SHE-HULK EPISODE 3 REVIEW

 

Boundaries!

            I swear, this is not turning into a She-Hulk fan blog. I have other, NON-She-Hulk stuff in various stages that I’m waiting to not completely hate before I get around to posting. BUT, in the meantime…

The meeting of the plots.

            She-Hulk episode 3! If ever there was an argument for Disney+ Marvel shows being longer, I think this episode was it. After a brief taste in the first episode, we finally get around to some lawyer-ing on this “lawyer show” with two concurrent legal matters. However, the B-plot (so generously pointed out by Shulkie during the episode) had a lot of comedic potential that just wasn’t allowed to be fully tapped in favor of the A-plot, aka the parole of Tim Roth’s Emil Blonsky. Both of those plotlines could’ve used a little more time to percolate and deliver a few more laughs.

Blonsky watches his lawyer work.

            We finally get the Wong cameo the trailers have been promising. Now this is where I’m afraid I’ll have to—ugh—actually agree with whiny fanboys about the MCU’s tendency to turn everything comedic at the sacrifice of character. Now, I understand this show is meant to be a sitcom and everything within its orbit will fall into that category, but Wong was a bit—off. Being Sorcerer Supreme seems to have diminished the character’s serious side, which was used to juxtapose Benedict Cumberbatch’s Strange’s more flippant quippyness. I also don’t recall him being so socially awkward when dealing with other people. There was a way to make him funny and still have him feel like Wong.

Enter: Wong!

            The episode delivered another excellent post-credits scene that had me laughing my ass off. I’ve seen a lot of complaints about the CGI and I just didn’t see it. Or, it wasn’t enough to distract me. I thought it looked fine. Also, looks like there’s a mysterious plot developing. What will this mean for our Jade Giantess?  Plus! We get the MCU introduction of The Wrecking Crew: thugs empowered with enchanted construction tools.

They're gonna wreck it!

            Overall, it was another fun episode. Should have been longer to give the legal portion a bit more time to flourish before the brief moment of superheroics. It’ll be interesting to see how all these seemingly unconnected threads intersect by series’ end.