History Recap / Daredevil2015S1E3RabbitInASnowstorm

* ContinuityNod: One of the newspaper headlines framed in Urich's office references ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'' and another references "[[Film/TheAvengers The Battle of NY]]."

When Vanessa asks how the painting makes him feel, Wilson Fisk answers that it makes him feel alone.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The old-time mobster Ulrich is talking to in the opening.
-->When I went up for my ten, every paper in town dragged my name through the shit. But you, you did it without mentioning my kids. Always been grateful for that.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Daredevil's reaction to Healy committing suicide. He is clearly dismayed and disturbed by both the act itself and what it means.

An innocuous hitman named John Healy walks into a bowling alley late at night, but is told by an employee that the alley is closed; only Prohashka, a gangster who worked out a special arrangement with the owner, is allowed to stay after hours. Healy approaches Prohashka about joining his game, but it's merely pretense for a hit: he disables Prohashka's two bodyguards, but his gun – [[Recap/Daredevil2015S1E1IntoTheRing one of the batch that Turk Barrett smuggled into the city]] – jams up. After a bloody fight, Healy kills Prohashka by crushing his head with a bowling ball, and after hiding the useless gun in a pinball machine, surrenders to the arriving police and demands a lawyer.

An innocuous man named Healy walks into a bowling alley late at night, but is told by an employee that the alley is closed; only Prohashka, a gangster who worked out a special arrangement with the owner, is allowed to stay after hours. Healy approaches Prohashka about joining his game, but it's merely pretense for a hit: he disables Prohashka's two bodyguards, but his gun – [[Recap/Daredevil2015S1E1IntoTheRing one of the batch that Turk Barrett smuggled into the city]] – jams up. After a bloody fight, Healy kills Prohashka by crushing his head with a bowling ball, and after hiding the useless gun in a pinball machine, surrenders to the arriving police and demands a lawyer.

* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: When Healy reveals the name of his employer, he's so afraid of the prospect of what Fisk will do in retaliation he rams his eye into a fence spike.

* JuryAndWitnessTampering: Matt finds out that one of the jurors on Healy's trial is being coerced by one of Fisk's guys, who is threatening to release a sex tape that she did when was 19. Matt pummels the man into telling the woman to excuse herself from the trial. Although it matters not, as the trial ends with a hung jury with it implied that Fisk just managed to persuade other jurors.

* RevolversAreJustBetter: Healy's attitude towards handguns. Justified when the semiautomatic pistol Turk gave him fails to fire, forcing him to improvise with the bowling balls.

An innocuous man named Healy walks into a bowling alley late at night, but is told by an employee that the alley is closed; only Prohashka, a gangster who worked out a special arrangement with the owner, is allowed to stay after hours. Healy approaches Prohashka about joining his game, but it's merely pretense for a hit: he disables Prohashka's two bodyguards, but his gun – [[Recap/Daredevil2015S1E1IntoTheRing one of the batch that Turk Barrett smuggled into the city]] – jams up. After a bloody fight, Healy kills Prohashka by crushing his head with a bowling ball, and after hiding the useless gun in a pinball machine, he surrenders to the police as they arrive and demands a lawyer.

At the Nelson & Murdock office, the group's banter about Karen's salary and Matt's visible injury is interrupted by the arrival of Wesley; he refuses to give his name or talk about "Confederated Global," the multinational corporation he works for, but he knows a lot about Matt, Foggy, and Karen's histories. Wesley says he wants to put the firm on a generous retainer in exchange for their services and discretion, but first they must take on a case: defending Healy. Foggy is eager to accept Wesley's money, but Matt is suspicious and decides to follow Wesley, only getting a few blocks before Wesley gets into a car, one of a convoy of three, and disappears.

Wesley goes to the bowling alley and retrieves Healy's gun without being seen. At Nelson & Murdock, the pair settles their disagreement over the case and come up with a strategy for the defense. Matt suggests that Karen investigate Confederated Global, but Karen has left the office to answer a summons from Union Allied's lawyers. Union Allied – which is in the process of being dissolved – argues that Karen breached her NDA by releasing the pension file to the media and could be sued. Instead, they agree to pay her six months' salary in exchange for her silence, as long as she signs a contract to that effect.

* JuryAndWitnessTampering: Matt finds out that one of the jurors on Healy's trial is being coerced by one of Fisk's guys, who is threatening to release a sex tape that she did when was 19. Matt pummels the man into telling the woman to excuse herself from the trial. Although it matters not, as the trial ends with a hung jury with implications that one of the other jurors was persuaded.

