Vanessa Fisk meets with Benjamin Poindexter and makes a deal with him to silence both Foggy Nelson and his key witness in a trial that could harm Fisk's criminal operations.

Wilson Fisk personally delivers Commissioner Gallo to Red Hook, then crushes Gallo's head with his bare hands in front of his task force, asserting his dominance and sending a brutal message to his enemies.

Frank Castle arrives in Red Hook before his friends, fights the anti-vigilante task force alone, kills several officers, but is eventually captured. The task force offers him a place among them, which he vehemently rejects.

The task force acts under Fisk's orders to suppress vigilantes and maintain his control over the city, exploiting the chaos of looting and riots sparked by Fisk's vendetta against Poindexter and vigilantes.

It is revealed that Vanessa Fisk ordered the hit on Foggy Nelson because he and his client were about to deal a significant blow to the Kingpin's crime ring, which Vanessa was running at the time. This was part of a deal to get Bullseye released from prison.