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!!Leadership
[[folder:Anderson & Eliza Schultz]]
!!''Anderson & Eliza Schultz''
!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/CorbinBernsen (Anderson) & Creator/AnnetteOToole (Eliza)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/ThePunisher2017''

The married heads of Testament Industries.
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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Anderson's one redeeming trait was caring for his son and John Pilgrim's kids. When he holds Pilgrim's kids hostage and kills himself because he's so ashamed of his son, that one redeeming factor disappears and nobody misses him.]]
* BigBadEnsemble: With Billy Russo in ''The Punisher'' Season 2, while in a BigBadDuumvirate with each other with Pilgrim as their DragonInChief.
* BigBadWannabe: While certainly dangerous, the two are only a threat with Pilgrim doing their dirty work. [[spoiler: Once he [[HeelFaceTurn turns on them]], Amy and Frank quickly track them down and kill them]].
* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:Frank shoots Eliza in the head before she can stab Amy with a table knife in the Season 2 finale.]]
* BullyingADragon: Anderson knows all too well what Frank Castle is capable of, and he still thinks it’s a good idea to berate and threaten him.
* CanonForeigner: The two have no counterparts in any of the comics.
* ChurchgoingVillain: In contrast to her husband, Eliza appears to actually believe in her conservative Evangelical Christian faith. This does not stop her from ordering horrible crimes.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: The two use the wealth their company provides to buy politicians and outright murder anyone who stands in the way of their family.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Anderson shoots himself with a pistol, using a bullet and gun Frank left behind [[LeaveBehindAPistol for that exact purpose]] after Frank shoots Eliza and drives him [[DespairEventHorizon into despair]] in ''The Punisher'''s Season 2 finale.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Despite how monstrous they are, the two truly love each other.
* GreaterScopeVillain: The duo behind Pilgrim who want Amy dead, but they doesn't get involved with the hunt for her themselves.
* HeteronormativeCrusader: Self-righteous and extremely disapproving of their son's orientation.
* HidingBehindReligion: In public, Anderson is a deeply religious conservative Evangelical Christian and uses this to manipulate John Pilgrim. In private, however, he values power and his own family’s status and image above all else.
* LadyMacbeth: While Anderson is by no means a pushover, Eliza is significantly more ruthless, often making the hard decisions that he won't, as well as being more likely to keep her cool.
* LeaveBehindAPistol: [[spoiler:Frank leaves a pistol and one bullet with Anderson in the Season 2 finale after killing Eliza, telling him he needs to die and end his influence over his son. Anderson obliges and shoots himself as Frank and Amy leave.]]
* UnholyMatrimony: The two are married and force Pilgrim to be their assassin.
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!!Enforcers

[[folder:Robert / John Pilgrim]]
!!''Robert / John Pilgrim''
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/177555_1548144967_4.jpg]]
!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/JoshStewart
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/ThePunisher2017''

