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Matt awakens in his apartment, still very much sore from [[Recap/Daredevil2015S1E7Stick his fight with Stick]]. Despite the pain, he gets himself dressed and heads to the office. At Nelson & Murdock, Karen and Foggy are debating whether or not tell Matt about getting jumped outside Mrs. Cardenas' building, only for Matt to show up and render the whole point moot because he overheard everything they said. He is unhappy that they're putting themselves in the line of fire, but with Karen making clear she refuses to back down, he settles for suggesting that they should try to work within the confines of the law.
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Matt awakens in his apartment, still very much sore from [[Recap/Daredevil2015S1E7Stick his fight with Stick]]. Despite the pain, he gets himself dressed and heads to the office. At Nelson & Murdock, Karen and Foggy are debating whether or not tell Matt about getting jumped outside Mrs. Cardenas' building, only for Matt to show up and render the whole point moot because he overheard everything they said. He is unhappy that they're putting themselves in the line of fire, and that they've decided to rope Ben Urich into their investigation, but with Karen making clear she refuses to back down, down in the face of recent events, he settles for suggesting that they should try to work within the confines of the law.
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In a flashback set in 1972, 12 year old Wilson Fisk lives with his father Bill and mother Marlene in a Hell's Kitchen tenement. Wilson is helping Bill with campaign posters as he prepares to run for city council. As they work, it becomes clear that Bill is controlling and outright abusive, as evidenced when he coaxes Wilson into taking a swig from a bottle of beer, much to Marlene's dismay. Marlene also gets on Bill's case about the fact that they've missed a lot of bill payments, making her question how exactly he plans to pay for all his campaign expenses. Bill reveals that he took out a loan from [[LoanShark Don Rigoletto]], which worries Marlene given that his reputation as a mobster is well known in Hell's Kitchen.
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In a flashback set in 1972, 12 year old Wilson Fisk lives with his father Bill and mother Marlene in a Hell's Kitchen tenement. Wilson is helping Bill with campaign posters as he prepares to run for city council. As they work, it becomes clear that Bill is controlling and outright abusive, as evidenced when he coaxes Wilson into taking a swig from a bottle of beer, much to Marlene's dismay.chagrin. Marlene also gets on Bill's case about the fact that they've missed a lot of bill payments, making her question how exactly he plans to pay for all his campaign expenses. Bill reveals that he took out a loan from [[LoanShark Don Rigoletto]], which worries Marlene given that his reputation as a mobster is well known in Hell's Kitchen.
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In another flashback, Wilson is crying at the dining room table, and bleeding from the mouth. His mother gives him some zuppa inglese to cheer him up. Bill is revealed to have lost the council election, and Wilson is upset because he confronted another neighborhood kid, Bernie Walker, who was vandalizing Bill's signs. When he begged Bernie to stop, Bernie hit him and called him a loser, and that his dad's a loser too. When Marlene tells Bill about this, he decides to go out and teach Bernie a lesson, and takes Wilson along.
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In another flashback, Wilson is crying at the dining room table, and bleeding from the mouth. His mother gives him some zuppa inglese to cheer him up. Bill is revealed to have lost the council election, and Wilson is upset because he confronted another neighborhood kid, Bernie Walker, who was vandalizing Bill's signs. When he begged Bernie to stop, Bernie hit him and called him a loser, and told him that his dad's a loser too. When Marlene tells Bill about this, he Bill is incensed. He decides to go out and teach Bernie a lesson, and takes Wilson along.
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Fisk brews some Chinese tea for himself and Gao as they prepare to discuss business, with Wesley standing off to the side to translate for Gao. Fisk is shocked when [[SwitchToEnglish Gao suddenly addresses him in English]], revealing that she's known all along that Fisk has been pretending not to know Mandarin Chinese or Japanese so that she and Nobu will underestimate him...which she applauds him for because she's been doing the exact same thing. Since this renders [[CompletelyUnnecessaryTranslator Wesley's presence completely unnecessary]], Fisk reluctantly dismisses him and continues speaking to Gao in Mandarin. Now alone, Gao reveals that she, Leland and Nobu are all displeased with Fisk's handling of recent events. She notes that Fisk's penthouse here is one of his most closely guarded secrets, and the fact that [[TheVillainKnowsWhereYouLive she found out where it is]] should be a warning about exactly how neglectful he's become. She leaves after threatening him with death if he doesn't get his house in order. Fisk manages to hold in his terror over the implications of Gao's words until she leaves, [[FlippingTheTable then upturns his massive dining room table]]. He also sends Wesley away when he rushes into the room and tries to check on him.
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Fisk brews some Chinese tea for himself and Gao as they prepare to discuss business, with Wesley standing off to the side to translate for Gao. Fisk is shocked when [[SwitchToEnglish Gao suddenly addresses him in English]], revealing that she's known all along that Fisk has been pretending not to know Mandarin Chinese or Japanese so that she and Nobu will underestimate him...which she applauds him for because she's been doing the exact same thing. Since this renders [[CompletelyUnnecessaryTranslator Wesley's presence completely unnecessary]], Fisk reluctantly dismisses him and continues speaking to Gao in Mandarin. Now alone, Gao reveals that she, Leland and Nobu are all displeased with Fisk's handling of recent events. She notes that Fisk's penthouse here is one of his most closely guarded secrets, and the fact that [[TheVillainKnowsWhereYouLive she found out where it is]] he lives]] should be a warning about exactly how neglectful he's become. She leaves after threatening him with death if he doesn't get his house in order. Fisk manages to hold in his terror over the implications of Gao's words until she leaves, [[FlippingTheTable then upturns his massive dining room table]]. He also sends Wesley away when he rushes into the room and tries to check on him.
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While this is going on, Ben sits down in his office, and begins typing up his article.
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As Ben finishes typing, he unmutes the TV in his office. To his shock, Fisk is on TV at that very moment, delivering a press conference from the steps of City Hall, with Vanessa, Wesley, and Leland by his side. Before an assembled group of reporters, [[VillainWithGoodPublicity Fisk paints himself as a generous philanthropist seeking to make Hell's Kitchen a better place amidst the threat of the masked vigilante who seeks to put him down]].
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As Ben finishes typing, he unmutes the TV in his office. To his shock, Fisk is on TV at that very moment, delivering a press conference from the steps of City Hall, with Vanessa, Wesley, and Leland Owlsley by his side. Before an assembled group of reporters, [[VillainWithGoodPublicity Fisk paints himself as a generous philanthropist seeking to make Hell's Kitchen a better place amidst the threat of the masked vigilante who seeks to put him down]].
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* ActorAllusion: [[Music/TheRollingStonesBand "Brown Sugar"]] is playing in the first flashback to Fisk's childhood. Creator/DomenickLombardozzi, who plays Bill, is known for playing Herc in ''Series/TheWire'', and in that show he was part of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36tdgeDeZhE a scene]] where Prez uses the opening lyrics of the song to demonstrate how thoroughly he listened to the Barksdales' wiretapped conversations in order to decipher their messages.
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* ActorAllusion: [[Music/TheRollingStonesBand "Brown Sugar"]] is playing in the first flashback to Fisk's childhood. Creator/DomenickLombardozzi, who plays Bill, Bill Fisk, is known for playing Herc in ''Series/TheWire'', and in that show he was part of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36tdgeDeZhE a scene]] where Prez uses the opening lyrics of the song to demonstrate how thoroughly he listened to the Barksdales' wiretapped conversations in order to decipher their messages.
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Noticing that everything coming out of Fisk's mouth is eerily similar to the very things he just put in his draft, Ben deletes the article realizing that he's been checkmated, for Fisk has just rendered himself untouchable. In his apartment, Matt angrily sweeps his laptop off his kitchen table at the open declaration of war that Fisk has just made upon him.
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Noticing that everything coming out of Fisk's mouth is eerily similar to the very things he just put in his draft, Ben deletes the article article, realizing that he's been checkmated, for Fisk has just rendered himself untouchable. In his apartment, Matt listens to Fisk's speech, and angrily sweeps his laptop off his kitchen table at the open fact that Fisk just made a public declaration of war that Fisk has just made upon him.
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* ActorAllusion: [[Music/TheRollingStonesBand "Brown Sugar"]] is playing in the first flashback to Fisk's childhood. Creator/DomenickLombardozzi, who plays Bill, is known for playing Herc in ''Series/TheWire'', and in that show he was part of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36tdgeDeZhE a scene]] where Prez uses the opening lyrics of the song to demonstrate how he listened to the Barksdales' wiretapped conversations repeatedly in order to decipher their messages.
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* ActorAllusion: [[Music/TheRollingStonesBand "Brown Sugar"]] is playing in the first flashback to Fisk's childhood. Creator/DomenickLombardozzi, who plays Bill, is known for playing Herc in ''Series/TheWire'', and in that show he was part of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36tdgeDeZhE a scene]] where Prez uses the opening lyrics of the song to demonstrate how thoroughly he listened to the Barksdales' wiretapped conversations repeatedly in order to decipher their messages.
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As Karen and Ben continue their investigation, and Fisk does damage control with his partners, his past is revealed and his relationship with Vanessa deepens.
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In his lower Manhattan penthouse, Fisk awakens in the middle of the night after experiencing an intense nightmare. He gets out of bed, and stares briefly at [[Recap/Daredevil2015S1E3RabbitInASnowstorm the painting he bought from Vanessa's gallery]]. Unable to get back to sleep, Fisk decides to make himself an omelette. After eating, he goes through his closet, selects a black suit, and a specific set of cufflinks. As he finishes dressing, he pauses when he looks at himself in the mirror and sees himself as a young boy, covered in blood.
Matt awakens in his apartment, still very much sore from [[Recap/Daredevil2015S1E7Stick his fight with Stick]]. Despite the pain, he gets himself dressed and heads to the office. At Nelson & Murdock, Karen and Foggy are debating whether or not tell Matt about getting jumped outside Mrs. Cardenas' building, only for Matt to show up and render the whole point moot because he overheard everything they said. He is unhappy that they're putting themselves in the line of fire, but with Karen making clear she refuses to back down, he settles for suggesting that they should try to work within the confines of the law.
At the docks, Fisk and Wesley get into a heated argument with Nobu about the loss of the Black Sky. Nobu is furious, since Fisk used his connections to ensure Nobu's shipment would have safe passage with minimal interference. Fisk gets defensive, arguing that he upheld his end of the deal and that perhaps Nobu should've informed him of the value of his shipment. He backs down, though, when Nobu makes a thinly veiled threat against his life. After Nobu leaves, Wesley questions why Fisk puts up with such blatant disrespect from Nobu, considering the circumstances under which they just purged the Russians and the fact that of all their current partners, he can't for the life of him figure out just what Nobu's supposed to bring to the table. All Fisk can tell him is that they're a "necessary evil".
In a flashback set in 1972, 12 year old Wilson Fisk lives with his father Bill and mother Marlene in a Hell's Kitchen tenement. Wilson is helping Bill with campaign posters as he prepares to run for city council. As they work, it becomes clear that Bill is controlling and outright abusive, as evidenced when he coaxes Wilson into taking a swig from a bottle of beer, much to Marlene's dismay. Marlene also gets on Bill's case about the fact that they've missed a lot of bill payments, making her question how exactly he plans to pay for all his campaign expenses. Bill reveals that he took out a loan from [[LoanShark Don Rigoletto]], which worries Marlene given that his reputation as a mobster is well known in Hell's Kitchen.
In the present, Fisk is having a pleasant evening phone call with Vanessa, fondly reminiscing about his travels abroad in Asia. He's forced to hang up, though, when Wesley calls him with some urgent news: [[Recap/Daredevil2015S1E6Condemned Detective Blake has come out of his coma]], and they need to deal with the fact that he's unlikely too thrilled about the fact that they had him shot. Fisk determines that Blake needs to be killed before he can snitch, and asks if any of the cops on their payroll are in a position to do the job. Wesley reports that, unfortunately, Blake is being heavily guarded in case the man in the mask comes for him, and none of their contacts are posted by the door to his room. Fisk thinks about it, and wonders if they should have Blake's partner Hoffman do it, as he's the one person who could get into Blake's room without it being suspicious. Wesley is skeptical, since Blake and Hoffman are longtime friends who go way back, but agrees to set up a meeting.
