Some people never have a chance.
Bad-luck parents, crap schools.
Life gave them lemons and nobody taught them how to make lemonade.
Some people have it all
and still end up a worthless piece of shit.
I know my rights.
Here we go.
I haven't been arrested, I haven't been Mirandized,
and I haven't spoken to my lawyer.
I will just call this you and I having a chat in a mutual friend's apartment.
And if I try to leave?
We'll see how far you get.
Where is Davos?
-No idea. -Come on.
Ask Walker.
No idea.
According to Danny, you delivered him to Davos.
It wasn't like that.
I'm inclined to believe Danny.
Well, he was blacked out on a cocktail of carfentanil and haloperidol.
But good for you... and your inclinations.
You do not want to test me.
Pull my shirt up.
-[chuckles] -[Walker] Two inches above the hip.
Come on.
I don't bite.
Serrated blade.
Czech military issue. Demon knife.
Démonový nůž.
Point being, I know the difference between an idle threat
and someone who's gonna back it up.
Mmm. Walker.
Where did you find her?
Rand has resources.
Why have her cozy up to Danny with the whole
"just moved here from Wisconsin" act?
It wasn't an act, and it wasn't intentional. She has DID.
So what you want me to believe
is that you are a different Mary Walker than the one that met Danny on the street?
[sing-song] Mary.
It was a complication we had to deal with,
she assured me she could bring Danny in, regardless.
Bring Danny in for the ceremony?
So Davos could get the Fist.
Why don't you outline for me exactly what that was, step by step?
[chuckles] It's...
It's an ancient ritual in which the heart of the dragon
is transferred from one person to the other
through the art of Tebori.
The old-school tattooing, yakuza thing.
These women... [exhales] they were experts.
Call themselves the Crane Sisters.
Work at a tattoo shop out in the Iron Triangle.
Davos tracked them down through his connections in organized crime.
That's about all I know.
[chuckles] You know, from... what you're telling me,
it sounds like you have just as much reason to fear Davos as anybody.
So if you know anything,
anything that can bring him in...
give it up.
I've told you everything.
Why choose to be a worthless piece of shit?
It's easy to judge someone by their actions...
but it's never that simple, is it?
[theme music playing]
In what world are you not gonna arrest them?
[Misty] This one, for now. Look...
Walker thinks she's better off with us than against us, so she'll play ball.
Joy is legitimately scared of Davos.
Okay, I have to say, that is bullshit.
I book them, we have to explain what happened to Danny.
And then we will be dealing with a media circus.
So what? I'm just supposed to host a slumber party for those two?
Misty's right.
If I'm gonna talk Davos down, it's not gonna be with a news crew behind me.
What do you mean, "talk him down"?
I'm gonna find him. Convince him to stop all of this.
Yeah, "all of this." Okay, he is killing people.
Which is exactly why you should not go and talk to him.
If he wanted me dead, I'd be dead.
You almost were.
But I'm not.
[Ward] Come on, Danny!
These animals cut you, bled you and left you on a park bench.
I know.
But we're still talking about your sister and my brother.
I know what I said.
And if Detective Knight here will not call in the cavalry,
then I'll get on the phone. Okay, do it.
PD will go in, he'll resist, and they'll take him out.
That's not an option. There has to be another way.
Okay, if we get the power out of Davos...
can you bring him in then and lay the charges?
Sure. But how the hell do we do that?
Same way it was done to me.
Okay. We find the women, the tattoo artists.
The Crane Sisters.
Sounds like a shitty band name.
Yeah, well, that shitty band helped steal Danny's power.
And they may know how to make Davos give it back.
All right, so let's track 'em down.
Easy. You're not going anywhere.
[exhales] Look, I'm fine, okay? Just give me a minute.
[Danny sighs]
Look, I know what you're gonna say to me.
[Colleen] And I know what you're gonna say.
But right now we need you to rest and heal up, okay?
You're gonna stay here and hold things down till we're back?
What, me? I'm not staying here.
Someone's got to keep an eye on Danny in case he takes a turn.
Well, I'm not a babysitter for the criminally deranged in there.
Well, you said you wanted to talk to your sister.
Now you can catch up.