A born-again hitman who does the dirty work for the Schultz family.
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* AdaptationalCurves: Inverted. His comic counterpart, the Mennonite, is much larger and better built.
* AdaptationalNameChange: His comic counterpart's name isn't revealed.
* AdaptationalVillainy: The Mennonite was a mafia hitman in the past, while Pilgrim was a white supremacist. Following their respective Heel–Faith Turn, the Mennonite became a pacifist for years who only took a job for the mafia as his wife was dying, and even then tried to adhere to his religious edicts to not use firearms, while Pilgrim was a member of the Aryan Brotherhood before working for the Schultzes.
* AffablyEvil: He's impeccably polite, speaks softly and treats everyone including his victims with courtesy. He's also a loving husband and father, does not enjoy any of his work and bears his targets no ill will. In fact, he absolutely hates his job and would prefer living a peaceful life with his family if the Schultzes weren't practically holding them hostage to begin with.
* AntiVillain: Type IV. Only does Anderson and Eliza's dirty work because they were funding his wife's medical treatment and later it turns out were implicitly holding his sons hostage.
* AsTheGoodBookSays: He's fond of quoting and referencing scripture. He tends to paraphrase or draw comparisons more often than outright speak the gospel verbatim.
* BigBadEnsemble: With Billy Russo in Season 2. While John is merely TheHeavy working for a GreaterScopeVillain, he poses the greatest danger to Frank and his associates in the first 6 episodes of the season and remains in the shadows as Russo becomes more and more of a threat in the later episodes. They are more or less on equal footing as the season draws to a close.
* ChurchgoingVillain: Despite committing horrible crimes in service of the Schultz family, he is very sincere in his faith.
* CombatPragmatist: Par for the course for the series, Pilgrim is quick to fight dirty.
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: With Billy Russo. Russo is handsome and charismatic, whereas Pilgrim is plain, soft-spoken, and somewhat awkward. Russo is defined by his close relationship with Frank, while Pilgrim was a total stranger with no connection to him at all and never even talks to him until the last episode. Russo used to be a good person before turning bad, Pilgrim is a RetiredMonster trying to make amends. [[spoiler:And while Russo is unable to give up on his vendetta with Frank, ultimately costing him his life, Pilgrim eventually makes a HeelFaceTurn and parts ways with Frank amicably.]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: As dark as his work for the Schultz family can get, it is still peanuts compared to the life he used to live before his conversion.
* TheDeterminator: On a level rivaling the likes of Frank and Billy. He seeks and chases leads for his mission relentlessly and patiently, and takes a beating nearly as well as the Punisher to boot.
* DragonInChief: Anderson Schultz's main enforcer and hitman. He's the one actively hunting down Amy and fighting Castle, and is the only reason the Schultzes are an immediate threat. [[spoiler: Tellingly, once he [[HeelFaceTurn turns on the Schultz family]], they're killed off in short order.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He is entirely devoted to his wife Rebecca and his sons Michael and Lemuel.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: There's one of the moments when Pilgrim is annoyed to have the police lieutenant clean up the mess at the bar when Marlena caused an unnecessary bloodbath while she was suppose to retrieve Amy; also, he seems to be sincere when he offers to spare the Sheriff and Deputies if they handed Amy over.
* ForcedIntoEvil: He is a reformed criminal who wants to devote his life to God and to take care of his family. But his wife's illness and the Schultzs threats against his sons forces him to become their hitman.
* TheHeavy: Of the Testament Industries conspiracy portion of the plot. He may simply be a hitman on retainer, but his masters remain in the background and keep their hands clean. Pilgrim does the legwork, the information gathering, puts out the bounties, and does all of the dirty work.
* HeelFaceTurn: He [[HeelFaithTurn had one when he found religion]], [[spoiler:and has another when Frank spares his life and rescues his children]].
* HitmanWithAHeart: Zig-zagged. He has no qualms with maiming or killing anyone in his way, yet he seems to find doing so unpleasant. He does not enjoy or take pride in his work, but accepts his lot and makes no excuses for it. He only does the work he does for the love of his family, and tells [[spoiler:both Curtis and Amy that he'd prefer not to have to hurt them, and if he had a choice, he would be leaving them alone]].
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Despite all the bodies he left behind, Frank lets him go in the end to look after his two sons.]]
* NothingPersonal: He holds no animosity for his targets, let alone the people he interrogates along the way, and often says as much. He is completely civil and non-violent with anyone who cooperates or stays out of his way. But when he finds his targets or meets opposition, he doesn't hesitate to harm or kill.
* OffTheWagon: He is heavily implied to be have been pretty wild in the past, but now is clean, sober, and faithful in marriage. But after [[spoiler:a serious beating, a confrontation with his past demons, and the mounting stress of his line of work and his wife's condition, he goes on a bender with [[HookersAndBlow booze, cocaine and prostitutes]]]].
* OneManArmy: Pilgrim may be one of the few people capable of matching Frank Castle in sheer lethality and badassery.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: He is based on the Mennonite, who was never named. His real first name is given as Robert, and has taken the name John after his religious rebirth.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He was a member of the neo-Nazi gang known as the Aryan Brotherhood.
* PunchClockVillain: He's only hunting down Frank and Amy because he was ordered to. He takes no pleasure in it, holds no grudges against the two, and even says that he doesn't want to do this. He also has a family back home and wants to be reunited with them after he completes his mission.
* ReformedBully: He was once a proud white supremacist and BloodKnight, and admits more than once that he used to hate people for the color of their skin and hurt others for his own desires. He may still be a killer, but he takes no pleasure in it and only wants to get his work over with.
* ResignationsNotAccepted: [[spoiler:When he runs into his old friends from the Aryan Brotherhood, he tells them he put that life behind him. Unfortunately, that answer doesn't sway the Brotherhood's intolerance for defectors.]]
* RetiredMonster: The fact that he still qualifies despite doing wet work for the Schultz family is a clear indication of just how bad he was back in the day. [[spoiler:Even moreso since Pilgrim used to be a member of the Aryan Brotherhood before he found religion.]]
* TheStoic: Nothing really phases him, even injuries and wounds he has sustained.
* StraightEdgeEvil: Since his conversion, he gave up alcohol, drugs and random sex.
* StrongerThanTheyLook: He has an unassuming physique, somewhat paunchy and slim compared to other fighting men like Frank, Curtis, and Billy. But he can take down an entire gang single-handedly and go toe-to-toe with Frank while severely wounded.
* SuppressedRage: When Eliza insists that he continue his mission of hunting Frank instead of returning home to his family, John has an ImagineSpot where he trashes the room in a blind rage while in reality he is quietly agreeing with Eliza.
* ThoseWackyNazis: Prior to his conversion, he was a member of the Aryan Brotherhood.
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!!Associates

