We’ve learned a bit more about Rachel, Billy’s background, and a bit about the relentless Pilgrim’s family life. Now, we see the story move along on both the major plots, and get a bit more insight about our major characters, as well as see a Netflix/Marvel mainstay show up again
Frank isn’t known for being kind to his foes, and he tends to leave a lot of damage in his wake. We’ve seen enough now to know there are two different battles he’s going to be fighting, and neither one is going to be pretty.
At the end of last episode, you pretty much knew what was coming for episode three. The Captor, whose name seems to be John Pilgrim according to IMDB, has a large force of men surrounding the sheriff’s office where Frank and Rachel are. We already know this is a dedicated band of hired killers.
To no surprise at all, Frank managed to end up in a fair amount of trouble in the first episode of his second and final season. An unknown foe is sending skilled teams of mercenaries after a girl he met at Lola’s Roadhouse, Frank’s new friend Beth getting seriously wounded in the major fight.
Jon Bernthal’s portrayal of the Punisher on Netflix has really impressed me. He wasn’t originally supposed to have his own series, but the fans reacted so strongly to his work that Punisher was added to the lineup.
Punisher’s first season ends with “Memento Mori,” which wraps things up and gives a few surprises along the way. With this being a season finale, there are going to be spoilers ahead. So you may want to skip this review if you haven’t finished the season.
Punisher is almost through his first season, and things are really picking up steam. “Home,” works on several levels, which is something they’ve excelled at with many of their episode titles.
Punisher’s first season is speeding towards the end as subplots collide and separate parts of the show start coming together, not in the best of ways for those involved. This episode does change a lot of the status quo so far, and I’m not sure what we’re going to end up with at the end of that thirteenth episode.
“Front Towards Enemy” was a brutal episode for the Punisher cast, and “Virtue of the Vicious” doesn’t exactly let them catch their collective breath
The Punisher has done a great, and sometimes surprising, job of hitting some emotional depths. Given the general quality of the Netflix/Marvel series, that shouldn’t be that much of a shock, but then again, Punisher isn’t known for his deep range of feelings.
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