At Nelson & Murdock, Matt, Karen and Foggy are working late going through their leads on the tenement case. Matt is surprised when he finds that Westmeyer-Holt Contracting, the group that sent the contractors who busted up Elena's building and attacked Karen, are affiliated with Confederated Global Investments, [[Recap/Daredevil2015S1E3RabbitInASnowstorm the firm that Wesley claimed to represent when he hired Nelson & Murdock to defend Healy]]. Wondering why Confed Global is interested in forcing tenants out of their homes, Karen suggests that Armand Tully might know something, which Foggy sees as a possible lead. Their work is brought to a halt when the news breaks on the ''Bulletin'' website about Blake waking up in the hospital. As Karen andBen continue their investigation, and Foggy argue about the vigilante's involvement, Matt realizes that Blake is in grave danger because [[HeKnowsTooMuch he knows too much about what Fisk does damage control to be kept alive]].
Fisk and Wesley meet with Hoffman at the docks. Hoffman gets defensive about Blake's mistakes, arguing that [[Recap/Daredevil2015S1E5WorldOnFire Blake getting jumped by the masked vigilante and getting hispartners, arm broken]] wasn't worth Blake being shot over. Fisk clarifies that actually, that's not the reason they shot him: they shot Blake because he lost his phone, and the masked vigilante subsequently used it to track down Vladimir. Hoffman holds back tears as it dawns on him that his best friend of 35 years is dying one way or another, and the only choice he has is whether or not he wants to do it or see Fisk hire someone else. He reluctantly agrees to do it. He smuggles a syringe full of poison into Blake's room inside a meatball sub sandwich (to get it past Brett Mahoney and another cop who are guarding the door). Once inside, he hesitantly injects the syringe into Blake's IV line. As he does so, Blake begins to stir, and realizes what's happening to him. Moments later, Matt breaks into the room through the window and strangles Hoffman unconscious. After using a chair to bar the door, he goes to Blake's side and tries to get some information on Fisk out of him, and Blake gives up their participation in Fisk's operation before he expires. Matt is then forced to flee as Brett and the other cops break into the room.
Fisk brings Owlsley to the shop of Melvin Potter, his tailor, and gets him to design a protective suit for him too now that the Devil of Hell's Kitchen knows who he is. As they talk, Owlsley subtly threatens Fisk when he suggests that Fisk's finances will be in danger if he's compromised down the line. The conversation is disrupted when Wesley arrives to inform them about the situation with Blake. Hoffman has been able to spin his partner's death as the work of the masked man, though due to being incapacitated has no idea what Blake might've told him before he died. Owlsley voices his concern, and openly wonders: [[ArmorPiercingQuestion how much does Hoffman know about Fisk's business?]] Fisk tries to assure him that the situation is under control, but Owlsley isn't convinced and leaves while suggesting that he's going to handle the matter in his own way.
In another flashback, Wilson is crying at the dining room table, and bleeding from the mouth. His mother gives him some zuppa inglese to cheer him up. Bill is revealed to have lost the council election, and Wilson is upset because he confronted another neighborhood kid, Bernie Walker, who was vandalizing Bill's signs. When he begged Bernie to stop, Bernie hit him and called him a loser, and that his dad's a loser too. When Marlene tells Bill about this, he decides to go out and teach Bernie a lesson, and takes Wilson along.
Bill and Wilson confront Bernie as he's smashing beer bottles with a baseball bat. Bernie admits he did call Wilson a loser...but was simply repeating what his own dad has been saying about the Fisks, and insinuates that such sentiment is pretty widespread amongst the neighbors in Hell's Kitchen. Things get heated, and Bill attacks Bernie in a rage. He throws Bernie to the ground and begins beating him up with his bat, much to Wilson's horror. After landing a few hits, Bill ushers Wilson over, and explains that guys like Bernie want to keep people like them down, and he shouldn't tolerate such disrespect. Despite Wilson's obvious discomfort, Bill goads him into kicking Bernie repeatedly...
...and in the present day, Fisk awakens from a nightmare. Like before, he can't get back to sleep and instead settles for making an omelette. As he's getting dressed, Wesley calls him. Madame Gao is coming over to his place and needs to talk to him. Fisk momentarily panics, but relaxes once Wesley assures him that he's already en route and will get there before she does.
Fisk brews some Chinese tea for himself and Gao as they prepare to discuss business, with Wesley standing off to the side to translate for Gao. Fisk is shocked when [[SwitchToEnglish Gao suddenly addresses him in English]], revealing that she's known all along that Fisk has been pretending not to know Mandarin Chinese or Japanese so that she and Nobu will underestimate him...which she applauds him for because she's been doing the exact same thing. Since this renders [[CompletelyUnnecessaryTranslator Wesley's presence completely unnecessary]], Fisk reluctantly dismisses him and continues speaking to Gao in Mandarin. Now alone, Gao reveals that she, Leland and Nobu are all displeased with Fisk's handling of recent events. She notes that Fisk's penthouse here is one of his most closely guarded secrets, and the fact that [[TheVillainKnowsWhereYouLive she found out where it is]] should be a warning about exactly how neglectful he's become. She leaves after threatening him with death if he doesn't get his house in order. Fisk manages to hold in his terror over the implications of Gao's words until she leaves, [[FlippingTheTable then upturns his massive dining room table]]. He also sends Wesley away when he rushes into the room and tries to check on him.
As Fisk stares mindlessly at the overturned table and chairs, he begins to think about a certain fateful night from his childhood...
It's been a few days since the incident with Bernie. Bill pulls up a chair in the living room, and points it at the wall. He directs Wilson to sit in the chair, stare at the wall, and think about the man he wants to be, as he puts on his cufflinks (which are shown to be the ones Wilson wears as an adult) and prepares to head out for a late night errand. To Marlene's dismay, Bill's on his way to speak to Rigoletto regarding the money he borrowed from him for the campaign. As Marlene lays into him for deciding to do something so shortsighted and stupid for the sake of his ego, Bill flies into a rage and clocks her in the face. He then proceeds to mercilessly beat her with his belt as a horrified Wilson stares at the wall, too afraid to turn his head.
As night falls, and a thunderstorm rolls in from New Jersey, Fisk is briefly pulled from his thoughts by Wesley's appearance. He's miffed, since he didn't call for him, but Wesley admits that he thinks that there's something Fisk could certainly benefit from now at this time. To Fisk's surprise, Wesley reveals that he's brought Vanessa over. He dismisses himself at Vanessa's request. Despite Fisk's urging Vanessa to leave, [[Recap/Daredevil2015S1E5WorldOnFire she reminds him of his promise to be honest with her]], and suggests that he tell her what's troubling him. Fisk takes a deep breath, and the flashbacks resume...
Wilson continues to stare helplessly at the wall, quivering with fear as Bill continues beating Marlene with his belt, all the while raging and blaming her and Wilson for his losing the election. Eventually, Wilson can't take it anymore. He picks up a hammer and screams at his dad to stop. Bill turns on Wilson, and begins taunting him, daring him to use the hammer against him. When Wilson hesitates, Bill decides that his unwillingness to attack him proves he's nothing more than a coward. Wilson snaps, and as Bill turns and prepares to resume hitting Marlene, he strikes Bill in the back of the skull with the hammer. As Bill falls to his knees, all of Wilson's pent up rage comes rushing out, and he resumes hitting him with the hammer over, and over, and over, and over, until his skull is completely caved in. He stops when Marlene comes over, and pulls him into a comforting hug. She holds him still and assures him everything will be all right...and then tells him to get the saw. Wilson and hisrelationship mother cut Bill's body to pieces, stuff the parts into garbage bags, and toss them in the Hudson. Everyone in Hell's Kitchen is left assuming that Bill skipped town to avoid repaying Rigoletto, and the Fisks do nothing to correct them on that. Marlene sends Wilson away to live with relatives until the heat cools off.
As Fisk finishes his story, Vanessadeepens.
assures him that what he did wasn't his fault. He did it to protect his mother. But Fisk doesn't see it that way, viewing it as something he did to benefit himself. To that end, he reveals that he wears his father's cufflinks in an effort to convince himself that he's not the kind of person that Bill was. Not that it will matter, given that he has enemies who at this moment seek to expose him in the press and ruin whatever work he's tried to accomplish. When Vanessa pointedly asks him if he intends to let them do so, he admits that he shouldn't, and it would be best to do something about it.
At that moment in time, Matt finds Ben Urich walking to his car as he finishes up a phone call with Ellison about another story regarding a conspiracy theorist. After assuring Ben he's not the one responsible for the cop killings, they pool the information they've gathered from their investigations into Fisk. Ben is skeptical, as the information Matt has isn't going to send Fisk to prison without corroborating evidence or sources to back it up, but Matt suggests that they don't have to do that. Rather, he can simply take the information he has, and run Fisk's dirty laundry in the ''Bulletin'', so he'll have no opportunity to hide his true colors.
Fisk has another nightmare, but this time, when he wakes up from it, Vanessa is there to calm his mind. [[RelationshipUpgrade They consummate their relationship]], and the next morning, she dictates his wardrobe, selecting a lighter gray suit from his closet, and a different set of cufflinks.
While this is going on, Ben sits down in his office, and begins typing up his article.
->'''Ben Urich:''' "'You get what you deserve.' It's an old saying. One that survived the years, because it's true. For the most part. But not for everyone. Some get more than they deserve. Because they believe they aren't like everyone else. That the rules, the ones people like me and you, the people that work and struggle to live our lives, just live, don't apply to them. That they can do anything and live happily ever after, while the rest of us suffer. They do this from the shadows. Shadows that we cast. With our indifference. With a pervasive lack of interest in anything that doesn't directly affect us, we, in the here and now. Or maybe it's just the shadow of weariness. Of how tired we are, struggling to claw our way back to a middle class that no longer exist, because of those who take more than they deserve. And they keep taking, until all that's left for the rest of us is a memory of how it used to be before the corporations and the bottom line decided we didn't matter anymore. But we do. You and I, the people of this city we still matter. There's someone in Hell's Kitchen that doesn't share this belief. He's been among us for quite some time. You've never heard his name. You've never seen his face. He's stayed in the shadows. Because men like him, men that want to control our city, our lives, fear the light and what it reveals. This man must no longer be allowed to operate in the darkness. If he has nothing to hide, let him step forward."
As Ben finishes typing, he unmutes the TV in his office. To his shock, Fisk is on TV at that very moment, delivering a press conference from the steps of City Hall, with Vanessa, Wesley, and Leland by his side. Before an assembled group of reporters, [[VillainWithGoodPublicity Fisk paints himself as a generous philanthropist seeking to make Hell's Kitchen a better place amidst the threat of the masked vigilante who seeks to put him down]].
->'''Wilson Fisk:''' [[UnaccustomedAsIAmToPublicSpeaking I'm not very good at this, out, being in public.]] But I felt the need to speak up for this city that I love with all my heart. No one should have to live in fear. In fear of madmen who have no regard for who they injure. In fear of the Devil of Hell's Kitchen, who has inflicted untold pain and suffering. This masked terrorist, and psychopaths of his kind, we must show them we will not bow down to their campaign of coercion and intimidation. We must stand up to them! [[Recap/Daredevil2015S1E7Stick As this man, my dearest friend, Leland Owlsley, a pillar in the financial community, stood up when he was recently assaulted.]] But this assault was for no other reason than to send me a message. A message warning me to stop, to give up my dream that I have for this city. A dream of a better place. A place for its citizens to feel safe. To feel pride. I tried to do this quietly, not wanting to draw attention. The last thing I wanted was for anyone close to me to become a target from those who do not share my dream. For those who will have this city stay exactly as it is, mired in poverty and crime. But I know now it was foolish to make that decision. That I can no longer do it alone. That I cannot keep living in the shadows, afraid of the light. None of us can. None of us should be forced to. We must do this together. We must resist those who would have us live in fear. '''My name is Wilson Fisk.''' And together, we can make this city a better place.