[[folder:Marlena Olin]]
!!''Marlena Olin''
!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Teri Reeves
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/ThePunisher2017''

A mercenary tasked by John Pilgrim to search for Amy Bendix.
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* AssholeVictim: No one's gonna miss her when [[spoiler:Pilgrim murders her sorry ass after she broke free from her jail cell]].
* ButtMonkey: Nothing seems to go well with her when she was brutally beaten by Castle in a fistfight, knocked out by again by Castle, and shot in the leg outside of the Motel. [[spoiler:By the time she was broke free from her jail cell, she ends up getting choked to death by Pilgrim due to her failures.]]
* TheBrute: She leads the mercenaries hired by Pilgrim.
* DarkChick: Better-than-average skills in gunfighting and close combat, though not as good as she thinks she is. The only reason she survives the Tides Motel ambush is that Frank needed a live prisoner to question.
* ItsPersonal: After going up against Castle on two separate occasions she develops a personal animosity towards him.
* {{Jerkass}}: "Arrogant bitch" is putting it mildly.
* MoralMyopia: She has the audacity to say Pilgrim and his methods give her the creeps, and she'd much rather solve the "Castiglioni" problem on her own so she doesn't have to involve him, even if it means turning a bar into a bloodbath.
* PrivateMilitaryContractors: After leaving the United States Army she became a mercenary and isn't particularly picky about choosing her employers.
* SmugSnake: Thinks she can tango with Frank when she is way out of her league and overestimating her usefulness given her failures to deal with Frank and capture Amy, [[spoiler:which ends up getting herself killed in the process]]. She is thoroughly condescending to everyone she meets in an "I can kill you if I feel like it" kind of way.
* YouHaveFailedMe: She really doesn't seem to know her place when she's been given a specific task when she was suppose to retrieve Amy unscathed, but ends up getting into a fight with Castle and causing a massive shootout within the bar that killed several innocent bystanders, and failed to retrieve her the second time which landed her in a jail cell and the moment she got free, just as she is planning on going to get a third round against Castle, [[spoiler:she ends up being unceremoniously killed by Pilgrim, who has had it with both her failures [[EvenEvilHasStandards and her messy collateral damage]]]].
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[[folder:Marlena Olin's crew]]
!!''Marlena Olin's crew''
!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Adrian Alvarado (Eddie), Todd Jones (Davy)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/ThePunisher2017''

