The Punisher is one of the few decent "real" Marvel characters so I was quite excited when I heard they were doing a new series (even if it was the dude from Walking Dead instead of Frank Grillo as The Punisher himself). They have gone away from what made the character great to include story lines that aren't important (and a totally unnecessary sex scene), whiny annoying side characters and a lead character who is afraid to commit violence (the opposite of what made him popular in comics). They've tried to make everything PC and have focused on government conspiracies like every other show *yawn* From the moment he puts his Punisher vest in the bin at the start of the show I was concerned and it took 8 episodes before it started to include enough action to make me interested. Marvel is the entertainment equivalent of Apple and people need to stop believing the hype surrounding every new thing they do.