888 The hand is new to him... 712 00:40:31,971 --> 00:40:33,306 Soft. 713 00:40:33,890 --> 00:40:37,310 Matt murdock is soft. He made you soft. 714 00:40:37,393 --> 00:40:39,395 You let your guard down. 715 00:40:40,313 --> 00:40:42,982 (Sighs) Go back to bed, Ellie. 716 00:40:43,066 --> 00:40:45,693 - I'm not a child. - You can't be with him. 717 00:40:45,777 --> 00:40:46,861 Why? 718 00:40:49,697 --> 00:40:51,240 You can't change what you are. 719 00:40:51,324 --> 00:40:53,451 Matthew thinks I can. 720 00:40:53,993 --> 00:40:56,454 - And I believe him. - (Scoffs) 721 00:41:01,459 --> 00:41:02,585 Get out... 722 00:41:04,087 --> 00:41:07,256 - Before I get nasty. - Are you threatening me? 723 00:41:07,340 --> 00:41:09,050 You're damn right, I am. 724 00:41:13,638 --> 00:41:14,806 Go. 725 00:41:14,889 --> 00:41:16,224 (Knife thuds) 726 00:41:18,476 --> 00:41:19,769 (Stick sighs deeply) 727 00:41:19,852 --> 00:41:20,979 (Elektra exhales) 728 00:41:21,062 --> 00:41:23,022 What do you think he'll say... 729 00:41:24,857 --> 00:41:26,359 When he finds out... 730 00:41:26,985 --> 00:41:28,403 What you are? 731 00:41:30,071 --> 00:41:31,698 What you've always been? 732 00:41:33,241 --> 00:41:34,742 Haven't told him yet... 733 00:41:36,035 --> 00:41:37,078 Have ya? 734 00:41:38,871 --> 00:41:40,498 (Elektra grunts) 735 00:41:40,581 --> 00:41:41,749 Get out. 736 00:41:42,583 --> 00:41:44,794 Aside from saving your ass... 737 00:41:47,505 --> 00:41:52,510 You have no idea what I've protected you from. 738 00:41:52,593 --> 00:41:54,387 I can protect myself. 739 00:41:55,596 --> 00:41:56,848 (Scoffs) 740 00:42:00,393 --> 00:42:01,811 We'll find out. 741 00:42:18,745 --> 00:42:20,288 (Sighs) 742 00:42:20,371 --> 00:42:23,833 Enough with these amateurs. Time to get the band back together. 743 00:42:24,625 --> 00:42:26,085 Head to the wall. 744 00:42:26,169 --> 00:42:27,628 (Engine starts) 745 00:42:46,189 --> 00:42:49,317 (Siren wails in distance) 746 00:43:44,497 --> 00:43:45,790 Where's stick? 747 00:43:48,584 --> 00:43:50,294 I made my choice. 748 00:43:51,546 --> 00:43:52,547 He didn't like it. 749 00:43:56,551 --> 00:43:58,052 (Whispers) I want to be with you. 750 00:44:00,179 --> 00:44:03,933 The only person in this world who believes I'm good. 751 00:44:24,078 --> 00:44:26,122 You lost today. 752 00:44:27,874 --> 00:44:29,000 It doesn't matter. 753 00:44:32,712 --> 00:44:34,630 You lost more than just the case. 754 00:44:36,048 --> 00:44:37,133 (Elektra sighs) 755 00:44:37,216 --> 00:44:38,676 (Chuckles lightly) 756 00:44:38,759 --> 00:44:41,429 (Whispers) Yeah. I didn't lose you. 757 00:44:47,727 --> 00:44:49,061 I'm sorry. 758 00:44:50,771 --> 00:44:51,856 I'm not. 759 00:45:01,949 --> 00:45:03,576 How does this work? 760 00:45:05,411 --> 00:45:06,704 You and me? 761 00:45:06,787 --> 00:45:08,831 (Matt sighs deeply) 762 00:45:10,082 --> 00:45:11,918 How can we make it work? 763 00:45:12,919 --> 00:45:14,253 I don't know. 764 00:45:16,214 --> 00:45:18,049 But we're gonna figure it out. 765 00:45:22,178 --> 00:45:23,429 Not now, though. 