History Recap / Daredevil2015S1E4InTheBlood

Matt then visits Claire, currently hiding out in a co-worker's apartment, so she can patch up his wounds. They trade dialogue about Matt's actions and the role it plays in both lives; Matt insists Claire stay hidden until the Russians aren't out for her while rebuking her requests of getting body armor, claiming it to be a hindrance to his movement. The conversation continues as the pair exchange phone numbers and Matt sheds a bit more light about the organized crime ring, searching for someone who may be able to give him a lead on Wilson Fisk before carrying it out.

James Wesley visits Vladimir and Anatoly at a garage where taxis like Vladimir's getaway vehicle are being repurposed with new logos. He hands them paperwork Leland has finalized to officially transfer Prohazska's assets over to them. However, Wesley informs the brothers that Fisk is also unhappy at how the Ranskahovs are continuing to fall short on their payments due to the masked vigilante; even Nobu and Madame Gao's patience is starting to grow thin. Though Vladimir is quick to turn down Fisk's offer of assistance (seeing as more of a demand than an offer), Wesley leaves it on the table for he and Anatoly to discuss. The brothers, rather than bow down to Fisk, instead choose to reach out to their network for help.

Karen meets with Ben Urich at a diner in Tribeca to talk about the Union Allied case. While initially skeptical at the facts Karen provides him with, Ben takes her word, but addresses another angle of the question: with the exception of Karen, everyone involved in the case has been killed off, like someone is covering their tracks. Thus, he advises Karen to stop trying to look deeper into the case. When Karen calls him out on what she considers his lack of courage, citing past scandals that he exposed, she asks what happened to the Ben Urich she looked up to; he responds that he's become older since then, older and less stupid, leaving the diner without giving her a chance to respond.

In the aftermath of Anatoly disturbing the date, Vanessa seems to have her perception of Fisk shattered, unsure of if she can trust him, unsure of how she feels towards him as he walks her home. In the car, meanwhile, Wesley shares a talk with Anatoly, wherein he expresses he wanted to make amends with Fisk despite the Russians' past mistakes. When they come to a stop in a deserted lot by the eastern landing of the Queensboro Bridge, Wesley shares some ominous words with Anatoly before he gets a phone call. He hangs up, and Anatoly asks if that was Fisk. Wesley confirms that it was, and [[DeadlyEuphemism he wants to have a word with Anatoly]]. A split second later, Fisk suddenly yanks open the door and pulls Anatoly from the car, the two getting involved in fisticuffs. Anatoly is repeatedly pummeled by Fisk, consumed by sheer wrath, and even with a switchblade can Anatoly do no harm to the armor-clad boss, who promptly pins Anatoly to the car and stabs him with his own knife.

With that, Fisk continues his beatdown of Anatoly, viciously beating him into the pavement, Wesley quietly listening to the commotion. Desperately, Anatoly tries to crawl back into the car, but can only utter defiantly to Wesley before Fisk takes Anatoly's head and plants it in the door frame and begins bashing it in with the door. Wesley barely flinches, as Fisk smashes Anatoly's skull in, his brain falling to the pavement, until he finally destroys Anatoly's skull, and the rest of the body goes limp. Seething with fury, Fisk catches his breath. Wesley notices the gash in Fisk's suit from Anatoly's knife, revealing the body armor underneath. As Fisk wipes Anatoly's blood off his face, he asks Wesley to inform Melvin Potter to tailor a new suit and also send Anatoly's remains to Vladimir as a message.

* AuctionOfEvil: Union Allied assets are being auctioned off through the usual auction houses. Karen drops in on one to see which shady faces are buying up the Union Allied lots, and she also bids on some of the smaller lots to avoid raising suspicion.

* TheCoronerDothProtestTooMuch: When first meeting with Ben Urich at the diner to discuss how to move forward with the Union Allied matter, the conversation shifts to Rance, the assassin that Fisk had sent to attack Karen. Karen immediately realizes the other Union Allied people were all murdered to keep quiet.

* DeathByIrony: Anatoly is far more discreet and accepting of Wilson Fisk's anonymity than Vladimir, but his desperation to settle matters and Vladimir being too proud to make the deal cause him to be the one to intrude on Fisk's private life.

* VillainEpisode: Much focus is given to the Russians and to Fisk.

* WhileYouWereInDiapers: Karen's not happy that Urich doesn't seem too interested in following the Union Allied story to the end.

'''"In the Blood"''' is the fourth episode of ''[[Series/{{Daredevil 2015}}'' season 1.

'''"In the Blood"''' is the fourth episode of ''[[Series/{{Daredevil 2015}} Marvel's Daredevil]]''.

In the present day, Vladimir rushes out of a building, claiming that someone has infiltrated it and demanding to know where Anatoly is; he can barely enter a taxi before a lifeless body is hurled out a window crashes onto the hood of the car, tumbling onto the pavement as Vladimir makes his escape. With the car peeling out into the streets, Matt, standing in front of the broken window, listens to the taxi getting away from him.

Karen meets with Ben Urich at a diner in Tribeca to talk about the Union Allied case. While initially skeptical at the facts Karen provides him with, Ben takes her word, but addresses another angle of the question: with the exception of Karen, everyone involved in the case has been killed, like someone is covering their tracks. Thus, he advises Karen to stop trying to look deeper into the case. When Karen calls him out on what she considers his lack of courage, citing past scandals that he exposed, she asks what happened to the Ben Urich she looked up to; he responds that he's become older since then, older and less stupid, leaving the diner without giving her a chance to respond.

