Frankie (Clint Eastwood)’s Timeline and Summary
- Twice, Frankie refuses Maggie's request to be her trainer.
- Big Willie dumps Frankie for another manager.
- Frankie says "okay" to training Maggie.
- Frankie unceremoniously dumps Maggie after she asks about his family.
- Maggie's first manager stinks, so Frankie takes over in the middle of her first fight, promising to never leave her again.
- Frankie adds another letter to his daughter marked "Return to Sender" to his collection of unopened letters.
- After initially resisting it, Frankie movies Maggie up a weight class.
- Frankie gives Maggie the nickname "Mo Cuishle," and it sticks as she fights her way across Europe.
- Frankie and Maggie have pie at Ira's Roadside Diner, where Maggie used to go with her dad.
- Fighting Billie "The Blue Bear," Maggie suffers critical injuries to her spine and is rendered quadriplegic. Frankie stays by her side.
- Frankie moves Maggie to a rehab center in Los Angeles. Her condition doesn't improve.
- When Maggie asks Frankie to help her die, he resists and consults his priest who tells him if he does it he'll be lost. Frankie says that he thinks it's a sin to keep her alive against her will.
- Frankie tells Maggie that "Mo Cuishle" means "My Darling" and then ends her life.
- Frankie leaves town for good. The last shot suggests he's at Ira's Roadside Diner.