Noticing that everything coming out of Fisk's mouth is eerily similar to the very things he just put in his draft, Ben deletes the article realizing that he's been checkmated, for Fisk has just rendered himself untouchable. In his apartment, Matt angrily sweeps his laptop off his kitchen table at the open declaration of war that Fisk has just made upon him.
Matt awakens in his apartment, still very much sore from [[Recap/Daredevil2015S1E7Stick his fight with Stick]]. Despite the pain, he gets himself dressed and heads to the office. At Nelson & Murdock, Karen and Foggy are debating whether or not tell Matt about getting jumped outside Mrs. Cardenas' building, only for Matt to show up and render the whole point moot because he overheard everything they said. He is unhappy that they're putting themselves in the line of fire, but with Karen making clear she refuses to back down, he settles for suggesting that they should try to work within the confines of the law.
At the docks, Fisk and Wesley get into a heated argument with Nobu about the loss of the Black Sky. Nobu is furious, since Fisk used his connections to ensure Nobu's shipment would have safe passage with minimal interference. Fisk gets defensive, arguing that he upheld his end of the deal and that perhaps Nobu should've informed him of the value of his shipment. He backs down, though, when Nobu makes a thinly veiled threat against his life. After Nobu leaves, Wesley questions why Fisk puts up with such blatant disrespect from Nobu, considering the circumstances under which they just purged the Russians and the fact that of all their current partners, he can't for the life of him figure out just what Nobu's supposed to bring to the table. All Fisk can tell him is that they're a "necessary evil".
In a flashback set in 1972, 12 year old Wilson Fisk lives with his father Bill and mother Marlene in a Hell's Kitchen tenement. Wilson is helping Bill with campaign posters as he prepares to run for city council. As they work, it becomes clear that Bill is controlling and outright abusive, as evidenced when he coaxes Wilson into taking a swig from a bottle of beer, much to Marlene's dismay. Marlene also gets on Bill's case about the fact that they've missed a lot of bill payments, making her question how exactly he plans to pay for all his campaign expenses. Bill reveals that he took out a loan from [[LoanShark Don Rigoletto]], which worries Marlene given that his reputation as a mobster is well known in Hell's Kitchen.
In the present, Fisk is having a pleasant evening phone call with Vanessa, fondly reminiscing about his travels abroad in Asia. He's forced to hang up, though, when Wesley calls him with some urgent news: [[Recap/Daredevil2015S1E6Condemned Detective Blake has come out of his coma]], and they need to deal with the fact that he's unlikely too thrilled about the fact that they had him shot. Fisk determines that Blake needs to be killed before he can snitch, and asks if any of the cops on their payroll are in a position to do the job. Wesley reports that, unfortunately, Blake is being heavily guarded in case the man in the mask comes for him, and none of their contacts are posted by the door to his room. Fisk thinks about it, and wonders if they should have Blake's partner Hoffman do it, as he's the one person who could get into Blake's room without it being suspicious. Wesley is skeptical, since Blake and Hoffman are longtime friends who go way back, but agrees to set up a meeting.
At Nelson & Murdock, Matt, Karen and Foggy are working late going through their leads on the tenement case. Matt is surprised when he finds that Westmeyer-Holt Contracting, the group that sent the contractors who busted up Elena's building and attacked Karen, are affiliated with Confederated Global Investments, [[Recap/Daredevil2015S1E3RabbitInASnowstorm the firm that Wesley claimed to represent when he hired Nelson & Murdock to defend Healy]]. Wondering why Confed Global is interested in forcing tenants out of their homes, Karen suggests that Armand Tully might know something, which Foggy sees as a possible lead. Their work is brought to a halt when the news breaks on the ''Bulletin'' website about Blake waking up in the hospital. As Karen and
Fisk and Wesley meet with Hoffman at the docks. Hoffman gets defensive about Blake's mistakes, arguing that [[Recap/Daredevil2015S1E5WorldOnFire Blake getting jumped by the masked vigilante and getting his
Fisk brings Owlsley to the shop of Melvin Potter, his tailor, and gets him to design a protective suit for him too now that the Devil of Hell's Kitchen knows who he is. As they talk, Owlsley subtly threatens Fisk when he suggests that Fisk's finances will be in danger if he's compromised down the line. The conversation is disrupted when Wesley arrives to inform them about the situation with Blake. Hoffman has been able to spin his partner's death as the work of the masked man, though due to being incapacitated has no idea what Blake might've told him before he died. Owlsley voices his concern, and openly wonders: [[ArmorPiercingQuestion how much does Hoffman know about Fisk's business?]] Fisk tries to assure him that the situation is under control, but Owlsley isn't convinced and leaves while suggesting that he's going to handle the matter in his own way.
In another flashback, Wilson is crying at the dining room table, and bleeding from the mouth. His mother gives him some zuppa inglese to cheer him up. Bill is revealed to have lost the council election, and Wilson is upset because he confronted another neighborhood kid, Bernie Walker, who was vandalizing Bill's signs. When he begged Bernie to stop, Bernie hit him and called him a loser, and that his dad's a loser too. When Marlene tells Bill about this, he decides to go out and teach Bernie a lesson, and takes Wilson along.
Bill and Wilson confront Bernie as he's smashing beer bottles with a baseball bat. Bernie admits he did call Wilson a loser...but was simply repeating what his own dad has been saying about the Fisks, and insinuates that such sentiment is pretty widespread amongst the neighbors in Hell's Kitchen. Things get heated, and Bill attacks Bernie in a rage. He throws Bernie to the ground and begins beating him up with his bat, much to Wilson's horror. After landing a few hits, Bill ushers Wilson over, and explains that guys like Bernie want to keep people like them down, and he shouldn't tolerate such disrespect. Despite Wilson's obvious discomfort, Bill goads him into kicking Bernie repeatedly...
...and in the present day, Fisk awakens from a nightmare. Like before, he can't get back to sleep and instead settles for making an omelette. As he's getting dressed, Wesley calls him. Madame Gao is coming over to his place and needs to talk to him. Fisk momentarily panics, but relaxes once Wesley assures him that he's already en route and will get there before she does.
Fisk brews some Chinese tea for himself and Gao as they prepare to discuss business, with Wesley standing off to the side to translate for Gao. Fisk is shocked when [[SwitchToEnglish Gao suddenly addresses him in English]], revealing that she's known all along that Fisk has been pretending not to know Mandarin Chinese or Japanese so that she and Nobu will underestimate him...which she applauds him for because she's been doing the exact same thing. Since this renders [[CompletelyUnnecessaryTranslator Wesley's presence completely unnecessary]], Fisk reluctantly dismisses him and continues speaking to Gao in Mandarin. Now alone, Gao reveals that she, Leland and Nobu are all displeased with Fisk's handling of recent events. She notes that Fisk's penthouse here is one of his most closely guarded secrets, and the fact that [[TheVillainKnowsWhereYouLive she found out where it is]] should be a warning about exactly how neglectful he's become. She leaves after threatening him with death if he doesn't get his house in order. Fisk manages to hold in his terror over the implications of Gao's words until she leaves, [[FlippingTheTable then upturns his massive dining room table]]. He also sends Wesley away when he rushes into the room and tries to check on him.
As Fisk stares mindlessly at the overturned table and chairs, he begins to think about a certain fateful night from his childhood...
It's been a few days since the incident with Bernie. Bill pulls up a chair in the living room, and points it at the wall. He directs Wilson to sit in the chair, stare at the wall, and think about the man he wants to be, as he puts on his cufflinks (which are shown to be the ones Wilson wears as an adult) and prepares to head out for a late night errand. To Marlene's dismay, Bill's on his way to speak to Rigoletto regarding the money he borrowed from him for the campaign. As Marlene lays into him for deciding to do something so shortsighted and stupid for the sake of his ego, Bill flies into a rage and clocks her in the face. He then proceeds to mercilessly beat her with his belt as a horrified Wilson stares at the wall, too afraid to turn his head.
As night falls, and a thunderstorm rolls in from New Jersey, Fisk is briefly pulled from his thoughts by Wesley's appearance. He's miffed, since he didn't call for him, but Wesley admits that he thinks that there's something Fisk could certainly benefit from now at this time. To Fisk's surprise, Wesley reveals that he's brought Vanessa over. He dismisses himself at Vanessa's request. Despite Fisk's urging Vanessa to leave, [[Recap/Daredevil2015S1E5WorldOnFire she reminds him of his promise to be honest with her]], and suggests that he tell her what's troubling him. Fisk takes a deep breath, and the flashbacks resume...
Wilson continues to stare helplessly at the wall, quivering with fear as Bill continues beating Marlene with his belt, all the while raging and blaming her and Wilson for his losing the election. Eventually, Wilson can't take it anymore. He picks up a hammer and screams at his dad to stop. Bill turns on Wilson, and begins taunting him, daring him to use the hammer against him. When Wilson hesitates, Bill decides that his unwillingness to attack him proves he's nothing more than a coward. Wilson snaps, and as Bill turns and prepares to resume hitting Marlene, he strikes Bill in the back of the skull with the hammer. As Bill falls to his knees, all of Wilson's pent up rage comes rushing out, and he resumes hitting him with the hammer over, and over, and over, and over, until his skull is completely caved in. He stops when Marlene comes over, and pulls him into a comforting hug. She holds him still and assures him everything will be all right...and then tells him to get the saw. Wilson and his
As Fisk finishes his story, Vanessa
At that moment in time, Matt finds Ben Urich walking to his car as he finishes up a phone call with Ellison about another story regarding a conspiracy theorist. After assuring Ben he's not the one responsible for the cop killings, they pool the information they've gathered from their investigations into Fisk. Ben is skeptical, as the information Matt has isn't going to send Fisk to prison without corroborating evidence or sources to back it up, but Matt suggests that they don't have to do that. Rather, he can simply take the information he has, and run Fisk's dirty laundry in the ''Bulletin'', so he'll have no opportunity to hide his true colors.
Fisk has another nightmare, but this time, when he wakes up from it, Vanessa is there to calm his mind. [[RelationshipUpgrade They consummate their relationship]], and the next morning, she dictates his wardrobe, selecting a lighter gray suit from his closet, and a different set of cufflinks.
While this is going on, Ben sits down in his office, and begins typing up his article.
->'''Ben Urich:''' "'You get what you deserve.' It's an old saying. One that survived the years, because it's true. For the most part. But not for everyone. Some get more than they deserve. Because they believe they aren't like everyone else. That the rules, the ones people like me and you, the people that work and struggle to live our lives, just live, don't apply to them. That they can do anything and live happily ever after, while the rest of us suffer. They do this from the shadows. Shadows that we cast. With our indifference. With a pervasive lack of interest in anything that doesn't directly affect us, we, in the here and now. Or maybe it's just the shadow of weariness. Of how tired we are, struggling to claw our way back to a middle class that no longer exist, because of those who take more than they deserve. And they keep taking, until all that's left for the rest of us is a memory of how it used to be before the corporations and the bottom line decided we didn't matter anymore. But we do. You and I, the people of this city we still matter. There's someone in Hell's Kitchen that doesn't share this belief. He's been among us for quite some time. You've never heard his name. You've never seen his face. He's stayed in the shadows. Because men like him, men that want to control our city, our lives, fear the light and what it reveals. This man must no longer be allowed to operate in the darkness. If he has nothing to hide, let him step forward."
As Ben finishes typing, he unmutes the TV in his office. To his shock, Fisk is on TV at that very moment, delivering a press conference from the steps of City Hall, with Vanessa, Wesley, and Leland by his side. Before an assembled group of reporters, [[VillainWithGoodPublicity Fisk paints himself as a generous philanthropist seeking to make Hell's Kitchen a better place amidst the threat of the masked vigilante who seeks to put him down]].
