You're the only person I can trust.
Well, sweetheart, you don't break into my house and then talk to me about trust.
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S1 E15Unfinished Business
[Blake pays a visit to Nelson & Murdock]
You know it's really not a good idea to piss her off. So, what can I do for the Assistant District Attorney?
BBlake
It's more, "what I can do for you", Mr. Nelson. We need all your files on the Grote case. Notes, interviews, any and all recordings and e-mails.
And in return, we get...
BBlake
I convince District Attorney Reyes to scratch the names of Nelson and Murdock off her shit-list.
Wow. There's an actual list?
BBlake
Mr. Nelson, I-
I'm sorry. Believe me, the sooner this Punisher mess is off our plate, the better. So show me a subpoena and... [Blake appears to be somewhat nervous] Is there a problem?
BBlake
[takes a seat] Are you really gonna make me jump through hoops for this?
Trust me, there's nothing I'd rather do more than cooperate with your office. But a legal firm sharing privileged communications with a client, I mean, even a deceased one, without a court order? I've seen lawyers get disbarred for less. And I don't know about you, but I worked really hard for my law degree. Nights and everything.
BBlake
Reyes... she staked all her political chips on the conviction of this Punisher freak. Now, if things'll go her way, there'll be an opening in the District Attorney's office in the not-so-distant future.
And DA Tower has a nice ring to it.
BBlake
Now, I'd start considering the benefits that could accrue if your firm were more... cooperative.
Like I said. Show me a subpoena, and I'll cooperate like a son of a bitch.
BBlake
Reyes is gonna roll over you like a tank.
You keep saying that. And yet... still kinda here.
I don't drink anything they don't serve at Josie's.
Yeah, well, I don't see swill on the menu.
I wanna know how you found me.
I know who you are because I watch the news. "The successful apprehension of Wilson Fisk."
I wear a mask.
Well, you can't mask that ass. I'd know it anywhere.
I have a rule of my own.
Shoot.
No sex.
Oh, my God. You have a pair on you. This may come as a surprise to you, but I've actually moved on in the ten years since you left. I'm seeing someone now, which is only part of the reason why I have zero interest in ever starting anything up with you ever again.
Of course you do. Check, please.
You're still so arrogant.
Just realistic.
What makes you think every man you meet wants to sleep with you?
Because so far, they have.
Is this your first case?
CRChristopher Roth
Second. I won my first. Domestic violence. I believe in protecting women.
[sarcastically] Thanks, from all of us.
Is this about saving a man or saving a vigilante?
He's a person. Like you, Foggy. Like me. And he shouldn't have to die.
After last night, the Yakuza know they've been compromised, which means security's gonna be tight.
There was a time when you trusted me.
When was that?
Mr. Castle is as much a victim... no, he's not. Okay, so... you're 19... standing in hot sand... sun burning down... noise... yelling, gunfire... The only thing that you know for sure is that you're surrounded by an enemy that wants you dead. But you do it. You endure it. Why? Because you have orders. And you have a duty. And also because your life doesn't end here. You have people you love waiting at home. Because... aside from being a decorated Marine, the man before you is a good husband and an excellent father. Frank Castle returned from the hell of war wanting nothing more than to pick up his life. But his wife, young son, and daughter were brutally murdered by criminals, and no one, not the police and certainly not the District Attorney stepped up to make it right. See, Frank Castle never came home. He just traded in one war zone for another. This trial isn't about vigilantes. It's about the failure of the justice system. And how one man, Frank Castle, is being used as a pawn to cover up that system's mistakes. The prosecution wants blood. But as the judge just said, to get it, they have to prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt. So all I'm asking of you today... keep an open mind. That's all, Your Honor.
Just for a minute... try... try to be Frank Castle. To be solely fueled by... by a single cluster of seconds. One moment in... in your entire life... And every time you close your eyes, you relive that moment. And every time you open them, you find only the... the briefest peace before you realize that that nightmare is real. That nothing has changed. Your family isn't coming back. And so you watch them die... all over again right in front of you. We're not talking about something that happened to Frank Castle, we're talking about something that is happening to him.
Your Honor, New York hasn't seen a trial this divisive and this public in years.
Finding an impartial jury is not easy. Everybody has an opinion about Frank Castle.
JCJudge Cynthia Batzer
It's New York, Mr. Nelson. Everybody has an opinion about everything.
What do you tell people? About? Where you got your scars?
Um... Lucky me, I wear suits to work, so... rarely comes up.
What do you tell the women you bring home?
Well, they're enjoying themselves too much.
I was only following your rules.
What rules?
You don't get what you want by day. You take it by force at night. This is who you are, Matthew. And don't fool yourself into thinking it's anything else.
You know those, uh... those people? The ones I put down, the people I killed? I want you to know that I'd do it all again. This is a circus, all right? It's a charade, it's an act. It's bullshit about how crazy I am.
BBatzer
Language.
I ain't crazy! I'm not crazy. Okay? I know what I did. I know who I am. And I do not need your help. I'm smack-dab in the middle of my right goddamn mind, and any scumbag, any... any lowlife, any maggot piece of shit that I put down, I did it... because I liked it!
BBatzer
Order.
Hell, I loved it! I'm sittin' here, I'm... I'm just itching. I'm itching to do it again. And you think... What, you think you're gonna send me to a nuthouse? Some doctor, they're gonna get me to stop from doing what I want to do? Well, that ain't happening! Not on my watch! You people, you call me the Punisher, ain't that right? The big bad Punisher.
BBatzer
Bailiff!
Well, here I am! You want it, you got it!
BBatzer
Remove the witness.
I am the Punisher! I'm right here! You want it, I'll give it to you. And anybody who came here today to hear me whine, to hear me beg? Well, you can kiss my ass! Do you hear me? I'm guilty. Come on, please, Judge! I'm guilty, you hear me? I'm guilty! I'm guilty!
We live on the front lines. Like it or not.
It doesn't mean we have to fight Stick's way. He kills his enemies, and we don't have to.
You make that choice sound so easy.
No, it's not easy. It's impossible. But it's a choice and it's a choice that I remake every single day. Every second, sometimes. And you can, too.
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