History Recap / ThePunisher2017S02E13TheWhirlwind

* BittersweetEnding: Out of the main cast, Amy is the only one with an unambiguously happy ending, as Frank has sent her on her way to Florida to take diving lessons and fulfill her dreams of becoming a salvage diver, and even then, there is an undercurrent of sadness, as it is clear that they will almost definitely never see each other again, and Frank clearly does not want her associated with the life he is about to lead. Other than her, Frank has lost virtually everyone close to him in some fashion and has fully embraced the identity of the Punisher, and is last shown opening fire on a low-level street gang, Madani has lost all of her idealism and has jumped ship to the CIA with an air of complete resignation, and is last seen trying to recruit Frank for wetworks jobs, Curtis has completely washed his hands of Frank and wants nothing to do with him ever again, Pilgrim's wife is dead and he is now a single dad who will more than likely continue to work as a hitman to support his sons despite despising that life, Russo is dead, and Dumont was most likely rendered a quadriplegic and has no way to support herself between her injuries and being stripped of her licenses, and will likely go to prison after she recovers.

** Nobody of Billy's gang who got provided with new identities by the man himself last episode are shown getting their just deserts.

* LiquidCourage: Doctor Charles needs a lot of it to steady his nerves before operating on Billy.

* BullyingADragon: Anderson threatens Frank that he will kill him, in spite of the fact that Frank has killed most of the men he and Pilgrim could throw at him ''mostly alone''. This bites him back ''hard'' later.

* DentedIron: After all the horrendous violence they've suffered all season, Frank and the Pilgrim are far from top form. Their fight is a brutal exchange of blows between men who can barely stand.

* ElevatorActionSequence: Frank Castle has just been involved in a shootout with Pilgrim before he grabs Amy as a hostage and ducks into an elevator. As the doors close, another elevator opens to reveal several police officers who've turned up to investigate the shooting, so Frank rushes them before they can draw their weapons, leading to this trope.

* EngineeredPublicConfession: Discussed. Frank recorded Anderson's threat to him than mentioned among others all the crimes throughout this series. Amy then threatens him that she will publish it, leading him to eating a bullet.

** Anderson chooses suicide over Amy giving the incriminatory recording to the ''New York Bulletin''

* IHaveComeTooFar: When Amy tries to convince Pilgrim to let her go, he states that he wishes he could, but it is too late.
* IsThatAThreat

* LongLastLook: Subverted; as Amy steps on to the bus she turns to look at Frank again only to find [[StealthHiBye he's already disappeared]].
* LastRequest: As Frank is about to smash his head in, Pilgrim asks Frank not to harm his children when he goes after the Schultzs. Ironically this convinces Frank to spare his life instead.
* LeaveBehindAPistol: Frank's original plan for dealing with both of the Schultzs. However, Eliza gets her brains blown out before Frank has a chance to explain this. Anderson ends up taking up the offer.

** Dinah decides to quit Homeland Security. At first it seems she might walk away. Instead she ends up joining the CIA
* ShoutOut: The death of Billy Russo seems in many ways like a modernized take on Kurtz's death scene from ''Film/ApocalypseNow''; the hero wordlessly executing the SecretlyDying villain with the latter's tacit approval, set to a dark war themed rock ballad (in this case, "Rooster" by Music/AliceInChains).

* BackAlleyDoctor: Billy turns to one of these to patch him up after Madani shoots him in the gut. [[INeedAFreakingDrink He has to actually drink]] for his hands to stay still during a surgery. {{Deconstructed}}, as not only is he woefully ill-prepared for the operation Billy is demanding of him, but remorselessly steals all of his money and leaves him for dead in a dumpster as soon as he passes out.

* ElevatorActionSequence: Frank takes down a group of cops in the hotel elevator on his way to find Pilgrim.

* RealityEnsues: As Doctor Charles lampshades, no matter how badass a person is, if someone starts pulling bullets out of their guts without anesthesia, the pain is going to be more than they can bear. Russo ends up passing out. Once he does, the BackAlleyDoctor decides to just take his money and abandon him.

* WeHaveToGetTheBulletOut: The back-alley doctor removes two bullets from Billy until the latter passes out.

* ExactWords: Curtis promises Billy that he won't call the cops – instead he calls Frank.

* BrandishmentBluff: Turns out the weapon Pilgrim was holding to Amy's head was empty, as Frank discovers when he takes it off Pilgrim and tries to shoot him.

-->'''Frank:''' HEY! ''(enter Frank Castle)'' I'll dance with ya. ''(opens fire with GunsAkimbo)''

** Pilgrim too realises the Schultzes have just been using him as muscle to do their dirty work and clear up their messes, despite HidingBehindReligion. Mrs Schultz threatening his kids can't have helped either.

* LetsDance: Frank's final scene.