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* HonorBeforeReason: Russo still has a sense of brotherhood with Frank and when Rawlins doesn't respect that, he is more than willing to let Frank go and watch as he kills him.

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* HonorBeforeReason: HonorBeforeReason:
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Russo still has a sense of brotherhood with Frank and when Rawlins doesn't respect that, he is more than willing to let Frank go and watch as he kills him.him.
** Micro promised to Frank not to reveal to Homeland Security where he is being tortured. This leads to Frank being tortured for hours until he gets the chance he was looking for.


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* PrisonerExchange: Billy exchanges the Lieberman family for Micro and Frank. Homeland Security intervene, but they're still able to snatch Frank though Micro is accidentally shot. Or so they think...


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* VaporTrail: The hostages are wearing jerry cans of fuel which are punctured before they are sent over in exchange. Frank warns Micro not to freak out as they're just doing this to intimidate them--sure enough when the fuel trail gets lit, all Micro has to do is tear off his jacket and extinguish the flame.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Russo gets slowly fed up with the needless violence Rawlins puts Frank through instead of just shooting him. Russo's female tech is also quite grossed out by it.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: EvenEvilHasStandards:
** Russo refused to kill his friend back when it appeared he'd leaked the torture video. Though he also didn't warn Frank his life was in danger either, leading to the meaningless death of his family.
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Russo gets slowly fed up with the needless violence Rawlins puts Frank through instead of just shooting him. Russo's female tech is also quite grossed out by it.
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* DespairEventHorizon: Frank briefly seems to cross this, agreeing to give Rawlins and Billy access to David's files and begging Billy to kill him quickly, not to let Rawlins continue. Although this could just be him prolonging his BatmanGambit.

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* DespairEventHorizon: Frank briefly seems to cross this, agreeing to give Rawlins and Billy access to David's files and begging Billy to kill him quickly, not to let Rawlins continue. Although However this could is just be a ploy to let him prolonging enter his BatmanGambit.retinal scan--as the reset requires Micro's retinal scan, all this does is active the DeadMansSwitch to turn on the cameras.
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* DiscOneFinalBoss: Rawlins is killed by Frank, after Russo gets fed up with the former and lets Frank break loose.
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* BullyingADragon: Rawlins, the NonActionBigBad, starts insulting his partner Russo to his face. Russo is a former marine, and has shown he will backstab anybody he feels is an obstacle. This of course proves a mistake since Russo allows Frank to kill Rawlins.


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* EvilIsPetty: Rawlins could simply shoot Frank, but decides to slowly beat him to death, and his disagreements with Russo cause him to insult his partner to his face. Russo even calls him out for this as the entire mess with Frank started because Rawlins wanted him dead for the loss of his eye.


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* PostVictoryCollapse: Frank only had the strength to kill Rawlins thanks to a shoot of adrenaline. Once he wears off his injuries catch up to him and does have the strength to stand.
* RealityEnsues: Frank collapses after killing Rawlins. The adrenaline shot gave him the strength to kill a NonActionBigBad but Frank still took a hell of a beating. He was not going to have the strength to kill Russo, who would have shot Frank if Dinah and the DHS hadn't showed up.


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* StupidEvil: Rawlins wants to slowly beat Frank to death instead of killing on the spot like Russo wants to, and he loses his temper and insults Russo to his face. This leads to Russo turning on him and allowing Frank to kill him.
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* BringIt: Rawlins hits Frank with a loaded glove so hard that his tooth falls out. What does Frank have to say in response?
--> '''Frank''': "You hit like a bitch, Rawlins! You hit like a bitch."
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* ManlyTears: Frank cries when Billy coldly tells him that he indeed knew about the assignation attempt that ended up killing his whole family but did nothing to stop it or even warn him.
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* FoeYay: Russo gazes at Frank as he kills Rawlins and after it's all over, smiles and says "Goddamnit Frankie. I love watching you work."

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* EvenEvilHasStandards:
** Russo gets slowly fed up with the needless violence Rawlins puts Frank through instead of just shooting him. Russo's female tech is also quite grossed out by it.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards:
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EvenEvilHasStandards: Russo gets slowly fed up with the needless violence Rawlins puts Frank through instead of just shooting him. Russo's female tech is also quite grossed out by it.



* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Deconstructed with TheReveal of Frank's dream being from his last day with his wife before his family's murder. It's not that Frank couldn't return home from the war - to Frank, the war ''was'' his home. When given a choice between accepting death and being with Maria again, or life and revenge, Frank comes roaring back to life and slips his bonds in time to butcher Agent Rawlins.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Implied to be a motivation for Russo's betrayal of Rawlins. More than his mistreatment of him or refusal to kill Frank quickly as promised, he seems to sniff out that Rawlins has been stripped of the very influence that is the sole reason they're partners. Without those connections and authority, well, what does he need him alive for?

