Urich tells Nelson that the masked man is a new player, but his place on his flow chart is unknown.Īs Murdock cleans his apartment, he finds in the rubble the paper bracelet he gave Stick years ago. Page takes Nelson to Urich's office at the New York Bulletin Page tells Urich that they will need him in the mission. Stick leaves, although he states there may be hope for Murdock after all.
He then tells Stick to leave New York City. Angry at this revelation, Murdock fights Stick and manages to defeat him. Stick relays that Black Sky was not a child and had to be terminated, which Stick did as Murdock fought Yoshioka's men.
Murdock enters his apartment to find Stick there Murdock demands an explanation as to why his mentor broke his promise.
Murdock realizes that Stick has departed as well. Yoshioka's men then fight Murdock as Yoshioka escapes with the Black Sky. Murdock senses the arrow aimed by Stick and stops it. When the cargo container with Black Sky opens, Murdock is surprised that it is a prepubescent child. Murdock has Stick promise that he will not kill anyone, a line that Murdock will not cross, much to Stick's disappointment.Īt the docks, Murdock is commissioned by Stick to take out Yoshioka's men as Stick deals with Black Sky. Ultimately, Stick asks Murdock to help him to stop the arrival of Black Sky, a weapon that Yoshioka plan to use. When Stick insults Murdock's father, the two scuffle for a moment. Murdock invites Stick to his apartment where Stick berates him for all the luxury he has: furniture, friends, silk sheets. Page leaves but is confronted by two thugs Nelson, carrying a softball and an aluminum bat, saves Page from their assault. Cardenas reveals that she believes that Foggy Nelson is in love with Page as the two talks. Page goes to the apartment of Elena Cardenas with groceries and asks her about the men who destroyed her apartment. Urich warns Page to be careful since he does not want anything to happen to her, for the sake of his conscious. Meanwhile, Karen Page meets with Ben Urich to compare notes on their findings about Union Allied Construction Page has learned little, but Urich hints that there is a connection between Union Allied, the Yakuza, the Triad, Detective Christian Blake, who is in a coma, and the masked man. The cane belongs to a blind man revealed to be none other than Stick, who tells Murdock to get off the ground. Owlsley uses a taser on the masked man and escapes when the man is distracted by the sound of an approaching cane. Presently, Leland Owlsley is approached by the man in the mask about who his employer is, after Owlsley has a clandestine meeting with Nobu Yoshioka. Stick, who was against sentimentality, abruptly stopped training Murdock and as a result, left the city. One day while they were training, Murdock gave Stick a present, a bracelet made from the wrapper of the ice cream Stick bought him when he and Murdock first met. Stick gave Murdock a choice: to rock himself to sleep at night, feeling sorry for himself or to be trained by him to use his "gift" to his advantage in the upcoming "war". A nun at the Saint Agnes Orphanage, where Murdock was staying after the death of his father, brought a man calling himself Stick to see the boy. Over twenty years ago, Matt Murdock was in pain his ability to hear and sense everything around him was overwhelming him. An important figure from Murdock's past reemerges seeking his help to battle a new enemy threatening Hell's Kitchen.