[door opens and closes]
You told Misty you don't know where Davos is,
but you delivered Danny, which means you lied.
Yeah. The minute they have Davos, they're wrapping us up, too.
We cooperate, there's a chance we plead down.
Yeah, in fairyland.
How much are you worth? Liquid. How much could you move today?
Some, not much. Almost everything is tied up in investments.
-[groans] -You're gonna get your money.
-Don't worry about it. -That's not what I'm saying.
There's a fire escape off this deck, puts us in an alley off Henry Street.
-How are you gonna get down a fire escape? -Hold, please.
[chuckles in disbelief]
I'm gonna go, and I suggest you pull all the resources you can and do the same.
No, I told you, I can't run. I'm not gonna run.
Well, either your pals in there arrest Davos and you go down with him,
or they don't, and one day that sick bastard is gonna come knocking.
Before they picked us up, you had a different idea.
One that removed Davos from the equation entirely. Right?
-But you took that approach off the table. -Yeah, I did.
And then he started killing people.
[indistinct shouting and groaning]
[glass shatters]
Hey. How'd it go in there?
Sounded, you know, like a success.
I crossed these three names off the list.
Who's next?
"Who's next?"
We should go get a bite. I know this great place over on Mulberry
that does an incredible veal rollatini with black truffle glaze.
I don't eat meat.
Killing animals for sustenance is a disgrace.
[Chen] Of course you don't.
You're just a vegetarian that kills people.
[sighs] I can't believe that I've been beating myself up
while she was the one who was plotting and conspiring.
[groans and chuckles]
She let me think that I was the crazy one.
[Danny] Ward.
I'm angry, too.
I'm hurt.
And I'm confused.
But if I linger in that, I'm giving myself over to those emotions.
Instead, I'm trying to find my center, which I can't do if you're talking.
When you talk about that chi stuff,
I want to rip your arms off and shove them down your throat.
[chuckles] That was a good one.
-Come on. Meditate with me. -[door opens]
-You'll feel better. -[door closes]
-Hello, boys. -What the hell?
Hey. You keep your distance.
You wanna talk to Davos, I'll take you to him.
You did that already. Didn't go so well for Danny.
What do you want, Walker?
I can take you to Davos. But just you. Not your girlfriend. Not the detective.
If you pay me enough to take off and stay gone.
What's to stop you from taking off the minute we're outside?
If I wanted to go, I'd go.
She's got a point.
I need to see Davos.
What would you even say to him?
Look, I don't know.
But if there's a chance I can get through to him...
There's no getting through to a lunatic, Danny, believe me.
He's not a lunatic, Ward.
He just thinks he's guided by virtue.
Terrific. What if he doesn't wanna talk?
[Danny] Then we get Walker to help bag and tag him.
She bagged and tagged you.
I was doing a job. It's over.
This is a new job.
I spent a long time learning how to grab the Iron Fist.
It worked.
If Rand were to pay your fee, how much we talking?
Half a million dollars.
[laughing]
Danny, I'm not your keeper, and this is way out of my league.
Don't you think Colleen and Misty are gonna go insane
when they find out that you left them out of this?
I've got this.
I bring Davos in, they find out about the ceremony,
it's a win-win.
So much for finding your center.
Look, just trust me on this, okay?
[exhales] My sister knew that I was in NA.
Did that information come from you? Well, you can ask her yourself.
Oh, I plan on it.
But for $500,000, I expect you to confirm should she deny.
I did a dossier on you, yes.
[chuckles softly]
[exhales] Ward Meachum.
At the gym, like clockwork, in the a.m.
Eight hours of e-mails, meetings and phone calls at Rand,
hop, skip to NA to jump your sponsor,
and then home for an hour of cable news before nighty night.
Ouch.
The lives of quiet desperation are always the most desperate.
Thank you.
[chewing]
What the hell is this? I said habanero.
This is, like, teriyaki?
Next time, pick a gas station with a better selection.
Look, I'm very, very serious about my snacks.
Okay.
With this job, you gotta keep your energy level high.
People are always talking about cops and their donuts.
Cookies, chocolate, gum, you name it.
But that sugar high...
will send you crashing.