In court, the jury returns from deliberation, but Matt's super senses alert him in advance that the jury is hung, and though multiple hung juries would normally result in a retrial, Matt is confident that Wesley and his people will make sure the case goes away. Sure enough, Healy goes free a few nights later, but Matt confronts him in his vigilante outfit, beats him into submission and tortures him until Healy gives up the name of Wesley's employer: Wilson Fisk. But then the professional killer starts shaking in fear, as he tells Matt that Fisk makes examples out of people and [[AndYourLittleDogToo everyone they care about]] if they ever give up his name. Despairingly, Healy calls Matt a coward, and tells him he should just have killed him instead of making him talk, and then, without hesitating, he commits suicide by impaling his head on a spike, much to Matt's shock.

* RevolversAreJustBetter: Healy's attitude towards handguns. Justified when the semiautomatic pistol Turk gave him fails to fire.

* TheReveal: Fisk appears onscreen for the first time in the final scene, after Matt learns his name.

* CallBack:
** Owlsley mentions the method of [[Recap/Daredevil2015S1E1IntotheRing Rance's murder]] as a possible way to off Healy.
** One to the broader MCU: Foggy correctly deduces that Healy's arrest isn't his "first rodeo." Healy recalls this later in the episode. Way back in ''[[Film/IronMan1 Iron Man]],'' [[Characters/AgentsOfSHIELDTeamCoulson Phil Coulson]] said "This isn't my first rodeo, Mr. Stark."

* DrivenToSuicide[=/=]EyeScream: When Healy reveals the name of his employer, he's so afraid of the prospect of what Fisk will do in retaliation he rams his eye into a fence spike.

An innocuous man named Healy walks into a bowling alley late at night, but is told by an employee that the alley is closed; only Prohashka, a gangster who worked out a special arrangement with the owner, is allowed to stay after hours. Healy approaches Prohashka about joining his game, but it's merely pretence for a hit: he disables Prohashka's two bodyguards, but his gun – [[Recap/Daredevil2015S1E1IntoTheRing one of the batch that Turk Barrett smuggled into the city]] – jams up. After a bloody fight, Healy kills Prohashka by crushing his head with a bowling ball, and after hiding the useless gun in a pinball machine, he surrenders to the police as they arrive and demands a lawyer.

Sitting on a bench outside the local church, Matt Murdock is recognised by Father Lantom, who has deduced that Matt is Jack Murdock's son. Lantom invites Matt to take confession, or even a latte, but Matt declines the chance to talk. Meanwhile, New York Bulletin reporter Ben Urich meets with Silvio, an Italian mobster and long-time source. Silvio is planning on retiring to Florida to avoid being killed like so many other New York gangsters. Ben has heard talk of someone hitting the Russians, and that there's a new player on the criminal scene, but Silvio warns Ben that pursuing the story is dangerous.

At the Nelson & Murdock office, the group's banter about Karen's salary and Matt's visible injury is interrupted by the arrival of Wesley; he refuses to give his name or talk about "Confederated Global", the multinational corporation he works for, but he knows a lot about Matt, Foggy and Karen's histories. Wesley says he wants to put the firm on a generous retainer in exchange for their services and discretion, but first they must take on a case: defending Healy. Foggy is eager to accept Wesley's money, but Matt is suspicious and decides to follow Wesley, only getting a few blocks before Wesley gets into a car and disappears.

Foggy goes to the precinct and meets Healy, who claims self-defence and is clearly willing to lie about the circumstances of the attack. Just as Foggy is ready to drop the case, Matt arrives and agrees to represent Healy, believing it's the best way to learn more about Wesley. However, Healy deflects all questions about Wesley or why Confederated Global is paying his legal bills, and insists on going to trial rather than taking a plea. Meanwhile, Ben tries to convince his editor, Ellison, to let him pursue the organised crime story, but is told that he needs to write fluff pieces to try and boost the ailing paper's circulation.

Wesley goes to the bowling alley and retrieves Healy's gun without being seen. At Nelson & Murdock, the pair settles their disagreement over the case and come up with a strategy for the defence. Matt suggests that Karen investigate Confederated Global, but Karen has left the office to answer a summons from Union Allied's lawyers. Union Allied – which is in the process of being dissolved – argues that Karen breached her NDA by releasing the pension file to the media and could be sued. Instead, they agree to pay her six month's salary in exchange for her silence, as long as she signs a contract to that effect.

Ben's wife is in the hospital, and though the Bulletin's health insurance doesn't cover her continued treatment, he manages to buy a few more days of care to file appeals. Later, he visits her at the hospital, though she's not awake. At Nelson & Murdock, Foggy gripes about their poor office equipment as the team puts together Healy's defence. Karen is only able to find a string of shell companies behind Confederated Global, and later, when Matt brings up her "long lunch", she doesn't mention the Union Allied payoff. The next day, Healy's case goes to trial, but while Foggy gives the opening statement, Matt observes that one of the jurors becomes agitated when Wesley enters the courtroom.

