Recaps

Tony confronted John about Ivan Vanko and his father’s history, then agreed to wait for Ivan to challenge him rather than attack Taran Industries. At Hammer Industries, John discovered that Natasha Romanoff had become his assistant and warned him that a powerful enemy was targeting his family; he then asked why she appeared in Ariana’s framed photo.

• Tony asked John why he had rescued Ivan and sought the truth about Howard Stark’s conflict with Ivan’s father.
• John revealed that Ivan was at Taran Industries and warned Tony that Ivan would retaliate, while promising Ivan would not involve civilians again.
• Tony agreed not to force his way into Taran Industries and told John to tell Ivan he would be ready to fight.
• John went to Hammer Industries, where Natasha Romanoff introduced herself as Natalie Romankov and revealed that S.H.I.E.L.D. had placed her there as his assistant.
• Natasha warned John that a stronger force behind Hell Paradise was targeting his father and could use John and Ariana against him.
• John noticed Natasha in a framed photo of Ariana and asked why Black Widow was in his sister’s picture.

John questioned Natasha about her connection to Ariana, and she revealed how she had befriended his sister and witnessed the Winter Soldier attack them. John learned Ariana was an obscurial and vowed to retaliate against those who harmed his family, while Natasha agreed to tell Fury about him and became his personal assistant; General Ross arrived at John’s invitation.

• John confronted Natasha about whether she had approached Ariana for another motive, and Natasha admitted she had known the Wick family since a chance meeting in Budapest thirteen years earlier.
• Natasha explained that S.H.I.E.L.D. assigned her to approach Ariana, but Ariana learned the truth and promised to protect her.
• Natasha recounted how the Winter Soldier attacked them, shot her, and aimed at Ariana before an unknown force saved them and left their house in ruins.
• Natasha told John that Ariana later called herself a monster, and John realized his sister had suffered as an obscurial while he knew nothing about it.
• Natasha said she had approached John to protect him and warned that powerful people might be behind the attack on his father; John let her inform Fury on the condition that Fury not interfere.
• John made Natasha his personal assistant and revealed that General Ross had come because John invited him.

John Wick persuaded General Ross to keep the military’s Hammer Industries orders on hold for a month by promising improved Iron Soldiers, and secured a request for Ross to investigate Hell’s Kitchen gangs. Meanwhile, Priest assassinated the Ten Rings leader on Wick’s behalf, but the wounded leader survived and faced another assassin.

• General Ross warned John that Hammer Industries had lost the military’s trust, but John argued that Iron Soldiers could still meet the Department of Defense’s needs.
• John promised to deliver improved Iron Soldiers in two weeks and negotiated a one-month delay on the orders at a ten percent higher price.
• John asked General Ross to investigate people connected to Hell’s Kitchen gangs, and Ross left angrily after accepting the deal.
• John told Natasha that Hammer Industries could produce Iron Soldiers and saw news that the Ten Rings leader had been attacked.
• Priest returned to the Ten Rings, shot its leader while delivering Wick’s regards, and was killed by the leader’s men.
• The wounded leader survived because his heart was positioned differently, picked up a Gold Coin, and was approached by another assassin.

John traveled to New Mexico after the Ancient One told him that two Asgardians had entered the world, and he arrived in Old Bridge Town as S.H.I.E.L.D. prepared to secure the hammer. He found Coulson at Jane Foster’s laboratory and called him “Greg,” leaving Coulson startled.

• The Ancient One told John that two Asgardians had come to Earth and sent him to New Mexico to honor their agreement.
• John booked a solo first-class ticket, while Natasha reported his destination to Nick Fury and Ferdinand stayed behind in New York.
• In New Mexico, townspeople failed to lift the hammer, Coulson called S.H.I.E.L.D. for help, and a Golden Little Man watched him before disappearing into a hole.
• John arrived in New Mexico and paid a taxi driver to take him to Old Bridge Town.
• Jane Foster argued with Coulson over S.H.I.E.L.D.’s seizure of her research equipment as John arrived and greeted Coulson as “Greg.”

John Wick confronted Coulson over S.H.I.E.L.D. confiscating Jane Foster’s research, then followed the agents to the meteorite crater to investigate Thor’s hammer. He sensed Asgardian magic but did not touch Mjolnir, and the chapter ended as Thor arrived and failed to lift it while John watched from concealment.