Fisk glances around at the paintings, waiting until Vanessa catches notice of him. The pair trade some banter over the rabbit in a snowstorm painting before Fisk, though stumbling over his words, offers to invite Vanessa out to dinner. Though Vanessa turns him down, Fisk accepts her rejection, and upon seeing this, Vanessa comments about her surprise on how well Fisk is handling the subject. Fisk replies that he remains uninterested in a woman that can be bought; Vanessa decides to take him up on his offer, the pair delighting in their mutual fondness for Italian cuisine afterward.

Claire's night of tending to her co-worker's pet cat is disturbed by nearby noises; after checking, she spots a woman going past the hallway, and pays it no mind as she carries on with her night, unaware of a figure glancing at her from outside her curtained windows. Meanwhile, Foggy and Matt are leaving the 15th Precinct after having bailed out a drunken electrician who nearly burned down his house. Foggy is regaling Matt [[HereWeGoAgain once more]] with the story of how his mother wanted him to be a butcher and not a lawyer. He also asks Matt if he has doubts about starting Nelson & Murdock, and their former internship at Landman & Zack could've gotten them better offerings. The conversation is cut short by Matt answering his burner phone, to the sound of Claire screaming as she's dragged away by Sergei and his men. As Foggy hails a taxi to go back to the office, Matt races back to Claire's temporary abode, but finds it empty.

Later that morning, Wesley visits Vladimir and Anatoly at a garage where taxis like Vladimir's getaway vehicle are being repurposed with new logos. He hands them paperwork Leland has finalized to officially transfer Prohazska's assets over to them. However, Wesley informs the brothers that Fisk is also unhappy at how the Ranskahovs are continuing to fall short on their payments due to the masked vigilante; even Nobu and Madame Gao's patience is starting to grow thin. Though Vladimir is quick to turn down Fisk's offer of assistance (seeing as more of a demand than an offer), Wesley leaves it on the table for he and Anatoly to discuss. The brothers, rather than bow down to Fisk, instead choose to reach out to their network for help.

Meanwhile, Wesley fills Fisk in on the situation with the Ranskahovs. Right now, he believes Anatoly is more willing to cooperate with the rest of the crime ring. Fisk is certain the Russians will be handled, as will the masked man, before the car stops at its destination. Fisk requests Wesley stay in the car and, after thanking him for his help, leaves to enter Vanessa's art gallery.

In the aftermath of Anatoly disturbing the date, Vanessa seems to have her perception of Fisk shattered, unsure of if she can trust him, unsure of how she feels towards him. In the car, meanwhile, Wesley shares a talk with Anatoly, wherein he expresses he wanted to make amends with Fisk despite the Russians' past mistakes. When they come to a stop in a deserted lot by the eastern landing of the Queensboro Bridge, Wesley shares some ominous words with Anatoly before he gets a phone call. He hangs up, and Anatoly asks if that was Fisk. Wesley confirms that it was, and [[DeadlyEuphemism he wants to have a word with Anatoly]]. A split second later, an enraged Fisk suddenly yanks open the door and pulls Anatoly from the car, the two getting involved in fisticuffs. Anatoly is repeatedly pummeled by Fisk, consumed by sheer wrath, and even with a switchblade can Anatoly do no harm to his armor-clad superior, who promptly pins Anatoly to the car and stabs him with his own knife.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: During the first diner conversation, Ben Urich hints that Karen's past doesn't make her credible as a witness.

As Claire, currently hiding out in a co-worker's apartment, later patches up Matt's wounds, they trade dialogue about Matt's actions and the role it plays in both lives; Matt insists Claire stay hidden until the Russians aren't out for her while rebuking her requests of getting body armor, claiming it to be a hindrance to his movement. The conversation continues as the pair exchange phone numbers and Matt sheds a bit more light about the organized crime ring, searching for someone who may be able to give him a lead on Wilson Fisk before carrying it out.

The next morning, James Wesley visits Vladimir and Anatoly at a garage where taxis like Vladimir's getaway vehicle are being repurposed with new logos. He hands them paperwork Leland has finalized to officially transfer Prohazska's assets over to them. However, Wesley informs the brothers that Fisk is also unhappy at how the Ranskahovs are continuing to fall short on their payments due to the masked vigilante; even Nobu and Madame Gao's patience is starting to grow thin. Though Vladimir is quick to turn down Fisk's offer of assistance, Wesley leaves it on the table for he and Anatoly to discuss. The brothers, rather than bow down to Fisk, instead choose to reach out to their network for help.

Karen goes to an auction house where Union Allied assets such as phones, computers and fax machines are being auctioned off. She sketches the outlines of some potentially suspicious bidders, like the individual who buys up a bunch of Union Allied computers and phone equipment. She runs in to Ben, who advises her to bid on some of the smaller lots to keep her cover intact.

