: Fisk identifies Dex as the city's "new villain," realizing that by removing Dex's anchors (like Julie), he can slide into the role of Dex's new "rock-solid mentor". Interpersonal Collapse
: The episode title refers to a childhood baseball game where young Dex, an orphan with unerring aim, was pulled from the mound by his coach to give another child a turn. In a cold display of calculation, Dex killed the coach with a ricocheted baseball, later admitting to his therapist that it was intentional. [S3E5] The Perfect Game
: Under the pressure of the FBI's investigation and threats from Fisk’s fixer, Felix Manning, Karen finally reveals a long-held secret: she was the one who killed Fisk’s right-hand man, James Wesley. She confesses this to Foggy under the protection of attorney-client privilege. : Fisk identifies Dex as the city's "new
The episode’s primary narrative device is a series of . These are framed as Wilson Fisk’s investigation into Dex’s sealed psychiatric files, allowing Fisk to "witness" Dex's childhood in a dark, spotlighted memory palace. : Under the pressure of the FBI's investigation