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A bowling alley. A man approaches the counter, but is told the alley is closing. He indicates that another customer is still bowling and is told that Mr. Prohaszka [who was mentioned briefly in Episode 1] has a special arrangement. The man approaches Prohaszka, asking to join him, but Prohaszka refuses and tells his bodyguards to, “get this moron out of my face.” The two bodyguards approach the man threateningly, but he quickly knocks out both of the larger men and points a gun at Prohaszka.

36 hours earlier, the man had purchased the gun from the human trafficker seen at the beginning of Episode 1, who guarantees that the gun will not jam, “or my name ain’t Turk Barrett.”

The gun jams. Prhohaszka attacks the man, but the man is eventually able to gain the upper hand, breaking Prohaszka’s arms, then smashing his head with a bowling ball. He then hears the girl at the counter on the phone with 911 and police sirens approaching. He hides the gun in a pinball machine, then calmly kneels and puts his hands behind his head as the police come in. He immediately requests a lawyer.

Matt sits on a bench outside of a church. The priest from Episode 1 recognizes him and sits next to him, inviting him inside for coffee. Matt turns him down and walks away.

An empty lot across the river from the city. A man joins an older man, who had already been waiting. The older man begins reminiscing about the past – he was a mobster but is now feeling pressured to leave town. The other man, Ben Urich, is a newspaper reporter asking for information about who has been interfering with the Russians. The older man advises him to leave it alone and leaves.

Karen is at the office, looking at a letter, when Foggy walks in, still hung over from the previous night. She hides the letter. The two discuss the firm’s financial situation as Matt comes in, bruised. There is a knock on the door. It is the still un-named “representative” of the still un-named “employer.” He states that he represents an international consortium, Confederated Global Investments, but refuses to provide his own name. He states that he wants to put them on retainer, but is vague about the nature of the work, forestalling questions with large amounts of money. Matt is suspicious, so the man suggests they try one case, then decide.

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Matt follows the sound of the man’s watch down the street, where he gets into one of three SUVs.

Foggy interviews Mr. Healy, the man from the bowling alley. Healy states that he acted in self-defense but demonstrates a willingness to falsify information and knowledge of legal procedure indicating a criminal history that make Foggy question the wisdom of accepting the case. Matt shows up, stating that they will take the case.

Urich is in his office, on the phone with his insurance company. His boss tells him to lay of the organized crime and Union Allied stories because they don’t increase circulation, and assigns him a fluff piece about a potential new subway line.

Matt and Foggy continue to interview Healy. Matt starts to ask about the man who hired them to defend Healy, but gets nowhere. Healy insists on going to trial as soon as possible, contrary to their legal advice.

At the bowling alley, the representative approaches the pinball machine and retrieves the gun.

Back at the office, Foggy questions Matt about his actions, requesting that they make decisions together. After Matt apologizes, they move on to reviewing the case and planning strategy. They plan to have Karen look for more information on Confederated Global, only then realizing that she is not there.

Karen is in an office high up in a tall building, being asked to sign a nondisclosure agreement regarding Union Allied Construction, which has been dissolved. The lawyer speaking to her states that in return for her signature she will avoid any charges being brought against her (for releasing privileged information to the media) and receive a payment of six months’ salary.

Urich is at a hospital, attempting to get an extension of care for his wife.

Matt and Foggy are working on the case, but are slowed by a poor wi-fi connection. Karen comes in to report the same issue, and Matt asks her what she found out about Confederated Global. She reports that the information is buried within several layers of shell companies.

In court, Foggy makes his opening statement. Matt hears the accelerated heartbeat of one of the jurors and the ticking watch of the representative – he appears to suspect a connection.

Outside, at night, the juror walks down the street. She is approached by a man who appears to be working for the people blackmailing her. After she leaves, Matt, in his vigilante costume, beats him up for information. The guy knows very little, so Matt just tells him to instruct the juror to get herself removed from the case.

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The judge excuses the juror, and Matt makes the closing argument.

In an SUV, Leland talks to the representative, insisting on speaking to the employer. The representative states that the employer is indisposed and that the situation is under control. When Leland suggests that Healy be killed, the other man complains that they have been leaving a trail of bodies recently, and, “trails lead somewhere.” He goes on to explain that it was for this reason that Matt and Foggy were hired – because they are clean, so if they get Healy off, there is no trail.

Karen approaches the wife of the man who was murdered in her apartment. The woman is in the process of moving. She is initially hostile toward Karen, although she seems to soften slightly when Karen insists that the people who ran Union Allied should pay for their crimes rather than being able to simply change the name of the company and move on. The woman confesses that she already accepted the deal they offered out of concern for her children, and advises Karen to take the deal too.

Urich thanks the hospital administrator for her help, momentarily relieved about his wife, but as he hangs up the phone, his eye is drawn to the subway fluff piece in the paper, and his smile fades. There is a knock on his office door – it is Karen, suggesting there may be more to the Union Allied story…if he is interested.

Back in the courtroom, the judge reads the jury’s report. Matt hears the watch ticking as the representative walks in, and then the heartbeats of several of the jurors. He realizes that the jury did not reach a verdict and that the DA will not retry the case, meaning Healy is a free man.

At night, Healy leaves a building and prepares to get in a car when he is suddenly attacked by vigilante Matt. The two fight, until Matt eventually gains the upper hand and asks about the man who hired Healy’s lawyers. When Healy still refuses to talk, he stabs Healy with a shard of broken glass that Healy had been using as a weapon, then holds the glass to Healy’s throat, demanding a name. Finally, Healy caves and gives a name: Wilson Fisk. Matt then breaks the glass and tells Healy to get out of town, but Healy says Matt should have killed him since Fisk will just kill him (and anyone he’s ever loved) for revealing Fisk’s name. He then kills himself, to Matt’s shock.

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An art gallery. A woman sees a large man with a clean-shaven head staring intently at an all white painting. She approaches and begins talking to him, explaining that the important thing about it is how it makes you feel. He replies that, “it makes me feel alone.”

 

Legion contributor Jay Scarlet is recapping Daredevil this season. Follow him on Twitter @jayscarlet42

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