‘Scarlet Witch and Vision’ had so far been the only live-action Marvel series that had gone beyond six episodes, so ‘She-Hulk: Lawyer Hulka’ will be the second to do so. After seeing the first four episodes of it, I really wanted to continue with it, but both last week and the one we are dealing with today have left me with the feeling of being little steps back.
It is true that the episode itself is honest and dedicates a breaking of the fourth wall to tell us that ‘Just Jen’ It is going to be a self-contained episode and perhaps it did not hit too much at this point in the season. That does not mean that it has not been a fun episode -although others were more so-, both in terms of the wedding and, above all, the peculiar case that it presents, but also that at no time has the idea of be pure transition.
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My old best friend’s wedding
Hulka’s arc in ‘Just Jen’ has focused on attending a wedding of an old friend with whom she had long lost contact, which the Disney + series uses as an excuse for TAtiana Maslany let loose a bitmeet a new potential love interest and prove once again that Titania is no match for her.
At least not for now, because everything related to the blood sample leads me to think about the possibility that the character played by Jameela Jamil comes into contact with her and that affects her powers in some way. She has reasons to do everything in her power to humiliate She-Hulk, although they also fall within the light line that has dominated the series since its inception.
However, regarding the wedding has oscillated constantly between the pleasant -That companion they have prepared for Jen or the final reaction of the bride- and the frustrating -too many laps already go in relation to the fact that Jennifer is much better received as She-Hulk and her resistance to accept it-, because the series where she stands out the most is when the protagonist has to handle some singular case due to the fact that someone with superpowers is involved . And here it has happened again, the only thing without any participation of the protagonist.
The case of Mister Immortal
A little worrying is that an episode of the series works better in the disconnected part of its protagonist. It is true that everything related to the women she had swindled Mister Immortal It can be seen as a silly case, since it is a character that we did not know at all and here he is presented as a simple troublemaker who has to start being held accountable for his past actions.
It is not that what happened beyond its most superficial layer is never addressed too much, but there the episode has more spark, both for details such as Mister Immortal jumping out the window or the peculiar way of settling the legal dispute and, above all, for Serve to bond between Nikki and Mallory.
I have no doubt that the series will take this up to emphasize the contrast between their personalities and how that can help Jennifer in some cases, but just as important as that is the fact that the actresses Ginger Gonzaga Y Renee Elise Goldsberry they demonstrate good chemistry, thus raising the base material somewhat.
That said, ‘Just Jen’ It’s the episode of ‘She-Hulk: Lawyer She-Hulk’ with which I have enjoyed the least so far. It’s still nice and I’m aware that the series wants to play this, but as an episodic comedy I think it peaked with ‘Isn’t this real magic?’, where the duo formed by Wong and Madisynn was pure gold, something that the series has not achieved again. At least for now.