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All but three scenes of Seeing Red take place in Karachi.
One opens in the air right before Kamala Khan lands in Pakistan for the first time.
What makes the episode work more than anything else is its characters.
The story of Kamalas bangle is about purpose.
The camera tilts on its axis as Kamala nears what could perhaps be an answer about her past.
Kareem, it turns out, is an ally in more ways than one.
They strum and sing and eat biryani out of plastic bags.
It offers her a sense of belonging before things turn upside down again.
This is Kamalas story on several fronts.
Shes a descendant of supernatural beings from another universe, but she lives in this one.
Her grandmother was one of millions of refugees from India who made the perilous journey to Pakistan.
Her mother, born and raised in South Asia, now lives in the United States.
(1,500 rupees for a photograph?
Being from two worlds is her superpower.
However, the show doesnt seem to want to make things too easy for our hero.
Friends and relatives bid each other farewell, possibly for good.
Others scramble to board the last train over the newly etched India-Pakistan border.
Her eyes well up.
Is this another vision?
Or a form of time travel, perhaps?
Her borders are mostly internal.
Kamala hasnt understood, firsthand, what it truly means to be torn apart.
Marvelartist Adrian Alphona exists in the MCU.
Shout-out to the Karachi street photographer (Om Narayan) for his authentic pronunciation ofdonkey(dunkee).
When Kareem asks, Do all maskedAmreekanshave superpowers?
Kamalas response Well, how do you know Im not Canadian?
feels like a fun salute to Vellani and Obaid-Chinoy.