A team of mercenaries under Olin's command.
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* EqualOpportunityEvil: Marlena hires both men and women in her crew.
* KnifeNut: While members like Eddie and Davy seem to have a preference for guns, most of them use or at least possses a knife on their person as seen in their fights at Lola's Roadhouse.
* {{Mooks}}: Their purpose in the story is to give Frank a bunch of nobodies to fight and kill.
* NoNameGiven: There's no mention of a particular name, so they are identified as Marlena Olin's crew because she's their leader.
* PrivateMilitaryContractors: Their job.
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[[folder:Ferrara]]
!!''Ferrara''
!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Michael Pemberton
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/ThePunisher2017''

A Michigan police detective that collaborates with John Pilgrim to cover up his and Olin's string of dead bodies.
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* BaldOfEvil: No hair on his dome and he is complicit in the cover-up of several murders committed by Pilgrim as well as other hired killers.
* DirtyCop: He's a corrupt police detective helping with the cover up the string of murders carried out by a hitman and a group of mercenaries.
* KarmaHoudini: He never gets any comeuppance or punishment from his collaboration with Pilgrim.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: There's one of the moments when Pilgrim is annoyed to have the police lieutenant clean up the mess at the bar when Marlena caused an unnecessary bloodbath while she was suppose to retrieve Amy; also, he seems to be sincere when he offers to spare the Sheriff and Deputies if they handed Amy over.

* HeelFaceTurn: He had one when he found religion, [[spoiler:and has another when Frank spares his life and rescues his children]].

[[folder:Robert/John Pilgrim]]
!!''Robert/John Pilgrim''

[[folder:Anderson Schultz]]
!!''Anderson Schultz''

!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/CorbinBernsen

The co-head of Testament Industries and the husband of Eliza Schultz.

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:His one redeeming trait was caring for his son and John Pilgrim's kids. When he holds Pilgrim's kids hostage and kills himself because he's so ashamed of his son, that one redeeming factor disappears and nobody misses him.]]
* BigBadEnsemble: With Billy Russo in ''The Punisher'' Season 2, while in a BigBadDuumvirate with his wife.
* BigBadWannabe: While certainly dangerous, he and his wife are only a threat with Pilgrim doing their dirty work. [[spoiler: Once he [[HeelFaceTurn turns on them]], Amy and Frank quickly track them down and kill them]].
* BullyingADragon: He knows all too well what Frank Castle is capable of, and he still thinks it’s a good idea to berate and threaten him.
* CanonForeigner: He has no counterpart in any of the comics.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: He uses the wealth his company provides him to buy politicians and outright murder anyone who stands in the way of his family.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:He shoots himself with a pistol, using a bullet and gun Frank left behind [[LeaveBehindAPistol for that exact purpose]] after Frank shoots Eliza and drives him [[DespairEventHorizon into despair]] in ''The Punisher'''s Season 2 finale.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Despite how much of a monster he is, he truly loves his wife.
* GreaterScopeVillain: The man behind Pilgrim who wants Amy dead, but he doesn't get involved with the hunt for her himself.

* HidingBehindReligion: In public, he is a deeply religious conservative Evangelical Christian and uses this to manipulate John Pilgrim. In private, however, he values power and his own family’s status and image above all else.
* LeaveBehindAPistol: [[spoiler:Frank leaves a pistol and one bullet with him in the Season 2 finale after killing Eliza, telling him he needs to die and end his influence over his son. Anderson obliges and shoots himself as Frank and Amy leave.]]
* UnholyMatrimony: He is one half of an evil power couple.

[[folder:Eliza Schultz]]
!!''Eliza Schultz''

!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/AnnetteOToole

The co-head of Testament Industries and the wife of Anderson Schultz.