Ben and Karen regroup at the diner, where Ben advises Karen that, if she still wishes to look into the Union Allied case, she should plan her actions with much more care from now on, starting with signing the Union Allied contract. Meanwhile, the Ranskahovs return to the garage and, seeing their men laying on the ground, Anatoly decides to make good on Wesley's offer and ask Fisk for help; albeit begrudgingly, Vladimir lets him go. Fisk, in the midst of his date, has the chance to share his favorite dessert--zuppa inglese--with Vanessa. The dinner is interrupted by Anatoly who, despite Wesley's warnings, has stormed through Fisk's bodyguards in an attempt to accept the offer.

In the aftermath of Anatoly disturbing the date, Vanessa seems to have her perception of Fisk shattered, unsure of if she can trust him, unsure of how she feels towards him. In the car, meanwhile, Wesley shares a talk with Anatoly, wherein he expresses he wanted to make amends with Fisk despite the Russians' past mistakes. When they come to a stop in a deserted lot by the eastern landing of the Queensboro Bridge, Wesley shares some parting words with Anatoly before he gets a phone call. He hangs up, and Anatoly asks if that was Fisk. Wesley confirms that it was, and [[DeadlyEuphemism he wants to have a word with Anatoly]]. A split second later, an enraged Fisk suddenly yanks open the door and pulls Anatoly from the car, the two getting involved in fisticuffs. Anatoly is repeatedly pummeled by Fisk, consumed by sheer wrath, and even with a switchblade can Anatoly do no harm to his armor-clad superior, who promptly pins Anatoly to the car and stabs him with his own knife.

The next morning, James Wesley visits Vladimir and Anatoly at a garage where Vladimir's getaway vehicle are being repurposed with new logos. He hands them paperwork Leland has finalized to officially transfer Prohazska's assets over to them. However, Wesley informs the brothers that Fisk is also unhappy at how the Ranskahovs are continuing to fall short on their payments due to the masked vigilante; even Nobu and Madame Gao's patience is starting to grow thin. Though Vladimir is quick to turn down Fisk's offer of assistance, Wesley leaves it on the table for he and Anatoly to discuss. The brothers, rather than bow down to Fisk, instead choose to reach out to their network for help.

Karen meets with Ben Urich at the Square Diner in Tribeca to talk about the Union Allied case. While initially skeptical at the facts Karen provides him with, Ben takes her word, but addresses another angle of the question: with the exception of Karen, everyone involved in the case has been killed, like someone is covering their tracks. Thus, he advises Karen to stop trying to look deeper into the case. When Karen calls him out on what she considers his lack of courage, citing past scandals that he exposed, she asks what happened to the Ben Urich she looked up to; he responds that he's become older since then, older and less stupid, leaving the diner without giving her a chance to respond.

Karen goes to an auction house where Union Allied assets such as phones, computers and fax machines are being auctioned off. She sketches the outlines of some potentially suspicious bidders, like the individual who buys up a bunch of Union Allied computers and phone equipment. She runs in to Ben, who advises her to bid on some of the smaller lots to keep her cover intact,

In 2014, Vladimir rushes out of a building, claiming that someone has infiltrated it and demanding to know where Anatoly is; he can barely enter a taxi before a lifeless body is hurled out a window crashes onto the hood of the car, tumbling onto the pavement as Vladimir makes his escape. With the car peeling out into the streets, Matt, standing in front of the broken window, listens to the taxi getting away from him.

Meanwhile, James Wesley visits Vladimir and Anatoly at a garage where taxis much like Vladimir's getaway vehicle are being repurposed with new logos. He informs the brothers that, though Fisk is willing to give the brothers' cover organization of a taxi service the assets taken from Prohazska after his death, he's also unhappy about the Ranskahovs continuing to fall short on their payments due to the masked vigilante; even Nobu and Madame Gao's patience is starting to grow thin. Though Vladimir is quick to turn down Fisk's offer of assistance, Wesley leaves it on the table for he and Anatoly to discuss. The brothers, rather than bow down to Fisk, instead choose to reach out to contacts of their own for help.

Karen meets with Ben Urich at the Square Diner in Tribeca to talk about the Union Allied case. While initially skeptical at the facts Karen provides him with, Ben takes her word, but addresses another angle of the question; with the exception of Karen, everyone involved in the case has been killed, like someone is covering their tracks. Thus, he advises Karen to stop trying to look deeper into the case. When Karen calls him out on what she considers his lack of courage, citing past scandals that he exposed, she asks what happened to the Ben Urich she looked up to; he responds that he's become older since then, older and less stupid, leaving the diner without giving her a chance to respond.

Anatoly and Vladimir enter the hospital under the guise of visitors to find one of their contacts in critical condition; Semyon, the Russian that Matt threw off the roof of Claire's apartment. As they prepare to wake Semyon from his coma, the brothers reflect on their past in Utkin; Anatoly in particular remembers promising never to lose what they once had in Moscow, but states that he and Vladimir had lost sight of that goal and lost touch with each other. Vladimir replies by assuring Anatoly that they'll reclaim that prestige together, waking Semyon afterward by injecting a spike of adrenaline into his heart. After removing Semyon's breathing tube, he tells the Ranskahovs of Claire, and in turn, they call in another one of their contacts, a henchman named Sergei...

Meanwhile, Wesley is filling Fisk in on the situation with the Ranskahovs; Wesley addresses that Anatoly is more willing to cooperate with the rest of the crime ring. Fisk is certain the Russians will be handled, as will the masked man, before the car stops at its destination. Fisk requests Wesley stay in the car and, after thanking him for his help, leaves to enter Vanessa's art gallery.