• John recognized Coulson as a former Wick family employee and challenged S.H.I.E.L.D. for taking Jane’s equipment and notebook.
• John returned Jane’s notebook, then entered Coulson’s car and insisted on joining the trip to S.H.I.E.L.D.’s secured crater.
• John sensed the magic around Mjolnir, approached it, and withdrew his hand before touching it as thunder and interference disrupted the base.
• Thor broke into the base and fought through S.H.I.E.L.D. agents while Coulson called for backup and Barton prepared an arrow.
• John watched Thor reach for Mjolnir, but the hammer did not move when Thor tried to lift it.

John watched S.H.I.E.L.D. capture Thor after Mjolnir rejected him, then witnessed Loki deceive his brother about Odin’s death and Asgard’s rejection. Loki’s Frost Giant bloodline reacted to John, while John recognized a strange sensation tied to memories of the Blue Box; the chapter ended with John warning Thor not to trust Loki as Coulson was called outside.

• Thor failed to lift Mjolnir, and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents arrested him while John watched.
• Coulson questioned Thor, but Thor stayed silent as John remained in the interview room.
• Loki secretly visited Thor and lied that Odin was dead, Thor’s banishment had to continue, and Frigga had forbidden him to return.
• John felt a cold pulse from the pattern over his heart, and Loki’s Frost Giant bloodline activated when their eyes met.
• Loki left alarmed by John, while John questioned Thor’s trust in his brother and Coulson was summoned outside.

John remained in New Mexico as Thor left S.H.I.E.L.D., while Loki learned that the Casket of Ancient Winters had a missing core and suspected John was its living form. As the Asgardian warriors arrived in Old Bridge Town to find Thor, a Golden Little Man entered the town.

• Coulson let Thor leave with Selvig and Jane’s notebook, while John departed the base by taxi and Fury discussed his mysterious identity.
• Loki persuaded Laufey to help him kill Odin and learned that the Casket of Ancient Winters had a missing core hidden on Earth; he suspected John was that core.
• John watched the Bifrost descend near Old Bridge Town and paid the taxi driver and hotel owner to wait for him.
• Four Asgardian warriors arrived in Old Bridge Town to find Thor, and John recognized them as gods from Asgard.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. personnel entered town to investigate an unusual energy signature, while the Golden Little Man scurried into town and startled a child.

Ferdinand brought a luxury car home, while Roman secretly planned to steal it for a street race. In New Mexico, John captured Fandral and brought him to Thor, whose friends revealed that Loki had lied about Odin’s death and urged him to return to Asgard.

• Ferdinand showed off his luxury car to his family and refused Roman’s request to use it in the Brooklyn Street Racing Championship.
• Roman spotted Ferdinand’s car keys and decided to take the car for the race.
• John followed Sif and the Warriors Three, defeated Fandral, and carried the unconscious warrior toward Thor’s house.
• Thor reunited with Sif, Hogun, and Volstagg, and learned that Odin was alive and Loki had taken the throne of Asgard.
• John arrived with Fandral, whom Thor caught, and accepted Thor’s invitation to enter the house.

John met Thor and offered him a deal, but Thor initially refused to work with him. After the Destroyer attacked Old Bridge Town and overwhelmed the Asgardian warriors, Thor accepted John’s offer, only for John to tell him to go fight it himself.

• John told Thor that Midgard had wizards and offered him a choice between working together or returning to Asgard with his friends.
• The Destroyer arrived in a tornado, defeated S.H.I.E.L.D.’s agents, and advanced toward Old Bridge Town.
• John encountered a Star Spirit Guardian that recognized him as its creator while Thor’s friends fought the Destroyer and were badly overpowered.
• Thor asked John to help, but John refused because Thor had rejected his deal and pointed out that he was not from that country.
• After the Destroyer damaged more buildings and endangered Selvig and the others, Thor accepted John’s deal, and John told him to go fight the Destroyer.

Thor humbled himself before the Destroyer to protect innocent people, but it struck him down and turned its attack on John. John’s Astral Spirit Guardian transformed into its Divine Guard State and fought the Destroyer while Thor began to stir.

• Thor sent Sif and the Warriors Three to safety and told them to stop Loki in Asgard.
• Thor apologized to the Destroyer and offered his life in exchange for the humans’ safety, but it struck him down.
• The Destroyer turned on John, who defended himself with magic and tried to wake Thor while the Asgardians watched.
• John cast Divine Guardian Protection, and the Astral Spirit Guardian transformed into its towering Divine Guard State to attack the Destroyer.
• Thor’s eyelids twitched as the Guardian’s punches drove the Destroyer backward.

