02x09 - Flustercluck

[bunniefuu]

Jesus Christ.

Kid! It's Frank.

Frank. Frank.

- Frank, she wants to arrest you.
- Just give me the g*n, kid.

She's gonna sell you out.

Hey...

give me the g*n.

It's okay.

It's okay, kid.

Where the hell were you?

Went to get some advice.

Yeah? By who?

My wife.

Well, did she tell you
how out of line you were?

Are you really here to take me in?

Or you just didn't have
any other place to go?

Yeah, her and everybody else, Frank.

And whose fault is that?

Nobody really likes making their
Friday night the Punisher pity party,

you know what I mean?

If you had asked me once,

I would've told you
I was pretty much just like anyone else.

And all I really gave a sh*t about
was that my family was healthy or happy.

But I lost them.

Everything changed.

I thought... I thought
I became something different.

But last night...

I had a little chat with my wife.

I sat by her grave,
and I realized something.

This is always who I was.

And Maria...

she knew.

She knew what I was.

She loved me anyway.

Yeah.

I'm just...

I'm not like you people.

You know, I can do things you can't do.

Whatever that makes me...

it makes me.

This.

It has to end, Frank.

Who's gonna end it, though?

You?

Mahoney?

You gonna take Bill to jail?

This billionaire assh*le
who's coming after her?

These people, they... they won't stop.
They can't stop.

They don't give a sh*t about your law.

So what the hell am I doing
carrying this badge?

Yeah.

I can't answer that for you.

I don't have answers for any of you.

Then what are you asking?

Let me be what I'm meant to be.

Serpent Five,
this is Serpent Six. Go for launch.

Serpent Six, this is Serpent Five,
we are waiting at the door.

Copy, Serpent Five,
you're a go for action.

Copy, Serpent Five,
you're a go for entry.

You know this can't last forever.

You're too smart not to.

Okay.

But that doesn't mean we can't make plans.

For after.

At some point, enough's got to be enough.

It all has to be for something.

It will.

Police say
four people are dead and three wounded

in a g*ng-related g*n battle that broke
out in a Lower East Side housing project.

Some are calling it
the major salvo in a g*ng w*r,

one of three such raids
in the last 24 hours.

With the money, we can go anywhere...

be anything we want to be. Together.

And we will.

I promise.

But you have to let me
deal with Frank first.

It has been
a violent and bloody 24 hours

here in the New York area
as three separate...

g*ng activity
is on the rise in New York,

- as multiple fatalities...
- A bizarre scene,

witnesses report seeing a g*ng
in frightening masks.

Fellas.

Two months.

According to police, the men
gunned down everyone inside the building

and made off with nearly
a half million dollars in contraband.

...making off with more than
half a million in cash, dr*gs and weapons.

Don't let Frank define who you are.

Look at me.

Really look.

I have to know why he wants me dead.

I have to know.

No, I'm good.

Hey, come on. Sit down.
It's not a big deal.

- Dude! Get... get off of me!
- I'm testing the merchandise.

I'm not merchandise, assh*le!
Get your hands off of me.

- Listen, bitch...
- Moke!

Play nice with our guests.

This new driver is supposed to get me
an extra ten yards.

So far, it's not the game changer
I thought it would be.

Perhaps I'm misplacing my faith. Hmm?

The scrutiny Castle is under worries me.

If the police apprehend him or the girl,
they may try to leverage what they have.

And what is that?

Do you have faith in me, John?

I do.

Well, these are testing times.

I think we need to take radical steps.

I want you to use your old contacts here,
in the city.

Set a bounty on Castle and the girl.

Turn this city against them.

It's better that I do it myself.

It's good that you have
such faith in yourself, as do I,

but we cannot afford pride at this moment.

Castle sh*t up a city street
in broad daylight.

We're way past the time
for keeping things quiet.

It's risky, me opening old doors.

You're not the man you were.

John, I just want to get ya home.

Rebecca's fortitude is a wonder.
Her spirit is so strong.

And they put on a... a great face
when you're not there, your boys.

No one knows
how much our families need us.

Any of us.

All the things we do for them
that they can never know.

You'll be home soon, God willing.

Yes, God willing.

Now let's finish it.

Let's get ya home.

...Six, this is Kingdom Five.

We're northbound
on the Phase Line Jupiter.

Two clicks out from OBJ Zebra.

They're staying within a certain area.

Yeah, it's probably a radius
from wherever they're based.

Kingdom Five,
this is Kingdom Six,

we are Molotov at this time.

What's Molotov?

We use certain words
to indicate operational steps.

