She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
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Jennifer Walters made sure that theShe-Hulk: Attorney at Lawseason finale stuck the landing by basically writing it herself.
What good is smashing if you cant smash bad tropes and convoluted endings?
Lets break it down.
The finale was actually not that complicated.
As much as Jen thinks shes defying genre conventions, she cant escape storytelling conventions.
First, we are treated to an homage to the 1977 seriesThe Incredible Hulkstarring Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno.
Its corny and delightful.
In reality, shes in jail after Hulking out at a gala.
She takes a plea deal and is released with an inhibitor like Blonksys that prevents her from transforming.
Everything kind of sucks across the board.
She cant be She-Hulk anymore, and its not really her fault.
This isnt even a reluctant superhero story, Jen says to the camera.
Is this whatyou guyswant?
Trolls hate to see the women they hate having fun.
Something very similarhappened with U.S. representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez backin 2019.
Nikki immediately gets an invite to the event.
But shes not a gross dude and cant really masquerade as one.
So she employs her work bestie, Pug.
Hes also losing cell reception and hes forced to improvise in a room that seems oddly familiar.
He then discovers that HulkKing is none other than Todd, the creep whos been creeping about all season.
In the words of Slick Nik, that checks out.
Meanwhile, Jen is pretty ready to skip to the healing part of her mental-health break.
She asks Mr. Wrecker where she can find Blonsky.
He tells her that hes doing a private event in the lodge.
Thats where Ive seen that location before.
Todds Intelligencia meeting is taking place at Blonksys compound.
Not only that, but Todd has hired the Abomination to speak to his aggressive online group.
So was the Abomination the Big Bad?
That feels a little unearned and unfair.
Was the whole thing with the blood just so that Todd could get superpowers?That guy?
Jen processes this along with us.
Then Titania busts in, randomly.
Then the Hulk the OG Hulk, Bruce Banner busts in as well.
Soon enough, a bunch of superpeople are fighting and none of them are She-Hulk.
Shes been sidelined on her own show.
EvenCommunitynever got this meta.
I half-expect Jen to call me up and tell me how to write my recap at this point.
There are certain things that are supposed to happen in a superhero story, says fake Zeb.
This is the story that K.E.V.I.N.
wants, says fake Jessica.
So she goes to speak with Kevin Feige.
Well, not the president of Marvel Studios himself.
The powers arent the villain, she says.
She doesnt need her cousin to do a deus ex machina.
Her stakes are enough!
To paraphrase the immortal words ofLady Bird, different things can be sad.
Its not all [Civil/Infinity/Secret] war.
to pare down the finale to fit who she is as a superhero.
Her changes also seemingly cross off the laundry list of complaints that those with Marvel fatigue have.
No teeing up teases for the movies.
No more setting everythingat night when you cant see.
She also uses her time with K.E.V.I.N.
to ask some general MCU trope questions.
Why are there so many Bad Dads?
Jen says shell see him in court, because for her thats way more satisfying than smashing him.
Speaking of smashing and satisfying, Daredevil then defies all logic by dropping in from the literal sky.
Then Bruce returns, and introduces the group to Hulks son Skaar.
You didnt think shedactuallyget away with her finale not settinganythingup, did you?
I, for one, welcome our K.E.V.I.N.
Interconnectivity had the last laugh.
That said, I wouldnt think too hard about what the existence of K.E.V.I.N.
means for the phase four or anything.
Dont let the word nexus trigger you.
The robot said well never be able to access him again.
We can trust that, right?
Its probably not a multiverse thing.
Its not even aDeadpoolthing.
What do we think?
DidShe-Hulk: Attorney at Lawhave its legal-comedy cake and eat it too?
Do you, as a fan, like being perceived by a Disney+ series?
She-Hulk can have her stakes.
I can have mine.
Legal Pad
There are multiple references to a second season in the Marvel Studios sequence.
Was Jens see you later, litigator mug aMoon Knightreference or a great legal pun?
Was the writers room not told howThor: Love & Thunderends?
Technically, thanks to 2021sX-Men: Hellfire Gala,Kevin Feige is a Marvel comics character.
So thanks for the help, Jen, but Scott Summers is already on it.
Jen forgot to tell the soundtrack not to tease future projects.
Did you hear thoseBlack Panther: Wakanda Foreverdrums when K.E.V.I.N.
said that the visual-effects team was already working on another project and couldnt do her transformation?
Is this a real thing?
I dont have a witty remark about that.
I am genuinely curious.