Thor awakened after realizing his people needed him, and John sent him to retrieve Mjolnir while holding off the Destroyer Armor. John discovered that Diffindo could strip pieces from the uru armor, but Thor returned with his restored power and hurled Mjolnir into the Destroyer.

• Thor awakened when John revived him with magic and lightning, then agreed to face his responsibility as king.
• John sent Thor to lift Mjolnir and summoned a taxi to take him to the Meteorite Crater while Sif and the Warriors Three stayed behind.
• John attacked the Destroyer Armor, but his Disarming Charm failed because the armor itself was the weapon.
• The Destroyer defeated the Astral Spirit Guardian, and John drove it out of Old Bridge Town with repeated spells and attacks.
• John used Diffindo to tear two pieces of Uru metal from the Destroyer, then unleashed a powerful explosion that briefly disrupted its control.
• Thor returned in his armor and threw Mjolnir into the Destroyer, sending it back into Old Bridge Town.

Thor defeated the Destroyer Armor after regaining his divine power, then set out with Jane and the Asgardians to return to Asgard. When Heimdall failed to answer, John attempted to locate Asgard with magic, and his vision shifted to a blue planet in a white expanse.

• Thor battered the Destroyer Armor with Mjolnir, destroyed it, and agreed to give John the armor in exchange for their completed deal.
• Thor invited Jane to watch the Bifrost open, reclaimed her equipment from Coulson, and flew with her toward the Bifrost site.
• John healed the Star Spirit and vanished, while Coulson and the others remained among the wreckage.
• Thor called for Heimdall at the Bifrost, but Loki's plot had frozen the gatekeeper and left the Asgardians unable to return home.
• John arrived and asked where Asgard was; after Thor gave him its location, John used his wand and saw a blue planet in a white expanse.

John helped Heimdall escape Loki’s trap and return Thor to Asgard, then offered S.H.I.E.L.D. a magical construction company to repair the damage in Old Bridge Town. He left for New York with fragments of the Destroyer’s Uru armor, while Coulson contacted Silverhand Fashion Architecture about the repairs.

• John used the Mindscape to help Heimdall, who was controlled by two Frost Giants and broke free of the ice imprisoning him.
• Heimdall activated the Bifrost, and Thor kissed Jane before returning to Asgard with his companions.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. failed to find the Destroyer armor in Old Bridge Town, and John gave Coulson a Silverhand Fashion Architecture business card, promising the town could be repaired in three days.
• John explained that the company would use wizard magic to rebuild places damaged by superpowered battles, and Coulson called its Accident and Disaster Maintenance and Repair Department.
• John rode a taxi toward New Mexico’s airport and used magic to repair the vehicle along the way.
• John fused two fragments of the Destroyer’s Uru armor and studied the metal before heading to New York.

After returning to New York, John Wick refused to answer FBI questions about Hell's Kitchen until his lawyer arrived. He left the station with Fudge, then discovered his car was missing and ordered Ferdinand to drive him to Ferdinand's home.

• Ray Nadeem and Agent Dax questioned John about Hell Paradise, a gang disappearance, and an illegal drug deal in Hell's Kitchen, but John called Matt and then Fudge instead of cooperating.
• While John waited, he taunted Dax with a silver ring and beat the agent in two attempts to grab it.
• Fudge arrived and invoked John's right to refuse unreasonable requests, then left the station with him after Ray gave up questioning.
• Agent Joe warned Ray that the Wick family was untouchable because of the Underworld President's past response to threats against Ariana Wick, while Dax repeated John's name with an unreadable expression.
• John praised Fudge and offered to buy the law firm a new printer, then found Ferdinand waiting in a pickup truck and learned that Ferdinand's brother had taken John's car.
• John told Ferdinand to drive him to Ferdinand's home, leaving Ferdinand worried that his brother had angered his boss.

Roman entered the deadly Death Race in Hell's Kitchen after winning a street race, while John Wick went there with Ferdinand and Foggy Nelson to retrieve his car. Matt Murdock heard a kidnapped boy’s cry for help and went out as Daredevil, and John reached a Viper gang bar seeking entry.