Molotov means they're in position
with their target.

Yeah, Curt.

Okay. Yeah, I'm on the move.

Let's go! Let's go!

sh*t.

Well, now I know
why we don't see you home so much.

We do have golf courses there,
too, you know?

Your mother often wonders
if you came to New York for the job,

- or you took the job for New York.
- Both.

God damn it!

Now, now, Dad.

What would the faithful think
if they were to hear you blaspheming?

Well, son, you see,
there's two kinds of blasphemy.

There's the ones that people
are happy to forgive, and...

then there's the stuff that they aren't.

Here we go.

I think people might surprise you.

Times have changed.

Yeah, not that much, and you know it.

I don't like surprises.

Surprises mean you haven't prepared.
I like to be prepared.

What you like is to be in control.

Yes.

Very nice.

I'm just wondering why the visit?

Unless it's to nag me
about finding a wife for party optics.

When was the last time
we had a conversation about my life

that didn't sound like campaign strategy?

When was the last time
you just asked me if I was happy?

Happy? What the hell is happy?

Son, we are in a position
to change this country for the better.

People take a look at you, and they see
an example they want to follow.

People want to believe, David,
in something.

Because it's a terrifying world
to be alone.

So they need faith.

They take a look at me,
they see all that I've achieved,

and it makes sense.

How could I have all of this
if God hadn't chosen it for me?

It's a question I ask myself every day.

We are living proof
that faith is rewarded.

See?

David, I want you to come home
for a little while.

Talk to some people. Donors. Press flesh.

Just a couple of weeks, that's all.

Just to get some things out of the way.

What is so important right now?

Yeah?

Nice suit.

I heard about you.

The man with the five million, am I right?

I'm kind of insulted
you didn't come here first.

- Does that mean you don't want to talk?
- No.

No. Just sayin', word travels fast.

Would have liked my guys
to have a head start.

I thought this guy was dead already.

Now I know why you're offering so much.

I want Castle and the girl alive.

Tell me where they are
or bring them to me.

How alive?

One of them needs to talk.

Put out the word.

Call me on this if you have anything.

Hey. Where are you from?

You don't seem like you're from
around here, don't mind me saying.

Hey, it's Danny. Put him on.

He's gonna want to hear
what I have to say, trust me.

What is it?

Guess who just walked into my place.

A g*dd*mn ghost.

Thanks.

Yeah. Living the dream.

Would you still be in the m*llitary
if you didn't lose your leg?

No, I'd be getting too old.

You see, that's the thing,
is when you sign up,

it never enters your mind
that it isn't forever.

Just some young kid full of ideas
of travel, adventure and w*r.

Unless you're an officer,
there's always a second life.

Now what about you?

Is this how you saw yourself?

Yeah. I love mobile living.

My fold-out life.

It seems like your chosen line of work
is pretty damn sketchy,

even before Frank turned up.

I mean, shouldn't you be somewhere? Home?

Freaking your old man out about boys?

Learning how to drive?

Marine salvage.

Say what?

Marine salvage.

That's what I've always wanted to do.

I saw a documentary on it once.

Find treasure under the sea.
And if you find it, you get to keep it.

You know what, Amy?
Just forget I even asked.

No. No, seriously.

I remember they were in the Caribbean,

and the sea was so green
and there was all this sun.

And there was no noise under the water.

Just all this old stuff
waiting to be found. Like...

Spanish gold and jewels and stuff.

Hmm.

I guess if we get out from under,
there's no stopping you from going, huh?

sh*t like this definitely makes you
reassess your goals.

I can't even swim.

Actually, I've never seen the ocean.
So... there's that.

He could at least call
and let us know what the hell is going on.

Frank?

Yeah, right.

Come on, Curtis. He's selfish.

He says all of this is for us,
but it's not.

He's got an itch,
and he's gonna scratch it.

We're just, like, the staff.

You know what? You're right.

Yeah. I usually am. It's kind of a gift.

Look, I got someplace I need to be.

I'm letting some people down.
And they get let down a lot.

Frank is out doing his own thing,
and I'mma do mine.

So, what? You're just gonna leave me here?

I don't get to have a thing? Like,
my thing is just sitting around waiting?

Like a dog nobody wants?

- You're gonna be safe here.
- No, I'm not. I'm just alone.

I could be doing this literally anywhere.

Anywhere with, like, clean sheets
and a properly-flushing bathroom.

- Come on, take me with you, Curtis.
- I can't.

Yeah, you can.

Well... then, I won't.

What will it be?

You can help me out.

