At Foggy's apartment, he and Marci entertain Matt and Karen. They sit around the table, enjoying a brunch.
"If you ever get tired of working for Chao and Benowitz, you can always come to our firm," Matt jokes.
"No offense, but I'm not sure we can afford this apartment if we both go to your firm," Marci responds humorously.
"She's got a point," Foggy admits.
"It was worth a shot," Karen laughs.
Matt's phone rings, "Excuse me," he stands to his feet and answers, "Hello?"
Detective Brett Mahoney stands in the street at the sight of Castle's last attack, "Murdoch? It's Brett Mahoney."
"What can I do for you, Detective Mahoney?," as Matt says this, it gets the attention of Karen and Foggy.
"I got a man with blown-out kneecaps and two dead bodies at the moment. One of those bodies belongs to Sherry Yang. She's been in the news lately, you might have heard?"
"The uh,... suspected leader of a triad clan called the Yangsi Gonshi."
"Otherwise known as the Hatchet Gang. And guess what? It seems our old pal Frank Castle was involved."
"I did hear something about him escaping police custody last night, but I'm not sure why you're calling me about this."
"I wanna talk about Karen Page. She's been friendly with Castle in the past and I wanna know if they've been talking recently."
Matt and Karen exchange a look and Matt continues, "If you want Ms. Page for questioning, Detective, then you must -"
"I know the procedures, Murdoch. I also know that if I asked her anything, the answer would be no, one way or another. I figured I could get a straight answer from you. Do you have any reason to believe Ms. Page and Castle have communicated in the past 24 hours. Castle has escaped me in the past and I plan to nail his ass this time. I don't wanna be jerked around."
Matt looks at Karen once more and answers, "I can assure you she has not spoken to Frank Castle in a very long time and is unlikely to do so in the future. Furthermore, I believe Detective Knight has assembled a taskforce to deal with this situation and all its nuances."
"Castle better pray they get to him before I do," with that, he hangs up.
"What was that all about?," Karen asks.
"It seems Frank Castle has made his play."
"I hope everything turns out... alright."
Jessica sits at Josie's bar in Hell's Kitchen, finishing her drink. "Want another?," Josie asks. Jessica silently slides her glass over and Josie gives her a refill. Luke enters the bar and sits next to Jessica.
"So I'm here," he tells her, "Things are quieting down a bit for now. You wanted to talk so let's talk."
"When I went to see Dr. Burstein, he told me about the experiments at the Raft. How it resulted in Poindexter getting a metal skeleton or whatever."
"Yeah?"
"Before I continue, I'm gonna remind you that I totally suck at this sort of thing," she finishes her entire drink in one gulp, "He told me he conducted experiments of his own at the Raft before he got fired."
"And?"
"One of those experiments was on your brother."
Cage sighs, "Is Willis dead?"
Jessica nods silently. Luke grits his teeth and angrily grips the empty glass in front of Jessica, which explodes in his fist. Josie gives him a concerned look and quickly moves to the other end of the bar.
"Luke, I want you to know, when this is over, we'll go after the people from The Raft. We'll shut it down, even if it takes ten years to do it. Remember, I sent Trish there as well. Burstein told me she wouldn't be experimented on her since she was too high-profile but I want this to end, even if that is true."
"We'll do it together?"
"We'll do it together."
Luke leans over and kisses Jessica. She kisses back. Soon, they are in Jessica's apartment. They quickly disrobe and fall onto the bed. "It's been way too long," she tells him and they roll off the bed and onto the floor where they proceed to make love, knocking over a lamp in the process.
Colleen Wing overturns a table at Bayard Community Center and loudly shouts, "Godammit!" Behind her, Misty and Matt watch with concerned expressions.
"Sherry Yang wasn't the greatest person in the world," she laments, "But she didn't deserve to be shot dead in the streets," she motions to the center, "I mean, at least she gave back to this place! What did Frank Castle ever give? Of course, I should be blaming myself. Castle stole that knife from me and used it to escape."
"We'll find him and end this," Misty tells her, "I promise."
"This should be an easy task for the living weapon of K'un Lun," Matt tries to console her, "Or... However it goes."
"Trust me, being the Iron Fist hasn't made anything any easier. If anything, it's made things more complex. There are more mysteries now than answers. All this shit happening recently hasn't helped."
"It may not be much consolation but with the Triads out of the way, it makes sense Castle will got after the Italians next. If we catch him in the act, we could kill two birds with one stone and this will all be over tonight."
"Great. Let me know how it turns out."
"Excuse me?"
"I haven't been much help this entire time. Jessica was doing the detective work, Luke was the muscle, and you and Matt were the brains. Hell, the Punisher has done more to end this war than I have. Danny should have never left me with this power."
"That is bullshit and you know it. What happened when I lost my arm? Did you let me give up? No, you kicked my ass until I got it together. Well this is me kicking your ass. You're coming with us tonight and you're gonna help us put an end to this war. And I don't even wanna hear whatever you have to say next unless what you have to say is 'hold on, lemme get my sword'. We need you, Colleen. We wouldn't be here if we didn't."
She sighs, "I really don't have a choice in this, do I?"
"Nope."
"Fine. When do we start?"