• Roman won a street race, accepted Sophia’s invitation to the Death Race, and drove John’s car toward Hell’s Kitchen.
• John visited Ferdinand’s home, learned that Roman had entered an illegal race, and set out with Ferdinand and Foggy Nelson to find his car.
• Matt treated his wounds, heard that a boy had been kidnapped, and went out as Daredevil to help him.
• John, Ferdinand, and Foggy arrived at a members-only bar marked with the Viper emblem.
• John entered the underground passage and offered cash to the men there to arrange his entry.

John used money and manipulation to turn Bird against the Viper Gang, then entered Satan’s Mansion with Fudge. Meanwhile, an injured Matt stole contraband from the club and hid in a bathroom, where John found him and offered help.

• John offered Rand and the other Viper Gang members money, prompting Bird to stab Rand after Rand tried to alert the gang.
• John calmed Bird, persuaded him to share the money with Harold and Vincent, and convinced the three men to leave the Viper Gang together.
• John entered Satan’s Mansion with Fudge while Fudge accused him of inciting a crime and agreed to investigate Rand’s death.
• Corey blamed Daredevil for disrupting his contraband business and ordered the death race to draw in more money.
• Matt uncovered the race’s contraband operation, stole a bag of drugs, fought his way out, and hid in a bathroom stall.
• John found Matt injured in the bathroom, and Matt admitted that he needed help.

John and Matt infiltrated Satan's Mansion to recover stolen goods and investigate kidnapped children, while Roman competed in the Death Race. John killed Corey by using Parseltongue to command Corey's own snake, and Roman unexpectedly won the race.

• John, Matt, Ferdinand, and Fudge went to the Death Race, where Matt asked John to help rescue kidnapped children and John agreed to handle the second floor.
• Roman entered the race in John's luxury car and took the lead despite facing heavily armed opponents.
• Matt went to investigate upstairs while John gave Fudge money to bet on Roman's car.
• Madame Gao met Corey about the children and promised him more merchandise if he proved himself, but Corey learned his shipment had been stolen and ordered Daredevil killed.
• John confronted Corey with the stolen goods, and when Corey refused his offer, John used Parseltongue to make Corey's Patterned Snake kill him.
• Roman won the Death Race, delighting Ferdinand.

John took an Evolution Serum, a hidden badge, and documents from Corey’s safe while Matt rescued the imprisoned children and fought Roman and Sophia. After John settled the damaged-car bill by taking Roman’s prize money, Matt sensed Madame Gao leaving Hell’s Kitchen in a black SUV.

• John opened Corey’s hidden safe, took the Evolution Serum, a serpent-tentacled skull badge, and documents, and left the rest of the valuables behind.
• Matt found the imprisoned children, fought off their captors, and battled Roman until Ferdinand intervened and stopped his brother.
• John met Matt outside Satan’s Mansion and charged Roman for damaging his modified car, taking Roman’s prize money to cover the bill.
• John told Matt that his clothes needed tailoring, then left in his pickup while Roman went to get his own car repaired.
• Matt sensed that Madame Gao was inside a departing black SUV and realized Hell’s Kitchen had grown more complicated.

John brought Hammer Industries’ new Iron Soldier to the Air Force Base for testing, where its performance impressed General Ross and Rhodey. Ross placed an order for fifty units of each model, worth more than ten billion dollars, setting Hammer Industries up for a major revival.

• Natasha confronted John about the bounty on the Ten Rings leader and the money behind it, then reported that Hammer Industries had finished assembling a new Iron Soldier.
• John and Natasha visited Hammer Industries, where Ivan said the Iron Soldier’s program was ready and declined to attend the test at the Air Force Base.
• John presented the Iron Soldier to General Ross, and the machine passed tests of speed, durability, and firepower.
• Rhodey questioned the Iron Soldier’s security, and John explained that its independent network and dedicated server prevented remote control.
• General Ross ordered fifty units of each Iron Soldier model, and John left the arrangements to Natasha.

John left Hammer Industries to tour Brooklyn, while Natasha was summoned to S.H.I.E.L.D. after something was brought out of the ice. The Ten Rings leader survived another attack and contacted Fisk for help; as John and Ferdinand drove into Manhattan, a car following them fired a rocket at their vehicle.

• John joked with Natasha at Hammer Industries before leaving work, and Natasha received Nick Fury’s call to return to S.H.I.E.L.D. because someone had brought something out of the ice.
• The Ten Rings leader hid from attackers, treated his infected wound, and called Fisk to demand money and protection.
• John had Ferdinand drive around Brooklyn so he could study the area, then noticed a silver car had been tailing them since they left the company.
• The people in the silver car fired a rocket at John and Ferdinand’s luxury car, engulfing it in flames.

