With both Joy and Walker in "custody", our heroes begin trying to get some need-to-know information. It's always interesting watching Misty interrogate people and this is no different. It's a quick scene, but it still works pretty well.
You really have to wonder why Misty thought that intimidating Walker was going to work. It would probably work in most instances, but it was destined for failure here. Luckily, Walker views her job on Davos' payroll as complete, thus has no qualms about helping them out. Joy is also cooperative, so the group is able to figure out who performed the ritual that robbed Danny of his fist.
With that, Misty and Colleen go off to see if they can undo what they did. Meanwhile, Danny decides to track down Davos himself to see if he can talk his brother out of his current operation. Much like Misty's attempt to intimidate Walker, you have to wonder what made Danny think this was going to work. It's well intentioned, and it is in character, but if Davos was in a place to be talked down, you'd think that Danny would have convinced him well before all of this. I mean, he had reached out before to no avail.
For his part, Davos' grudge against Danny seems done. Now that he has the power of the fist, Davos goes back to viewing Danny as his brother and even offers to have Danny fight alongside him. Given the nature of Davos' methods, Danny refuses, but it was still something of an olive branch. Even given everything that had happened, the bond was still there, just buried.
On a similar note, Ward finally gets his chance to sit down and talk with Joy to figure out if their relationship is salvageable. Joy still has a lot of resentment towards her brother. Even his admission that he did what he could to protect her from their dad's violent outbursts by taking the hits himself wasn't enough to completely sway her. Judging by the look on her face, though, the needle did move, even if only for a moment.
Much like Davos, Joy does show some willingness to mend fences with her sibling. She says that she's not ready to forgive him yet, but she wants to be and, in time, thinks that she can be. It's a decent win in the grand scheme of things.
Misty and Colleen get a win of their own, tracking down the women who put that tattoo on Davos. They needed some convincing via a fight, but they eventually decide to help.
The fight was OK. It had its highlights, but at the same time, it felt like it was there largely to give the episode an action beat. It's a 2 on 1, and those are always fun. Colleen herself seems to be enjoying it, as she smiles several times over the course of it. The tattoo artists themselves are no slouches, though it does remind me of Jessica Jones' confusion over the fact that everyone they came across knew some form of martial arts back in "The Defenders"
We also get a much briefer 2 on 1 when Danny and Walker try to take down Davos. It goes better than it could have, Walker manages to inject the drug that she used on Danny into him, but Davos still comes out the victor. He even breaks Danny's leg before the drugs force him into unconsciousness.
The episode ends as Danny is taken away in an ambulance. You'd think that this is a good thing, but the episode makes it seem intense due to the fact that Walker has changed back to Mary and seems unwilling to help Danny take Davos in.
It was actually nice to see Mary again. Sure, Walker the creepy badass mercenary was a blast to watch, but Alice Eve is equally as effective selling that friendly girl next door persona. I was wondering if she was ever going to change back. The episode toys with it earlier when Walker seemingly calls to her "alter". Nothing comes there, though I suppose you could call it foreshadowing. The fact that Walker tells Danny what triggers her shifts between the two personas also helps lay the groundwork for the switch back.
All in all, this was a solid episode. There are some great character moments peppered throughout, the episode is well paced, and it leaves you wondering where things are going to go from here. I was operating on the assumption that this was a 13 episode season like everything else, but apparently, it's only 10, so we're closer to the end than I thought. Should still be interesting regardless.
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