Fisk's glancing at the paintings is cut short when he meets Vanessa again; the pair trade some banter over the rabbit in a snowstorm painting before Fisk, though stumbling over his words, offers to take Vanessa to dinner. Though Vanessa turns him down, Fisk accepts her rejection, and upon seeing this, Vanessa comments about her surprise on how well Fisk is handling the subject. Fisk replies that he remains uninterested in a woman that can be bought; Vanessa decides to take him up on his offer, the pair delighting in their mutual fondness for Italian afterward.

Back with Claire, her night of tending to her co-worker's pet cat is disturbed by nearby noises; after checking, she spots a woman going past the hallway, and pays it no mind as she carries on with her night, unaware of a figure glancing at her from outside her curtained windows. Meanwhile, Foggy and Matt are leaving the 15th Precinct after having bailed out a drunken electrician who nearly burned down his house. Foggy is regaling Matt [[HereWeGoAgain once more]] with stories of how his mother wanted him to be a butcher and not a lawyer, when the ensuing conversation about their former internship at Landman & Zack is cut short by Matt answering his phone, to the sound of Claire screaming as she's dragged away by Sergei and his men. As Foggy hails a taxi to go back to the office, Matt races back to Claire's temporary abode, but finds it empty.

Karen goes to an auction house where Union Allied assets such as phones, computers and fax machines are being auctioned off. She sketches the outlines of some potentially suspicious bidders, like the individual who buys up a Union Allied lot. She runs in to Ben, who advises her to bid on some of the smaller lots to keep her cover intact,

Fisk and Vanessa's date takes place at a new upscale restaurant. Fisk pours his heart out to Vanessa, how Hell's Kitchen is a part of him, his dreams of making it a better place; a scene contrasted by the Russians attempting to extract information on the masked man from Claire, but to her aid comes the vigilante himself. With the power out in the garage, the Russians find themselves being taken down one at a time before Sergei takes Claire hostage in a move that ends poorly for him, as he finds himself at the mercy of Claire and the masked man afterward.

As Karen informs Foggy of her winning some office equipment from the auction house, Matt now has to tend to Claire's injuries, and, during the ensuing conversation, Matt begins to express his doubts that he's actually making a difference in the city. Claire assures him that despite how scared she is about the predicament, Matt can quell those fears and truly make the city a better place, and in turn, Claire learns his real name.

->'''Fisk:''' You embarrassed me! Embarrassed me in front of ''her''!

'''Wilson Fisk:''' I'm counting on it.

-->'''Matt Murdock:''' Oh God, not the butcher story again...

* LaughingMad: Claire's ominous laugh when Matt arrives to save her.
* MookHorrorShow: Matt cuts off the lights in taxi garage and takes down the Russians one by one while they all scramble trying to find where he is.

** Fisk's name is supposed to be taboo. But Vladimir doesn't care:

** After Wesley leaves, Vladimir is incensed that Anatoly doesn't want to refer to Fisk by name, and speculates that Fisk doesn't want anyone referring to him by name "because it would betray that he's just a man."

-->'''Claire:''' So what, you're just gonna go out there punching whoever you can, hoping to find somebody who knows this Fisk guy?
-->'''Matt:''' Well, apply enough pressure, someone will break... sooner or later.

Ben and Karen regroup at the diner, where Ben advises Karen that, if she still wishes to look into the Union Allied case, she should plan her actions with much more care from now on, starting with signing the Union Allied contract. Meanwhile, the Ranskahovs return to the garage and, seeing their men laying on the ground, Anatoly decides to make good on Wesley's offer and ask Fisk for help; albeit begrudgingly, Vladimir lets him go. Fisk, in the midst of his date, has the chance to share his favorite dessert - zuppa inglese - with Vanessa. The dinner is interrupted by Anatoly who, despite Wesley's warnings, has stormed through Fisk's bodyguards in an attempt to accept the offer.

-->'''Fisk:''' You embarrassed me! Embarrassed me in front of ''her''!

-->'''James Wesley:''' It'll start a war.
-->'''Wilson Fisk:''' I'm counting on it.

-->'''Ben Urich:''' You say here [in my notes], that Rance assaulted you in your apartment. And a man in a black mask saved your life?
-->'''Karen Page:''' Yes, but he just... He came out of nowhere.
-->'''Ben Urich:''' And you'd never seen him before?
-->'''Karen Page:''' No.
-->'''Ben Urich:''' ''[shrugs]'' [[Film/TheAvengers2012 Stranger things, right?]]

-->'''James Wesley:''' Madame Gao and Mr. Nobu have expressed their disappointment.
-->'''Vladimir Ranskahov:''' We have not heard of this.
-->'''James Wesley:''' Hmm, that's because we've been talking behind your back, about how the Russians can't seem to handle ''one'' man running around in a mask. I mean, if he had [[Film/IronMan an iron suit]] or [[Film/{{Thor}} a magic hammer]], ''maybe'' that would explain why you keep getting your asses handed to you.

-->'''Karen Page:''' Well what about Rance? Do you really believe that he just-just up and hung himself in jail? I mean, that guard tried to do the same thing to me. Why-why don't you ask him?
-->'''Ben Urich:''' Farnum? He's dead. Ate the barrel of his gun in his basement. And your old boss [=McClintock=]? Overdosed on pills or some such. You seeing a pattern here, Miss Page?
-->'''Karen Page:''' ...Then why isn't anyone looking into this?

