History Recap / Daredevil2015S2E11380

* AlmostDeadGuy: After being stabbed InTheBack by Elektra, Stick's man is just barely able to drive the car to Matt's place and crash it outside so he can tell him what happened.

* AlmostDeadGuy: After being stabbed InTheBack by Elektra, Stick's man is just barely able to drive the car to Matt's place to tell him what happened.

* JustYouAndMeAndMyGUARDS: Daredevil threatens to break the legs of the guards coming to help Madame Gao is, and she sends a girl to order them to leave once he makes it clear he's there to talk rather than fight.

* JustYouAndMeAndMyGUARDS: Daredevil threatens to break the legs of the guards coming to what Madame Gao is, and she sends a girl to order them to leave once he makes it clear he's there to talk rather than fight.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Despite being initially furious with Daredevil, Frank becomes disturbed when 'Red' tells him that, in the case of the Blacksmith, he should probably break his no-kill rule. Frank even tries to talk him out of it, because the rule can't be broken "just once."

* AngerBornOfWorry: Matt is not happy to find out that Karen has been investigating the Castle case as part of the ''Bulletin'' staff. Given her own conflicted feelings towards Matt right now, she ends up snapping back at him that she has no need of his protection.

* SmokeOut: A ninja delays Daredevil long enough to escape by cutting a hole in steam pipe.

* JustYouAndMeAndMyGUARDS: Daredevil threatens to break the legs of the guards coming to what Madame Gao is, and she sends a girl to order them to leave once he makes it clear he's hear to talk rather than fight.

* LittleUselessGun: Averted when Frank appreciates the .380 pistol Karen was armed with--not a HandCannon she couldn't control, nor [[BlingBlingBang some overly shiny]] weapon that would indicate she was making a choice based on appearance rather than [[BoringButPractical practicality]].

** Marci drops a hint that there's a [[Series/JessicaJones law firm that might be willing to offer him a job]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: One of the Blacksmith's men shouts, "It's been a long time, hasn't it Frank?"

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: One of the gunmen guarding Madame Gao's dry-cleaning front complains that another gunman's kid is playing with the clothes rack again. Except the kid's at basketball.

* WhatTheHellHero: As soon as Karen realizes that Frank has been using her as bait to lure out some of the people hunting her, she calls him an asshole. He admits that yes, he is.

* DestinationDefenestration: Claire shoves a Hand ninja out a window with an IV pole. Not long afterword, she's thrown out the same window by another ninja. Luckily, Daredevil is able to catch her mid-fall.

* CriticalResearchFailure: Frank asks the waitress for coffee, and later that she keep it coming in large quantities. This implies a need for [[MustHaveCaffeine caffeine]]. Yet he, the waitress, and Karen ''all'' fail to notice that she is serving him decaf, as indicated by the orange handle on the carafe. This standard [[http://archive.fortune.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/05/13/322873/index.htm goes back to the 1920s]], and never has any impact on the story at all, so it seems it can only be a creator's error.

** Frank himself has a downplayed example, as the beatings he took from Wilson Fisk and the other inmates have left him with enough cuts and bruises that most people don't recognize him walking around in public, [[FridgeBrilliance or avoid looking at him directly,]] despite his face being on television and the internet as a fugitive 'serial killer' loose in New York.

* {{Wangst}}: Frank calls out Karen on her self-pitying angst about Matt not fully returning her feelings for him, when Frank would do anything to get his wife and family back.

* HandCannon: Castle complains about these, how people realize they "kick lick a mule" and they become "afraid to use it".

!Tropes present in the episode:

* DangerTakesABackSeat: Elektra hides in the back of Stick's car to ambush his two underlings.

* EnemyMine: Madame Gao is willing to give Daredevil all the information she has regarding The Blacksmith since she wants to see him gone as much as Daredevil does.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: One of the Blacksmith's men shouts "It's been a long time, hasn't it Frank?"

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Claire's coworker got stabbed in the chest by one of The Hand's ninjas.

