- Matt Murdock: You think, uh you think he's crazy? Uh, the Punisher?
- Karen Page: No. I think he was inevitable.
- Matt Murdock: Inevitable? How so?
- Karen Page: Maybe maybe we created him. All of us. The moment that we let Daredevil, or the Devil of Hell's Kitchen, or whatever it is-...
- Matt Murdock: There's there's no connection.
- Karen Page: Well, actually, I think it's a pretty straight line, Matt. Daredevil practiced vigilante justice in our backyard and we applauded him for it. I know that I did. And we never stopped to think that maybe his actions could open the door for men like this. Men men with guns. Men who think that the law belongs to them.
- Matt Murdock: There there's a difference.
- Karen Page: Well, I don't see it. Not anymore.
- Matt Murdock: Blood is being shed, Foggy.
- Foggy Nelson: And you've donated more than your fair share to the cause.
- Foggy Nelson: Really? You're using my client as bait for the Punisher?
- Samantha Reyes: Probably the first useful thing your client's ever done in his life.
- Foggy Nelson: Oh, I'm gonna have so much fun suing you.
- Sgt. Brett Mahoney: The DA's office says the shooter's independent. Vigilante type, targeting different crime families. And not in a a Daredevil way. In a Death Wish way.
- Foggy Nelson: Holy shit.
- Sgt. Brett Mahoney: Yeah. Daredevil kicks ass, this whole city cheers like we just won the World Series. But this guy? He does it, and the streets get bloody. Makes everybody stop and think twice about the whole "hero" proposition.
- Karen Page: The police have no idea who's doing this?
- Blake Tower: It's an ongoing investigation. But our intelligence people are close to completing a profile.
- Foggy Nelson: A profile?
- Blake Tower: Even got a code name.
- Foggy Nelson: Like what? - "Killdozer," or "Dumbass With A Gun"?
- Blake Tower: Not quite. They're calling this one "the Punisher".
- Melvin Potter: I promised Betsy I wouldn't do anything illegal anymore.
- Matt Murdock: I'm not a criminal, Melvin.
- Melvin Potter: You don't have a badge, either.
- Karen Page: There's something about this city that makes good people want to shoot their way out of bad situations.
- Foggy Nelson: You told us the Irish were attacked by a whole gang of guys. I'm pretty sure the word you used was "army". You want to tell me why I'm now hearing this is all being done by one man?
- Grotto: Look, I didn't know you guys were
- Foggy Nelson: Who does he work for?
- Grotto: I got no idea!
- Foggy Nelson: Well, what do you know?
- Grotto: I know he's a sociopath, that's what. I mean, yeah, fine I heard the rumors, okay, but I didn't think... I thought it was ridiculous, okay? Ten, 20 guys could be mowed down at a time. And with precision? You know, tactically. Every hit was like some kind of SEAL Team 6. Then people started saying it was one guy doing all that. One man? I thought it was a ghost story. Some campfire shit you tell freshies to make 'em crap their pants. But now...
- [to Karen]
- Grotto: You saw. That guy was the Grim Reaper.
- Sgt. Brett Mahoney: I ever tell you what Clemons used to say? You gotta treat witnesses like mushrooms. Feed them shit and keep them in the dark.