Chafa (episode)

Chafa is the first episode of the first season of Echo.
==Synopsis==
After her mother's tragic death, young Maya is forced to leave her hometown of Tamaha, Oklahoma, and move to New York City where she meets Wilson Fisk, aka Kingpin, who raises her to be a ruthless assassin. After learning that Fisk had her father killed, Maya kills Kingpin and flees NYC.
==Plot==
Living in Oklahoma with her family, Bonnie tells a young Maya Lopez the story of the first Choctaw people Chafa, who saved her people from a collapsing cave. Maya asks her mother Taloa Lopez for some hot chocolate, but Taloa says that they do not have it and takes Maya with her to buy some. However, as someone cut the brakes on Taloa car, the two get into the car crash, with Taloa dying instantly and Maya losing a leg due to a shard of glass. William Lopez comes to the hospital, where he meets with Chula Battiest and Skully. Chula blames William for what happened with her daughter, before William visits Maya and tells her what happened with her mother.
With Chula demanding him to leave, William takes Maya with her leaves to New York City, while Bonnie stays behind in Oklahoma. In New York, William becomes a partner of Wilson Fisk, who also grows close with Maya, while she grows up to be a formidable fighter. However, one day Maya witnesses her father and his men being massacred by Ronin, which breaks her heart. She grows reckless and even gets arrested, so Fisk comes to pick her up. He tells Maya that he understands her pain, sharing that when he was twelve, his father was killed just like William. Fisk tells Maya that she has greatness inside her and offers her a job to channel her rage in a constructive way.
Together with Fisk's men, Maya participates in a raid on a criminal gang that was planning a move on Fisk's territories. She manages to kill numerous gang members, before being ambushed by Daredevil, who was tracking down the same gang. Maya fights the vigilante, albeit unsuccessfully, but Fisk praises her performance in the mission nontheless. Maya becomes one of Fisk's most trusted subordinates, while he promises to find Ronin and let her get revenge for William's death. Eventually, she finds out that Ronin is Clint Barton, who reveals that Fisk is manipulating Maya and that he was the one who wanted William to die. Maya later finds Fisk at and ignores his pleas, shooting him in the head.
Months later, a wounded Maya manages to escape from Fisk's men and flee New York, arriving to her hometown in Tamaha. She takes refuge at her old house, where she is found by her cousin Biscuits. Maya tells him that she came for business and that her return to Oklahoma must be kept between them, noting that he cannot tell Chula or Bonnie about her. Maya comes to Black Crow's SkateLife to meet with her uncle Henry Lopez and get some help from him, unaware that Vickie Tyson tipped someone about her. As Henry's friend helps Maya with her wounds, she tells him that she needs one Fisk Shipping car to send Fisk's men a message, but Henry refuses to help Maya bring a war to their town.
Meanwhile back in New York, Fisk recovers from a gunshot, blind in one eye.
==Cast==
Main Cast:
*Alaqua Cox as Maya Lopez/Echo
*Chaske Spencer as Henry Lopez
*Tantoo Cardinal as Chula Battiest
*Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock/Daredevil
*Devery Jacobs as Bonnie
*Zahn McClarnon as William Lopez
*Cody Lightning as Biscuits
*Graham Greene as Skully
*Vincent D'Onofrio as Wilson Fisk/Kingpin
Special Guest Star:
*Julia Jones as Chafa
Guest Stars:
*Thomas E. Sullivan as Vickie Tyson
*Darnell Besaw as Young Maya Lopez
*Katarina Ziervogel as Taloa Lopez
*Morningstar Angeline as Lowak
*Dannie McCallum as Tuklo
*Isabella Madrigal as Young Chula Battiest
*Wren Zhawenim Gotts as Young Bonnie
*Dakota Ray Hebert as Gretchen Sarnoff