Suspicious, Matt follows the juror that night in his vigilante outfit and learns that she's being blackmailed by one of Wesley's thugs. Matt beats up the thug to learn more demanding a name, but the thug tells him that he has never been given one: All he knows is to watch out for a window on a certain in certain building, and if the light is on he has a job. Matt then the settles for telling the thug to leave the juror alone go and skip town. By the trial's end, the juror is excused from duty before Matt gives his final summation.

->'''Matt''': Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, forgive me if I seem distracted. I've been preoccupied of late with, uh, questions of morality. Of right and wrong, good and evil. [[BlackAndWhiteMorality Sometimes the delineation between the two is a sharp line]]. [[GreyAndGreyMorality Sometimes it's a blur]]. And often it's like pornography: you just know when you see it. [''...''] A man is dead. And my client, John Healy took his life. This is not in dispute. It is a matter of record. Of fact. And facts have no moral judgment. They merely state what is. Not what we think of them, not what we feel; they just are. What was in my client's heart when he took Mr. Prohaszka's life, whether he is a good man or something else entirely, is irrelevant. These questions of good and evil, as important as they are, have no place in a court of law. Only the facts matter. [''...''] My client, based purely on the sanctity of the law which we've all sworn an oath to uphold must be acquitted of these charges. Now, beyond that, beyond these walls, he may well face a judgment of his own making. But here in this courtroom, the judgment is yours and yours alone.

In court, the jury returns from deliberation, but Matt's super senses alert him in advance that the jury is hung, and though multiple hung juries would normally result in a retrial, Matt is confident that Wesley and his people will make sure the case goes away. Sure enough, Healy goes free a few nights later, but Matt confronts him in his vigilante outfit, beats him into submission and tortures him until Healy gives up the name of Wesley's employer: Wilson Fisk. But then professional killer starts shaking in fear, as he tells Matt that Fisk makes examples out of people and [[AndYourLittleDogToo everyone they care about]] if they ever give up his name. Despairingly, Healy calls Matt a coward, and tells him he should just have killed him instead of making him talk, and then, without hesitating, he commits suicide by impaling his head on a spike, much to Matt's shock.

->'''Vanessa''': There's an old children's joke. You hold up a white piece of paper and you ask, what's this? [[TitleDrop A rabbit in a snowstorm]].

* {{Badass}}: Healy who on the surface is a tiny, weak balding man but is actually a skilled assassin and fighter that even puts up a good fight with Matt.

** One to the broader MCU: Foggy correctly deduces that Healy's arrest isn't "[his] first rodeo". Healy recalls this later in the episode. Way back in ''[[Film/IronMan1 Iron Man]]'', [[Characters/AgentsOfSHIELDTeamCoulson Phil Coulson]] said "This isn't my first rodeo, Mr. Stark."
* ContinuityNod: One of the newspaper headlines framed in Urich's office references ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'' and another references "[[Film/TheAvengers The Battle of NY]]".

* JuryAndWitnessTampering: Matt finds out that one of the jurors on Healy's trial is being coerced by one of Fisk's guys by threatening to release a sex tape that she did when was 19. Matt pummels the man into telling the woman to excuse herself from the trial. Although it matters not as the trial ends with a hung jury with implications that one of the other jurors was persuaded.

-->'''Shirley''': I've got a measles outbreak to deal with because idiot parents don't want to vaccinate.

In court, the jury returns from deliberation, but Matt's super senses alert him in advance that the jury is hung, and though multiple hung juries would normally result in a retrial, Matt is confident that Wesley and his people will make sure the case goes away. Sure enough, Healy goes free a few nights later, but Matt confronts him in his vigilante outfit, beats him into submission and tortures him until Healy gives up the name of Wesley's employer: Wilson Fisk. But Healy immediately regret that decision; shaking in fear, he tells Matt that Fisk makes examples out of people and [[AndYourLittleDogToo everyone they care about]] if they ever give up his name. Despairingly, Healy calls Matt a coward, and tells him he should just have killed him instead of making him talk, and then, without hesitating, he commits suicide by impaling his head on a spike, much to Matt's shock.

Suspicious, Matt follows the juror that night in his vigilante outfit and learns that she's being blackmailed by one of Wesley's thugs. Matt beats up the thug to learn more, and while he doesn't get a name on who's running the organisation, he convinces the thug to let the juror go and skip town. By the trial's end, the juror is excused from duty before Matt gives his final summation.

