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* BilingualDialogue: While talking to Dinah about bringing Frank to the Madani's apartment, Farah speaks to her daughter in Farsi, while Dinah speaks in English. Then, when Hamid talks to Farah in Farsi, she responds in English.

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* WhereItAllBegan: Frank decides to face down Russo at the carousel where his family was killed.

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* WhereItAllBegan: Frank Russo decides to face down Russo Frank at the carousel where his the Castle family was killed.

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* BulletTime: Happens as Frank tries to snipe Russo in Curtis's apartment.



* MythologyGag: In what might be the darkest example for the series, Frank proceeds to ram Billy Russo's head into a mirror on the carousel, leaving him horrifically scarred, but alive. Fans of the comics will know that Billy Russo was a hitman who was horrifically scarred after trying to assassinate Frank for the mob, leading to his comics alias Jigsaw.

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* MythologyGag: In what might be the darkest example for the series, Frank proceeds to ram Billy Russo's head into a mirror on the carousel, leaving him horrifically scarred, but alive. Fans of the comics will know that Billy Russo was a hitman who was horrifically scarred after trying to assassinate Frank for the mob, leading to his comics alias Jigsaw.
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* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Russo looks up knowingly at Curtis as he realizes Curtis is drawing him into Frank's firing line. A split second later, he's diving to the ground and pulling out his pistol as the first of Frank's bullets comes through the window.
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* PutDownYourGunAndStepAway: Billy threatens to kill two teenagers if Frank doesn't put down his gun. True to the trope (and against all real-life training), Frank does so, and is shot (in the vest) twice. It was only Madani's appearance that gave Frank an opening to bull rush him.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Madani had a clear shot at the back of Russo's head, but the kid that was being held hostage blurted out "Please, lady...", which alerted Russo to her presence and allowed him to turn and shoot her.

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* ItsPersonal: Russo tells Curtis he's beginning to take it personally when Frank tries to snipe him in his apartment.
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* MoralMyopia: Billy, the guy who betrayed his supposed best friend Frank and had a hand in getting his whole family killed, has the gal to accuse Curtis of betraying him in keeping Frank being alive a secret to him.

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* MoralMyopia: Billy, the guy who betrayed his supposed best friend Frank and had a hand in getting his whole family killed, has the gal gall to accuse Curtis of betraying him in keeping Frank being alive a secret to him.
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* ShoutOut: A gunfight on a moving carousel? [[Film/MobCity Not the first time Jon Bernthal's done that]]. [[http://fiphigenie.tumblr.com/post/168054581701/bernthalus-christ-the-punisher-vs-mob-city Even the cinematography is similar]].
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* GladToBeAliveSex: Between David and his wife. Understandibly, given that the two haven't seen each other for so long.


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* GladToBeAliveSex: Between David and his wife. Understandibly, given that the two haven't seen each other for so long.
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* CoitusEnsues: Between David and his wife. Understandibly, given that the two haven't seen each other for so long.

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* CoitusEnsues: GladToBeAliveSex: Between David and his wife. Understandibly, given that the two haven't seen each other for so long.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: In the flashback, Frank's daughter asks Billy how he knows that he was named after Billy the kid, since he claimed he was an orphan just before.



* BigDamnHeroes: While she takes a bullet in the head for it, Madani's timely arrival gives Frank a few valuable moments, otherwise he would have died.
* BlatantLies: Dinah sees right through Marion's bullshit when she claims she didn't know about Rawlins and his criminal activity.
* BookEnds: The final duel between Frank and Billy takes place on the carousel, on the very same fairground where his family died.



* CoitusEnsues: Between David and his wife. Understandibly, given that the two haven't seen each other for so long.



* CoolUncle: Frank's kids saw Billy as this, tragically.



* HollywoodHealing: After being beaten down so brutally during the last episode, almost dying because of it at the beginning of this episode, Frank shouldn't have been back on his feet being able to confront Billy that quickly.
* {{Irony}}: Billy claims he was named after Billy the Kid, who got betrayed by his friend. The situation is reversed in regards to him and Frank.
* KickTheDog: Billy sets up the fight on the same place where Frank's family died and even kidnaps and injures two innocent teenagers as leverage.
* MoralMyopia: Billy, the guy who betrayed his supposed best friend Frank and had a hand in getting his whole family killed, has the gal to accuse Curtis of betraying him in keeping Frank being alive a secret to him.



* NotSoSimilar: As Curtis points out, while Billy and Frank are similar in some aspects, Frank would never betray a brother.
* PetTheDog: Billy actually keeps his word and lets Curtis live after Frank agrees to let him walk out.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Billy dismisses killing Afghans as nothing wrong, claiming that ''they always did that among themselves''.



* WeHaveToGetTheBulletOut: Billy pulls out the bullet Madani put into him during the last episode.



* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Frank bodyslams Russo during their fight.

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* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Frank bodyslams Russo during their fight.fight.
* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: Dinah's father points this out in regards to Frank, see also NotSoDifferent above.
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* ColdBloodedTorture: Frank disfigures Russo by dragging his face over carousel broken mirror, leaving him heavily scarred and driving shards of fingers into his face.