You need something that will, you know, give you the long burn.
I heard a podcast once that said
the most banal thing was to listen to someone describe their dreams.
You know what? I think they were wrong.
[chuckles]
Can I ask you a question?
Why ask permission when you're just gonna do it anyway?
You said that you were done with this life.
You put your sword up on the wall...
But you came with me to grab Joy.
And this... this was your idea.
[sighs] Someone's gotta do it.
Yeah...
but if we're thinking big picture,
where do you see yourself in five years?
-[chuckles] -I'm serious. You volunteer at Bayard. That's cool.
But you used to own a karate school. Now you don't.
What do you want to do with your life?
[exhales]
-Okay. You wanna play this game? -Yeah.
-Let me ask you a question. -Okay.
What are you gonna do with this promotion-to-captain thing?
Are you gonna be Captain Misty?
-No. -Am I gonna have to call you that now?
No, don't turn it around.
I'm serious.
I already said that you would make an excellent police.
You got great instincts.
-I killed Bakuto. -He was trying to murder us.
No, it's not about the decision being right or not.
What I mean is... I trusted him, and I could not have been more wrong.
If I'm that bad a judge of character,
how in the world am I qualified to be out here doing what you do every day?
I have met a lot of good people who went bad.
And I've known some bad people who went good.
People change.
Doesn't mean that you misread them the first time.
-Maybe. -Not maybe. Yes.
Besides, when it comes to a gun and a shield,
I want the person next to me who questions their judgment.
It's the ones who always think they're right that scare me.
Thank you.
You want to thank me?
Next time I say habanero, get me habanero.
This is it.
This garage is a criminal enterprise?
[Chen] A chop shop.
Hatchet-affiliated.
They steal cars, take them apart, sell them for parts.
They also run Oxys.
OxyContin.
You have heard of the opioid epidemic?
I don't care for the details.
I know that they contribute to the putrefaction of this city.
Yeah. Putrefaction.
[chuckles] Check.
[groaning and shouting]
[music playing on radio]
-[grunting] -[glass shattering]
[exhales]
[sighs heavily]
-I was really hoping you were gone. -I'm sure you were.
It's funny, I always thought I was the asshole in this family,
but it turns out it was you all along.
Well, trust me. You're still the asshole.
It's like they've never heard of rosé.
I know that you and I have had our differences.
So I can understand why you would want to hurt me,
but what I don't understand is how could you do this to Danny?
Need I remind you that you tried to have him killed?
On two separate occasions.
When I thought he was an impostor
who was gonna burn down everything we built. I was wrong.
No, only about the impostor part.
Truth is, he did light it all up.
Then he exposed your bullshit, Dad's lies, the Hand...
got me shot, Dad killed.
Danny didn't do any of that purposefully or with malice.
And that makes it okay?
How can he come into my life, level it to the ground,
and then walk away believing he's a hero?
You want to blame someone? Blame the Hand. Blame Dad. Blame me.
Oh, I do blame you, Ward.
But I don't need to trip you up. You'll fall and burn just fine on your own.
[softly] Yeah...
I know that you suffered.
I'm sorry that you had to lose Dad all over again.
I am sorry that you got shot.
I thank God I got shot.
Ward, I was living in a cave, watching shadows on the wall.
My entire life has been a lie because of you.
So I'm glad Danny came back. I am.
He opened my eyes to who he is, to who you have always been,
but most importantly, to who I need to be.
Now, who is that?
Somebody who allies herself with a murdering psychopath?
No, that's your thing.
If you say you were protecting me from Dad, I swear--
I was protecting you!
I believe it for the first six months. How about the next 12 years?
The way that you remember Harold is not who he was.
He would fly into these rages.
And the things he would say to me, the things that he would do to me--
He was a little tough on his protégé? Builds character, right?
I was his punching bag. And not metaphorically.
That time that I... I broke my arm skiing?
The time that I got into that car accident and I was all covered with bruises?
[shakily] You have no idea what I spared you from.
There were so many times that I wanted to tell you. I would literally pack a bag, buy plane tickets,
get into a car, drive to your place,
thinking, "How am I gonna tell you that we need to run away and start over?"