->'''Wilson Fisk:''' [[UnaccustomedAsIAmToPublicSpeaking I'm not very good at this, out, being in public.]] But I felt the need to speak up for this city that I love with all my heart. No one should have to live in fear. In fear of madmen who have no regard for who they injure. In fear of the Devil of Hell's Kitchen, who has inflicted untold pain and suffering. This masked terrorist, and psychopaths of his kind, we must show them we will not bow down to their campaign of coercion and intimidation. We must stand up to them! [[Recap/Daredevil2015S1E7Stick As this man, my dearest friend, Leland Owlsley, a pillar in the financial community, stood up when he was recently assaulted.]] But this assault was for no other reason than to send me a message. A message warning me to stop, to give up my dream that I have for this city. A dream of a better place. A place for its citizens to feel safe. To feel pride. I tried to do this quietly, not wanting to draw attention. The last thing I wanted was for anyone close to me to become a target from those who do not share my dream. For those who will have this city stay exactly as it is, mired in poverty and crime. But I know now it was foolish to make that decision. That I can no longer do it alone. That I cannot keep living in the shadows, afraid of the light. None of us can. None of us should be forced to. We must do this together. We must resist those who would have us live in fear. '''My name is Wilson Fisk.''' And together, we can make this city a better place.
Noticing that everything coming out of Fisk's mouth is eerily similar to the very things he just put in his draft, Ben deletes the article realizing that he's been checkmated, for Fisk has just rendered himself untouchable. In his apartment, Matt angrily sweeps his laptop off his kitchen table at the open declaration of war that Fisk has just made upon him.
* AbuseDiscretionShot: Bill's beating Marlene with the belt is kept offscreen, with us only hearing the sound of it as the camera stays focused on Wilson listening in terror to it.
* ActorAllusion: [[Music/TheRollingStonesBand "Brown Sugar"]] is playing in the first flashback to Fisk's childhood. Creator/DomenickLombardozzi, who plays Bill, is known for playing Herc in ''Series/TheWire'', and in that show he was part of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36tdgeDeZhE a scene]] where Prez uses the opening lyrics of the song to demonstrate how he listened to the Barksdales' wiretapped conversations repeatedly in order to decipher their messages.
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** Bill forces Wilson to beat up a kid who was messing with his campaign signs...[[DisproportionateRetribution after the election was over.]] However, [[TheBully said teenager was picking on Wilson]], [[{{Jerkass}} wasn't exactly being respectful even when Bill intervened]], and [[BullyingTheDragon was dumb enough to mess with a politician's son in the first place.]] So while his beating was horrible, you're more likely to feel bad for Wilson for being forced to engage in violence, than the kid he's forced into kicking.
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** Bill forces Wilson to beat up a kid who was messing with his campaign signs...[[DisproportionateRetribution after the election was over.]] However, [[TheBully said teenager Bernie was picking on Wilson]], [[{{Jerkass}} wasn't exactly being respectful even when Bill intervened]], and [[BullyingTheDragon was dumb enough to mess with a politician's son in the first place.]] So while his beating was horrible, you're more likely to feel bad for Wilson for being forced to engage in violence, violence than the kid he's forced into kicking.for Bernie.
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* BeneathTheMask: We get a look at the fear and trauma that lies beneath Fisk's confident façade, and a hint at how dangerous that frail old Triad lady is.
* BerserkButton: After Gao leaves, Wilson flips his shit (and his multi-hundred pound table) in rage over his entirely secret home invaded and being called out on his errors.
* BewareTheQuietOnes: After young Wilson beats his father to death, Marlene holds him as he sobs and says it'll be all right...then calmly tells him to get a saw so they can dispose of Bill's corpse. No one found out the truth of Bill's death, assuming he'd moved to escape the mob.
* BerserkButton: After Gao leaves, Wilson flips his shit (and his multi-hundred pound table) in rage over his entirely secret home invaded and being called out on his errors.
* BewareTheQuietOnes: After young Wilson beats his father to death, Marlene holds him as he sobs and says it'll be all right...then calmly tells him to get a saw so they can dispose of Bill's corpse. No one found out the truth of Bill's death, assuming he'd moved to escape the mob.
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* BeneathTheMask: We get a look at the fear and trauma that lies beneath Fisk's confident façade, and a hint at how dangerous that frail old Triad lady Madame Gao really is.
* BerserkButton: After Madame Gao leaves, Wilson flips his shit (and his multi-hundred pound table) in rage over his entirely secret home invaded and being called out on his errors.
* BewareTheQuietOnes: After young Wilson beats his father to death, Marlene holds him as he sobs and says it'll be all right...then calmly tells him to get a saw so they can dispose of Bill's corpse. No onefound ever finds out the truth of Bill's death, assuming he'd moved to escape the mob.
* BerserkButton: After Madame Gao leaves, Wilson flips his shit (and his multi-hundred pound table) in rage over his entirely secret home invaded and being called out on his errors.
* BewareTheQuietOnes: After young Wilson beats his father to death, Marlene holds him as he sobs and says it'll be all right...then calmly tells him to get a saw so they can dispose of Bill's corpse. No one
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** Fisk FlippingTheTable partway through the episode - Matt does [[DeskSweepOfRage something similar]] at the end.
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** Fisk FlippingTheTable [[FlippingTheTable flips over his table]] partway through the episode - in fear following Madame Gao's thinly veiled death threat. Matt does [[DeskSweepOfRage something similar]] at the end.end at the realization that Fisk has just neutralized their plans to expose him in the press.
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** In the first flashback, when Wilson and his father are making campaign signs, Bill repeatedly hammers a nail right into his portrait's forehead, the exact spot where Wilson is going to kill him with said hammer.
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** In the first flashback, when As Wilson and helps his father are making make campaign signs, Bill repeatedly hammers a nail right into his portrait's forehead, the exact spot where Wilson is going to kill him with said hammer.
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* HairTodayGoneTomorrow: Fisk has a completely bald dome today. He had a full head of hair as a child.
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* HairTodayGoneTomorrow: Fisk has a completely bald dome today. He is revealed to have had a full head of hair as a child.kid.
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-->'''Wilson Fisk:''' I'm not very good at this, out, being in public. But I felt the need to speak up for this city that I love with all my heart. No one should have to live in fear.In fear of madmen who have no regard for who they injure. In fear of the Devil of Hell's Kitchen, who has inflicted untold pain and suffering. This masked terrorist and psychopaths of his kind, we must show them we will not bow down to their campaign of coercion and intimidation. We must stand up to them. As this man, my dearest friend, Leland Owlsley, a pillar in the financial community, stood up when he was recently assaulted. But this assault was for no other reason than to send me a message. A message warning me to stop, to give up my dream that I have for this city. A dream of a better place. A place for its citizens to feel safe. To feel pride. I tried to do this quietly, not wanting to draw attention. The last thing I wanted was for anyone close to me to become a target from those who do not share my dream. For those who will have this city stay exactly as it is, mired in poverty and crime. But I know now it was foolish to make that decision. That I can no longer do it alone. That I cannot keep living in the shadows afraid of the light. None of us can. None of us should be forced to. We must do this together. We must resist those who would have us live in fear. My name is Wilson Fisk. And together, we can make this city a better place.
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** As Fisk and Owlsley discuss business in Melvin's shop, Owlsley notes that "if [the masked man] drops me off a roof, an awful lot of money's going along for the ride", which Fisk notes sounds like a threat. Then when Wesley comes in and informs them about Blake's death, [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Owlsley pointedly asks them]] [[HeKnowsTooMuch how much Hoffman knows about their enterprise]] and says, "The situation is being handled, alright. Just not by you." Suggesting he might have [[Recap/Daredevil2015S1E13Daredevil his own plans for Hoffman]].
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* RightBehindMe: Foggy and Karen are talking about whether or not to tell Matt about what happened at Elena's place. They attempt to change the subject when Matt comes in, but Matt has his long-range hearing and has heard everything they've said.
-->'''Foggy Nelson:''' OK, let's say we keep Matt in the dark. How long do you think...''[[[SpeakOfTheDevil Matt suddenly opens the door]]; [[OhCrap Foggy's eyes go wide]]]'' ....[[LastSecondWordSwap I should grow my hair?]] Matt, what's your take on that? Mullet? Full pony?
-->'''Foggy Nelson:''' OK, let's say we keep Matt in the dark. How long do you think...''[[[SpeakOfTheDevil Matt suddenly opens the door]]; [[OhCrap Foggy's eyes go wide]]]'' ....[[LastSecondWordSwap I should grow my hair?]] Matt, what's your take on that? Mullet? Full pony?
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* RightBehindMe: Foggy and Karen are talking about whether or not to tell Matt about what happened at Elena's place. They attempt to change the subject when Matt comes in, but Matt has his long-range hearing and has heard everything they've said.
to no avail.
-->'''Foggy Nelson:''' OK, let's say we keep Matt in the dark. How long do you think...''[[[SpeakOfTheDevil Matt suddenly opens the door]]; [[OhCrap Foggy's eyes go wide]]]'' ....[[LastSecondWordSwap I should grow my hair?]] Matt, what's your take on that? Mullet? Fullpony?pony?\\
'''Karen Page:''' ''[notices the cut over Matt's left eye]'' Holy shit! Did you fall down ''again''?\\
'''Matt Murdock:''' It's nothing. Don't tell me what?\\
'''Foggy Nelson:''' Damn it!\\
'''Karen Page:''' You heard that?\\
'''Foggy Nelson:''' Guy's like a bat! ''[to Matt]'' [[ForgotTheDisability Not blind like a--I mean, you know, with the hearing--]]\\
'''Matt Murdock:''' [[AnalogyBackfire Bats aren't blind, Foggy.]]\\
'''Foggy Nelson:''' They're not?\\
'''Matt Murdock:''' It's a myth.\\
'''Foggy Nelson:''' So we're good? ''[Matt turns to Karen]''\\
'''Matt Murdock:''' Karen?\\
'''Karen Page:''' Yeah?\\
'''Matt Murdock:''' [[ArmorPiercingQuestion What don't the two of you want me to know?]]
-->'''Foggy Nelson:''' OK, let's say we keep Matt in the dark. How long do you think...''[[[SpeakOfTheDevil Matt suddenly opens the door]]; [[OhCrap Foggy's eyes go wide]]]'' ....[[LastSecondWordSwap I should grow my hair?]] Matt, what's your take on that? Mullet? Full
'''Karen Page:''' ''[notices the cut over Matt's left eye]'' Holy shit! Did you fall down ''again''?\\
'''Matt Murdock:''' It's nothing. Don't tell me what?\\
'''Foggy Nelson:''' Damn it!\\
'''Karen Page:''' You heard that?\\
'''Foggy Nelson:''' Guy's like a bat! ''[to Matt]'' [[ForgotTheDisability Not blind like a--I mean, you know, with the hearing--]]\\
'''Matt Murdock:''' [[AnalogyBackfire Bats aren't blind, Foggy.]]\\
'''Foggy Nelson:''' They're not?\\
'''Matt Murdock:''' It's a myth.\\
'''Foggy Nelson:''' So we're good? ''[Matt turns to Karen]''\\
'''Matt Murdock:''' Karen?\\
'''Karen Page:''' Yeah?\\
'''Matt Murdock:''' [[ArmorPiercingQuestion What don't the two of you want me to know?]]
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* {{Leitmotif}}: The Prelude to Music/JohannSebastianBach's Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major plays when Fisk wakes up, watches the painting he bought from Vanessa, cooks himself an omelette for breakfast and dresses for work.
* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: The first flashback to Fisk's childhood starts with [[Music/TheRollingStones "Brown Sugar"]] playing over establishing shots of a Hell's Kitchen street in the 1970s. Then we cut to the Fisk family apartment, where the song is playing on the radio, and Marlene asks for Bill to turn the music down.
* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: The first flashback to Fisk's childhood starts with [[Music/TheRollingStones "Brown Sugar"]] playing over establishing shots of a Hell's Kitchen street in the 1970s. Then we cut to the Fisk family apartment, where the song is playing on the radio, and Marlene asks for Bill to turn the music down.
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* {{Leitmotif}}: The Prelude to Music/JohannSebastianBach's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1prweT95Mo0 Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major Major]] plays when Fisk wakes up, watches the painting he bought from Vanessa, cooks himself an omelette for breakfast and dresses for work.
* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: The first flashback to Fisk's childhood starts with[[Music/TheRollingStones [[Music/TheRollingStonesBand "Brown Sugar"]] playing over establishing shots of a Hell's Kitchen street in the 1970s. Then we cut to the Fisk family apartment, where the song is playing on the radio, and Marlene asks for Bill to turn the music down.
* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: The first flashback to Fisk's childhood starts with
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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: When Gao explains how she found Fisk's apartment, she asks if she did so using magic or through more realistic means. She never completely explains herself, but implies that it was mundane and it's because Fisk has been getting sloppy. She also mentions knowing all languages, which is the first hint she [[Really700YearsOld is not what she seems]].
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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: When Madame Gao explains how she found Fisk's apartment, she asks if she did so using magic or through more realistic means. She never completely explains herself, but implies that it was mundane and it's because Fisk has been getting sloppy. She also mentions knowing all languages, which is the first hint she [[Really700YearsOld is not what she seems]].
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]], [[DiscussedTrope discussed]] and [[LampshadedTrope lampshaded]] example, as both Fisk and Gao have been pretending all along not to speak each other's language in hopes of gaining an advantage. Gao admits that Fisk was smart to play the fool, but also that it was foolish to assume she wouldn't recognize it.
* OhCrap: Fisk has a brief one when Wesley tells him on the phone that Gao is coming to his penthouse, which is a big deal as it's meant to be a secret no one else is aware of. The moment quickly goes away once Wesley adds on that he's already en route to make sure he's there before she can arrive.
* OhCrap: Fisk has a brief one when Wesley tells him on the phone that Gao is coming to his penthouse, which is a big deal as it's meant to be a secret no one else is aware of. The moment quickly goes away once Wesley adds on that he's already en route to make sure he's there before she can arrive.
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]], [[DiscussedTrope discussed]] and [[LampshadedTrope lampshaded]] example, as both Fisk and Gao have been pretending all along not to speak each other's language in hopes of gaining an advantage. Gao admits that Fisk was smart to play advantage.
-->'''Wilson Fisk:''' How long have you known?\\
'''Madame Gao:''' Since thefool, but also that it was beginning. It is the clever man who plays the fool. And a foolish to assume she wouldn't woman who does not recognize it.
* OhCrap: Fisk has a brief one when Wesley tells him on the phone that Gao is coming to his penthouse, which is a big deal as it's meant to be a secret no one else is aware of.The moment He quickly goes away relaxes once Wesley adds on that he's already en route to make sure he's there before she can arrive.
-->'''Wilson Fisk:''' How long have you known?\\
'''Madame Gao:''' Since the
* OhCrap: Fisk has a brief one when Wesley tells him on the phone that Gao is coming to his penthouse, which is a big deal as it's meant to be a secret no one else is aware of.
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* CallBack: Rigoletto, the loan shark Bill gets money from, was mentioned a few episodes earlier during the conversation between Ben and Manfredi as having recently been murdered.
* ChekhovsGunman: Melvin Potter had been mentioned at the end of episode 4 when Fisk was inspecting the place where Anatoly stabbed his suit with a switchblade, and told Wesley he'd need the suit replaced. Now we see him finally appear.
* ChekhovsGunman: Melvin Potter had been mentioned at the end of episode 4 when Fisk was inspecting the place where Anatoly stabbed his suit with a switchblade, and told Wesley he'd need the suit replaced. Now we see him finally appear.
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* CallBack: Don Rigoletto, the loan shark Bill gets borrows money from, was mentioned a few episodes earlier [[Recap/Daredevil2015S1E3RabbitInASnowstorm during the conversation between Ben and Manfredi Manfredi]] [[Recap/Daredevil2015S1E1IntoTheRing as having recently been murdered.
recently]] [[DeadlyEuphemism "retired"]].
* ChekhovsGunman: Melvin Potter had been mentionedat the end of episode 4 when [[Recap/Daredevil2015S1E4InTheBlood Fisk was inspecting the place where Anatoly stabbed his suit with a switchblade, and told Wesley he'd need the suit replaced.replaced]]. Now we see him finally appear.
* ChekhovsGunman: Melvin Potter had been mentioned
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* EvilCounterpart: As we can see here, Bill Fisk was the complete opposite of Jack Murdock in all the ways that mattered]]. [[Recap/Daredevil2015S1E2CutMan When Jack offered Matt a sip of alcohol]], it was clearly a case of father and son bonding. When Bill does it to Wilson, it's clear cut peer pressure and abuse. While both try to teach values to their kid despite hard living conditions, Jack wanted Matt to be an educated man who wouldn't have to take beating for a living like him, while Bill wanted Wilson to be just like him.
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* EvilCounterpart: As we can see here, Bill Fisk was the complete opposite of Jack Murdock in all the ways that mattered]].mattered. [[Recap/Daredevil2015S1E2CutMan When Jack offered Matt a sip of alcohol]], it was clearly a case of father and son bonding. When Bill does it to Wilson, it's clear cut peer pressure and abuse. While both try to teach values to their kid despite hard living conditions, Jack wanted Matt to be an educated man who wouldn't have to take beating for a living like him, while Bill wanted Wilson to be just like him.
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* EvilCounterpart: As we can see here, Bill Fisk and Jack Murdock were complete opposites when it came to certain things they did with their kids. [[Recap/Daredevil2015S1E2CutMan When Jack offered Matt a sip of alcohol]], it was clearly a case of father and son bonding. When Bill does it to Wilson, it looks more like peer pressure. While both try to teach values to their kid despite hard living conditions, Jack wanted Matt to be an educated man who wouldn't have to take beating for a living like him, while Bill wanted Wilson to be just like him.
* FlippingTheTable: Fisk does this in a rage after Gao threatens him in his own apartment.
* FlippingTheTable: Fisk does this in a rage after Gao threatens him in his own apartment.
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* EvilCounterpart: As we can see here, Bill Fisk and was the complete opposite of Jack Murdock were complete opposites when it came to certain things they did with their kids.in all the ways that mattered]]. [[Recap/Daredevil2015S1E2CutMan When Jack offered Matt a sip of alcohol]], it was clearly a case of father and son bonding. When Bill does it to Wilson, it looks more like it's clear cut peer pressure.pressure and abuse. While both try to teach values to their kid despite hard living conditions, Jack wanted Matt to be an educated man who wouldn't have to take beating for a living like him, while Bill wanted Wilson to be just like him.
* FlippingTheTable: Fiskdoes this overturns his massive dining room table in a rage after Madame Gao threatens him in his own apartment.him.
* FlippingTheTable: Fisk
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* HeKnowsTooMuch: Because Detective Blake has survived the attempt on his life, Fisk and Wesley know that he'll probably snitch on them. So they threaten Hoffman [[SickbedSlaying into killing Blake by injecting a syringe of poison into his IV]]. Matt shows up and overpowers Hoffman, and gets vital information before he dies.
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* HeKnowsTooMuch: Because Detective Blake has survived the attempt on his life, Fisk and Wesley know that he'll probably snitch on them. So they threaten Hoffman [[SickbedSlaying into killing Blake by injecting a syringe of poison into his Blake's IV]]. Matt shows up and overpowers Hoffman, and gets vital information before he dies.
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* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: The first flashback to Fisk's childhood starts with "Brown Sugar" by The Rolling Stones playing over establishing shots of a Hell's Kitchen street in the 1970s. Then we cut to the Fisk family apartment, where the song is playing on the radio, and Marlene asks for Bill to turn the music down.
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* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: The first flashback to Fisk's childhood starts with [[Music/TheRollingStones "Brown Sugar" by The Rolling Stones Sugar"]] playing over establishing shots of a Hell's Kitchen street in the 1970s. Then we cut to the Fisk family apartment, where the song is playing on the radio, and Marlene asks for Bill to turn the music down.
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* MorningRoutine: We see that Fisk going through his at several points to showing his reliance on routines. The last time is different as we see him going through it together with Vanessa, who chooses lighter colors for his suit and shirt, and cufflinks other than the ones that remind him of his father.
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* MorningRoutine: We see that Fisk going goes through his at several points throughout the episode to showing show his reliance on routines. The last time is different as we see him going through it together with Vanessa, who chooses lighter colors for his suit and shirt, and cufflinks other than the ones that remind him of his father.father's.
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-->'''Foggy Nelson:''' OK, let's say we keep Matt in the dark. How long do you think...''[[[SpeakOfTheDevil Matt suddenly opens the door]]; [[OhCrap Foggy's eyes go wide]]]'' ....[[AstonishinglyAppropriateInterruption I should grow my hair]]? Matt, what's your take on that? Mullet? Full pony?
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-->'''Foggy Nelson:''' OK, let's say we keep Matt in the dark. How long do you think...''[[[SpeakOfTheDevil Matt suddenly opens the door]]; [[OhCrap Foggy's eyes go wide]]]'' ....[[AstonishinglyAppropriateInterruption [[LastSecondWordSwap I should grow my hair]]? hair?]] Matt, what's your take on that? Mullet? Full pony?
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* SexualKarma: Inverted. Matt's been knowingly avoiding the CartwrightCurse, while Wilson Fisk celebrates his night with Vanessa by ''declaring open war'' on "the Devil of Hell's Kitchen".
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Invoked. When Bill goes missing, everyone assumes that he did this to get away from the mobsters to whom he owed money or, alternatively, that the mobsters caught him attempting to do this and killed him. His wife and son do nothing to dissuade people from this assumption since Wilson killed him to protect his mother and they both disposed of the body. It helps that everyone knew Bill was just the type of DirtyCoward to abandon his family in order to save himself.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Invoked. When Bill goes missing, everyone assumes that he did this to get away from the mobsters to whom he owed money or, alternatively, that the mobsters caught him attempting to do this and killed him. His wife and son do nothing to dissuade people from this assumption since Wilson killed him to protect his mother and they both disposed of the body. It helps that everyone knew Bill was just the type of DirtyCoward to abandon his family in order to save himself.
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* SexualKarma: Inverted. Matt's been knowingly avoiding the CartwrightCurse, while Wilson Fisk celebrates his night with Vanessa by calling a press conference and ''declaring open war'' on "the Devil of Hell's Kitchen".
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Invoked.When Bill goes missing, everyone After Wilson kills his father, he and Marlene cut the body up into pieces and dump it. Everyone just assumes that he did this Bill skipped town to get away from the mobsters to whom he owed money or, alternatively, to, or alternatively that the mobsters caught him attempting to do this flee and killed him. His wife and son The Fisks do nothing to dissuade people from this assumption since Wilson killed him to protect his mother and they both disposed of the body. assumption. It helps that everyone in Hell's Kitchen knew Bill was just the type of DirtyCoward to abandon his family in order to save himself.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Invoked.
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'''Wilson Fisk:''' If I needed you, I would've asked.\\
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'''Wilson Fisk:''' If I needed you, I would've asked.\\asked!\\
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* ATasteOfTheLash: Bill Fisk takes his anger out on his wife with a belt. Doing it one time too many gets Wilson to finally snap and use a hammer against him.
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* ATasteOfTheLash: Bill Fisk takes his anger out on his wife with a belt. Doing it one time too many gets [[RageBreakingPoint Wilson to finally snap and use a hammer against him.him]].