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* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Deconstructed with TheReveal of Frank's dream being from his last day with his wife before his family's murder. It's not that Frank couldn't return home from the war - -- to Frank, the war ''was'' his home. When given a choice between accepting death and being with Maria again, or life and revenge, Frank comes roaring back to life and slips his bonds in time to butcher Agent Rawlins.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Implied to be a motivation for Russo's betrayal of Rawlins. More than his mistreatment of him or refusal to kill Frank quickly as promised, he seems to sniff out that Rawlins has been stripped of the very influence that is the sole reason they're partners. Without those connections and authority, well, what does he need him alive for?for?

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* DarkReprise: An unusual non-musical example. While Frank's dream had been set in a sunny bedroom for the rest of the season, in this episode, the full dream plays out under spotlights, surrounded by a black void.
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* OnlyICanKillHim: Frank tells Russo he has to be the one to kill him and Russo obliges. When Russo brings this up to Rawlins, he doesn't respect the agreement, which leads to the two villains butting heads.

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* OnlyICanKillHim: TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Frank tells Russo he has to be the one to kill him and Russo obliges. When Russo brings this up to Rawlins, he doesn't respect the agreement, which leads to the two villains butting heads.

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Frank makes a damning confession. A shootout leaves Sarah wondering what to believe. Rawlins goes for the kill, once and for all.

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Frank makes a damning confession. A shootout leaves Sarah wondering what to believe. confession as his war with Rawlins goes for the kill, once and for all.
Russo progresses.



** Billy gets slowly fed up with the needless violence Rawlins puts Frank through instead of just shooting him.
** The female Tech is also quite grossed out by it.

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** Billy Russo gets slowly fed up with the needless violence Rawlins puts Frank through instead of just shooting him.
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him. Russo's female Tech tech is also quite grossed out by it.



* FakingTheDead: Micro's death is staged once more so that the bad guys would be forced to take Frank alone.

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* FakingTheDead: Micro's The DHS fakes David's death is staged once more so that the bad guys would be Russo and his men are forced to take Frank alone.



* FoeYay: Russo gazes at Frank as he kills Rawlins and after it's all over, smiles and says "I love watching you work."

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* FoeYay: Russo gazes at Frank as he kills Rawlins and after it's all over, smiles and says "I "Goddamnit Frankie. I love watching you work."



** David's family learn that he is alive.
** Madani learns that Frank was the one who killed Zubair on Rawlins's order.

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** David's family Sarah and Zach learn that he David is alive.
** Madani learns that Frank was the one who killed Ahmed Zubair on Rawlins's order.
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* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: After Rawlins calls Billy a stupid grunt one too many times, he decides to set Frank free on him.

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* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: After Rawlins calls Billy Russo a stupid grunt one too many times, he decides to set Frank free on him.



* SmugSnake: Both Billy and Rawlins are absolutely sure that Frank is finished.

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* SmugSnake: Both Billy Russo and Rawlins are absolutely sure that Frank is finished.



* TooDumbToLive: Sure Rawlins, call your ally who has proven numerous times to be a [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder backstabbing, self-serving snake]] a "grunt", tell him that you own him and expect him to just take it...

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* TooDumbToLive: Sure Rawlins, call Russo, your ally who has proven numerous times to be a [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder backstabbing, self-serving snake]] a "grunt", tell him that you own him and expect him to that Russo will just take it...



* WeHaveReserves: Billy shrugs off all the men Frank cost him, saying that he could always hire new ones.

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* WeHaveReserves: Billy Russo shrugs off all the men Frank cost him, saying that he could always hire new ones.
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* AdmiringTheAbomination[=/=]InLoveWithYourCarnage: After witnessing Franks's ''brutal'' killing of Rawlins, all Billy has to say is:
-->"Goddamn, Frankie. I love to watch you work."

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* DespairEventHorizon: Frank briefly seems to cross this, agreeing to give Rawlins and Billy access to David's files and begging Billy to kill him quickly, not to let Rawlins continue.

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* DespairEventHorizon: Frank briefly seems to cross this, agreeing to give Rawlins and Billy access to David's files and begging Billy to kill him quickly, not to let Rawlins continue. Although this could just be him prolonging his BatmanGambit.



* TooDumbToLive: Sure Rawlins, call your ally who has proven numerous times to be a [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder backstabbing, self-serving snake]] a dumb muscle, tell him that you own him and expect him to just take it...

