The Punisher (Marvel Knights TV)



The Punisher is a television series based on the Marvel Comics charater of the same name. It stars Frank Grillo as Frank Castle / The Punisher, Genevieve Cortese as Lynn Michaels, Chris Lowell as Martin Soap, Cameron Britton as David Lieberman / MicroChip, and Jordana Brewster as Maria Castle.

Season 1
Season 1 premiered on December 1, 2017, and consisted of thirteen 42-45 minute episodes. Season 1 stars Frank Grillo as Frank Castle / The Punisher, a former FBI agent whose family was killed by drug dealers to send a message to him. After killing all of the drug dealers, besides Joseph "Hammerhead" Harrow, Frank is arrested, but he escapes prison and goes on a mission to kill Harrow and finally avenge his family, becoming a feared vigilante in the process. The season takes some plot elements of the Garth Ennis story "Welcome Back, Frank".

Season 1

 * Nobody - After the rise and fall of Wilson Fisk and the mysterious Hand organization, Leland Owlsley, bound to a wheelchair after being shot through the spine and left for dead by Fisk, attempts to rise back to the top of the New York underworld, forming an alliance with drug lord Joseph Harrow, nicknamed "Hammerhead". The two agree to take down their mutual business rival, Don Fortunato, the head of the Fortunato crime family. Meanwhile, mysterious wanted fugitive Frank Castle evades the police while stalking some of Hammerhead's men and observing as they go about their nightly routine, finally snapping and intervening when they break into the apartment of Joan, a female acquaintance of theirs, and attempt to assault her. Frank brutally beats each of the criminals to death, but not before getting the location of Hammerhead's safehouse out of one of them. When Joan asks Frank who he is, he simply says "nobody".
 * Who is Frank Castle?
 * The Hitman

Series Regulars (Season One)

 * Frank Grillo - Frank Castle / The Punisher
 * Genevieve Cortese - Officer Lynn Michaels
 * Chris Lowell - Officer Martin Soap
 * Cameron Britton - David Lieberman / MicroChip
 * Ray Winstone - Leland Owlsley
 * Raymond Cruz - Joseph "Hammerhead" Harrow
 * Jordana Brewster - Maria Castle

Recurring Roles (Season One)

 * Tom Lister, Jr. - Barracuda
 * Michael Imperioli - Mickey Fondozzi
 * Phoebe Waller-Bridge - Joan
 * Dominic Chianese - Don Fortunato
 * Xavier Samuel - Matt Murdock / Daredevil