* BigBadEnsemble: With Billy Russo in ''The Punisher'' Season 2, while in a BigBadDuumvirate with her husband.
* BigBadWannabe: While certainly dangerous, she and her husband are only a threat with Pilgrim doing their dirty work. [[spoiler: Once he [[HeelFaceTurn turns on them]], Amy and Frank quickly track them down and kill them]].
* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:Frank shoots her in the head before she can stab Amy with a table knife in the Season 2 finale.]]
* CanonForeigner: She has no counterpart in any of the comics.
* ChurchgoingVillain: In contrast to her husband, she appears to actually believe in her conservative Evangelical Christian faith. This does not stop her from ordering horrible crimes.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: She uses the wealth her company provides her to buy politicians and outright murder anyone who stands in the way of his family.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Despite how much of a monster she is, she truly loves her husband.
* GreaterScopeVillain: Like her husband, while she wants Amy dead she doesn't go after her herself, instead manipulating Pilgrim into hunting her down.
* HeteronormativeCrusader: Self-righteous and extremely disapproving of their son's orientation.
* LadyMacbeth: While Anderson is by no means a pushover, Eliza is significantly more ruthless, often making the hard decisions that he won't, as well as being more likely to keep her cool.
* UnholyMatrimony: She is one-half of an evil power couple along with her husband Anderson.
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!!Enforcers

[[folder:Robert/John Pilgrim]]
!!''Robert/John Pilgrim''
!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/JoshStewart
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/ThePunisher2017''

A born-again hitman who does the dirty work for the Schultz family.
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* BigBadDuumvirate: With his wife Eliza, and the two of them are part of a BigBadEnsemble with Billy Russo in ''The Punisher'' Season 2.

* BigBadDuumvirate: With her husband Anderson, and the two of them are part of a BigBadEnsemble with Billy Russo in ''The Punisher'' Season 2.

* TheDragon: Anderson Schultz's main enforcer and hitman.
* DragonInChief: He's the one actively hunting down Amy and fighting Castle, and is the only reason the Schultzes are an immediate threat. [[spoiler: Tellingly, once he [[HeelFaceTurn turns on the Schultz family]], they're killed off in short order.]]

* BigBad: One half of a BigBadDuumvirate with his wife Eliza, and the two of them are part of a BigBadEnsemble with Billy Russo, in ''The Punisher'' Season 2.

* BigBad: The other half of a BigBadDuumvirate with her husband Anderson, and the two of them are part of a BigBadEnsemble with Billy Russo, in ''The Punisher'' Season 2.

* AdaptationalCurves: Inverted. His comic counterpart is much larger and better built.

!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Josh Stewart

* DragonInChief: He's the one actively hunting down Amy and fighting Castle, and is the only reason the Schultz's are an immediate threat. [[spoiler: Tellingly, once he [[HeelFaceTurn turns on the Schultz family]], they're killed off in short order.]]

* DragonInChief: He is Anderson Schultz's main enforcer and hitman, and the one actively hunting down Amy and fighting Castle. [[spoiler: Tellingly, once he [[HeelFaceTurn turns on them]], the Schultz family are killed off in short order.]]

* BigBadWannabe: While certainly dangerous, he and his wife are only a threat with Pilgrim doing their dirty work. Once he [[HeelFaceTurn turns on them]], Amy and Frank quickly track them down and kill them.

* BigBadWannabe: While certainly dangerous, she and her husband are only a threat with Pilgrim doing their dirty work. Once he [[HeelFaceTurn turns on them]], Amy and Frank quickly track them down and kill them.

* DragonInChief: He is Anderson Schultz's main enforcer and hitman, and the one actively hunting down Amy and fighting Castle. Tellingly, once he [[HeelFaceTurn turns on them]], the Schultz family are killed off in short order.

* TheDragon: He is Anderson Schultz's main enforcer and hitman, and the one who is sent after Amy and Castle.

!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Corbin Bernsen

!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Annette O'Toole

* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: While Anderson is by no means a pushover, Eliza is significantly more ruthless, as well as being more likely to keep her cool.

