His brief guest role on "Daredevil" had given me hope. Even though I thought Bernthal wasn't phisically imposing enough to be an accurate Punisher, I thought the tone was right. Unfortunately, it didn't carry over to this stand-alone series. The plot is interesting enough, albeit a bit convoluted, but the main character simply doesn't match the one in any of the comic books that I've read. He's too jumpy, too emotional to be the real Frank Castle. Only when he plans and executes a confrontation with a large number of foes does the classical Punisher come through, but the series would have needed more of the rest. The Punisher is a loner, for sure, but he's also a calculating killing machine: he's not a slightly psychotic weirdo who's ready to snap at any moment. Also, too many lifeless side stories.