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* DareToBeBadass: After snapping and killing two of his crew, Billy later returns and asks the survivors if they want to be "bigger than something just yourselves".

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* RealityEnsues: Amy's attempt to catch Frank off-guard and demonstrate the move he taught her ends exactly the way you'd expect; a young girl who's been taught one move doesn't stand a chance against Frank, and he's livid that she would be stupid enough to startle him when she knows he can kill on reflex.
** Frank's attempt to kill Billy starts a gunfight that attracts the police, and Frank is nearly arrested by Mahoney before Curtis saves him.


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* TooDumbToLive: Amy's attempt to catch Frank off-guard and demonstrate the move he taught her ends exactly the way you'd expect; a young girl who's been taught one move doesn't stand a chance against Frank, and he's livid that she would be stupid enough to startle him when she knows he can kill on reflex.
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* AttackHello: Curtis barely misses getting killed when he turns up at the trailer and she fires the shotgun through the door, Frank having told her to fire on anyone who doesn't give the TrustPassword. Curtis is understandably pissed-off that Frank didn't warn him about this.

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* AttackHello: Curtis barely misses getting killed when he turns up at the trailer and she Amy fires the shotgun through the door, Frank having told her to fire on anyone who doesn't give the TrustPassword. Curtis is understandably pissed-off that Frank didn't warn him about this.

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* AttackHello: Curtis barely misses getting killed when he turns up at the trailer and she fires the shotgun through the door, Frank having told her to fire on anyone who doesn't give the TrustPassword. Curtis is understandably pissed-off that Frank didn't warn him about this.



* ICanChangeMyBeloved: Krista gives a LoveConfession to Billy to snap him out of his violent mood, and sees this trope as her motivation.



* MythologyGag: Billy is sarcastically referred to as Jigsaw.



** Krista says that she went through the same trauma that Billy went through in order to help him.

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** Krista says that she went through the same trauma that Billy went through in order to help him. This backfires as Billy then worries that she'll 'betray' him just like Frank did.


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* OneBulletLeft: Frank has an OhCrap moment when he checks his pistol and finds there's only a single bullet in the chamber, while Billy is opening up on him with an assault rifle with drum magazine.


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-->'''Curtis:''' First you want to [[AttackHello kill me]], now you want to feed me.
-->'''Amy:''' Yeah, it might be the same thing. [[LethalChef I'm not much of a cook.]]
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Billy vents over how a man he remembered as a comrade-in-arms is the Skull Mask that he's been having nightmares about who disfigured his face. Frank himself admits that he hesitated to kill Billy on seeing the expression of betrayal on his face.
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** Frank's attempt to kill Billy starts a gunfight that attracts the police, and Frank is nearly arrested by Mahoney before Curtis saves him.
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* AngerBornOfWorry: Frank is furious when Amy nearly startles him into killing her, and leaves her completely terrified. Curtis has to explain to her later that Frank's anger came from his fear of hurting her.

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* AngerBornOfWorry: Frank is furious when Amy nearly startles him into killing her, and leaves her completely terrified. Curtis has to explain to her later that Frank's anger came from his fear of hurting her. It's also clear he was full of crazed-adrenaline after the firefight with Billy.

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* InterserviceRivalry: Madani warns that if Mahoney looks too closely at the Castle/Russo case, then he'll end up working as a traffic cop. Mahoney lets her know he has no love for feds and their secrets.
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* DomesticAbuser: Billy, who goes from kissing Krista to screaming at her, destroying her stuff and forcibly pushing her against a window. And she is still devoted to him afterwards.

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* DomesticAbuser: DomesticAbuse: Billy, who goes from kissing Krista to screaming at her, destroying her stuff and forcibly pushing her against a window. And she is still devoted to him afterwards.
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* KeepingSecretsSucks: Curtis' girlfriend is considering breaking up with him after finding out that he is not fixing anybody's home and refuses to tell her the truth.

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* KeepingSecretsSucks: Curtis' girlfriend is considering breaking up with him after finding out that he his house is not fixing anybody's home being fumigated for rats -- his excuse for living in a hotel so Billy doesn't find him -- and refuses to tell hasn't told her the truth.
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* CallBack: Later in the episode, Billy begins to rekindle the morale of his ragtag gang by slipping into another grandiose speech about his work of making "a brotherhood of ex-soldiers"--not unlike his pitch to his recruits in Anvil [[Recap/ThePunisher2017S01E04Resupply last season]].

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* AngerBornOfWorry: Frank is furious when Amy nearly startles him into killing her, and leaves her completely terrified. Curtis has to explain to her later that Frank's anger came from his fear of hurting her.



* LadyMacbeth: Probably not totally intentional, but Krista keeps pushing Billy into believing that Frank betrayed their friendship and made him suffer unjustly.

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* LadyMacbeth: Probably not totally intentional, intentional (we don't know whether she knows the truth about Billy and Frank's past, or whether she was fed some lie by the CIA), but Krista keeps pushing Billy into believing that Frank betrayed their friendship and made him suffer unjustly.