John survived an assassination attempt and traced the attack to Wilson Fisk, while Matt encountered John after the assassin died. The next morning, John asked Natasha to investigate Fisk as he upgraded his magical glove with uru.

• Three machine gunners attacked John's car, and John used magic to escape with Ferdinand before teleporting away to find those responsible.
• A passenger in the silver car killed the driver and two gunmen, then burned the vehicle to conceal the operation.
• Wilson Fisk celebrated the attack as an opportunity to expand his power and take the place of the late Underworld President.
• Matt became Daredevil and found John interrogating a badly beaten assassin, who shot himself after John identified Fisk as the likely mastermind.
• John told Matt to say he had not been in the car, then asked Natasha to use S.H.I.E.L.D. to investigate Wilson Fisk.
• John tested his uru-enhanced silver glove, and Natasha discussed Fisk's possible ties to the Hotel System and the High Table.

John brought Ivan to Taran Industries and tasked him with studying the Destroyer armor, promising to support his work and his revenge on Tony Stark. Ivan accepted John as an ally and destroyed the hidden threat he had planted in the New Iron Soldier.

• John met Ivan at a tea house, discussed his work for Hammer Industries, and offered him a mysterious new subject to study.
• John bought the tea house to stop Ivan from flirting with a waitress, then took Ivan and Ferdinand to Taran Industries.
• John showed Ivan the Destroyer armor and explained that it had survived missiles and powerful attacks without damage.
• Ivan examined the Destroyer and eagerly asked for equipment to analyze its unusual metal.
• John told Ivan he could openly build weapons and armor to challenge Tony Stark, and Ivan shook his hand in gratitude.
• After John left, Ivan crushed the USB drive containing his hidden threat inside the New Iron Soldier and returned to studying the Destroyer.

John took a vacation, met a friendly tea companion, and confronted Natasha after she secretly entered his home to warn him about assassination attempts. Natasha revealed she was leaving because an old man was hospitalized, and John showed her a badge that she recognized as Hydra’s.

• Coulson inspected Old Bridge Town after Jorson’s crew restored it in three days, then accepted the expensive bill for S.H.I.E.L.D.
• John gave Ferdinand half a month off and went traveling while Ferdinand considered studying and Mrs. Pierce tried to change her habits.
• John shared tea and conversation with an unnamed man at a restaurant, then vanished with Apparition after sensing someone had taken the bait.
• Natasha sneaked into John’s room, told him she was leaving and warned that attempts on his life would continue.
• John showed Natasha a badge, and she recognized it as Hydra’s.

John learned that the badge he possessed belonged to Hydra, while Matt began investigating Wilson Fisk and S.H.I.E.L.D. focused on Project Pegasus and the newly recovered Captain America. When FBI agents Ray and Dax asked John to cooperate for his protection, John beat Dax at another coin-catching game and warned that someone else should be afraid.

• Natasha warned John that Hydra was more dangerous than a gang after recognizing his badge as Hydra property.
• Matt rescued a woman in Hell's Kitchen, then decided to investigate Wilson Fisk after recalling John's words.
• Fudge showed Matt a Braille printer John had sent, and Matt learned that John was a major shareholder in Hammer Industries.
• Dr. Selvig joined S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Project Pegasus, while Fury told Natasha to leave her assignment watching John and Coulson eagerly asked to see the recovered old popsicle.
• Ray and Dax warned John that the attackers and a fourth man were dead, offered him protection, and asked for his cooperation.
• John challenged Dax to catch a gold coin, snatched it away before Dax could, and told Ray that he was not the one who should be afraid.

John explored a New York art gallery, encountered Wilson Fisk, and shared tea with a regular acquaintance. Meanwhile, an Adjudicator ordered Winston to cancel the huge bounty on the Ten Rings leader within three days or risk losing his position.

• John visited an art exhibition, spoke with an elegant woman about a painting called Snow Rabbit, and left after reflecting on the feeling it stirred in him.
• John recognized Wilson Fisk as he passed him at the gallery and continued on his way.
• John met his tea-drinking acquaintance and recommended a book about magic and adventure before leaving.
• A female Adjudicator arrived at the Continental Hotel and demanded to meet its manager about the bounty placed on the Ten Rings leader.
• The Adjudicator told Winston that the High Table questioned his fitness as manager and gave him three days to cancel the bounty.
• After the Adjudicator left, Winston objected that oppression would not win people's hearts.