Luke's assault of Cockroach comes back to hit him hard, as the abusive criminal hits the hero with a lawsuit.
It's strange, we're supposed to sympathize with Luke, but the way Cockroach was talking, he wasn't entirely wrong about how things played out. His suit very easily could have been legitimate. Luke's beat down was severe and Luke is a vigilante who didn't have any legal authority to be there. Rather than dwell on the moral ambiguity, the narrative pretty much absolves Luke by revealing that Cockroach was faking his injuries. It's a little surprising, you wouldn't think he would have had to resort to that.
In any event, Foggy (who returns as Luke's counsel) suggests that Luke just settle and pay the money to make the case go away.
As far as legal settlements go, $100,000 isn't terrible, but it is more than Luke has, forcing him to find some ways to scrape some cash together. Luke explores several options, and Misty even suggests just asking Danny, but they all fall through for various reasons. An opportunity does present itself, and while Luke isn't too enthusiastic, he does agree, as it would allow him to earn more than enough to cover the cost.
On the other side of things, Mariah has the opposite situation. She made a killing with her stock (and blackmail) maneuvers and is ready to put that money to work. Her first act is to open up a free clinic. Hearing her talk about how she's going to pump her newfound capital into the community to lift it up was...oddly inspiring? I mean, yeah, she's a villain and she's not the first one to go on about how she's acting in the greater good, but it does seem like she's turning over a new leaf and focusing on a brighter future now that she no longer needs to rely on crime to bring in money. It was a highlight of the episode, oddly enough. I think she also deserves credit for being clearer in her intent. Fisk talked a lot about how he cared for the city and wanted to bring it to new heights, but Mariah shows it to a much greater extent.
The episode's third sub-plot focuses on Misty. She gets her robot arm; but spends most of the episode reminiscing after discovering that Cockroach's claim of being arrested under false pretenses was valid. A lot of her time is spent in flashbacks. Given that we know of Scarfe's corruption, there isn't much in the way of development, but it was still nice to see him again. He and Misty still played off each other well, though their friendship and banter do take on a darker light in some scenes.
I was surprised by how much humor was in this episode. There's usually a couple of good jokes, but this put quite a bit of emphasis on it. Given that each character is doing their own thing, it adds to the "breather" feeling. It also lowers the viewer's guard for what happens at the end. Sure, the episode's quite old at this point, but I'll still avoid spoilers as I think the shock helps make that scene work.
All in all, it was a very solid episode. All of the plots worked well, the characters each had their shining moments and things moved at a pretty brisk pace. The one time I checked the clock was more out of curiosity than boredom. It's a solid 48 minutes of television.
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