-->'''Ben Urich:''' Remember the one about the runoff? What that company was dumping into the river?
-->'''Karen Page:''' Yeah. Sure.
-->'''Ben Urich:''' Fished the guy that tipped me off out of that same river a month later. And that fella trying to clean up the Teacher's union? Moved out of state, after flyers went up saying he was a pedophile. They underestimated what people in power will do to stay there. I didn't think you'd make the same mistake after what happened to you.
-->'''Karen Page:''' What about the woman from your first series of articles, about the VA? What happened to her?
-->'''Ben Urich:''' She met the worst fate: married beneath her to a workaholic who never appreciated her.
* TheScottishTrope: Fisk's name is supposed to be taboo. But Vladimir doesn't care:
-->'''Vladimir Ranskahov:''' ''[curses in Russian]'' Tell Mr. Fisk-
-->'''James Wesley:''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis We don't. Say. His name.]]
-->'''Vladimir Ranskahov:''' Tell ''Mr. Fisk'' that if he wants a pound of flesh, he can come here and carve it himself.

-->'''Karen Page:''' Well I did some digging, too. I read every big story with your byline. The VA kickbacks, toxic runoff, the Teachers Union scandal. Hell, you pretty much brought down the Italian mob back when I was in diapers! What ever happened to ''that'' reporter, Mr. Urich?
-->'''Ben Urich:''' He got old. And a hell of a lot less stupid.

In 2014, Vladimir rushes out of a building, claiming that someone has infiltrated it and demanding to know where Anatoly is; he can barely enter a taxi before a lifeless body is hurled out a window crashes onto the hood of the car, tumbling onto the pavement as Vladimir makes his escape. With the car peeling out into the streets, the intruder, Matt Murdock, clad in his vigilante outfit and standing in front of the broken window, listens to the taxi getting away from him.

Elsewhere, Wesley visits Vladimir and Anatoly at a garage where taxis much like Vladimir's getaway vehicle are being repurposed with new logos. He informs the brothers that, though Fisk is willing to give the brothers' cover organization of a taxi service the assets taken from Prohazska after his death, he's also unhappy about the Ranskahovs continuing to fall short on their payments due to the masked vigilante; even Nobu and Gao's patience with the Ranskahovs is starting to grow thin. Though Vladimir is quick to turn down Fisk's offer of assistance, Wesley leaves it on the table for he and Anatoly to discuss; the brothers instead choose to reach out to contacts of their own for help.

Karen meets with Ben Urich at the Square Diner in Tribeca to talk about the Union Allied case. While initially skeptical at the facts Karen provides him with, Ben takes her word, but addresses another angle of the question; with the exception of Karen, everyone involved in the case has been killed, like someone is covering their tracks, thus advising Karen to stop trying to look deeper into the case. When Karen calls him out on what she considers his lack of courage, citing past scandals that he exposed, she asks what happened to the Ben Urich she looked up to; he responds that he's become older since then, older and less stupid, leaving the diner without giving her a chance to respond.

Anatoly and Vladimir enter the hospital under the guise of visitors to find one of their contacts in critical condition; Semyon, the Russian that Matt threw off the roof of Claire's apartment. As they prepare to wake Semyon from his coma, the brothers reflect on their past in Utkin; Anatoly in particular remembers promising never to lose what they once had in Moscow, but states that he and Vladimir had lost sight of that goal and lost touch with each other. Vladimir replies by assuring Anatoly that they'll reclaim that prestige together, waking Semyon afterward by injecting a spike of adrenaline into his heart. After removing Semyon's breathing tube, he tells the Ranskahovs of Claire, and in turn, they call in another one of their contacts, a henchman named Sergei.

Sergei barges into Claire's apartment, accompanied by another mobster. Though they find nothing, Santino soon appears in front of the doorway, attracting the mobsters' attention. Meanwhile, Wesley is filling Wilson Fisk in on the situation with the Ranskahovs; Wesley addresses that Anatoly is more willing to cooperate with the rest of the crime ring. Fisk is certain the Russians will be handled, as will the masked man, before the car stops at its destination. Fisk requests Wesley stay in the car and, after thanking him for his help, leaves to enter the art museum.

Back with Claire, her night of tending to her co-worker's pet cat is disturbed by nearby noises; after checking, she spots a woman going past the hallway, and pays it no mind as she carries on with her night, unaware of a figure glancing at her from outside her curtained windows. Meanwhile, Foggy and Matt are leaving the precinct, Foggy regaling Matt with stories of how his mother wanted him to be a butcher and not a lawyer, when the ensuing conversation about their former law firm is cut short by Matt answering his phone to the sound of Claire screaming in fear. As Foggy hails a taxi to go back to the office, Matt races back to Claire's temporary abode, but finds it empty.

Ben and Karen regroup at the Square Diner, where Ben advises Karen that, if she still wishes to look into the Union Allied case, she should plan her actions with much more care from now on, starting with signing the Union Allied contract. Meanwhile, the Ranskahovs return to the garage and, seeing their men laying on the ground, Anatoly decides to make good on Wesley's offer and ask Fisk for help; albeit begrudgingly, Vladimir lets him go. Fisk, in the midst of his date, has the chance to share his favorite dessert - zuppa inglese - with Vanessa. The dinner is interrupted by Anatoly who, despite Wesley's warnings, has stormed through Fisk's guards in an attempt to accept the offer.