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* TooDumbToLive: Sure Rawlins, call your ally who has proven numerous times to be a [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder backstabbing, self-serving snake]] a dumb muscle, "grunt", tell him that you own him and expect him to just take it...it...
** Oh, and feel free to shoot up a man you know can [[MadeOfIron sustain ''massive'' amounts of damage]] with ''adrenaline''. Surely that won't go wrong...



* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Deconstructed with TheReveal of Frank's dream being from his last day with his wife before his family's murder. It's not that Frank couldn't return home from the war - to Frank, the war ''was'' his home. When given a choice between accepting death and being with Maria again, or life and revenge, Frank comes roaring back to life and slips his bonds in time to butcher Agent Rawlins.

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* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Deconstructed with TheReveal of Frank's dream being from his last day with his wife before his family's murder. It's not that Frank couldn't return home from the war - to Frank, the war ''was'' his home. When given a choice between accepting death and being with Maria again, or life and revenge, Frank comes roaring back to life and slips his bonds in time to butcher Agent Rawlins.Rawlins.
*YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Implied to be a motivation for Russo's betrayal of Rawlins. More than his mistreatment of him or refusal to kill Frank quickly as promised, he seems to sniff out that Rawlins has been stripped of the very influence that is the sole reason they're partners. Without those connections and authority, well, what does he need him alive for?
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* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Russo's idea for killing Frank is to shoot him in the head. Rawlins wants a slow and painful death for Frank and even goes so far as to inject Frank with adrenaline so that he would stay conscious and alive long enough for Rawlins to get his satisfaction. This proves to be Rawlins' undoing.

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* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Russo's idea for killing Frank is to shoot him in the head. Rawlins wants a slow and painful death for Frank and even goes so far as to inject Frank with adrenaline so that he would stay conscious and alive long enough for Rawlins to get his satisfaction. This proves to be Rawlins' undoing.undoing.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Deconstructed with TheReveal of Frank's dream being from his last day with his wife before his family's murder. It's not that Frank couldn't return home from the war - to Frank, the war ''was'' his home. When given a choice between accepting death and being with Maria again, or life and revenge, Frank comes roaring back to life and slips his bonds in time to butcher Agent Rawlins.
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* TooDumbToLive: Sure Rawlins, call your ally who has proven numerous times to be a [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder backstabbing, self-serving snake]] a dumb muscle, tell him that you owe him and expect him to just take it...

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* TooDumbToLive: Sure Rawlins, call your ally who has proven numerous times to be a [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder backstabbing, self-serving snake]] a dumb muscle, tell him that you owe own him and expect him to just take it...
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* DespairEventHorizon: Frank briefly seems to cross this, agreeing to give Rawlins and Billy access to David's files and begging Billy to kill him quickly, not to let Rawlins continue.


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* EvenEvilHasStandards:
** Billy gets slowly fed up with the needless violence Rawlins puts Frank through instead of just shooting him.
** The female Tech is also quite grossed out by it.


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* FanDisservice: Frank's visions of having sex with his deceased wife in between being beaten to a bloody pulp is surely disturbing.


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* HeWhoFightsMonsters: David tells Madani that he believes the only way to defeat the likes of Rawlins is to become like them.


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* InternalReveal:
** David's family learn that he is alive.
** Madani learns that Frank was the one who killed Zubair on Rawlins's order.
* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: After Rawlins calls Billy a stupid grunt one too many times, he decides to set Frank free on him.


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* SmugSnake: Both Billy and Rawlins are absolutely sure that Frank is finished.
* TeethFlying: Frank loses one during the first part of the beatdown from Rawlins.
* TooDumbToLive: Sure Rawlins, call your ally who has proven numerous times to be a [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder backstabbing, self-serving snake]] a dumb muscle, tell him that you owe him and expect him to just take it...


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* VillainousBreakdown: After Frank manages to stab and bite him, Rawlins completely loses it.
* WeHaveReserves: Billy shrugs off all the men Frank cost him, saying that he could always hire new ones.
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* ExtremeMeleeRevenge: Rawlins's death; when Frank gets free, he uses the knife Rawlins stabbed him with to guy him like a fish, cut his throat, pummels him with his fists, then gouges out his eyes.

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* ExtremeMeleeRevenge: Rawlins's death; when Frank gets free, he uses the knife Rawlins stabbed him with to guy him like a fish, repeatedly shank him, cut his throat, pummels him with his fists, then gouges out his eyes.
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* ExtremeMeleeRevenge: Rawlins's death.

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* ExtremeMeleeRevenge: Rawlins's death.death; when Frank gets free, he uses the knife Rawlins stabbed him with to guy him like a fish, cut his throat, pummels him with his fists, then gouges out his eyes.