* AffablyEvil: He's impeccably polite, speaks softly and treats everyone including his victims with courtesy. He's also a loving husband and father, does not enjoy any of his work and bears his targets no ill will. In fact, he absolutely hates his job and would prefer living a peaceful life with his family if the Schultzs weren't practically holding them hostage to begin with.

* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: With Billy Russo. Russo is handsome and charismatic, whereas Pilgrim is plain, soft-spoken, and somewhat awkward. Russo is defined by his close relationship with Frank, while Pilgrim was a total stranger with no connection to him at all. Russo used to be a good person before turning bad, Pilgrim is a RetiredMonster trying to make amends. [[spoiler:And while Russo is unable to give up on his vendetta with Frank, ultimately costing him his life, Pilgrim eventually makes a HeelFaceTurn and parts ways with Frank amicably.]]

* AntiVillain: Type IV. Only does David and Eliza's dirty work because they were funding his wife's medical treatment and later it turns out were implicitly holding his sons hostage.

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: His one redeeming trait was caring for his son and John Pilgrim's kids. When he holds Pilgrim's kids hostage and kills himself because he's so ashamed of his son, that one redeeming factor disappears and nobody misses him.]]

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: He shoots himself with a pistol, using a bullet and gun Frank left behind [[LeaveBehindAPistol for that exact purpose]] after Frank shoots Eliza and drives him [[DespairEventHorizon into despair]] in ''The Punisher'''s Season 2 finale.]]

* HidingBehindReligion: In public, he is a deeply religious conservative Evangelical Christian and uses this to manipulate John Pilgrim. In private however, he values power and his own family’s status and image above all else.
* LeaveBehindAPistol: [[spoiler: Frank leaves a pistol and one bullet with him in the Season 2 finale after killing Eliza, telling him he needs to die and end his influence over his son. Anderson obliges and shoots himself as Frank and Amy leave.]]

* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler: Frank shoots her in the head before she can stab Amy with a table knife in the Season 2 finale.]]

* AdaptationalVillainy: The Mennonite was a mafia hitman in the past, while Pilgrim was a white supremacist. Following their respective Heel–Faith Turn, the Mennonite became a pacifist for years who only took a job for the mafia as his wife was dying, and even then tried to adhere to his religious edicts to not use firearms, while Pilgrim was a member of Aryan Brotherhood before working for the Schultzs.

* BigBadEnsemble: With Billy Russo in Season 2. While John is merely TheHeavy working for a GreaterScopeVillain, he poses the greatest danger to Frank and his associates in first 6 episodes of the season and remains in the shadows as Russo becomes more and more of a threat in the later episodes. They are more or less on equal footing as the season draws to a close.

* CombatPragmatist: Par the course for the series, Pilgrim is quick to fight dirty.
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: With Billy Russo. Russo is handsome and charismatic, whereas Pilgrim is plain, soft-spoken, and somewhat awkward. Russo is defined by his close relationship with Frank, while Pilgrim was a total stranger with no connection to him at all. Russo used to be a good person before turning bad, Pilgrim is a RetiredMonster trying to make amends. [[spoiler: And while Russo is unable to give up on his vendetta with Frank, ultimately costing him his life, Pilgrim eventually makes a HeelFaceTurn and parts ways with Frank amicably]].

* EvenEvilHasStandards: There's one of the moments when Pilgrim is annoyed to have the police lieutenant clean up the mess at the bar when Marlena caused an unnecessary bloodbath while she was suppose to retrieve Amy, also he seems to be more sincere to spare the Sheriff and Deputies if they handed Amy over.