** Wilson Fisk's custom-made suit that he needs replaced by the episode's end.
** In the episode's beginning Claire brings up body armor to Matt, who responds that it would be too bulky and slow him down. At the end of the episode, we see that it makes up at least some of Wilson Fisk's bulk.

Elsewhere, in a garage where taxis much like Vladimir's getaway vehicle are being repurposed with new logos, the Ranskahovs are confronted by Wesley. Wesley informs them that, though Fisk is willing to give the brothers' cover organization of a taxi service the assets taken from Prohazska after his death, he's also unhappy about the Ranskahovs continuing to fall short on their payments due to the masked vigilante; even Nobu and Gao's patience with the Ranskahovs is starting to grow thin. Though Vladimir is quick to turn down Fisk's offer of assistance, Wesley leaves it on the table for he and Anatoly to discuss; the brothers instead choose to reach out to contacts of their own for help.

-->'''Ben Urich:''' Stories like this are built on sources, Miss Page. Credible sources. I did some digging into your, uh... past activities.

-->'''Wesley:''' It'll start a war.
-->'''Fisk:''' I'm counting on it.

* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Urich attempts to dissuade Karen by pointing out what happened to previous whistleblowers who gave him tips on major stories.

-->'''Karen Page:''' ...Then why isn't anyone looking into this.

* DeathByIrony: Anatoly is shown in the beginning to be far more discreet and accepting of Wilson Fisk's anonymity than Vladimir, but his desperation to settle matters and Vladimir being too proud to make the deal cause him to be the one to intrude on Wilson's private life.

** When the brothers are talking in the jail cell, Anatoly says, "Soon it will be just you, Vladimir." And at the end of the episode, Fisk kills Anatoly.

* SeenItAll: Wesley doesn't even lift an eye as Fisk beats down on Anatoly, making it clear that Fisk has probably engaged in such beatdowns before.

* StealthHiBye: Ben pulls one of these on Karen at the auction.
* VillainsOutShopping: Most of what Fisk does this episode is (surprisingly adorkably) take Vanessa out on a date.

A diner in Tribeca, meanwhile, serves as the setting where Karen meets with Ben Urich to talk about the Union Allied case. While initially skeptical at the facts Karen provides him with, Ben takes her word, but addresses another angle of the question; with the exception of Karen, everyone involved in the case has turned up dead, like someone is covering their tracks, thus advising Karen to stop trying to look deeper into the case. When Karen calls him out on what she considers his lack of courage, citing past scandals that he exposed, she asks what happened to the Ben Urich she looked up to; he responds that he's become older since then, older and less stupid, leaving the diner without giving her a chance to respond.

Anatoly and Vladimir enter the hospital under the guise of visitors to find one of their contacts in critical condition; Semyon, the Russian that Matt threw off the roof of Claire's apartment. As they prepare to wake Semyon from his coma, the brothers reflect on their past in Utkin; Anatoly in particular remembers promising never to lose what they once had in Moscow, but states that he and Vladimir had lost sight of that goal and lost touch with each other. Vladimir replies by assuring Anatoly that they'll reclaim that prestige together, waking Semyon afterward. Semyon is quick to tell the Ranskahovs of Claire, and in turn, they call in another one of their contacts, a henchman named Sergei.

Sergei barges into Claire's apartment, accompanied by another mobster. Though they find nothing, Santino soon appears in front of the doorway, attracting the mobsters' attention. Meanwhile, Wesley and Fisk are in a car, where the latter is being updated on the situation with the Ranskahovs; Wesley addresses that Anatoly is more willing to cooperate with the rest of the crime ring. Fisk is certain the Russians will be handled, as will the masked man, before the car stops at its destination. Fisk requests Wesley stay in the car and, after thanking him for his help, leaves to enter the art museum.

Karen goes to an auction house where the assets of Union Allied are being auctioned off. She sketches the outlines of some potentially suspicious bidders, like the individual who buys up a Union Allied lot. She runs in to Ben, who advises her to bid to keep her cover intact,

Inside one of the Ranskahovs' taxis is Claire, trapped in the trunk; Sergei and his comrade are driving her to the garage. The taxi arrives at the Ranskahovs' garage, where the Russians take Claire from the trunk. During this time, Matt has found a distraught Santino, but after calming him down, he only learns that the Russians took Claire and left in a Veles taxi.

An upscale restaurant is the setting, meanwhile, for Fisk and Vanessa's date, wherein Fisk pours his heart out to Vanessa, how Hell's Kitchen is a part of him, his dreams of making it a better place; a scene contrasted by the Russians attempting to extract information on the masked man from Claire, but to her aid comes the vigilante himself. With the power out in the garage, the Russians find themselves being taken down one at a time before Sergei takes Claire hostage in a move that ends poorly for him, as he finds himself at the mercy of Claire and the masked man afterward.

