Turk Barrett

Everyone always talks about Claire Temple being the character that connects the many shows of the Marvel-Netflixverse, but people often overlook Turk Barrett. As played by Stranger Things‘ Rob Morgan, Turk is a low-level criminal who has the bad luck to keep finding himself on the wrong end of superheroes’ fists.
In The Punisher, Turk appears in episode 4, where he ends up in the path of Frank Castle. The Punisher is following a lead about some guns being smuggled into New York, and Turk turns out to be the middle man. Miraculously, he manages to successfully plead his case that he’s a relative innocent as he was never going to use those guns. In a rare moment of mercy, Frank decides to let him live.
The Punisher marks the fourth series that Turk has appeared in. As a prominent character in Daredevil comics, it’s not surprising that he turns up most in Daredevil and has featured in both seasons so far. He also showed his face in a couple of episodes of Luke Cage and in The Defenders. The character also appears in a Jessica Jones tie-in comic. Which means Iron Fist is the only one that Turk is not connected to in any way.
Published: Nov 18, 2017 10:14 am