She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
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Horniness (or lack thereof) in the Marvel Cinematic Universe takes many shapes and forms.
Its typically up to the viewers own interpretation.
Welcome to the fourth-wall-breaking, silly-goofy world of superpowered lawyer Jennifer Walters, played by Tatiana Maslany.
The show is not 100 percent a legal procedural, but it is a legal comedy.
This first episode in particular is light on the courtroom drama to allow for a good-old-fashioned superhero origin story.
As fans of the comics already know, Jen is Bruce Banners cousin.
(She-Hulk is not, and never has been, a Ms. Pac-Man situation.)
One day after the events ofAvengers: Endgame, Jen and Bruce are riding in a car together.
Bruce explains how hes using technology to temporarily suppress the Hulk.
The cousins catch up and gossip about Avengers stuff.
a spaceship appears, causing the car to crash.
In the chaos, some drops of Bruces blood mix with Jens and she goes green before blacking out.
She wakes up at night in the woods and stumbles to a local bar.
There, the audience gets a guide to the female experience in two easy steps.
This causes her to Hulk out and black out a second time.
She wakes up to discover that Bruce picked her up and took her to Mexico.
Only it turns out that Jens two halves balance pretty quickly, actually.
She is not super-adept at fighting, but theres not a lot of finesse to smashing anyway.
Jen says as much to Bruce, and I felt that pang of recognition a second time.
Jen and Bruce fight about this, both verbally and physically.
Bruce wants his cousin to train more drop everything and be a superhero.
Shes got a law career!
Shes got a life!
Shes keenly aware of how lonely the Avengers are didnt you hear her theory about Steve?
Its classic heros-journey stuff.
If you remember from English class, this is the refusal of the call.
But thats next weeks problem.
As Steve himself says to Natasha inCaptain America: The Winter Soldier, hes 95, not dead.
(It has to be Nat who told Bruce this info … Thats exactly what I signed up for!
Unless you countFor Better or for Worse, I didnt grow up reading comics.
Hand to Khonshu, I would go to the library and look for the longest-possible series to start next.
Thats how I ended up reading like eightDoctor Dolittlebooks.
This is fun fan service.
Is it a little weird to be discussing the virginity of a celebrity-cousins co-worker?
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Jens origin story is a bit different here than it is in the comics.
In 1980sSavage She-Hulk, Bruce gives her a blood transfusion after some thugs shoot her.
Speaking of the car crash, though, did everyone catch the subtle homage toMoon Knightactor Oscar Isaac?
The IRL actor and fictional Jen share a love of eatingCheetos with chopsticksto avoid getting powder on their fingies.
Jen isnt just pulling a Deadpool when she breaks the fourth wall.
Sometimes Natasha would sing me a lullaby.
Casual reminder to scan any QR codes you see onscreen.
