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* CameBackWrong: Even after Harold reconstructs his memories, he's just a little stranger and a little more cruel. Ward goes to the Hatchetmen to find out how to kill him permanently, but is warned that there is no way, and every time Harold dies he'll come back crazier.



* CameBackWrong: Even after Harold reconstructs his memories, he's just a little stranger and a little more cruel. Ward goes to the Hatchetmen to find out how to kill him permanently, but is warned that there is no way, and every time Harold dies he'll come back crazier.
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* PetTheDog: Harold is an abusive asshole, a liar and a manipulator... but his passcode to enter the Rand building is Ward's birthday.
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* CameBackWrong: Even after Harold reconstructs him memories, he's just a little stranger and a little more cruel. Ward goes to the Hatchetmen to find out how to kill him permanently, but is warned that there is no way, and every time Harold dies he'll come back crazier.

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* CameBackWrong: Even after Harold reconstructs him his memories, he's just a little stranger and a little more cruel. Ward goes to the Hatchetmen to find out how to kill him permanently, but is warned that there is no way, and every time Harold dies he'll come back crazier.
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** Remember how Ward had saved Harold as "[[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} Frank N. Stein]]" on his phone? Well, here, Harold goes through an accelerated version of the learning process described by Frankenstein's monster in the book, until he regains his memories.

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** Remember how Ward had saved in an earlier episode, Ward's phone was revealed to have Harold labeled as "[[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} Frank N. Stein]]" on his phone? contacts list? Well, here, Harold goes through an accelerated version of the learning process described by Frankenstein's monster in the book, until he regains his memories.



* SwissCheeseSecurity: Harold old passcode is still programmed into the Rand security system. Of course it's possible he arranged this in case he ever needed it.

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* SwissCheeseSecurity: Harold Harold's old passcode is still programmed into the Rand security system. Of course it's possible he arranged this in case he ever needed it.
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* CriminalMindGames: Gao works on all three of her captors to sew doubt or convince them to release her.

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* CriminalMindGames: Gao works on all three of her captors to sew doubt sow self-doubt or convince them to release her.

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* HairtriggerTemper: Twice-resurrected Harold can take a lot of things, such as his son wishing him dead, with great serenity, but is enraged by other things, such as Kyle's boring taste in ice cream.

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* HairtriggerTemper: HairTriggerTemper: Twice-resurrected Harold can take a lot of things, such as his son wishing him dead, with great serenity, but is enraged by other things, such as Kyle's boring taste in ice cream.


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* YouCanNeverLeave: Harold offers his son whatever he wants to make amends. Ward wants only to be set free of his control. Harold agrees...then arranges for Ward to be arrested and confined to a psychiatric clinic.
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* ResurrectionSickness: Harold wanders around New York until his memories return, startling people with his bizarre behavior. In one case he scalds his hand trying to grab a hot dog directly from a vender's stove.
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* FlippingTheBird: Ward does this again to the hidden cameras he knows his father has installed in Dr. Edmonds office.
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* WouldHurtAChild: Ward is told that a legend of a warrior who made a similar immortality deal with the Hand, but the resurrections make him so evil he cooked and ate two of his children. Ward doesn't have to be told the implications of this, especially with his father now willing to risk Joy's life where previously he never wanted her involved for her own safety.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: When Ward refuses to be his father's patsy any more, Harold arranges for him to be taken the the same psychiatric hospital used for Danny Rand, while he lets Joy know of his existence.

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* WouldHurtAChild: Ward is told that of a legend of a warrior man who made a similar immortality deal with the Hand, but the resurrections make him so evil twisted he eventually cooked and ate two of his children. Ward doesn't have to be told the implications of this, especially with his father now willing to risk Joy's life for his schemes where previously he never wanted her involved for her own safety.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: When Ward refuses to be his father's patsy any more, Harold arranges for him to be taken the to the same psychiatric hospital used for to hold Danny Rand, while he lets Joy know of his existence.existence so she can take Ward's place.
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* HairtriggerTemper: Twice-resurrected Harold can take a lot of things, such as his son wishing him dead, with great serenity, but is enraged by other things, such as Kyle's boring taste in ice cream, and Joy being reluctant to drink whiskey in the middle of the day.

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* HairtriggerTemper: Twice-resurrected Harold can take a lot of things, such as his son wishing him dead, with great serenity, but is enraged by other things, such as Kyle's boring taste in ice cream, and Joy being reluctant to drink whiskey in the middle of the day.cream.

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* CardboardBoxOfUnemployment: Harold enters his children's offices to find their personal items packed in archive boxes.