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** Detectives Blake and Hoffman have been friends for 35 years, making Hoffman reluctant to be the one to finish him off. Fisk has to offer Hoffman [[EveryManHasHisPrice lot of money]], a threat to his own life, and the knowledge that it would be him or someone else finishing Blake off, to get him to agree to do the job.
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** Detectives Blake and Hoffman have been friends for 35 years, making Hoffman reluctant to be the one to finish him off. Fisk has to offer Hoffman [[EveryManHasHisPrice lot of money]], a large bribe]], a threat to his own life, and the knowledge that it would be him or someone else finishing Blake off, to get him to agree to do the job.
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-->'''Madame Gao:''' How do you think I knew where you live, Wilson? This is one of your most guarded secrets, yes? The king in his castle. Did I divine the location from bones and spells, chanted beneath the moonlight? No. I discovered it because you have become sloppy. And emotional. Just as the Russians became, in their final moments.
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-->'''Madame Gao:''' [[ArmorPiercingQuestion How do you think I knew where you live, Wilson? Wilson?]] This is one of your most guarded secrets, yes? The king in his castle. Did I divine the location from bones and spells, chanted beneath the moonlight? No. I discovered it because you have become sloppy. And emotional. Just as the Russians became, in their final moments.
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-->'''Wilson Fisk:''' I'm not very good at this, out, being in public. But I felt the need to speak up for this city that I love with all my heart. No one should have to live in fear.In fear of madmen who have no regard for who they injure. In fear of the Devil of Hell's Kitchen, who has inflicted untold pain and suffering. This masked terrorist and psychopaths of his kind, we must show them we will not bow down to their campaign of coercion and intimidation. We must stand up to them. As this man, my dearest friend, Leland Owlsley, a pillar in the financial community, stood up when he was recently assaulted. But this assault was for no other reason than to send me a message. A message warning me to stop, to give up my dream that I have for this city. A dream of a better place. A place for its citizens to feel safe. To feel pride. I tried to do this quietly, not wanting to draw attention. The last thing I wanted was for anyone close to me to become a target from those who do not share my dream. For those who will have this city stay exactly as it is, mired in poverty and crime. But I know now it was foolish to make that decision. That I can no longer do it alone.That I cannot keep living in the shadows afraid of the light. None of us can. None of us should be forced to. We must do this together. We must resist those who would have us live in fear. My name is Wilson Fisk. And together, we can make this city a better place.
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-->'''Wilson Fisk:''' I'm not very good at this, out, being in public. But I felt the need to speak up for this city that I love with all my heart. No one should have to live in fear.In fear of madmen who have no regard for who they injure. In fear of the Devil of Hell's Kitchen, who has inflicted untold pain and suffering. This masked terrorist and psychopaths of his kind, we must show them we will not bow down to their campaign of coercion and intimidation. We must stand up to them. As this man, my dearest friend, Leland Owlsley, a pillar in the financial community, stood up when he was recently assaulted. But this assault was for no other reason than to send me a message. A message warning me to stop, to give up my dream that I have for this city. A dream of a better place. A place for its citizens to feel safe. To feel pride. I tried to do this quietly, not wanting to draw attention. The last thing I wanted was for anyone close to me to become a target from those who do not share my dream. For those who will have this city stay exactly as it is, mired in poverty and crime. But I know now it was foolish to make that decision. That I can no longer do it alone. That I cannot keep living in the shadows afraid of the light. None of us can. None of us should be forced to. We must do this together. We must resist those who would have us live in fear. My name is Wilson Fisk. And together, we can make this city a better place.
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'''Carl Hoffman:''' ''[realizing that Fisk wants him to kill Blake]'' [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes See, he's more than my partner, right?]] [[VillainousFriendship He's my friend.]] I've known him since I was a kid. That's 30, 35 years.\\
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'''Carl Hoffman:''' ''[realizing that Fisk wants him to kill Blake]'' [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes See, he's more than my partner, right?]] [[VillainousFriendship He's my friend.]] I've known him since I was a kid. That's 30, 35 years.\\]]\\
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* ApologeticAttacker: Hoffman apologizes to Blake just before he kills him.
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* ApologeticAttacker: The only reason Hoffman apologizes is going through with killing Blake is because Fisk has threatened him with the implication that someone else will be hired to do it if he refuses, and the offer of a lot of money. He's in tears and apologizing to Blake just before as he kills him.injects the syringe into Blake's IV line.
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** When Bill goes missing, everyone who knows him assumes that he left the city to get away from mobsters to whom he owed money, or that the mobsters killed him and buried him on the other side of the New Jersey Turnpike. Either way, no one loses sleep over it and there didn't seem to be much investigation into his disappearance.
** Bill forces Wilson to beat up a kid who was messing with his campaign signs...[[DisproportionateRetribution after the election was over.]] However, [[TheBully said teenager was picking on Wilson]], [[{{Jerkass}} wasn't exactly being respectful even when Bill intervened]], and [[BullyingTheDragon was dumb enough to mess with a politician's son in the first place.]] So while his beating was horrible, you're more likely to feel bad for Wilson than the kid he's forced into kicking.
* BaldOfEvil: Well, Bill is balding. He is certainly a {{Jerkass}} {{Domestic Abuse}}r, however.
** Bill forces Wilson to beat up a kid who was messing with his campaign signs...[[DisproportionateRetribution after the election was over.]] However, [[TheBully said teenager was picking on Wilson]], [[{{Jerkass}} wasn't exactly being respectful even when Bill intervened]], and [[BullyingTheDragon was dumb enough to mess with a politician's son in the first place.]] So while his beating was horrible, you're more likely to feel bad for Wilson than the kid he's forced into kicking.
* BaldOfEvil: Well, Bill is balding. He is certainly a {{Jerkass}} {{Domestic Abuse}}r, however.
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** When After Wilson kills his father, he and Marlene cut up his body and dump the remains in the river. It being widespread knowledge that Bill goes missing, everyone who knows him owed money to Rigoletto, the public largely assumes that he left the city Bill either skipped town to get away from mobsters to whom he owed money, avoid repaying Rigoletto or that the mobsters killed him and buried him on the other side of the New Jersey Turnpike. his body where it couldn't be found. Either way, no one loses sleep over it and there didn't seem to be much of a police investigation into his disappearance.
** Bill forces Wilson to beat up a kid who was messing with his campaign signs...[[DisproportionateRetribution after the election was over.]] However, [[TheBully said teenager was picking on Wilson]], [[{{Jerkass}} wasn't exactly being respectful even when Bill intervened]], and [[BullyingTheDragon was dumb enough to mess with a politician's son in the first place.]] So while his beating was horrible, you're more likely to feel bad for Wilson for being forced to engage in violence, than the kid he's forced into kicking.
* BaldOfEvil:Well, Bill Fisk is balding. He balding, borrows money from mobsters, and is certainly a {{Jerkass}} {{Domestic Abuse}}r, however.abusive to both [[{{Domestic Abuse}} his wife]] [[AbusiveParents and son]].
** Bill forces Wilson to beat up a kid who was messing with his campaign signs...[[DisproportionateRetribution after the election was over.]] However, [[TheBully said teenager was picking on Wilson]], [[{{Jerkass}} wasn't exactly being respectful even when Bill intervened]], and [[BullyingTheDragon was dumb enough to mess with a politician's son in the first place.]] So while his beating was horrible, you're more likely to feel bad for Wilson for being forced to engage in violence, than the kid he's forced into kicking.
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* DeliveryGuyInfiltration[=/=]DeliciousDistraction: When Hoffman goes to the hospital to kill Blake, he smuggles the syringe into the room inside a meatball sub sandwich, allowing the syringe to escape Brett's cursory inspection.
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* DeliveryGuyInfiltration[=/=]DeliciousDistraction: When Hoffman goes to the hospital to kill Blake, he smuggles the syringe into the room inside a meatball sub sandwich, allowing the syringe to escape Brett's Brett Mahoney's cursory inspection.inspection.
* DisposingOfABody: After Wilson kills his father, he and his mother cut the body up into pieces and dump the remains in the Hudson.
* DisposingOfABody: After Wilson kills his father, he and his mother cut the body up into pieces and dump the remains in the Hudson.
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* EvilCounterpart: As we can see here, Bill Fisk and Jack Murdock were complete opposites when it came to certain things they did with their kids. When Jack offers Matt a sip of alcohol, it looks like father and son bonding. When Bill does it to Wilson, it looks more like peer pressure. While both try to teach values to their kid despite hard living conditions, Jack wanted Matt to be an educated man who wouldn't have to take beating for a living like him, while Bill wanted Wilson to be just like him.
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* EvilCounterpart: As we can see here, Bill Fisk and Jack Murdock were complete opposites when it came to certain things they did with their kids. [[Recap/Daredevil2015S1E2CutMan When Jack offers offered Matt a sip of alcohol, alcohol]], it looks like was clearly a case of father and son bonding. When Bill does it to Wilson, it looks more like peer pressure. While both try to teach values to their kid despite hard living conditions, Jack wanted Matt to be an educated man who wouldn't have to take beating for a living like him, while Bill wanted Wilson to be just like him.
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** That [[CompletelyUnnecessaryTranslator Fisk has completely understood Nobu and Madame Gao this whole time]] is much more noticeable on rewatch. When Fisk is speaking with Nobu to renegotiate the terms of their partnership, notice that Fisk's facial expression darkens '''before''' Wesley begins translating.
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** That [[CompletelyUnnecessaryTranslator Fisk has completely understood Nobu and Madame Gao this whole time]] is much more noticeable on rewatch. When Fisk is speaking with Nobu to renegotiate the terms of their partnership, notice that [[OhCrap Fisk's facial expression darkens darkens]] '''before''' Wesley begins translating.
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** Matt's reprimanding Foggy and Karen on getting themselves in danger at Mrs. Cardenas' building gets this when you remember that he's guilty of the very things he doesn't want them to do. Matt could be arguing that they shouldn't be getting into the situations he gets himself into because they don't have Stick's training, but still...
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** Matt's reprimanding Matt reprimands Foggy and Karen on for getting themselves in danger at attacked outside Mrs. Cardenas' building gets this when you remember because they'll get themselves killed. Nevermind that he's guilty of Matt is currently risking his life every night beating up criminals, and had a near-death experience dealing with the very things he doesn't want them to do.Russians. Matt could be arguing that they shouldn't be getting into the situations he gets himself into because they don't have Stick's training, but still...
* MobBossSuitFitting: Fisk and Leland discuss business at Melvin Potter's shop as Melvin is fitting Leland for a suit made from the same bulletproof material that Fisk's suits are made from.
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* MythologyGag: When Melvin is taking Leland's measures and puts the green cloth on him, Leland looks a bit like his comic book counterpart, the Owl, who wears a green outfit.
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* MythologyGag: MythologyGag:
** When Melvin is taking Leland's measures and puts the green cloth on him, Leland looks a bit like his comic book counterpart, the Owl, who wears a green outfit.
** When Melvin is taking Leland's measures and puts the green cloth on him, Leland looks a bit like his comic book counterpart, the Owl, who wears a green outfit.
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* ShipperOnDeck: Seeing Fisk upset after being threatened by Madam Gao, Wesley takes the initiative and brings Vanessa to him.
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* ShipperOnDeck: Seeing Wesley knows that meeting Vanessa is the best thing that's happened to Fisk upset after in recent weeks. So in response to seeing his agitation and outrage over being threatened by Madam Gao, Wesley takes the initiative and he brings Vanessa over to him.Fisk's penthouse.
-->'''Wilson Fisk:''' I didn't call for you.\\
'''James Wesley:''' No, I just thought you might need something.\\
'''Wilson Fisk:''' If I needed you, I would've asked.\\
'''James Wesley:''' I don't think that's always true, sir. ''[He gestures for Vanessa to step forward]''
-->'''Wilson Fisk:''' I didn't call for you.\\
'''James Wesley:''' No, I just thought you might need something.\\
'''Wilson Fisk:''' If I needed you, I would've asked.\\
'''James Wesley:''' I don't think that's always true, sir. ''[He gestures for Vanessa to step forward]''
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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: [[HopeSpot Ben is writing an exposé on Wilson Fisk]], when the man himself appears on television, with Wesley, Vanessa and Leland in support, presenting himself as a hidden philanthropist who's gone public in defiance of the Devil of Hell's Kitchen's acts of terrorism.
