History Recap / ThePunisher2017S01E06TheJudasGoat

* DidNotThinkThisThrough: O'Connor is not the brightest tool in the shed. Lying about his military service to the group of people most likely to be offended by it, and not even doing enough research to give the lie credence, was incredibly foolish. Especially to a group of people who are on undergoing severe emotional stress due to PTSD, who he both insulted AND encouraged to be armed at all times.
* DirtyCoward: For all his talk about fighting for the Second Amendment, O'Connor quickly walks away when a cop confronts him and Lewis at the courthouse.

-->'''Frank:''' Yeah, I bet you have. [[TheCasanova You never change.]]

* LeaveYourQuestTest: Frank is offered a ticket out of the country, a fake ID, and a job as soldier in the private security industry. He chooses to stay, which is just as well as the whole thing was SchmuckBait.

* MythologyGag: When Russo is meeting with Dinah by the waterfront so she can inform him about Frank, Russo makes a comment that the place seems great for a romantic apology, "or a mob hit, or whatever," a subtle callback to his status as a mafia assassin in the comics.
** This is also {{foreshadowing}} when we see Russo has a hit team waiting for Frank at the docks by that ship out of the country he was promised.

* TheReveal: Billy Russo is working with Agent Orange.

* SpoilerTitle: A Judas Goat is a goat trained to associate with other goats, to lead them to slaughter. When Billy offers Frank a ship out of the country to a new life, after Frank tells him the truth about Operation Cerberus and the corruption of Schoonover, Rawlins and Colonel Bennett, this immediately makes Billy's allegiances obvious.

* IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow: When Russo tells Frank he's already spoken with [[FairCop Madani]], the two of them exchange knowing smirks.

* GetOut: O'Connor screams this to Lewis when he calls him out for the lies and manipulation. He still screams this even as he slowly dies from the knife wounds, which comes out as a pathetic wail.

* RabidCop: The cop trying to stop Lewis and O'Connor from handing out their flyers gets aggravated very quickly when Lewis refuses to listen, and falsely claims Lewis tried to seize his sidearm so he can be arrested.

* RabidCop: The cop trying to stop Lewis and O'Connor from handing out their flyers gets aggravated very quickly when Lewis continues to protest, and falsely claims Lewis tried to seize his sidearm so he can be arrested.

* GetOut: O'Connor screams this to Lewis when he calls him out for the lies and manipulation. He still screams this even as he slowly dies from the knife wounds, which comes out as pathetic wail.

* ShoutOut:
** When Russo approaches Curtis to see if Frank's been in touch with him, he makes his entrance saying, "Hey social worker, [[Theatre/WestSideStory I got a social disease!"]]

* TooDumbToLive: O'Connor pulls a knife on Lewis after the latter punches him in the face for lying. Note, Lewis was not homicidally angry at this point, and probably would have been satisfied to just kick his ass. Lewis is also in great shape and fresh out of the military, while O'Connor was overweight and way out of practice (and haven't fought in any battles). This gets him killed.

* AmbiguouslyEvil: Even after it is revealed that Billy works for Agent Orange, it is not quite clear what his motives are and whether he was a FalseFriend to Frank all along or not.

* LeaveYourQuestTest: Frank is offered a ticket out of the country, a fake ID and the chance to work in the private security industry. He chooses to stay, which is just as well as the whole thing was SchmuckBait.

** This also is {{foreshadowing}} when we see Russo has a hit team waiting for Frank if he turned up at the docks that ship out of the country he was promised.

* AnnoyingArrows: Averted; Curtis says that pulling out the arrowhead would make things worse, so he makes an incision on the other side of Frank's shoulder and draws it out through the other side.