But you didn't do it.
And now we're here.
[sighs]
When we get to Davos, you need to stay back.
He knows you're with me, he won't be complacent.
I think it would be a mistake to leave you with him.
Well, I don't care what you think. Just do your job, okay?
Taking him out is only a contingency.
You need to keep your distance.
You wanna talk to him.
Got... it.
Should he prove unreceptive, I suggest you clear the deck.
Because, until we have the Fist,
Davos is holding the biggest gun in the room.
You get off on the mind games?
Making nice. Coming into my home.
Meeting my girlfriend.
It was not a mind game.
You were playing me from the start.
I was not playing you.
If I do my job right, you never see my face.
It was an accident. I was following you and must have hit a trigger.
A trigger?
An environmental cue that sparks an emotional response,
bringing an alter to the fore.
Mine goes by Mary.
Mary, Mary, sad and contrary.
And Mary, she... she has no memory of what you do? The first "D" in DID stands for "dissociative."
So that means another part of me is driving.
How long does it last? The switch.
Hours, days. Sometimes longer.
Until she gets stressed.
Elevated heart rate, adrenaline.
Brings me back to myself.
What about when it goes the other way?
The sound of running water, bright strobing lights,
prolonged exposure to cold.
At that point, it's no longer me, it's Mary.
Those things are everywhere. Must be tough.
It is a lot.
There's this house in Arizona.
I plan to move there and spend the rest of my days watching birds fly.
That's what the money is for, right?
Let's go.
[Colleen sighs] Business must be booming.
No, this is the last place in the five boroughs
where the rent is still cheap.
[Colleen] Or Joy was lying.
She better not have been. It's too damn cold to be out here.
-You hear that? -[music playing in distance]
Yeah.
[upbeat music playing]
Later.
[Misty] Hey!
-[music stops] -Evening.
Uh, my friend and I, we wanna get some work done.
Yeah. [clears throat]
Well, we're all booked up.
-You sure? -[chuckles]
It's kinda dead in here. You can't just squeeze us in?
You think I'm an idiot? What do you want?
Tattoos. We really... We really are interested in tattoos.
You got no ink. Neither of you.
Uh... Everyone's gotta start somewhere. Right?
Why don't you try St. Marks Place? This is not a first-piece kind of shop.
-Okay? -Okay.
We're interested in a piece that you did. A snake.
A guy named Davos, last night.
Doesn't ring a bell.
No?
Either of you remember working a Tebori tattoo on a friend of mine?
There would've been another guy in the room,
doped up, bleeding out, half dead.
She have a warrant?
Hey, I'm right here. And I don't need one to ask questions.
Well, we're not talking to any police.
You want to talk to me?
'Cause I live with the guy that you bled out.
I told you it was a bad idea.
Shut up.
We don't owe him a thing.
No, you don't.
Listen, I get it. I'm sure you all get asked to do all kinds of freaky shit.
Just this time, you inked the wrong dude.
If you have something to add, now's the time.
Hey, she don't like you.
Okay, well, the feeling's mutual.
Here's the deal.
On top of assault charges and kidnapping,
Davos is wanted for a whole slew of dead Triad.
And you three are accessories.
That's bullshit.
We don't want to book you.
But we do need to know exactly what you did to our friend.
Misty.
[grunting]
-God damn it! -Get the needles!
-Go! -[grunts]
[engine revving]
[grunts]
[straining]
[exhales]
[groaning]
Now, let's try this again.
[exhales]
[Walker] Doesn't look like anyone's home.
[Danny] Then we wait.
-How long did you stay at the ceremony? -[Walker] Not long.
My job was to deliver you.
The Crane Sisters bled you... and inked him.
[Danny] This is where I was bound.
At the end, he stood up...
came over to me.
He barely touched me, but I could feel this heat.
The heart of the dragon was being pulled out of me.
The pain was unbearable.
-Give me the syringe, Walker. -[Walker] What do you mean?
I'll be standing right next to him. I can dose him myself. Give it to me.
[Walker] Uh...
That's not the plan.
I don't trust your plan.
Why would you put yourself in harm's way if you didn't have to?
You don't know me... so you're being paranoid.