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* ColdBloodedTorture: Frank disfigures Russo by dragging his face over a broken carousel broken mirror, leaving him heavily scarred and driving shards of fingers glass into his face.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: You might be surprised to see this trope associated with ''The Punisher'', but that's exactly what Frank and Micro get. While Frank is still officially at large, the CIA and Homeland Security have purged his fingerprints from the country's criminal databases and set him up with a new identity as "Peter Castiglione", and he begins attending Curtis support group, allowing him the chance to begin the road to recovery. Meanwhile, Micro finally gets to go back to his family, allowing them all to finally begin healing.

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* EarnYourHappyEnding: You might be surprised to see this trope associated with ''The Punisher'', but that's exactly what Frank and Micro get. While Frank is still officially at large, the CIA and Homeland Security have purged his fingerprints and DNA from the country's criminal databases and set him up with a new identity as "Peter Castiglione", and he begins attending Curtis support group, allowing him the chance to begin the road to recovery. Meanwhile, Micro finally gets to go back to his family, allowing them all to finally begin healing.

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* AssholeVictim: Even after seeing how brutal Frank's killing of Rawlins is, Director Hernandez says that he can't find much sympathy for the dead man.


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* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Hamid Madani towards treating Frank, know that even though Frank is a wanted criminal, he's also dying so "everything else can wait".
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* KarmicPunishment: Russo was proud of his good looks, thus Frank disfigures him so he will fill the pain of what he prized the most.

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* CombatBreakdown: The final confrontation between Frank and Russo starts off as a gunfight with both using multiple firearms. Once it gets to the carousel they're down to handguns, then knives and fists, then a broken shard of a mirror.

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* ColdBloodedTorture: Frank disfigures Russo by dragging his face over carousel broken mirror, leaving him heavily scarred and driving shards of fingers into his face.
* CombatBreakdown: The final confrontation between Frank and Russo starts off as a gunfight with both using multiple firearms. Once it gets to the carousel they're down to handguns, then knives and fists, then a broken shard of a mirror. mirror.
* CruelMercy: Frank spares Russo, leaving him to Homeland Security, not before disfigurng him so he will live in constant pain.



*KarmicPunishment: Russo was proud of his good looks, thus Frank disfigures him so he will fill the pain of what he prized the most.



* TisOnlyABulletInTheBrain: Dinah takes a headshot from Russo, and the blood flowing from the wound is pretty liberal (even by this show's standards), but she survives, and without any apparent brain damage.
* UnflinchingWalk: Russo doesn't even glance at the building he's leaving after causing it to explode.

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* TisOnlyABulletInTheBrain: Dinah takes a headshot from Russo, and the blood flowing hemorrhage from the wound is pretty liberal heavy (even by this show's standards), but she survives, and without any apparent brain damage.
* UnflinchingWalk: Russo doesn't even glance at the building he's leaving after causing Anvil headquarters as he makes it to explode.explode as he leaves it.
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* WhereItAllBegan: Frank decides to face down Russo at the carousel where his family was killed.

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* WhereItAllBegan: Frank decides to face down Russo at the carousel where his family was killed.killed.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Frank bodyslams Russo during their fight.
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* ExtremeMeleeRevenge: After a long, brutal gunfight that devolves into a knifefight, then a fistfight, Frank stabs Russo in the abdomen with a shard from the carousel mirror, then grinds his face against a broken mirror, breaks his arm, and repeatedly slams his face against another mirror, leaving him with shards of glass sticking out of his face.

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* ExtremeMeleeRevenge: After a long, brutal gunfight that devolves into a fistfight and knifefight, then a fistfight, Frank stabs Russo in the abdomen with a shard from the carousel mirror, then grinds his face against a broken mirror, it, breaks his arm, and repeatedly slams his face against another mirror, leaving him with shards of glass sticking out of his face.
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* CombatBreakdown: The final confrontation between Frank and Russo starts off as a gunfight with both using multiple firearms. Once it gets to the carousel they're down to handguns, then knives and fists, then a broken shard of a mirror.
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* ExtremeMeleeRevenge: After a long, brutal gunfight that devolves into a knifefight, then a fistfight, Frank stabs Russo in the abdomen with a shard from the carousel mirror, then grinds his face against a broken mirror, breaks his arm, and repeatedly slams his face against another mirror, leaving him with shards of glass sticking out of his face.
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* SequelHook: Russo is the only member of the conspiracy stil alive, but he's comatose, with doctors unsure if he will ever regain significant brain function.

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* SequelHook: Russo is the only member of the conspiracy stil still alive, but he's comatose, with doctors unsure if he will ever regain significant brain function.

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* SequelHook: Russo is the only member of the conspiracy stil alive, but he's catatonic, with doctors unsure if he will ever regain major brain function.