Ben and Karen regroup at the diner, where Ben advises Karen that, if she still wishes to look into the Union Allied case, she should plan her actions with much more care from now on, starting with signing the Union Allied contract. Meanwhile, the Ranskahovs return to the garage and, seeing their men laying on the ground, Anatoly decides to make good on Wesley's offer and ask Fisk for help; albeit begrudgingly, Vladimir lets him go. Fisk, in the midst of his date, has the chance to share dessert with Vanessa interrupted by Anatoly who, despite Wesley's warnings, has stormed through Fisk's guards in an attempt to accept the offer.

In the aftermath of Anatoly disturbing the date, Vanessa seems to have her perception of Fisk shattered, unsure of if she can trust him, unsure of how she feels towards him. In the car, meanwhile, Wesley shares a talk with Anatoly, wherein he expresses he wanted to make amends with Fisk despite the Russians' past mistakes. When they come to a stop in a deserted lot by the eastern landing of the Queensboro Bridge, Wesley shares some parting words with Anatoly before he gets a phone call. He hangs up, and Anatoly asks if that was Fisk. Wesley confirms that it was, and [[DeadlyEuphemism he'd like to have a word with Anatoly]]. A split second later, an enraged Fisk suddenly yanks open the door and pulls Anatoly from the car, the two getting involved in fisticuffs. Anatoly is repeatedly pummeled by Fisk, consumed by sheer wrath, and even with a switchblade can Anatoly do no harm to his armor-clad superior, who promptly pins Anatoly to the car and stabs him with his own knife.

With that, Fisk continues his beatdown of Anatoly, beating him into the pavement, Wesley quietly listening to the commotion. Desperately, Anatoly tries to crawl back into the car, but can only utter defiantly to Wesley before Fisk takes Anatoly's head and plants it in the door frame and begins bashing it in with the door. Wesley barely flinches, as Fisk smashes Anatoly's skull in, his brain falling to the pavement, until he finally destroys Anatoly's skull, and the rest of the body goes limp. Seething with fury, Fisk is met by Wesley, who notices the gash in his suit, revealing the body armor underneath. He makes a call to get a new suit and orders Wesley to send Anatoly's headless corpse to Vladimir.

-->'''Ben Urich:''' You say here, that Rance assaulted you in your apartment. And a man in a black mask saved your life?

** Wesley isn't satisfied with the Russians' excuse that there's one masked man causing so many problems for them.
-->'''James Wesley:''' I mean, if he had [[Film/IronMan an iron suit]] or [[Film/{{Thor}} a magic hammer]], ''maybe'' that would explain why you keep getting your asses handed to you.

** Ben scoffs at first at Karen's story of being saved by a mysterious man in a mask, then admits, "Stranger things, right?"

In the aftermath of Anatoly disturbing the date, Vanessa seems to have her perception of Fisk shattered, unsure of if she can trust him, unsure of how she feels towards him. In the car, meanwhile, Wesley shares a talk with Anatoly, wherein he expresses he wanted to make amends with Fisk despite the Russians' past mistakes. When they come to a stop in a deserted lot by the eastern landing of the Queensboro Bridge, Wesley shares some parting words with Anatoly before he gets a phone call from Fisk. A split second later, an enraged Fisk suddenly yanks open the door and pulls Anatoly from the car, the two getting involved in fisticuffs. Anatoly is repeatedly pummeled by Fisk, consumed by sheer wrath, and even with a switchblade can Anatoly do no harm to his armor-clad superior, who promptly pins Anatoly to the car and stabs him with his own knife.

With that, Fisk continues his beatdown of Anatoly, beating him into the pavement, Wesley quietly listening to the commotion. Desperately, Anatoly tries to crawl back into the car, but can only utter defiantly to Wesley before Fisk takes Anatoly's head and plants it the door frame and begins bashing it in with the door. Wesley barely flinches, his cheeks splashed with blood as Fisk continues to slam the door on Anatoly's head; the car starts to shake as Fisk smashes Anatoly's skull in, brain matter starting to drop to the pavement, until he finally destroys Anatoly's skull, and the rest of the body goes limp. Seething with fury, Fisk is met by Wesley, who notices the gash in his suit, revealing the body armor underneath. He makes a call to get a new suit and orders Wesley to send Anatoly's headless corpse to Vladimir.

* OffWithHisHead: Anatoly losses his to a car door.

* BlatantLies: Karen lies to Foggy about why she bid on the office equipment and charged it to the law office.

** In a straighter example, Wesley also scoffs at the fact that the Russians seem to be having trouble with one man in a mask.

* TheCoronerDothProtestTooMuch: When first meeting with Ben Urich at the diner to discuss how to move forward with the Union Allied matter, the conversation shifts to Rance, the assassin that Fisk had sent to attack Karen.

** When the brothers are talking in the jail cell, Anatoly says, "Soon it will be just you, Vladimir." By the end of the episode, Anatoly has been killed by Wilson Fisk.

* GoryDiscretionShot: Used when Fisk is using his car door to destroy Anatoly's head, with the car body being used to hide the actual injuries being done.

-->'''Fisk:''' You embarrassed me... you embarrassed me in front of ''her''!

* SeenItAll: Wesley is unusually stoic as Wilson Fisk is beating up Anatoly, making it clear that Fisk has probably engaged in such beatdowns before.