Yeah. I am.
Give me the syringe.
When we stopped by your apartment and you opened up about DID...
as much as I appreciate it...
it was tactical, wasn't it?
Put me at ease.
-What's your plan, Walker? -[chuckles]
[gasps] Madness.
The Wen brothers,
our man watching Pell Street businesses, Sammy Lee and his cousin...
all dead.
And that's just on our side.
Find me who did this!
As my husband used to say,
"Blood for blood."
You have to know I never wanted to hurt you.
What do intentions matter in this?
You did.
The whole NA thing was supposed to be a way to understand how to fix this.
Find a way to talk to you and show you that I want to change.
[exhales]
Joy...
I'm your only family in the whole world.
Do you really want me gone?
You know, you weren't the only one with a plan.
I was gonna get out. Start my own business. [sighs]
See what my life could look like.
My life.
'Cause only then could I even consider coming back and seeing where we stood.
Two people, fully independent,
trying and seeing what fences we could mend.
I want that.
Yeah. I know you want that, Ward. You've made your wants perfectly clear.
What I'm saying is that maybe I could someday want that, too.
But it has to be on my time. Not when you're ready, when I am ready.
I understand that. But I wanna--
Stop! Do you hear yourself?
"I want!"
Every time you say "I want," it reminds me that you spent our entire lives
putting your wants and your needs before even thinking about mine.
[softly] Oh, God.
You know, you asked me how I could do what I did to Danny.
The truth?
I did it to him because... I couldn't bear to do it to you.
And I couldn't do it to Dad.
That is so screwed up and sad.
Dad's dead.
And... somehow he's still tearing us apart.
If he does that, Joy, then, in the end, he wins.
Who cares if he wins or loses? He's ashes in a jar.
Goodbye, Ward. For good.
[Colleen] Okay, let me get this straight.
The skin that Davos cut from the corpse...
-you burned it? -Mmm-hmm.
The ash, it, uh, mixes with the blood to create the ink.
I'm sorry, but what the hell is wrong with you all?
It was a job.
You could have said no.
Why that skin? And why'd he have to ship it from China?
It had some scarification on it. Some kind of burn.
It was black as night. It was the shape of a bird, or a...
A dragon.
Okay, and the tattoo you gave Davos, the snake thing?
He called it a serpent.
He insisted we use our steel Tebori needles.
And what is the significance of these?
All we know about the ritual is what he told us to do.
Wait. "Ritual." Is that his word or yours?
Take a wild guess.
You know what?
[chuckles] Okay, if we can get everything back together...
the skin, the needles, the blood...
you think you can do this ritual thing in reverse?
Keep in mind that the alternative is a long stay in a small cell.
Oh, and that's after I'm done with you.
We can ink. You need the bowl.
She speaks.
Yeah, you'd need that. And some more specifics.
Davos was very precise about the measurements and the timing,
but you can ask him about that yourself.
Do you think if we could ask him, we would be talking to you three?
We'll work it out. Okay?
But when the time comes, can you do your part?
Looks like you've come to the right place after all.
[Chen] Hell of a place you got here.
It's a little, you know, a work in progress, but, uh...
You know, I could take you to a nice hotel.
Some place with electrical lighting, indoor plumbing. Housekeeping.
This place suits me fine.
Believe it or not, it actually reminds me of home.
And where is that?
A name you're not worthy of hearing.
Okay, then.
[Chen] Want me to meet you back here tomorrow?
[Davos] Today was only the first of many, and there is much to be done.
[sighs]
Freakin' unbelievable.
[knocking]
At the chop shop this evening, did you notice those youths on bicycles?
They were following after us.
Seeing what they can lift.
Yeah, those kids, they're just vultures. Scavengers.
They live in a squat near the Manhattan Bridge.
They live together? Don't they have families?
No idea.
You want me to put them on the list?
No. Not yet.
What are you really doing here, Walker?
We have a problem. I'm here to take care of it.
You're gonna kill him.
-That's not part of the deal. -You're in no condition to stop me.
Let me talk to him. Try and reach him.
Your friend Ward was right.
He won't listen. He's too far gone.
I can't be tied to this, and neither can Joy.