In court, the jury returns from deliberation, but Matt's super senses alert him in advance that the jury is hung, and though multiple hung juries would normally result in a retrial, Matt is confident that Wesley and his people will make sure the case goes away. Sure enough, Healy goes free a few nights later, but Matt confronts him in his vigilante outfit, beats him into submission and tortures him until Healy gives up the name of Wesley's employer: Wilson Fisk. Knowing that Fisk will make an example of him and everyone he cares just for giving up Fisk's name, Healy immediately kills himself by impaling his head on a spike.

* CallBack: Owlsley mentions the method of [[Recap/Daredevil2015S1E1IntotheRing Rance's murder]] as a possible way to off Healy.

An innocuous man named Healy walks into a bowling alley late at night, but is told by an employee that the alley is closed; only Prohashka, a gangster who worked out a special arrangement with the owner, is allowed to stay after hours. Healy approaches Prohashka about joining his game, but it's merely pretense for a hit: he disables Prohashka's two bodyguards, but his gun – [[Recap/Daredevil2015S1E1IntoTheRing one of the batch that Turk Barrett smuggled into the city]] – jams up. After a bloody fight, Healy kills Prohashka by crushing his head with a bowling ball, and after hiding the useless gun in a pinball machine, he surrenders to the police as they arrive and demands a lawyer.

* ContinuityNod: One of the newspaper headlines framed in Urich's office references ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'' and another references "[[Film/TheAvengers The Battle of NY]]".
* DrivenToSuicide[=/=]EyeScream: When Healy reveals the name of his employer, he becomes so distraught at the prospect of what Fisk will do he rams his eye into a fence spike.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Daredevil's reaction to Healy committing suicide. He is clearly heavily distraught at what just happened.

-->'''Shirley''': I've got a measle outbreak to deal with because idiot parents don't want to vaccinate.

An innocuous man named Healy walks into a bowling alley late at night, but is told by an employee that the alley is closed; only Prohashka, a gangster who worked out a special arrangement with the owner, is allowed to stay after hours. Healy approaches Prohashka about joining his game, but it's merely pretence for a hit: he disables Prohashka's two bodyguards, but his gun – [[Recap/Daredevil2015S1E1IntoTheRing one of the batch that Turk Barrett smuggled into the city]] – jams up. After a bloody fight, Healy kills Prohashka by crushing his head with a bowling ball, and after hiding the useless gun in a pinball machine, he surrenders to the police as they arrive and demands a lawyer.

* RevolversAreJustBetter: Healy's attitude towards handguns. [[spoiler: Justified when the semiautomatic pistol Turk gave him fails to fire.]]

-->'''Matt''': Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, forgive me if I seem distracted. I've been preoccupied of late with, uh, questions of morality. Of right and wrong, good and evil. [[BlackAndWhiteMorality Sometimes the delineation between the two is a sharp line]]. [[GreyAndGreyMorality Sometimes it's a blur]]. And often it's like pornography: you just know when you see it. [''...'']A man is dead. And my client, John Healy took his life. This is not in dispute. It is a matter of record. Of fact. And facts have no moral judgment. They merely state what is. Not what we think of them, not what we feel; they just are. What was in my client's heart when he took Mr. Prohaszka's life, whether he is a good man or something else entirely, is irrelevant. These questions of good and evil, as important as they are, have no place in a court of law. Only the facts matter. [''...''] My client, based purely on the sanctity of the law which we've all sworn an oath to uphold must be acquitted of these charges. Now, beyond that, beyond these walls, he may well face a judgment of his own making. But here in this courtroom, the judgment is yours and yours alone.

-->'''Vanessa''': There's an old children's joke. You hold up a white piece of paper and you ask, what's this? [[TitleDrop A rabbit in a snowstorm]].

An innocuous man named Healy walks into a bowling alley late at night, but is told by an employee that the alley is closed; only Prohashka, a gangster who worked out a special arrangement with the owner, is allowed to stay after hours. Healy approaches Prohashka about joining his game, but it's merely pretence for a hit: he disables Prohashka's two bodyguards, but his gun – one of the batch that Turk Barrett smuggled into the city – jams up. After a bloody fight, Healy kills Prohashka by crushing his head with a bowling ball, and after hiding the useless gun in a pinball machine, he surrenders to the police as they arrive and demands a lawyer.

Murdock and Nelson are asked by Wesley to represent a hitman who was arrested after a botched-up assassination and Murdock accepts in curiosity to the identity of Wesley's employer.

The third episode of ''[[{{Series/Daredevil2015}} Marvel's Daredevil]]''.

* {{Badass}}: Healy who on the surface is a tiny, weak balding man but is actually a skilled assassin and fighter that even gives Matt a run for his money.

* EyeScream: When Healy reveals the name of his employer, he becomes so distraught at the prospect of what Fisk will do he rams his eye into a fence spike.

* TheReveal: Fisk appears onscreen for the first time in the final scene, after Matt learns his name.