* TheHeavy: Of the Testament Industries conspiracy portion of the plot. He may simply be a hitman on retainer, but his masters remain in the background and keep their hands clean. Pilgrim does the legwork, the information gathering, puts out the bounties and does all of the dirty work.
* HeelFaceTurn: He had one when he found religion, [[spoiler: and has another when Frank spares his life and rescues his children.]]
* HitmanWithAHeart: Zig-zagged. He has no qualms maiming or killing anyone in his way, yet he seems to find doing so unpleasant. He does not enjoy or take pride in his work, but accepts his lot and makes no excuses for it. He only does the work he does for the love of his family, and tells [[spoiler: both Curtis and Amy that he'd prefer not to have to hurt them, and if he had a choice would be leaving them alone]].
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Despite all the bodies he left behind, Frank lets him go in the end to look after his two sons.]]

* OffTheWagon: He is heavily implied to be have been pretty wild in the past, but now is clean, sober and faithful in marriage. But after [[spoiler: a serious beating, a confrontation with his past demons and the mounting stress of his line of work and his wife's condition, he goes on a bender with [[HookersAndBlow booze, cocaine and prostitutes.]]]]

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He was a member of neo-Nazi gang Aryan Brotherhood.

* ResignationsNotAccepted: [[spoiler: When he runs into his old friends from the Aryan Brotherhood, he tells them he put that life behind him. Unfortunately, that answer doesn't sway the Brotherhood's intolerance for defectors]].
* RetiredMonster: The fact that he still qualifies despite doing wet work for the Schultz family is a clear indication of just how bad he was back in the day. [[spoiler:Even moreso Pilgrim used to be a member of the Aryan Brotherhood before he found religion.]]

* StrongerThanTheyLook: He has an unassuming physique, somewhat paunchy and slim compared to other fighting men like Frank, Curtis and Billy. But he can take down an entire gang singlehandedly and go toe to toe with Frank while severely wounded.
* SuppressedRage: When Eliza insists that he continue his mission in hunting Frank instead of returning home to his family, John has an ImagineSpot where he trashes the room in a blind rage while in reality he is quietly agreeing with Eliza.
* ThoseWackyNazis: Prior to his conversion, he was the member of Aryan Brotherhood.

* AssholeVictim: No ones gonna miss her when [[spoiler: Pilgrim murders her sorry ass after she broke free from her jail cell]].
* ButtMonkey: Nothing seems to go well with her when she was brutally beaten by Castle in a fistfight, knocked out by again by Castle and shot in the leg outside of the Motel, [[spoiler: by the time she was broke free from her jail cell, she ends up getting choked to death by Pilgrim due to her failures.]]

* ItsPersonal: After going up against Castle in two separate occasions she develops a personal animosity towards him.

* MoralMyopia: She has the audacity to say Pilgrim and his methods does give her the creeps, and she'd much rather solve the "Castiglioni" problem on her own so she doesn't have to involve him even if it means turning a bar into a bloodbath.

* SmugSnake: Thinks she can tango with Frank when she is way out of her league and overestimating her usefulness given her failures to deal with Frank and capture Amy, [[spoiler: which ends up getting herself killed in the process]]. She is thoroughly condescending to everyone she meets in an "I can kill you if I feel like it" kind of way.
* YouHaveFailedMe: She really doesn't seem to know her place when she's been given a specific task when she was suppose to retrieve Amy unscathed, but ends up getting into a fight with Castle and causing a massive shootout within the bar that killed several innocent bystanders, and failed to retrieve her the second time which landed her in a jail cell and the moment she got free, just as she is planning on going to get a third round against Castle, [[spoiler: she ends up being unceremoniously killed by Pilgrim, who has had it with both her failures [[EvenEvilHasStandards and her messy collateral damage]].]]

* NoNameGiven: There's no mention of a particular name, so they are identified as Marlena Olin's crew because sh'es their leader.

* KnifeNut: While memebers like Eddie and Davy seem to have a preference for guns, most of them use or at least possses a knife on their person as seen in their fights at Lola's Roadhouse.

* OffTheWagon: He is heavily implied to be have been pretty wild in the past, but now is clean, sober and faithful in marriage. But after [[spoiler: a serious beating, a confrontation with his past demons and the mounting stress of his line of work and his wife's condition, he goes on a bender with booze, cocaine and prostitutes.]]