There's a group of vets
running around town causing trouble.

I hear maybe you've been
partying with them.

- No idea what you're talking about.
- No, huh?

Okay. Well...

maybe this will help you.

Who's that?

I don't want any trouble.

Where are they?

If I talk, do you promise
none of this comes back on me?

You're not my problem.

sh*t, what do I care?

Those guys were total assholes.

Especially him.

Cut anything else off him,
that'd make my day.

They call it Valhalla.

I don't know,
some Viking bullshit or something.

They're off the rails.

Stealing sh*t, partying all night.

Tony knows some of them.

Sounded like it could be fun,
so I went along.

Turned out it wasn't so much.

Frat house bullshit turned up to 11.

You know where?

Somewhere in Queens.

It was dark. I don't know.

A warehouse. Maybe north of 14th.
Something like that.

Okay.

I appreciate it.

Hey, Tony.

Call it a tip.

You assholes lost?

Yeah, we were looking for $5 million.

And it was stupid enough
to show up on its own.

What are you talking about?

Someone's had enough
of your sh*t, Castle.

Put a bounty on your head.

- Where's the girl?
- What girl?

Someone wants you and some kid.
You're gonna take us to her.

Who are they?

Listen, assh*le,
there's one of you, and six...

Let's talk.

Tough day?

They did a hell of a job fixing your face.

Considering.

You sound disappointed.

- I am.
- Were you there?

What does your file say?
Your lawyer must have read it to you.

It says that you arrested me.

But that I sh*t you.

I don't remember any of that.

It also says that we were together,
me and you.

I'd hardly call it that.

Then why do you hate me so much?

You really don't know, do you?

All those nights...

all those mornings...

wasted.

A year of your life.

That's...

some kind of commitment.

I...

I envy you.

I envy you remembering. I...

envy you knowing how you feel.

I should...
I should know how I felt about you.

I mean, did we...

Here, in this place?

Why are you here?

Answers.

Okay, can I make another drink at least?

Knock yourself out.

You want one?

Hey, if that backup g*n were still
in there, would you try to sh**t me?

In a heartbeat.

Guess you're in charge, Billy. In control.
Just how you've always liked it.

You know, you might not remember,
but you haven't changed.

Same psychotic assh*le you always were.

Yeah, I can see why I liked you.

- You used me.
- Maybe.

Doesn't mean I didn't like you, too.

Frank did this to me...

didn't he?

Sorry, who?

No, no, no, no. You don't do that.
You don't do that!

'Cause I know! I know now!

Nobody...

Nobody seems to have the answers.
But you do. I know you do.

So I need to know how.

You sold out
everything you ever stood for,

anyone you ever cared about,
and you did it for money and status.

Left Frank for dead, covered in the blood
of his wife and children.

- That's who you are.
- No. No...

Yeah. And when he found out,
he came after you and he made you pay.

Now, look me in the eye
and tell me something.

Am I lying?

Frank wanted you to live with it
on your face every day.

He put all that ugly on the outside
where it belongs.

And maybe you should just
do us all a favor and sh**t yourself.

Get it over with.

Because Frank will come after you, and...

he will finish the job.

I'm a hard man to k*ll, Agent Madani.

Did we have some good times, Dinah?

I'll bet we did.

Yeah.

Look at how much
you want to k*ll me right now.

We definitely did.

I dreamed about Frank every night.

Who did you dream about?

But, hey...

at least you will
always have the memories.

Am I right?

Right.

I'll leave your weapons downstairs.

If you try to follow me,

my men outside in the hallway
will k*ll you.

- Who is it?
- Uh, it's me.

It's Amy.

- Shan! Hey.
- Amy.

- Hey.
- Hi.

Um...

Yeah, this is my friend's place, actually.

I'm just staying here
while my apartment gets renovated, so...

Well, I have been living in a trailer
with a backed-up toilet, so...

Hey, at least it's not
that place that Fiona had us living in.

What was that place above
the Indian restaurant with all the mice?

Oh! I totally forgot about that.

Yeah. You're not with Fiona anymore?

I didn't think
you'd be the one to take off.

She's dead.

They all are, actually.

Oh! sh*t.

That's heavy. What happened?

You know, honestly...

it's probably better
if I just don't tell you.

Seriously.

Look, I just... I gotta disappear.

You told me you were
connected up here, yeah?

You think you could hook me up?

Sure. Yeah, I got a guy.

But it's not free.
And if you want it fast, it'll be more.

- That all you got?
- Don't hustle me, Shan.

Force of habit.

Who's that?

Uh... No one important.