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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: [[HopeSpot Ben is writing an exposé on Wilson Fisk]], when the man himself appears on television, only for Fisk to call a press conference, with Wesley, Vanessa and Leland in support, by his side, presenting himself as a hidden philanthropist who's gone public in defiance of the Devil of Hell's Kitchen's acts of terrorism.terrorism.
-->'''Wilson Fisk:''' I'm not very good at this, out, being in public. But I felt the need to speak up for this city that I love with all my heart. No one should have to live in fear.In fear of madmen who have no regard for who they injure. In fear of the Devil of Hell's Kitchen, who has inflicted untold pain and suffering. This masked terrorist and psychopaths of his kind, we must show them we will not bow down to their campaign of coercion and intimidation. We must stand up to them. As this man, my dearest friend, Leland Owlsley, a pillar in the financial community, stood up when he was recently assaulted. But this assault was for no other reason than to send me a message. A message warning me to stop, to give up my dream that I have for this city. A dream of a better place. A place for its citizens to feel safe. To feel pride. I tried to do this quietly, not wanting to draw attention. The last thing I wanted was for anyone close to me to become a target from those who do not share my dream. For those who will have this city stay exactly as it is, mired in poverty and crime. But I know now it was foolish to make that decision. That I can no longer do it alone.That I cannot keep living in the shadows afraid of the light. None of us can. None of us should be forced to. We must do this together. We must resist those who would have us live in fear. My name is Wilson Fisk. And together, we can make this city a better place.
-->'''Wilson Fisk:''' I'm not very good at this, out, being in public. But I felt the need to speak up for this city that I love with all my heart. No one should have to live in fear.In fear of madmen who have no regard for who they injure. In fear of the Devil of Hell's Kitchen, who has inflicted untold pain and suffering. This masked terrorist and psychopaths of his kind, we must show them we will not bow down to their campaign of coercion and intimidation. We must stand up to them. As this man, my dearest friend, Leland Owlsley, a pillar in the financial community, stood up when he was recently assaulted. But this assault was for no other reason than to send me a message. A message warning me to stop, to give up my dream that I have for this city. A dream of a better place. A place for its citizens to feel safe. To feel pride. I tried to do this quietly, not wanting to draw attention. The last thing I wanted was for anyone close to me to become a target from those who do not share my dream. For those who will have this city stay exactly as it is, mired in poverty and crime. But I know now it was foolish to make that decision. That I can no longer do it alone.That I cannot keep living in the shadows afraid of the light. None of us can. None of us should be forced to. We must do this together. We must resist those who would have us live in fear. My name is Wilson Fisk. And together, we can make this city a better place.
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* YouHaveFailedMe: Fisk decides that Detective Blake is a liability for giving up information to Matt and needs to be killed, and tasks Hoffman with carrying out the deed.
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* YouHaveFailedMe: Fisk decides that Detective Blake is a liability for giving up information to Matt and needs to be killed, and especially since it's likely [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal he'll snitch to get back at Fisk for arranging the shooting]]. He tasks Hoffman with carrying out the deed.
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'''Wilson Fisk:''' [[EveryManHasAPrice How much are each of those years worth to you? Hmm? In round figures?]]
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Wesley is visibly not amused when both Fisk and Madame Gao reveal that they speak Chinese, Japanese and English, making his job as a translator pointless.
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Wesley is visibly not amused when both Fisk and Madame Gao reveal that they speak Chinese, Japanese and English, making his job as a translator pointless.
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'''Wilson Fisk:''' [[EveryManHasAPrice [[EveryManHasHisPrice How much are each of those years worth to you? Hmm? In round figures?]]
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Wesley is visibly not amused when both Fisk and Madame Gao reveal that they speakChinese, Mandarin, Japanese and English, making his job as a translator pointless.
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Wesley is visibly not amused when both Fisk and Madame Gao reveal that they speak
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'''Wilson Fisk:''' Oh, the answer to that is entirely up to you.\\
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'''Wilson Fisk:''' [[AnOfferYouCantRefuse Oh, the answer to that is entirely up to you.\\]]\\
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'''Wilson Fisk:''' [[AnOfferYouCantRefuse How much are each of those years worth to you? Hmm? In round figures?]]
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'''Wilson Fisk:''' [[AnOfferYouCantRefuse [[EveryManHasAPrice How much are each of those years worth to you? Hmm? In round figures?]]
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'''Wilson Fisk:''' Yes, I forgave him for that. What I find indefensible is we were not alerted that the addresses we provided had been compromised. They were given to ensure that any Russian who survived the bombings would be properly attended to. Not to aid the man in the mask at locating Vladimir Ranskahov. That led to an unfortunate complication. One that your partner was directly responsible for.\\
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'''Wilson Fisk:''' Yes, I forgave him for that. What I find indefensible is we were not alerted that the addresses we provided had been compromised. They were given to ensure that any Russian who survived the bombings would be properly attended to. Not to, ''not'' to aid the man in the mask at locating Vladimir Ranskahov. That led to an unfortunate complication. One that your partner was directly responsible for.\\
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'''Carl Hoffman:''' ''[realizing that Fisk wants him to kill Blake]'' See, he's more than my partner, right? [[VillainousFriendship He's my friend.]] I've known him since I was a kid. That's 30, 35 years.\\
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'''Carl Hoffman:''' ''[realizing that Fisk wants him to kill Blake]'' [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes See, he's more than my partner, right? right?]] [[VillainousFriendship He's my friend.]] I've known him since I was a kid. That's 30, 35 years.\\
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* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Wesley's reaction when both Fisk and Gao reveal that they speak Chinese, Japanese and English, making his job as a translator pointless. He didn't say anything, but his facial expression makes it pretty clear he's not amused.
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* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Wesley's reaction Wesley is visibly not amused when both Fisk and Madame Gao reveal that they speak Chinese, Japanese and English, making his job as a translator pointless. He didn't say anything, but his facial expression makes it pretty clear he's not amused.pointless.
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* TheVillainKnowsWhereYouLive: Madame Gao arranges a meeting by going directly to Fisk's apartment. She points out that its location used to be his most closely guarded secret, and the fact that the secret is out shows Fisk has grown sloppy and needs to get his act together.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: [[HopeSpot Ben is writing an exposé on Wilson Fisk]], when the man himself appears on television, with Vanessa and Leland in support, presenting himself as a hidden philanthropist who's gone public in defiance of the Devil of Hell's Kitchen's acts of terrorism.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: [[HopeSpot Ben is writing an exposé on Wilson Fisk]], when the man himself appears on television, with Vanessa and Leland in support, presenting himself as a hidden philanthropist who's gone public in defiance of the Devil of Hell's Kitchen's acts of terrorism.
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* TheVillainKnowsWhereYouLive: Madame Gao arranges a meeting by going directly to Fisk's apartment. penthouse. She points out that its location used to be is his most closely guarded secret, and the fact that she knows where he lives is a sign of weakness on his part.
-->'''Madame Gao:''' How do you think I knew where you live, Wilson? This is one of your most guarded secrets, yes? The king in his castle. Did I divine thesecret is out shows Fisk has grown sloppy location from bones and needs to get his act together.
spells, chanted beneath the moonlight? No. I discovered it because you have become sloppy. And emotional. Just as the Russians became, in their final moments.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: [[HopeSpot Ben is writing an exposé on Wilson Fisk]], when the man himself appears on television, with Wesley, Vanessa and Leland in support, presenting himself as a hidden philanthropist who's gone public in defiance of the Devil of Hell's Kitchen's acts of terrorism.
-->'''Madame Gao:''' How do you think I knew where you live, Wilson? This is one of your most guarded secrets, yes? The king in his castle. Did I divine the
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: [[HopeSpot Ben is writing an exposé on Wilson Fisk]], when the man himself appears on television, with Wesley, Vanessa and Leland in support, presenting himself as a hidden philanthropist who's gone public in defiance of the Devil of Hell's Kitchen's acts of terrorism.
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* YouHaveFailedMe: Fisk decides that Detective Blake is a liability for giving up information to Matt and needs to be killed, and tasks Hoffman with carrying out the deed.
-->'''Wilson Fisk:''' We can't allow this to happen. I know that you have feelings regarding this matter. I respect that. [[ShameIfSomethingHappened But if Detective Blake chooses to speak out of turn, the result would be unpleasant, for you and for me.]]\\
'''Carl Hoffman:''' Out of turn? You shot him!\\
'''James Wesley:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Technically, we paid someone else to shoot him.]]\\
'''Wilson Fisk:''' Do you know what made us go down this path? What led to a decision of such finality?\\
'''Carl Hoffman:''' If you're worried about me, I know how to keep my mouth shut.\\
'''James Wesley:''' If we doubted that, we wouldn't be having this conversation.\\
'''Wilson Fisk:''' Being informed, knowing facts as they are, not how we wish to perceive them, can tip the balance between life and death. Unlike you, your partner was inconsistent in his attention to detail.\\
'''Carl Hoffman:''' Well, that masked asshole beat him senseless and broke his arm! It wasn't his fault!\\
'''Wilson Fisk:''' Yes, I forgave him for that. What I find indefensible is we were not alerted that the addresses we provided had been compromised. They were given to ensure that any Russian who survived the bombings would be properly attended to. Not to aid the man in the mask at locating Vladimir Ranskahov. That led to an unfortunate complication. One that your partner was directly responsible for.\\
'''Carl Hoffman:''' Yeah. [[ArmorPiercingQuestion So, how long before I do something that pisses you off?]]\\
'''Wilson Fisk:''' Oh, the answer to that is entirely up to you.\\
'''Carl Hoffman:''' ''[realizing that Fisk wants him to kill Blake]'' See, he's more than my partner, right? [[VillainousFriendship He's my friend.]] I've known him since I was a kid. That's 30, 35 years.\\
'''Wilson Fisk:''' [[AnOfferYouCantRefuse How much are each of those years worth to you? Hmm? In round figures?]]
-->'''Wilson Fisk:''' We can't allow this to happen. I know that you have feelings regarding this matter. I respect that. [[ShameIfSomethingHappened But if Detective Blake chooses to speak out of turn, the result would be unpleasant, for you and for me.]]\\
'''Carl Hoffman:''' Out of turn? You shot him!\\
'''James Wesley:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Technically, we paid someone else to shoot him.]]\\
'''Wilson Fisk:''' Do you know what made us go down this path? What led to a decision of such finality?\\
'''Carl Hoffman:''' If you're worried about me, I know how to keep my mouth shut.\\
'''James Wesley:''' If we doubted that, we wouldn't be having this conversation.\\
'''Wilson Fisk:''' Being informed, knowing facts as they are, not how we wish to perceive them, can tip the balance between life and death. Unlike you, your partner was inconsistent in his attention to detail.\\
'''Carl Hoffman:''' Well, that masked asshole beat him senseless and broke his arm! It wasn't his fault!\\
'''Wilson Fisk:''' Yes, I forgave him for that. What I find indefensible is we were not alerted that the addresses we provided had been compromised. They were given to ensure that any Russian who survived the bombings would be properly attended to. Not to aid the man in the mask at locating Vladimir Ranskahov. That led to an unfortunate complication. One that your partner was directly responsible for.\\
'''Carl Hoffman:''' Yeah. [[ArmorPiercingQuestion So, how long before I do something that pisses you off?]]\\
'''Wilson Fisk:''' Oh, the answer to that is entirely up to you.\\
'''Carl Hoffman:''' ''[realizing that Fisk wants him to kill Blake]'' See, he's more than my partner, right? [[VillainousFriendship He's my friend.]] I've known him since I was a kid. That's 30, 35 years.\\
'''Wilson Fisk:''' [[AnOfferYouCantRefuse How much are each of those years worth to you? Hmm? In round figures?]]
