History Recap / ThePunisher2017S02E13TheWhirlwind

** Pilgrim too realises the Andersons have just been using him as muscle to do their dirty work and clear up their messes, despite HidingBehindReligion.

** Krista Dumont is still alive, but as Mahoney puts it, she might soon wish that she weren't, as she fell out of a third-story window. When Madani meets her, she is in bandages. And given that she is about to go to prison and soon receive the message of Billy being dead, death surely would have been a more kind fate for her.

* BrokenPedestal: David accepts his parents are absolute monsters who have killed scores of people to "help" him, more out of the family legacy than true love for him.

* TheAdventureContinues: The season ends with Frank gunning down gangsters, showing that he has fully embraced his identity as The Punisher. He even turns down an offer to work with Madani as a CIA assassin.

* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Despite landing face first into the sidewalk from a 3-story building, Dumont's face seems to have suffered no visible damage.

* BaitAndSwitch: The beginning of the episode makes it appear as if both Billy and Dinah perish during their fight with Billy choking Dinah to death and Billy dying from the bullets wound, however they are revealed to have survived their fight later on, as Billy was too weak from the gunshots to actually kill Dinah.

* TheAdventureContinues: The season ends with Frank gunning down gangsters, showing that he has fully embraced his identity as The Punisher.

* BackAlleyDoctor: Billy turns to one of these to patch him up after Madani shoots him in the gut. 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.

* PlausibleDeniablity: Invoked by Curtis in why David's family kept him out of how far they went to have him stay in power.

* ExactWords: Curtis promises Billy that he won't call the cops - instead he calls Frank.
* FateWorseThanDeath: Krista Dumont is still alive, but as Mahoney puts it, she might soon wish that she weren't, as she fell out of a third-story window. When Madani meets her, she is in bandages. And given that she is about to go to prison and soon receive the message of Billy being dead, death surely would have been a more kind fate for her.

* MoreDakka: During the hotel shootout Pilgrim brings progressively more firepower to bear against Castle, going from a pistol to a shotgun to a machinegun.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Curtis decides to just let David walk away and then does the same, apparently severing his ties with Frank for good and finally returning home.

-->'''Frank''': ''[barely able to stand]'' You need a minute?\\
'''Pilgrim''': ''[equally battered]'' I was waiting on you.

* BullyingADragon: Anderson threatens Frank that he will kill him, in spite of the fact that Frank has killed by that point about 50 of his men throughout the series and most of his injuries come from fighting Billy's gang.

* EnemyMine: A brief one between John Pilgrim and Frank towards the end, since John informed Schultzes he killed Frank, resulting in those two apparently thinking Amy is on her own.

* WorthyOpponent: Pilgrim and Frank seem to consider each other as this by the end, to the point of Frank letting him walk away with his sons.

* BackAlleyDoctor: Billy turns to one of these to patch him up after Madani shoots him in the gut. 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.

* RunningGag: Several times throughout the season, someone (usually Amy) asks a question and gets the same answer from two people simultaneously. This time it happens to Mahoney, when he mentions Frank and Madani and Curtis reply in unison, "Who?"

* 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.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Curtis decides to just let David walk away and then does the same, apparently severing his ties with Frank for good and finally returning home.

* BaitAndSwitch: The beginning of the episode makes it appear as if both Billy and Dinah perish during their fight with Billy choking Dinah to death and Billy dying from the bullets wound, however they are revealed to have survived their fight later on.

* IHaveYourWife: Eliza doesn't directly threaten John, but having his son come to the phone and then telling him to remember what he is fighting for very much implies that she is willing to hurt his children if he fails his task.

* KilledMidSentence: Billy Russo is shot twice in the chest in the middle of telling Frank he's sorry for "whatever he did," clearly not realizing that kind of terminology just buries in his LackOfEmpathy.

* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: Eliza Schultz shows herself to be more vicious than her husband Anderson. Not only is she trying to convince him that John Pilgrim has [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness become a liability]], but when confronted by Amy, Anderson just yells angrily while Eliza quietly grabs for a knife to stab Amy.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: There is no further mentioning of what became of Beth and her son Rex from the first episode.

* MythologyGag: Medani, now working for CIA, contacts Castle trying to recruit him as an assassin in what looks like a desert location. The MAX Punisher series was kicked off by the CIA trying to recruit Frank to fight the Taliban.

* WhenYouComingHomeDad: The Schultzs use this against Pilgrim, by having his son call him.

* RealityEnsues: As Doctor Charles lampshades, no matter how badass a person is, if someone starts pulling bullets out of their guts the pain is going to be more than they can bear. Russo ends up passing out.

* BackAlleyDoctor: Billy turns to one of these to patch him up after Madani shoots him in the gut. He has to actually drink for his hands to stay still during a surgery.

* DyingAlone: Billy is afraid of this and calls Curtis to be with himm during his last moments. Instead, Frank comes and finishes him off.

* BackAlleyDoctor: Billy turns to one of these to patch him up after Madani shoots him in the gut.
* BaitAndSwitch: The beginning of the episode makes it appear as if both Billy and Dinah perish during their fight with Billy choking Dinah to death and Billy dying from the bullets wound, however they are revealed to have survived their fight later on.
* BoomHeadshot: Frank shoots Eliza in the head as she's about to stab Amy with a table knife. He has to actually drink for his hands to stay still during a surgery.

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