* CriminalMindGames: Gao works on all three of her captors to sew doubt or convince them to release her.



* FastRoping: Hand soldiers in special forces gear blast holes in the ceiling and rappel down into the dojo to rescue Madame Gao.
* FauxAffablyEvil: At first the newly-resurrected Harold appears to be genuinely regretful over how he treated his son, and eager to make amends. He soon reveals himself to be as abusive and manipulative as ever, but now much more violent and unstable.



* IWasNeverHere: A Rand employee catches Danny breaking into the lab and helps him find what he's looking for, but she makes it clear she's never seen him and she doesn't want to know why he wants the drugs.



** Danny quotes Sun Tzu when defending his decision to being Gao to Colleen's dojo.

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** Danny quotes Sun Tzu when defending his decision to being bring Gao to Colleen's dojo.dojo.
* SpiesInAVan: A variation; the MysteriousWatcher knocks out and ties up someone manning a fast food van outside the Rand building to he can keep surveillance on it.
* SwissCheeseSecurity: Harold old passcode is still programmed into the Rand security system. Of course it's possible he arranged this in case he ever needed it.


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* TemptingFate: Claire agrees that everything's going to be alright, then the lights in the dojo go out.


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* TruthSerums: Danny gets Sodium Pentothal from the Rand laboratory to make Madame Gao talk. While it appears to have success, Gao recovers and claims she was faking the whole time.


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* WouldHurtAChild: Ward is told that a legend of a warrior who made a similar immortality deal with the Hand, but the resurrections make him so evil he cooked and ate two of his children. Ward doesn't have to be told the implications of this, especially with his father now willing to risk Joy's life where previously he never wanted her involved for her own safety.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: When Ward refuses to be his father's patsy any more, Harold arranges for him to be taken the the same psychiatric hospital used for Danny Rand, while he lets Joy know of his existence.
* YouMonster: A seemingly repentant Harold asks his son if he's a monster. Ward confirms it. He's soon proved right.
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* HairtriggerTemper: Twice-resurrected Harold can take a lot of things, such as his son wishing him dead, with great serenity, but is enraged by other things, such as Kyle's boring taste in ice cream.

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* HairtriggerTemper: Twice-resurrected Harold can take a lot of things, such as his son wishing him dead, with great serenity, but is enraged by other things, such as Kyle's boring taste in ice cream.cream, and Joy being reluctant to drink whiskey in the middle of the day.
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* HairtriggerTemper: Twice-resurrected Harold can take a lot of things, such as his son wishing him dead, with great serenity, but is enraged by other things, such as Kyle's boring taste in ice cream.
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* ComicbookMoviesDontUseCodenames: Averted, as Gao refers to Claire's involvement with Daredevil, instead of using his tabloid nickname in his own series, "the Devil of Hell's Kitchen".

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* ShoutOut: Remember how Ward had saved Harold as "[[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} Frank N. Stein]]" on his phone? Well, here, Harold goes through an accelerated version of the learning process described by Frankenstein's monster in the book, until he regains his memories.

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Remember how Ward had saved Harold as "[[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} Frank N. Stein]]" on his phone? Well, here, Harold goes through an accelerated version of the learning process described by Frankenstein's monster in the book, until he regains his memories.memories.
** Danny quotes Sun Tzu when defending his decision to being Gao to Colleen's dojo.
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* TaintedVeins: The poison turns Colleen's veins dark as it spreads from the wound on her arm to her chest and throat.



* VomitIndiscretionShot: Harold's [[BadBlackBarf coughing up black chunks]] moment occurs fully in-frame.

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* VomitIndiscretionShot: Harold's [[BadBlackBarf coughing up black chunks]] moment occurs fully in-frame.in-frame.
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* AmbiguousSituation: Did Gao really resist the Truth Serum or not?
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** The copy of ''Forbes'' with Danny's face on the cover, that Davos looks at has a banner line on top, "Is [[Film/IronMan Stark Industries]] too big to fail?"

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** The copy of ''Forbes'' with Danny's face on the cover, that Davos the mysterious assassin looks at has a banner line on top, "Is [[Film/IronMan Stark Industries]] too big to fail?"



* ImprobableWeaponUser: Davos makes throwing stars out of ''cooking foil''.

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* ImprobableWeaponUser: Davos The mysterious assassin makes throwing stars out of ''cooking foil''.
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* AmbiguousSituation: Did Gao really resist the Truth Serum or not? [[spoiler: ''Probably she did.'']]

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* AmbiguousSituation: Did Gao really resist the Truth Serum or not? [[spoiler: ''Probably she did.'']]not?

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