In the aftermath of Anatoly disturbing the date, Vanessa seems to have her perception of Fisk shattered, unsure of if she can trust him, unsure of how she feels towards him. In the car, meanwhile, Wesley shares a talk with Anatoly, wherein he expresses he wanted to make amends with Fisk despite the Russians' past mistakes. When they come to a stop in a deserted lot by the eastern landing of the Queensboro Bridge, Wesley shares some parting words with Anatoly before he gets a phone call from Fisk. A split second later, Fisk suddenly yanks open the door and pulls Anatoly from the car, the two getting involved in fisticuffs. Anatoly is repeatedly pummeled by Fisk, consumed by sheer wrath, and even with a switchblade can Anatoly do no harm to his armor-clad superior, who promptly pins Anatoly to the car and stabs him with his own knife.

With that, Fisk continues his beatdown of Anatoly, beating him into the pavement, Wesley quietly listening to the commotion. Desperately, Anatoly tries to crawl back into the car, but can only utter defiantly to Wesley before Fisk takes Anatoly's head and plants it the door frame and begins bashing it in with the door. Wesley barely flinches, his cheeks splashed with blood as Fisk continues to slam the door on Anatoly's head; the car starts to shake as Fisk furiously smashes Anatoly's skull in, brain matter starting to drop to the pavement, until he finally destroys Anatoly's skull, and the rest of the body goes limp. Seething with fury, Fisk is met by Wesley, who notices the gash in his suit, revealing the body armor underneath. He makes a call to get a new suit and orders Wesley to send Anatoly's headless corpse to Vladimir.

** Fisk's custom-made suit that he needs replaced by the episode's end.
** In the episode's beginning Claire brings up body armor to Daredevil, who responds that it would be too bulky and slow him down. During the NoHoldsBarredBeatdown at the end, we see that it makes up at least some of Wilson Fisk's bulk.

* MookHorrorShow: Daredevil cuts off the lights in taxi garage and takes down the Russians one by one while they all scramble trying to find where he is.

The present day sees Vladimir rushing out of a building, claiming that someone has infiltrated it and demanding to know where Anatoly is; he can barely enter a taxi before a lifeless body is hurled out a window crashes onto the hood of the car, tumbling onto the pavement as Vladimir makes his escape. With the car peeling out into the streets, the intruder, Matt clad in his vigilante outfit and standing in front of the broken window, listens to the taxi getting away from him.

A diner in Tribeca, meanwhile, serves as the setting where Karen and Ben take another look at the Union Allied case. While initially skeptical at the facts Karen provides him with, Ben takes her word, but addresses another angle of the question; with the exception of Karen, everyone involved in the case has turned up dead, like someone is covering their tracks, thus advising Karen to stop trying to look deeper into the case. When Karen calls him out on what she considers his lack of courage, citing past scandals that he exposed, she asks what happened to the Ben Urich she looked up to; he responds that he's become older since then, older and less stupid, leaving the diner without giving her a chance to respond.

Back with Claire, her night of tending to her co-worker's pet cat is disturbed by nearby noises; after checking, she spots a woman going past the hallway, and pays it no mind as she carries on with her night, unaware of a figure glancing at her from outside her curtained windows. Meanwhile, Foggy and Matt are leaving the police department, the former regaling the latter with stories of how his mother wanted him to be a butcher and not a lawyer, when the ensuing conversation about their former law firm is cut short by Matt answering his phone to the sound of Claire screaming in fear. As Foggy hails a taxi to go back to the office, Matt races back to Claire's temporary abode, but finds it empty.

Inside one of the Ranskahovs' taxis is Claire, trapped in the trunk; Sergei and his comrade are driving her to the garage. After a detour to Karen sketching individuals at an auction house and running in to Ben, who advises her to bid to keep her cover intact, the taxi arrives at the Ranskahovs' garage, where the Russians take Claire from the trunk. During this time, Matt has found a distraught Santino, but after calming him down, he only learns that the Russians took Claire and left in a Veles taxi.

With that, Fisk continues his beatdown of Anatoly, beating him into the pavement, Wesley quietly listening to the commotion. Desperately, Anatoly tries to crawl back into the car, but can only utter defiantly to Wesley before Fisk takes Anatoly's head and plants it the door frame and slamming it nonstop on the Russian. Wesley barely flinches, his cheeks splashed with blood as Fisk continues to slam the door on Anatoly's head; the car starts to shake as Fisk furiously smashes Anatoly's skull in, his brain starting to drop to the pavement, until he finally destroys the Russian's skull, the car door dripping with blood. Seething with fury, Fisk is met by Wesley, who notices the gash in his suit, revealing the body armor underneath. He makes a call to get a new suit and orders Wesley to send Anatoly's headless corpse to Vladimir.

In the aftermath of Anatoly disturbing the date, Vanessa seems to have her perception of Fisk shattered, unsure of if she can trust him, unsure of how she feels towards him. In the car, meanwhile, Wesley shares a talk with Anatoly, wherein he expresses he wanted to make amends with Fisk despite the Russians' past mistakes. When they stop, Wesley shares some parting words with Anatoly before he gets a phone call from Fisk. A split second later, Fisk suddenly yanks open the door and pulls Anatoly from the car, the two getting involved in fisticuffs. Anatoly is repeatedly pummeled by Fisk, consumed by sheer wrath, and even with a switchblade can Anatoly do no harm to his armor-clad superior, who promptly pins Anatoly to the car and stabs him with his own knife.