*Dallas Goldtooth as Shikoba
*Braydee Cardinal as Ancestor
*Panther Tiwa as Ancestor
*Acosia Red Elk as Ancestor
*Elizabeth Frances as Ancestor
*Jula Harjo as Ancestor
*Crickett Tiger as Ancestor
*Cherokee Jack as Ancestor
*David Midthunder as Ancestor
*Doc Native as Ancestor
*Thosh Collins as Ancestor
*Phillip Bread as Ancestor
*Seth Fairchild as Ancestor
*Edith Snow as American Sign Language Interpreter 1
*Ashley Change as American Sign Language Interpreter 2
*Omid Zader as Davy
*Seth Austin as Edgar
*Dan Mast as Security Guard
*Chief Gary Batton as Kingpin Goon
*Vanessa Vander Pluym as Skater
*Megan Dovell as Skater
*Buzz as Billy Jack
*Christopher Cocke as Car Accident Victim (uncredited)
*Dionicio Virvez as Choctaw Native Veteran (uncredited)
*Ryan Austin Bryant as Skate Rink Patron (uncredited)
*Alessandro Folchitto as Kingpin Goon (uncredited)
*Unknown actress as Becca (uncredited)
*Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton/Ronin (archive footage; uncredited)
*Fra Fee as Kazi Kazimierczak (archive footage; uncredited)
*Aleks Paunovic as Ivan Banionis (archive footage; uncredited)
*Piotr Adamczyk as Tomas (archive footage; uncredited)
*Malachi Evertt as Bigger Karate Kid (archive footage; uncredited)
*Bryan Terry Snell as MMA Fighter (archive footage; uncredited)
==Appearances==
===Locations===
*Nanih Waiya, Mississippi
*Tamaha, Oklahoma
**Battiest Residence
**Tamaha Fire Station
**Black Crow's SkateLife
*Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
*New York City, New York
**MM Motorcycle Showroom
**Wilson Fisk's Penthouse
**Empire State Building
**Lopez Residence (flashback)
**Brooklyn Karate Academy (flashback)
**Fat Man Auto Repair (flashback)
**Rockefeller Center (flashback)
*Brazil (flag)
*France (flag)
===Events===
*Taloa Lopez's Car Crash (flashback)
*Ronin's Retribution (flashback)
**Massacre of the Tracksuit Mafia (flashback)
*Arrest of Maya Lopez (flashback)
*Attack on Kingpin's Competition (flashback)
*Hunt for Ronin (flashback)
**Escape from the Tracksuit Mafia (flashback)
**Ambush at Fat Man Used Cars (flashback)
**Battle at Rockefeller Center (flashback)
**Ambush on Wilson Fisk (flashback)
*Murder of Bill Fisk (mentioned)
*Choctaw Nation Powwow (mentioned)
===Items===
*Daredevil's Suit
*Daredevil's Billy Club
*Ronin's Suit (flashback)
*Ronin's Retractable Sword (flashback)
===Concepts===
*Dreams
===Vehicles===
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===Sentient Species===
*Humans
===Creatures===
*Dogs
*Woodpeckers
*Dragons (mentioned)
===Organizations===
*Fisk Shipping
*Tamaha Fire Department
*United States Postal Service
*New York City Police Department
*Choctaw
*Tracksuit Mafia (flashback)
*Trust a Bro Moving Company (flashback; logo)
* (logo)
===Mentioned===
*Zane
*Biscuits' Father
*Bill Fisk
==Music==
Song title 	Artist 	Location(s)
 	J.J. Cale 	William Lopez, Taloa Lopez, Skully and Chula Battiest are sitting in the backyard around a campfire.
 	Patsy Cline 	Skully sings along to the radio as he drives home, but stops to ask what is upsetting Chula Battiest.
Crazy (Safari Riot Remix)	Doechii 	Flashing forward into the present we see Echo sparing with a guy.
Chitty Bang 	Leikeli47 	Echo walks into a club after getting her first mission from Kingpin
Pretty Waste 	BONES UK 	Echo enters the mission with two guys and fights the gang.
 	The J. Geils Band	Echo is greeted by Vickie Tyson at the roller rink looking for Henry Lopez.
Ain't Gonna Stop 	Natural Child 	Echo asks Henry Lopez to talk somewhere more privately.
Burning 	Yeah Yeah Yeahs 	Song is used in the episode's closing credits.
==Videos==
===Clips===
Marvel Studios' Echo - Official Clip 'Nice Job' - Disney+ & Hulu 
==Trivia==
*To be added
==References==
==External Links==
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Category:Echo (TV series) Episodes