** Subverted, the waitress gives him decaf black coffee instead of regular black coffee.
* NiceToTheWaiter: Frank and Karen have a thoughtful conversation in the diner, during which Frank is kind and charming to their server, unfailingly polite. Then he tells everyone to hide under something made of metal and brutally tortures and kills the hitmen the Blacksmith sent after Karen.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Despite being initially furious with Daredevil, Frank becomes disturbed when 'Red' tells him that, in the case of The Blacksmith, he should probably break his no-kill rule. Frank even tries to talk him out of it, because the rule can't be broken 'just once'.

* PunctuatedPounding: Frank delivers one to Daredevil after the latter interrupts his assault on the Blacksmith's boat.
-->'''Castle:''' When are you gonna learn? Mind your own... God! Damn! Business!

** When Matt rescues Claire by diving out a window after her, they crash through SoftGlass window. Except, it isn't so soft, and they are both injured in the fall, and can barely even move for several minutes afterwards.
** Turns out, attacking someone by scaling a building and climbing in a window in full-view of them is a really bad idea, especially if you have no ranged weaponry, as one hapless ninja discovers.
** Treating multiple patients at a hospital without giving them any sort of admission form is quite stupid, as it leaves the hospital liable and allows for a relatively easy coverup if any of them die, as there is no paperwork.

* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Claire quits after finding out that the hospital rather get paid to keep silent about the unrecorded patients than report to the authorities about what they find from the autopsy of the Hand ninja that Claire killed.

* TrailersAlwaysLie: When Claire tells Matt, "It's not your city anymore", she has her back to the camera and the tone is different. In the trailer for season 2, we get a cloeup of her face when she says it and it's a much angrier tone.

* WhatTheHellHero: As soon as Karen realizes that Frank has been using her as bait to lure out some of the people hunting her, she calls him an asshole. He admits that yes he is.

** Frank himself has a downplayed example, as the beatings he took from Wilson Fisk and the other inmates have left him with enough cuts and bruises that most people don't recognize him walking around in public, [[FridgeBrilliance or avoid looking at him directly,]] despite him face being on television and the internet as a fugitive 'serial killer' loose in New York.

* BlingBlingBang: Brought up when Frank is discussing Claire's titular .380 pistol.

* AffablyEvil: [[spoiler:Madame Gao]] is once again nothing short of polite towards Daredevil, giving him valuable information about the Blacksmith.

* CreepyChild: The children who had been captured by the Hand are obviously BrainwashedAndCrazy as well as having unknown substances pumping through their veins. They spend most of their time staring creepily at people, waiting for the Hand to come rescue them. Also, at least [[{{Patricide}} one of them killed his own father]].

* DestinationDefenestration: Claire shoves a hand ninja out a window with an IV pole. Not long afterword, she's thrown out the same window by another ninja. Luckily, Daredevil is able to catch her mid-fall.

* FacialHorror: Two Examples:

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: One of the gunmen guarding [[spoiler:Madame Gao]]'s dry-cleaning front complains that another gunman's kid is playing with the clothes rack again. Except the kid's at basketball.

* OutOfGenreExperience: With the creepy children, undead enemies popping up out of nowhere, and the flickering lights, to say nothing of the obviously inhuman [[spoiler:Madame Gao]], this episode feels a lot like a horror movie.

* TitleDrop: Done courtesy of Frank Castle.
* TrailersAlwaysLie: When Claire tells Matt, "It's not your city anymore", she has her back to the camera and the tone is different. In the trailer for season 2, we get a cloeup of her face when she says it and it's a much angrier tone.

* AffablyEvil: Madame Gao is once again nothing short of polite towards Daredevil and gives him valuable information about the Blacksmith.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: One of the gunmen guarding Gao's dry-cleaning front complains that another gunman's kid is playing with the clothes rack again. Except the kid's at basketball.

* OutOfGenreExperience: With the creepy children, undead enemies popping up out of nowhere, and the flickering lights, to say nothing of the obviously inhuman Madame Gao, this episode feels a lot like a horror movie.

** Frank himself has a downplayed example, as the beatings he took from Wilson Fisk and the other inmates have left him with enough cuts and bruises that most people don't recognize him walking around in public, despite him face being on television and the internet as a fugitive 'serial killer' loose in New York.

* CreepyChild: The children who had been captured by the Hand are obviously BrainwashedAndCrazy as well as having unknown substances pumping through their veins. They spend most of their time staring creepily at people, waiting for the Hand to come rescue them. At least one of them also killed his own father.