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* ExtremeMeleeRevenge: Rawlins's death.



* OnlyICanKillHim: Frank tells Russo he has to be the one to kill him and Russo obliges. When Russo brings this up to Rawlins, he
doesn't respect the agreement, which leads to the two villains butting heads.

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* OnlyICanKillHim: Frank tells Russo he has to be the one to kill him and Russo obliges. When Russo brings this up to Rawlins, he
he doesn't respect the agreement, which leads to the two villains butting heads.

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* OnlyICanKillHim: Frank tells Russo he has to be the one to kill him and Russo obliges. When Russo brings this up to Rawlins, he doesn't respect the agreement, which leads to the two villains butting heads.

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* OnlyICanKillHim: Frank tells Russo he has to be the one to kill him and Russo obliges. When Russo brings this up to Rawlins, he he
doesn't respect the agreement, which leads to the two villains butting heads.heads.
* ToThePain: Rawlins gets ''very'' enthusiastic about how he's going to beat Frank to the point he'll be begging for death.
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* OnceMoreWithClarity: A happy memory of Frank in bed with his wife Maria has been played over and over, throughout the season, only to be interrupted as Frank’s guilt over Kandahar turned it nightmarish. Here, the memory plays out fully: Maria actually began an argument over whether or not Frank ever mentally returned from his deployments, and the damage it was doing to their family. The memory ends with Frank agreeing to leave the military and retire. And go to the park with his family for the day...
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* ColdBloodedTorture: Rawlins uses this to get Frnak to stop the countdown in Micro's lab and then employs it ForTheEvulz before planning to kill him.

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* ColdBloodedTorture: Rawlins uses this to get Frnak Frank to stop the countdown in Micro's lab and then employs it ForTheEvulz before planning to kill him.
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* CallBack: Earlier in the season, Sarah mentioned that if she found David alive, she wouldn't know whether she would hit him or break down crying. In this episode we find out: she does both.
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* WhyDontYouJustSHootHim: Russo's idea for killing Frank is to shoot him in the head. Rawlins wants a slow and painful death for Frank and even goes so far as to inject Frank with adrenaline so that he would stay conscious and alive long enough for Rawlins to get his satisfaction. This proves to be Rawlins' undoing.

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* WhyDontYouJustSHootHim: WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Russo's idea for killing Frank is to shoot him in the head. Rawlins wants a slow and painful death for Frank and even goes so far as to inject Frank with adrenaline so that he would stay conscious and alive long enough for Rawlins to get his satisfaction. This proves to be Rawlins' undoing.
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* ColdBloodedTorture: Rawlins uses this to get Frnak to stop the countdown in Micro's lab and then employs it ForTheEvulz before plannign to kill him.

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* ColdBloodedTorture: Rawlins uses this to get Frnak to stop the countdown in Micro's lab and then employs it ForTheEvulz before plannign planning to kill him.

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Frank makes a damning confession. A shootout leaves Sarah wondering what to believe. Rawlins goes for the kill, once and for all.

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Frank makes a damning confession. A shootout leaves Sarah wondering what to believe. Rawlins goes for the kill, once and for all.all.

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* BadassInDistress: Frank spends most of the episode being captured and tortured by Rawlins.
* BatmanGambit: Frank's plan was to expose Rawlins and Russo while also setting them up against each other.
* ColdBloodedTorture: Rawlins uses this to get Frnak to stop the countdown in Micro's lab and then employs it ForTheEvulz before plannign to kill him.
* EnemyCivilWar: Frank manipulates Russo and Rawlins to fight, which leads to Russo outright allowing Frank to break free of his bonds and kill Rawlins.
* EyeScream: Frank plunges both thumbs into Rawlins' face while killing him. Moments before that, Rawlins was planning to cut an eye out of Frank as revenge for taking his.
* FakingTheDead: Micro's death is staged once more so that the bad guys would be forced to take Frank alone.
* FoeYay: Russo gazes at Frank as he kills Rawlins and after it's all over, smiles and says "I love watching you work."
* HonorBeforeReason: Russo still has a sense of brotherhood with Frank and when Rawlins doesn't respect that, he is more than willing to let Frank go and watch as he kills him.
* OnlyICanKillHim: Frank tells Russo he has to be the one to kill him and Russo obliges. When Russo brings this up to Rawlins, he doesn't respect the agreement, which leads to the two villains butting heads.
* WhyDontYouJustSHootHim: Russo's idea for killing Frank is to shoot him in the head. Rawlins wants a slow and painful death for Frank and even goes so far as to inject Frank with adrenaline so that he would stay conscious and alive long enough for Rawlins to get his satisfaction. This proves to be Rawlins' undoing.
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