766 00:45:28,559 --> 00:45:30,519 Right now, you need to rest. 767 00:46:01,717 --> 00:46:04,011 (Breath es deeply) 768 00:46:22,697 --> 00:46:23,977 - (Arrow pierces flesh) - (Gasps) 769 00:46:26,575 --> 00:46:28,452 - (Arrow thuds) - (Gasps) 770 00:46:31,289 --> 00:46:32,498 (Grunting) 771 00:46:50,266 --> 00:46:51,642 (Groaning) 772 00:47:04,864 --> 00:47:05,906 (Groans) 773 00:47:08,951 --> 00:47:10,786 (Matt pants) 774 00:47:18,878 --> 00:47:20,087 (Matt groans) 775 00:47:48,949 --> 00:47:50,743 (Man groans) 776 00:47:55,206 --> 00:47:57,041 - (Matt strains) - (Man gasps) 777 00:47:57,124 --> 00:47:58,667 (Man groans) 778 00:48:03,589 --> 00:48:07,259 (Grunts) Who do you work for? Huh? 779 00:48:07,343 --> 00:48:09,470 (Pants) Who sent you? 780 00:48:09,553 --> 00:48:11,222 Answer me! Huh? 781 00:48:13,265 --> 00:48:15,267 You tell them, whoever they are, 782 00:48:15,351 --> 00:48:18,771 I'm gonna find them, and when I do, I'm gonna... (Gasps) 783 00:48:19,271 --> 00:48:21,190 (H eart beats rapidly) 784 00:48:24,360 --> 00:48:25,486 (Softly) No... 785 00:48:26,153 --> 00:48:28,823 You're... you're just a kid. 786 00:48:31,075 --> 00:48:33,452 (Gasps) Elektra, no. No. 787 00:48:44,880 --> 00:48:46,590 (Breath es deeply) 788 00:48:50,886 --> 00:48:52,638 (Muttering) 789 00:48:52,721 --> 00:48:54,098 What did you do? 790 00:49:02,106 --> 00:49:03,691 (Knife clatters) 791 00:49:08,487 --> 00:49:10,322 (Softly) This is who I am. 792 00:49:16,328 --> 00:49:17,872 (Nervously) Do you still want me? 793 00:49:19,290 --> 00:49:20,624 (Groans) 794 00:49:20,708 --> 00:49:21,959 (Gasps) 795 00:49:24,003 --> 00:49:25,004 Matthew. 796 00:49:25,087 --> 00:49:27,339 -(Pants) Matthew! (Groans) 797 00:49:31,802 --> 00:49:33,804 You're okay. You're okay. 798 00:49:36,307 --> 00:49:37,725 (Handcuffs locking) 799 00:49:46,233 --> 00:49:47,735 Officer: I got this one. 800 00:49:47,818 --> 00:49:49,028 On whose orders? 801 00:49:49,111 --> 00:49:51,822 The warden's. You got a problem with that? 802 00:49:51,906 --> 00:49:53,866 No one tells us anything down here. 803 00:50:04,418 --> 00:50:06,170 (Inmates clamoring) 804 00:50:09,798 --> 00:50:11,300 (Door buzzes) 805 00:50:13,802 --> 00:50:15,596 - (Chains rattling) - (Cell door locking) 806 00:50:15,679 --> 00:50:18,599 Inmate: Hey, look at me, frank! Look at me! 807 00:50:18,682 --> 00:50:20,100 I'm gonna stick you! 808 00:50:20,184 --> 00:50:22,478 - (Inmates clamoring) - Inmate: That's a promise! 809 00:50:22,561 --> 00:50:24,230 Inmate: I promise you! 810 00:50:24,313 --> 00:50:26,440 (Indistinct jeering) 811 00:50:37,743 --> 00:50:39,495 (Indistinct chatter) 812 00:50:51,048 --> 00:50:52,550 (Door buzzes) 813 00:51:51,108 --> 00:51:52,234 Right through here. 814 00:52:11,253 --> 00:52:13,631 (Inmate straining) 815 00:52:29,063 --> 00:52:30,105 (Grunts) 816 00:52:32,816 --> 00:52:34,526 (Sighs) 817 00:52:42,409 --> 00:52:44,244 I see you got my message. 818 00:52:49,375 --> 00:52:51,377 (Theme music plays)