Joy put you up to this?
That cabin? In Arizona?
I can make it happen.
You'll be comfortable. Safe. For as long as you want or need.
You just gotta stick to the plan.
Fine.
I won't hurt him.
Brother.
I didn't expect to see you here.
How are you?
What are you doing, Davos?
The work of an Iron Fist, Danny.
Is that what you call it?
You've got blood on your face.
You've been killing people.
When a feral dog is put down, do you call it murder?
When a virus is flushed from the body, is that murder?
Call it justice.
You should be thanking me.
I freed you from a responsibility that had become a burden.
You spit in the face of a thousand-year tradition.
You didn't earn it.
You stole it.
You dare to speak of tradition after you abandoned ours?
You see, Danny...
you feel that you can just walk through this world as if it belongs to you.
You value nothing, because your privilege has afforded you everything.
You've never had a heritage of your own.
A culture you must honor and protect.
Stop validating your actions, Davos.
This violence...
it needs to stop right now.
-I've chosen my path. -You've lost your way.
I know what you think you're doing.
But the police won't.
No one will.
And if you resist, they will come after you and they will kill you.
If you come with me now, you can hand yourself in.
[chuckles]
Oh, I know the risks.
This is what commitment looks like, Danny.
That night at the pier, you told me you're protecting this city,
but you've never had the strength of character to walk a hard line.
This war between the Triads, I ended it in a single day.
No, you didn't. You just became another faction in the conflict.
You disgrace everything Lei Kung ever taught us.
My father misled us all, Danny. Sold us all lies.
His heart would break if he could hear you now.
If he was here now... I'd crush his heart.
He sent you down a path you never should have walked.
Put us in opposition.
-I know you're angry. -No, I'm not angry.
Not anymore.
I want you with me, brother.
Here to learn at my feet and, one day, perhaps fight beside me.
I'm a patient man, and change doesn't happen overnight.
It starts with a person. Do you remember?
A paragon of virtue with a righteous cause.
Can you hear yourself?
"A righteous cause"? "A paragon of virtue"?
You can't really see yourself that way.
It's how you will see me.
As the scales fall from your eyes.
[grunting]
[Walker and Davos shouting]
[panting]
[grunts]
You crossed the line, Danny.
[panting]
[screaming]
[Danny groaning]
-I got you. -[Danny] My leg, it's broken.
You need to call Colleen. Call Misty. We need to get Davos out of here.
[both shouting and grunting]
[Danny yells]
Stay with me. Hey, stay with me. All right?
Okay. Stay with me.
Stay with me.
All right. All right.
All right.
Um. [clears throat] I need an ambulance at 42 Baxter.
Whole tattoo thing, it's more of a novelty that I don't have one at this stage.
Do it. I can totally see you pulling off some ink.
-Hell no. -Hell yeah!
I see a heart with Danny's name on it.
-Stop. -[Misty] Little petunia...
[Colleen] Shit.
[sighs] Danny.
Come on. Keep talking.
Walker, we had a deal.
We have a deal.
-[sirens approaching] -[thunder rumbling]
We have a deal.
[siren wailing]
Walker? Walker?
Ma'am, are you injured?
Oh.
Oh, it's nothing. I must have fallen. I was just out walking in the rain.
Danny?
Mary?
Wait, was there an accident? Mary, you need to bring Walker back.
Walker?
Mary, how do I get through to Walker?
I can't be here. I should go.
Mary, you need to call Colleen and tell her we have Davos.
Who's Davos?
If Walker wants her money, if she wants that cabin in the woods,
then she has to finish her job.
You hearing me?
[medic 1] Sir, I need you to try to calm down.
Cabin? She wants to run away.
Mary, you need to get Davos!
She can't do that.
Mary, please!
She can't do that. She can't...
I hope you know I didn't mean to hurt you, Danny.
I did not know she was gonna hurt you.
But I can't let her take me to a cabin.
I deserve a chance to be happy.
Mary!
-Are you riding with us to the hospital? -Mary, please come back!
Mary! Mary, you have to get Davos!
Please, Mary! Please!
What did you do?
[Danny] Mary, please!
Mary! Mary, please!
Come back! Mary!