Um...

Go make yourself comfortable.
I'll make some calls.

Thanks.

Man, what you did to Jake wasn't cool.

You ever known me to miss a meeting?

Not be there when any of you guys called?

Share a secret that you've shared?

No.

I got you.

And you know why?

Because of what we shared.

Because of what we have in common.

Because we know what it means
to have someone you can put your faith in.

And the problem with faith
is that people abuse it.

Jake was running with Billy Russo.

Yeah, the same assh*le that sh*t me

is running around sh**ting up sh*t,
robbing and murdering,

and recruiting guys like us
to help him do it.

I called you because I had faith
that you'd be no part of it.

The fact that I'm still
standing here breathing

means that I got that right.

Yeah, you did.

So you want us to fight your fight?

No, no. I just want you to find him.

Oh, we'll find 'em. Some of those assholes
ain't exactly quiet about their sh*t.

Kid!

God damn it.

Yeah?

Hey. Where are you?

Yeah, I told you to stay put. You were
gonna listen to the radio. We had a plan.

Yeah, what Billy's doing is affecting
more people than just us.

If he's recruiting vets, my guys should
be able to find out where they are.

Yeah. Hey, Curt, look,
I know where he is, all right?

It's a warehouse in Queens.
The kid's with you, right?

No, she was there when I left.

God...

What did I say to you, Curtis?

What did I say to you?
You were supposed to watch her.

- Don't start. I'm not some...
- No, you listen.

There's a contract out on us. $5 million.

Five million dollars, Curtis.

Every assh*le in the city
is looking for her right now.

sh*t!

Yeah, sh*t!

Way to go, Curt.

Damn it!

Take a hint, Frank.

Dial a million times and no one picks up,
it usually means they don't want to talk.

- Hey, where are you?
- With a friend.

A real one.

Kid, you need to come home.

There's a contract out on us.

Every piece of sh*t in this city
is looking for you right now.

I need you to come back now.

I'm leaving,
like I should've in the beginning.

Okay.

Listen to me.

I will put you on a train myself,
but you need to come back.

Let me ask you a question. How much
do you trust this friend of yours, huh?

Because right now you're the most
valuable thing they've ever seen.

I loved his family.

I loved his family. The...

closest thing I had to one of my own.
So even if I did...

what they say that I did. Even if...

All right...

k*ll me.

But to leave me like this?

To carve me up.

There is no honor in that.

After everything...
After everything that we went through.

I deserve more.

I deserve more.

How do you know all of this?

I went to Dinah Madani.

And you didn't think to tell me that?

Do you not know how risky that was?

How'd it feel?

- It didn't...
- You were lovers once.

Not in here.

And not here.

Hey...

there is only person that matters in here.

And Frank.

She was there when he did this.

Then maybe she knows where he is.

He won't stop.

He won't stop coming. I wouldn't.

We can go anywhere.

He can't find you
if he doesn't know where you are.

And then I will always know that I ran.

I would've put...

I would've put him out of his misery.

You have something special, Billy.

You have built yourself up
from nothing, twice.

Fought your way out of hell
more times than you can count.

Frank didn't take things from you.

He gave you... us...

a second chance.

I want him to feel what I felt.

I want him to suffer. I want him to hurt.

I got something for ya.

Do you have them?

I got someone
who knows where they are.

Come by my restaurant. I'll hook you up.

Soon.

Hey, assh*le!

What the hell are you doing?

What's it look like, man?

Remember I called you when payday comes.

It's this one.

She's not here.

- What...
- There's no one here.

What? No. She was right there!

No way she could've passed us going up.

I'll stay here.
You guys check the other floors.

Must be him.

Go. I'll find the girl.

Come out! Or I'm gonna start
putting b*ll*ts through the door.

Hey... Hey, please. Please?

Please just let me go, okay?

- Kid!
- He's not gonna k*ll you if you let me go.

Come up here, and she's dead! You hear me?

Hey, hey, hey, hey!
You touch her, I'll k*ll you!

She's dead if you don't back off!

Hey! I'll pull you apart!

You're not gonna...

Kid!

No!

Easy.

Hey, hey, hey.

God!

Oh, God!

Easy, easy.

- I k*lled him. I k*lled him.
- Give me the g*n.

No.

No, you just sh*t him, okay? Hey, right?

See that? I k*lled him.

Right? Yeah?

Hey... we need to go, all right?
Where's your stuff?

Gotta get your stuff
and get you outta here, okay?

No, no, no, no, no. Hey, look at me. Hey.

Listen to me, okay?