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* HairTodayGoneTomrrow: Fisk has a completely bald dome today. He had a full head of hair as a child.
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* HairTodayGoneTomrrow: HairTodayGoneTomorrow: Fisk has a completely bald dome today. He had a full head of hair as a child.
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-->'''Matt Murdock:''' This is what I'm talking about. There are things out there. You can't be doing this. You're gonna get yourselves hurt-
-->'''Karen Page:''' ''[angrily]'' No I--I have already been hurt by those bastards! ''[beat]'' You know what, I don't ''care'' what I signed or how much money they paid me to forget, I don't. And I'm not just going to stick my head in the sand and let it happen to somebody else because I am scared! Which I am. A lot.
-->'''Foggy Nelson:''' ''[to Matt]'' If you could see her face, you'd know she means it.
-->'''Karen Page:''' ''[angrily]'' No I--I have already been hurt by those bastards! ''[beat]'' You know what, I don't ''care'' what I signed or how much money they paid me to forget, I don't. And I'm not just going to stick my head in the sand and let it happen to somebody else because I am scared! Which I am. A lot.
-->'''Foggy Nelson:''' ''[to Matt]'' If you could see her face, you'd know she means it.
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-->'''Matt Murdock:''' This is what I'm talking about. There are things out there. You can't be doing this. You're gonna get yourselves hurt-
-->'''Karenhurt-\\
'''Karen Page:''' ''[angrily]'' No I--I have already been hurt by those bastards! ''[beat]'' You know what, I don't ''care'' what I signed or how much money they paid me to forget, I don't. And I'm not just going to stick my head in the sand and let it happen to somebody else because I am scared! Which I am. Alot.
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'''Foggy Nelson:''' ''[to Matt]'' If you could see her face, you'd know she means it.
-->'''Karen
'''Karen Page:''' ''[angrily]'' No I--I have already been hurt by those bastards! ''[beat]'' You know what, I don't ''care'' what I signed or how much money they paid me to forget, I don't. And I'm not just going to stick my head in the sand and let it happen to somebody else because I am scared! Which I am. A
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'''Foggy Nelson:''' ''[to Matt]'' If you could see her face, you'd know she means it.
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** Detectives Blake and Hoffman have been friends for 35 years, making Hoffman reluctant to be the one to finish him off. It takes a [[EveryManHasHisPrice lot of money]], a threat to his own life, and the knowledge that it would be him or someone else finishing Blake off, to get Hoffman to turn on him.
** Fisk and Wesley.
** Fisk and Wesley.
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** Detectives Blake and Hoffman have been friends for 35 years, making Hoffman reluctant to be the one to finish him off. It takes a Fisk has to offer Hoffman [[EveryManHasHisPrice lot of money]], a threat to his own life, and the knowledge that it would be him or someone else finishing Blake off, to get Hoffman him to turn on him.
agree to do the job.
** Wesley knows Fiskand Wesley. arguably sometimes better than Fisk knows himself. He decides to bring Vanessa over when he realizes that her presence is the one thing Fisk could benefit from in the wake of his visit from Gao.
** Wesley knows Fisk
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** While arguing with Foggy over whether she needs his protection, one of the thugs that attacked Karen tries to get up so she [[EyeScream pepper sprays him in the face]].
** To a minor extent. Bill forces Wilson to beat up a kid who was messing with his campaign signs...[[DisproportionateRetribution after the election was over.]] However, [[TheBully said teenager was picking on Wilson]], [[{{Jerkass}} wasn't exactly being respectful even when Bill intervened]], and [[BullyingTheDragon was dumb enough to mess with a politician's son in the first place.]] So while his beating was horrible, you're more likely to feel bad for Wilson than the kid he's forced into kicking.
** To a minor extent. Bill forces Wilson to beat up a kid who was messing with his campaign signs...[[DisproportionateRetribution after the election was over.]] However, [[TheBully said teenager was picking on Wilson]], [[{{Jerkass}} wasn't exactly being respectful even when Bill intervened]], and [[BullyingTheDragon was dumb enough to mess with a politician's son in the first place.]] So while his beating was horrible, you're more likely to feel bad for Wilson than the kid he's forced into kicking.
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** While arguing with Foggy over whether she needs his protection, one of the thugs that attacked Karen tries to get up so she [[EyeScream pepper sprays him in the face]].
** To a minor extent.Bill forces Wilson to beat up a kid who was messing with his campaign signs...[[DisproportionateRetribution after the election was over.]] However, [[TheBully said teenager was picking on Wilson]], [[{{Jerkass}} wasn't exactly being respectful even when Bill intervened]], and [[BullyingTheDragon was dumb enough to mess with a politician's son in the first place.]] So while his beating was horrible, you're more likely to feel bad for Wilson than the kid he's forced into kicking.
** To a minor extent.
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* HairTodayGoneTomrrow: Fisk has a completely bald dome today. He had a full head of hair as a child.
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* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Wesley's reaction when both Fisk and Gao reveal that they speak Chinese, Japanese and English, making his job as a translator pointless. He didn't said anything, but his facial expression makes pretty clear he's not amused.
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* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Wesley's reaction when both Fisk and Gao reveal that they speak Chinese, Japanese and English, making his job as a translator pointless. He didn't said say anything, but his facial expression makes it pretty clear he's not amused.
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* AssholeVictim: When Bill goes missing, everyone who knows him assumes that he left the city to get away from mobsters to whom he owed money, or that the mobsters killed him and buried him on the other side of the New Jersey Turnpike. Either way, no one loses sleep over it and there didn't seem to be much investigation into his disappearance.
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* AssholeVictim: AssholeVictim:
** When Bill goes missing, everyone who knows him assumes that he left the city to get away from mobsters to whom he owed money, or that the mobsters killed him and buried him on the other side of the New Jersey Turnpike. Either way, no one loses sleep over it and there didn't seem to be much investigation into hisdisappearance.disappearance.
** While arguing with Foggy over whether she needs his protection, one of the thugs that attacked Karen tries to get up so she [[EyeScream pepper sprays him in the face]].
** To a minor extent. Bill forces Wilson to beat up a kid who was messing with his campaign signs...[[DisproportionateRetribution after the election was over.]] However, [[TheBully said teenager was picking on Wilson]], [[{{Jerkass}} wasn't exactly being respectful even when Bill intervened]], and [[BullyingTheDragon was dumb enough to mess with a politician's son in the first place.]] So while his beating was horrible, you're more likely to feel bad for Wilson than the kid he's forced into kicking.
** When Bill goes missing, everyone who knows him assumes that he left the city to get away from mobsters to whom he owed money, or that the mobsters killed him and buried him on the other side of the New Jersey Turnpike. Either way, no one loses sleep over it and there didn't seem to be much investigation into his
** While arguing with Foggy over whether she needs his protection, one of the thugs that attacked Karen tries to get up so she [[EyeScream pepper sprays him in the face]].
** To a minor extent. Bill forces Wilson to beat up a kid who was messing with his campaign signs...[[DisproportionateRetribution after the election was over.]] However, [[TheBully said teenager was picking on Wilson]], [[{{Jerkass}} wasn't exactly being respectful even when Bill intervened]], and [[BullyingTheDragon was dumb enough to mess with a politician's son in the first place.]] So while his beating was horrible, you're more likely to feel bad for Wilson than the kid he's forced into kicking.
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* KickTheSonOfABitch:
** While arguing with Foggy over whether she needs his protection, one of the thugs that attacked Karen tries to get up so she [[EyeScream peppersprays him in the face]].
** To a minor extent. Bill forces Wilson to beat up a kid who was messing with his campaign signs...[[DisproportionateRetribution after the election was over.]] However, [[TheBully said teenager was picking on Wilson]], [[{{Jerkass}} wasn't exactly being respectful even when Bill intervened]], and [[BullyingTheDragon was dumb enough to mess with a politician's son in the first place.]] So while his beating was horrible, you're more likely to feel bad for Wilson than the kid he's forced into kicking.
** While arguing with Foggy over whether she needs his protection, one of the thugs that attacked Karen tries to get up so she [[EyeScream peppersprays him in the face]].
** To a minor extent. Bill forces Wilson to beat up a kid who was messing with his campaign signs...[[DisproportionateRetribution after the election was over.]] However, [[TheBully said teenager was picking on Wilson]], [[{{Jerkass}} wasn't exactly being respectful even when Bill intervened]], and [[BullyingTheDragon was dumb enough to mess with a politician's son in the first place.]] So while his beating was horrible, you're more likely to feel bad for Wilson than the kid he's forced into kicking.
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* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Wesley's reaction when both Fisk and Gao reveal that they speak Chinese, Japanese and English, making his job as a translator pointless.
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* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Wesley's reaction when both Fisk and Gao reveal that they speak Chinese, Japanese and English, making his job as a translator pointless. He didn't said anything, but his facial expression makes pretty clear he's not amused.
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Why are we comparing it to a Spider-Man cartoon. That’s now what the show is adapting.
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* AdaptationalJerkass: Bill Fisk is this compared to his ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' counterpart. While his counterpart was not father of the year, this version's abuse of Wilson is more horrible. And with his animated counterpart having his son take the fall for his crime, that's saying something.
* AdaptationalHeroism: While he's definitely no hero, Bill never becomes a part of the mafia like his ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' counterpart.
* AdaptationalHeroism: While he's definitely no hero, Bill never becomes a part of the mafia like his ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' counterpart.
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* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Inverted. Matt's been knowingly avoiding the CartwrightCurse, while Wilson Fisk celebrates his night with Vanessa by ''declaring open war'' on "the Devil of Hell's Kitchen".
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* SexualKarma: Inverted. Matt's been knowingly avoiding the CartwrightCurse, while Wilson Fisk celebrates his night with Vanessa by ''declaring open war'' on "the Devil of Hell's Kitchen".
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* AmbiguousDisorder: In keeping with his stilted speech and difficulty making eye contact, the fact that Fisk wears the same clothes every day despite having a wider variety in his closet and makes the exact same breakfast every morning all hint at autism.
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* KickTheSonOfABitch: To a minor extent. Bill forces Wilson to beat up a kid who was messing with his campaign signs...[[DisproportionateRetribution after the election was over.]] However, [[TheBully said teenager was picking on Wilson]], [[{{Jerkass}} wasn't exactly being respectful even when Bill intervened]], and [[BullyingTheDragon was dumb enough to mess with a politician's son in the first place.]] So while his beating was horrible, you're more likely to feel bad for Wilson than the kid he's forced into kicking.
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* KickTheSonOfABitch: KickTheSonOfABitch:
** While arguing with Foggy over whether she needs his protection, one of the thugs that attacked Karen tries to get up so she [[EyeScream peppersprays him in the face]].
** To a minor extent. Bill forces Wilson to beat up a kid who was messing with his campaign signs...[[DisproportionateRetribution after the election was over.]] However, [[TheBully said teenager was picking on Wilson]], [[{{Jerkass}} wasn't exactly being respectful even when Bill intervened]], and [[BullyingTheDragon was dumb enough to mess with a politician's son in the first place.]] So while his beating was horrible, you're more likely to feel bad for Wilson than the kid he's forced into kicking.
** While arguing with Foggy over whether she needs his protection, one of the thugs that attacked Karen tries to get up so she [[EyeScream peppersprays him in the face]].
** To a minor extent. Bill forces Wilson to beat up a kid who was messing with his campaign signs...[[DisproportionateRetribution after the election was over.]] However, [[TheBully said teenager was picking on Wilson]], [[{{Jerkass}} wasn't exactly being respectful even when Bill intervened]], and [[BullyingTheDragon was dumb enough to mess with a politician's son in the first place.]] So while his beating was horrible, you're more likely to feel bad for Wilson than the kid he's forced into kicking.
