The Defenders
The lead character ofThe Punisher , Frank Castle , was absent from Marvel and Netflix’sThe Defenders , and now we know where he was while the NYC torpedo were team up . Netflix first launch their own corner of the Marvel Cinematic Universe withDaredevilin 2015 , and go on to expand their New York City - focused shared world with the premiere ofJessica Jones , Luke Cage , andIron Fist . in the first place this year , all four of Netflix ’s Marvel hoagy team up for the miniseriesThe Defenders , which also featured multiple characters from each show .
However , one fan - favorite character overlook fromThe DefenderswasDaredevilseason 2 addition The Punisher . Frank Castle ( Jon Bernthal ) ran across Matt Murdock during his lookup for vengeance against those who pour down his family , and while Frank and Matt did n’t see eye to eye , they finally formed a sort of armistice . So , since Daredevil ’s other allies joined the fight inThe withstander , it was a little curious that Matt did n’t call on Frank Castle - despite their disagree opinions in how to get justice . Of course , now thatThe Punisherseason 1 has premiered , we bed what Frank was up to while The Defenders were saving New York City .
In theseries premier ofThe Punisher , sports fan fulfill back up with Frank presumably shortly afterDaredevilseason 2 ended , with him hunting down criminals in rural Alabama , kill a man in Juarez , Mexico from El Paso , USA , and confronting another in the bathroom at JFK International Airport in New York City . The sequence flashes forward to six months later when Frank is living a simple existence as Pete Castiglione , working construction and only interact with his old supporter Curtis ( Jason R. Moore ) . While Pete is going about his byplay , Frank Castle aka The Punisher is dare dead .
return his unexampled identity and simple aliveness - and the fact that he allows everyone who was close to him aside from Curtis and Karen believe he ’s still dead - it ’s clean that Frank is happy keeping his headspring down and letting the Punisher mantle detain dead . As such , we can presume that ’s precisely what he was doing when The Defenders unite to take on The Hand .
free-base on the timeline , we knowThe Defenderstook place a few months after the closing ofDaredevilseason 2 , and while the opening ofThe Punisherpremiere indicates Frank pass some time move around the United States , it ’s likely he tied up all those escaped end and returned to New York before the metropolis ’s Cuban sandwich unify in Hell ’s Kitchen . So , while Daredevil , Jessica Jones , Danny Rand aka the Immortal Iron Fist , and Luke Cage were take on The Hand , Frank Castle was working construction across the East River in Brooklyn .
Of course , even if Matt or Karen called on Frank to serve inThe Defenders , it ’s unclear if he would have fall in the engagement . InDaredevilseason 2 , Frank ’s lone purpose was to kill those who killed his family , which is n’t exactly the mind-set of someone you ’d call on to be a trusted ally - or any friend at all , really . So , even ifFrank had been around duringThe Defenders , it ’s unlikely he would have been much assist anyway . Still , now thanks toThe Punisherseason 1 , we know what he was up to - even if it ’s a ground crafted in ordination to excuse within the MCU continuity whyMarvel keptThe PunisherandThe Defendersseparate .
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The Punisherseason 1 is available in its integrality on Netflix . Premiere dates for the new seasons ofDaredevil , Jessica Jones , Luke Cage , andIron Fisthave yet to be announced .