His blood ain't worth
a single one of your tears.

Look at me.

Take five seconds, yeah?

Yeah? Yeah?

Attagirl.

Let's go.

Oh! They... Amy, look. No, see...

Seriously, look.

See? They made me do it.

Amy... come on.

They made me do it, okay?

Thank you for coming.
Please, come in.

Can I get you something? Water or tea?

Yeah, I'd take a scotch.

Is that your medication of choice,
Agent Madani?

Whoa. Doctor, you called me, remember?

Sorry, that's a force of habit. Please.

I don't know how you live with it.

Not knowing if somebody
that you arrested or convicted

might come back at you someday...

fixate on you
as the cause of their problems.

It's... It's so easy...

to build that up in your mind...

until it becomes a reality
that you're afraid to come true.

When Billy Russo escaped,
I didn't have any of those feelings.

And now that's all I can think about.

Is that ridiculous of me?

No.

No.

But he's been gone weeks, so why now?

I treated Billy for a long time.

He had memory loss, blank spots,
both physical and emotional.

You, for instance.
How he came to be injured.

Much of his anger was about not having
answers to those questions.

And I'm afraid that he's gonna...

come back looking for answers.

He's got those answers now.

I don't follow.

Russo was in my apartment, Dr. Dumont.

He came looking for those answers
at the end of a g*n.

You saw the news?
The robbery, Frank Castle?

Yes. Billy spoke of Castle often.

Castle is the reason that...

that Billy can't remember.

Castle sounds even worse than Russo.

No.

No, Castle's a whole other thing.

You know what?
The truth is I'm jealous of them both.

Neither of them give a sh*t.
Absolute purity of purpose.

You know them both well.

Oh, yeah, I've got a real insight.

Maybe if you did, you'd be drinking, too.

I might have some wine.

If you're staying.

Sure.

I've got nowhere else to go anyway.

Well, you took your time.

You got news for me?

You are the news, brother.

How you doin', Robbie?

Come on, please. Join me.

Have a seat.

Top shelf.

Not like the sh*t
we used to drink.

I know that I wear a suit now, but...

do me the respect
of having a drink with me.

I ain't changed that much.

I have.

That's for sure. I don't know,
cat got your tongue, or what?

You used to be the loudest...

most garrulous mo-fo I knew.

Put a couple of these in you,
you wouldn't shut up.

Always a man for a rousing speech.

The man you knew isn't here.

Now, that's the million-dollar question,
isn't it?

Literally.

The man I knew left 12 years ago
to make a buy.

Disappeared. Along with our money.

Where did he go?

The truth?

The alternator on my truck went bad.

Twelve years bad?

Yeah, well, long enough
to get me in trouble at a bar...

with a man who didn't like my tattoos
or my politics.

Cost him his life and nearly mine.

Staring at the floor of a jail cell...

I thought my life was done.

But then God sent a man...

that showed me it wasn't a coincidence,

my breaking down there.

I wasn't lost.

I was found.

Danny.
He was just a kid when you left.

Fourteen years old. Just a punk kid.

Running messages and errands
around the clubhouse.

You probably never looked at him twice.

But he looked up to you.

You were everything he wanted to be.

Hell on wheels with no qualms
and no conscience.

A true believer in what we stood for.

We all thought that.

You were a god.

No.

I was a sinner.

But I've been born again.

And now I'm with the people
who will inherit the earth.

Yeah.

Six feet of it.

You know the price for betrayal.

You know how this has to go down.

To be redeemed...

you gotta pay for your sins in full.

I...

I don't know how you do it.

I literally just sh*t somebody,

and the way that I feel right now,
I don't think that I'll ever do it again.

I mean, I just keep seeing
how scared he was, you know? Like...

Yeah. He got what he needed.

- Seriously?
- Yup.

Yeah, you're right.
You know, you are different.

But I know you...

I know you hated pulling that trigger.

But you did it.

That kept you alive.

Yeah.

But is that all there is now?

That's it? It's just...

alive or dead?

Them or us?

Yeah, I'm...

Yeah, I'm gonna do whatever I can
to make that different for you.

I just... I gotta deal with Bill, and
I'm gonna finish those Schultzes. I'm...

You're gonna go and do
whatever it is that you want to do.

What if Billy kills you?

Nah.

No. I'm not the one that dies, kid.

I'm the one that does the k*lling.

The thing is, every time
I try to be someone different,

that's when the wrong people get hurt.

This is such a total flustercluck.

sh*t.

Yeah.

"Flustercluck."

Yes, it is, kid.

Yes, it is.