History Awesome / ThePunisher2017

* After the mass shooting in Las Vegas and several other incidents of gun violence, many were calling for the show's release to be cancelled from fear it would be glorifying gun culture with a quasi-fascist edge like the Punisher in comics has long been accused of glorifying. Instead, a large part of the show is a thoughtful meditation on the issue that allows both sides equal arguing time, and even includes an entire running subplot that exists to point out just what makes Frank something more than just the RightWingMilitiaFanatic he's often painted as.

* After the mass shooting in Las Vegas and several other incidents of gun violence, many were calling for the show's release to be cancelled from fear it would be glorifying gun culture with a quasi-fascist edge like the Punisher in comics has long been accused of glorifying. Instead, a large part of the show is a thoughtful meditation on the issue that allows both sides equal arguing time, and even includes an entire running subplot that exists to point out just what makes Frank something more than just the RightWingMilitiaFanatic he's often painted as.

** Bonus points to the talented editor who synchronizes Franks' [[DropTheHammer sledgehammer-fu]] with the clashing beat of Music/TomWaits ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Fju9o8BVJ8 Hell Broke Luce.]]''

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* Frank punching "Agent Orange" so hard ''his eye basically explodes''. [[spoiler:Agent Rawlins carries the scar and a milky, possibly completely blind eye, for the rest of the season.]]
* in the above Incident, it took 3 other soldiers to pull Frank off the bastard who gave them their intel, Frank had a gunshot wound and was tired and it still took 3 guys to pull him off of 'Agent Orange'.

* After an entire episode of Frank enduring his {{Jerkass}} co-workers while trying to leave the Punisher behind, we finally get to see him cut loose again when they're about to kill the one nice guy there, pummeling faces with a sledgehammer and giving a taste of what we're in for in the rest of the season.
** Frank's {{Ironic Echo}} during the above sledgehammer fight: "I'm gonna [[AssShove find a home for this]]."

** Frank's {{Ironic Echo}} during the above sledgehammer fight: "I'm gonna find a home for this."

* Mahani and Frank's car chase, which in quite a rarity for this day and age is done entirely with real cars.

* Frank's team is caught in an ambush [[spoiler:courtesy of "Agent Orange" not caring that his intelligence pretty much shows it is an insurgent trap. [[OneManArmy He annihilates a really big bunch of insurgents single-handedly]], [[CombatBreakdown going from assault rifle down to secondary weapon (a shotgun), side arm, captured weapons]] and eventually ''his fists and a rock''.]]

* You have to give [[spoiler: Carson Hoyle]] credit. He gives Frank a hell of a fight despite being a JerkAss and being about a decade older.
* Frank's BatmanGambit following that scene as well. [[spoiler: Knowing full-well that he wasn't likely to get information from Hoyle through a typical interrogation session, he left his hands loose, as well as only loading one round into his handgun. When Hoyle "disarms" Frank, he proceeds to monologue about how they set him up, giving Frank everything he needs before turning the tables back on Hoyle.]]

* Frank's BatmanGambit following that scene as well. [[Spoiler: Knowing full-well that he wasn't likely to get information from Hoyle through a typical interrogation session, he left his hands loose, as well as only loading one round into his handgun. When Hoyle "disarms" Frank, he proceeds to monologue about how they set him up, giving Frank everything he needs before turning the tables back on Hoyle.]]

* In the very first episode, Frank's RoaringRampageOfRevenge montage against the last remnants of the Dogs of Hell, Kitchen Irish, and Mexican Cartel.
** Notably, when the ''very'' last Cartel member makes it safely to Mexico, he's bragging to his friends about escaping the Punisher, and if the Punisher comes to Mexico, they'll kill him. The whole thing is seen through the scope of a sniper rifle. The guy goes upstairs to celebrate with some "entertainment" provided by some ladies, and Frank puts a bullet in his head. The camera zooms back to reveal that Frank was shooting from ''[[ImprobableAimingSkills El Paso, Texas]]''!

** Notably, when the ''very'' last Cartel member makes it safely to Mexico, he's bragging to his friends about escaping the Punisher, and if the Punisher comes to Mexico, they'll kill him. The whole thing is seen through the scope of a sniper rifle. The guy goes upstairs to celebrate with some "entertainment" provided by some ladies, and Frank puts a bullet in his head. The camera zooms back to reveal that Frank was shooting from ''[[ImprobableAimingSkills El Paso, Texas]]''!

** Notably, when the ''very'' last Cartel member makes it safely to Mexico, he's bragging to his friends about escaping the Punisher, and if the Punisher comes to Mexico, they'll kill him. The whole thing is seen through the scope of a sniper rifle. The guy goes upstairs to celebrate with some "entertainment" provided by some ladies, and Frank puts a bullet in his head. The camera zooms back to reveal that Frank was shooting from ''[[ImprobableAimingSkill El Paso, Texas]]''!