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* SequelHook: Russo is the only member of the conspiracy stil alive, but he's catatonic, comatose, with doctors unsure if he will ever regain major significant brain function.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: You might be surprised to see this trope associated with ''The Punisher'', but that's exactly what Frank and Micro get. While Frank is still officially at large, the CIA and Homeland Security have purged his fingerprints from the country's criminal databases and set him up with a new identity as "Peter Castigilione", and he begins attending Curtis support group, allowing him the chance to begin the road to recovery. Meanwhile, Micro finally gets to go back to his family, allowing them all to finally begin healing.

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* EarnYourHappyEnding: You might be surprised to see this trope associated with ''The Punisher'', but that's exactly what Frank and Micro get. While Frank is still officially at large, the CIA and Homeland Security have purged his fingerprints from the country's criminal databases and set him up with a new identity as "Peter Castigilione", Castiglione", and he begins attending Curtis support group, allowing him the chance to begin the road to recovery. Meanwhile, Micro finally gets to go back to his family, allowing them all to finally begin healing.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: You might be surprised to see this trope associated with ''The Punisher'', but that's exactly what Frank and Micro get. While Frank is still officially at large, the CIA and Homeland Security have purged his fingerprints from the country's criminal databases and set him up with a new identity as "Peter Castigilioni", and he begins attending Curtis support group, allowing him the chance to begin the road to recovery. Meanwhile, Micro finally gets to go back to his family, allowing them all to finally begin healing.

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* EarnYourHappyEnding: You might be surprised to see this trope associated with ''The Punisher'', but that's exactly what Frank and Micro get. While Frank is still officially at large, the CIA and Homeland Security have purged his fingerprints from the country's criminal databases and set him up with a new identity as "Peter Castigilioni", Castigilione", and he begins attending Curtis support group, allowing him the chance to begin the road to recovery. Meanwhile, Micro finally gets to go back to his family, allowing them all to finally begin healing.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: You might be surprised to see this trope associated with ''The Punisher'', but that's exactly what Frank and Micro get. While Frank is still officially at large, the CIA and Homeland Security have purged his fingerprints from the country's criminal databases and set him up with a new identity as "Peter Castigilioni, and he begins attending Curtis' support group, allowing him the chance to begin the road to recovery. Meanwhile, Micro finally gets to go back to his family, allowing them all to finally begin healing.

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* EarnYourHappyEnding: You might be surprised to see this trope associated with ''The Punisher'', but that's exactly what Frank and Micro get. While Frank is still officially at large, the CIA and Homeland Security have purged his fingerprints from the country's criminal databases and set him up with a new identity as "Peter Castigilioni, Castigilioni", and he begins attending Curtis' Curtis support group, allowing him the chance to begin the road to recovery. Meanwhile, Micro finally gets to go back to his family, allowing them all to finally begin healing.
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* TisOnlyABulleInTheBrain: Dinah takes a headshot from Russo, and the blood flowing from the wound is pretty liberal (even by this show's standards), but she survives, and without any apparent brain damage.

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* TisOnlyABulleInTheBrain: TisOnlyABulletInTheBrain: Dinah takes a headshot from Russo, and the blood flowing from the wound is pretty liberal (even by this show's standards), but she survives, and without any apparent brain damage.

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* MythologyGag: In what might be the darkest example for the series, Frank proceeds to ram Billy Russo's head into a mirror on the carousel, leaving him horrifically scarred, but alive.

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* MythologyGag: In what might be the darkest example for the series, Frank proceeds to ram Billy Russo's head into a mirror on the carousel, leaving him horrifically scarred, but alive. Fans of the comics will know that Billy Russo was a hitman who was horrifically scarred after trying to assassinate Frank for the mob, leading to his comics alias Jigsaw.
* NotSoDifferent: How Hamid Madani justifies helping Frank, pointing out to his wife that as refugees of the Iranian Revolution, they know that freedom fighters sometimes break the law. Farah Madani points out that they never took sides.


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* TisOnlyABulleInTheBrain: Dinah takes a headshot from Russo, and the blood flowing from the wound is pretty liberal (even by this show's standards), but she survives, and without any apparent brain damage.
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As the authorities close in, an exhausted but unbroken Frank vows to put an end to the war that has consumed his life.

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* EarnYourHappyEnding: You might be surprised to see this trope associated with ''The Punisher'', but that's exactly what Frank and Micro get. While Frank is still officially at large, the CIA and Homeland Security have purged his fingerprints from the country's criminal databases and set him up with a new identity as "Peter Castigilioni, and he begins attending Curtis' support group, allowing him the chance to begin the road to recovery. Meanwhile, Micro finally gets to go back to his family, allowing them all to finally begin healing.
* MythologyGag: In what might be the darkest example for the series, Frank proceeds to ram Billy Russo's head into a mirror on the carousel, leaving him horrifically scarred, but alive.
* SequelHook: Russo is the only member of the conspiracy stil alive, but he's catatonic, with doctors unsure if he will ever regain major brain function.
* UnflinchingWalk: Russo doesn't even glance at the building he's leaving after causing it to explode.
* WhereItAllBegan: Frank decides to face down Russo at the carousel where his family was killed.

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