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* RealityEnsues: Amy's attempt to catch Frank off-guard and demonstrate the move he taught her ends exactly the way you'd expect; a young girl who's been taught one move doesn't stand a chance against Frank, and he's livid that she would be stupid enough to startle him when she knows he can kill on reflex.
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* BadBoss: Billy kills two of his men (including the 'hostage') when they call him out on his recklesness.

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* BadBoss: Billy kills two of his men (including the 'hostage') when they call him out on his recklesness.recklessness.



* CruelToBeKind: After Amy thoughtless attempt of scaring Frank and taking his weapon to show him how good she is, Frank effortlessly pulls her to the ground and shoots in the air two times to demonstrate how easily that little stunt could have cost her life, scaring the poor girl to tears.

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* CruelToBeKind: After Amy Amy's thoughtless attempt of scaring Frank and taking his weapon to show him how good she is, Frank effortlessly pulls her to the ground and shoots in the air two times to demonstrate how easily that little stunt could have cost her life, scaring the poor girl to tears.



* KeepingSecretsSucks: Curtis' girlfriend is considering breaking up with him after finding out that he is not fixing anybodys home and refuses to tell her the truth.

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* KeepingSecretsSucks: Curtis' girlfriend is considering breaking up with him after finding out that he is not fixing anybodys anybody's home and refuses to tell her the truth.

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Painful memories take ahold of Russo. Frank's frustration frightens those closest to him. Madani receives a visitor bearing a warning.

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Painful memories take ahold a hold of Russo. Frank's frustration frightens those closest to him. Madani receives a visitor bearing a warning.


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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: After helping Frank escape, Curtis angrily reminds him that the police will eventually identify "Frank Castle's one-legged black friend." Frank tells Curtis [[DeadpanSnarker he has a lot of one-legged black friends]], which elicits a chuckle from Curtis who admits the response was pretty funny.
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* BoomHeadshot: Billy shoots two of his gang in the head when they question his methods.



* YouMakeMeSick: Mahoney towards Madani, due to being just another fed covering up her own messes in his eyes.

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* YouMakeMeSick: Mahoney towards Madani, due to being just another fed covering up her own messes in his eyes.eyes.
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* SympatheticInspectorJavert: Mahoney is hellbent on catching Frank, and he brings up several good reasons for it.

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* SympatheticInspectorJavert: SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: Mahoney is hellbent on catching Frank, and he brings up several good reasons for it.

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* ATeamFiring: Despite the use of an automatic weapon on Billy's part, nobody dies during the shootout between Frank, Russo and the police.
* ApologeticAttacker: Frank, shortly before he punches out Mahoney and steals his gun.
* BadBoss: Billy kills two of his men (including the 'hostage') when they call him out on his recklesness.
* BigDamnHeroes: Curtis saves Frank two times this episode, first from Billy's sniper, then from Mahoney.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Turns out the cashier that got taken hostage by Billy's crew was in on the whole thing.
* CruelToBeKind: After Amy thoughtless attempt of scaring Frank and taking his weapon to show him how good she is, Frank effortlessly pulls her to the ground and shoots in the air two times to demonstrate how easily that little stunt could have cost her life, scaring the poor girl to tears.
* DomesticAbuser: Billy, who goes from kissing Krista to screaming at her, destroying her stuff and forcibly pushing her against a window. And she is still devoted to him afterwards.



* NeckLift: Billy lifts Dr. Dumont by her neck and holds her against the window.

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* {{Irony}}: Due to his amnesia Billy is feeling betrayed by Frank, not knowing that ''he'' was the one who betrayed Frank.
* KeepingSecretsSucks: Curtis' girlfriend is considering breaking up with him after finding out that he is not fixing anybodys home and refuses to tell her the truth.
* LadyMacbeth: Probably not totally intentional, but Krista keeps pushing Billy into believing that Frank betrayed their friendship and made him suffer unjustly.
* NeckLift: Billy lifts Dr. Dumont by her neck and holds her against the window.window.
* NotSoDifferent:
** Krista says that she went through the same trauma that Billy went through in order to help him.
** Curtis accuses Frank of this in regards to Billy after he brutally tortures Jake. And he seems to concede the point.
* SympatheticInspectorJavert: Mahoney is hellbent on catching Frank, and he brings up several good reasons for it.
* TastesLikeFriendship: Curtis, Madani and Amy bond over some drinks and their mutual difficult relationship with Frank.
* WhatTheHellHero: Curtis calls out Frank several times in the episode for his obsession with Billy that ends up hurting the people around him.
* YouMakeMeSick: Mahoney towards Madani, due to being just another fed covering up her own messes in his eyes.
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* GraveMarkingScene: Frank visits the graves of his family.
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* NeckLift: Billy lifts Dr. Dumont by her neck and holds her against the window.

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Painful memories take ahold of Russo. Frank's frustration frightens those closest to him. Madani receives a visitor bearing a warning.
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