Cover B Podcast
  • Home
  • Episodes & Posts
  • Merchandise
  • About
  • Contact

New Episodes Weekly

Subscribe
Contact Us

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law - Episode 3 Review

9/1/2022

0 Comments

 
Picture

The Savage-Classy-Bougie-Ratchet She-Hulk

​I'll admit, I did find the "this isn't a cameo every week kinda show" 4th wall break in the same episode with a throwaway Megan Thee Stallion cameo to be kind of silly. I'm assuming it was an intentional juxtaposition, but who knows.

All in all, I feel like this episode is when we first see the actual show come together. We get a glimpse, albeit brief, of antagonists and a possible plan behind them as well as finally start to see the very beginning of Jen accepting her She-Hulk image and trying to live with it instead of in spite of it. It took a few episodes to get to this point, but it didn't feel like wasted time since the first two episode carried enough developmental content to keep things moving along.
Picture
The third episode, titled "the People vs Emil Blonsky," picks up with Jen confronting Blonsky as to the nature of his removal from his cell to participate in an underground fighting ring (as seen in Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings).  Blonsky explains that while he was removed against his will, he returned by his own choice. He then puts Jen on the track of Wong, the Sorcerer Supreme, who was responsible for the whole debacle. Legal-Darcy Nikki Ramos, Jen's paralegal, manages to set up a meeting with Wong, who confirms Blonsky's story and agrees to testify in his parole hearing. From there, we are introduced to plot B, which features hunky lawyer and former Arrow villain Pug being signed on to represent Dennis Bukowski, the douchebag lawyer and probable podcast host that Jen used to work with, who was defrauded by a magical elf pretending to be Megan Thee Stallion. Stories A & B intersect, much to the approval of Jen herself, when Jen is asked to testify that Bukowski is a delusional dillweed, thus helping Pug win the case. Throughout the whole episode, Jen receives advice from multiple characters that she needs to simply accept her lot in life as a She-Hulk and become part of the story in order to control the narrative. The episode ends with an appearance of the Wrecking Crew, who promptly get the absolute bejesus smacked out of them, before Jen reflects on her reflection and seems to like what she sees.

Then she twerks with Megan Thee Stallion in the stinger. Which was delightful.
Picture
This episode is definitely where a lot of threads get tied down, though they all happen quickly toward the end of the episode, meaning episode 4 is more than likely going to feel like a show officially out of it's developmental chrysalis and soaring into the overarching narrative of the season. Despite the writers claiming otherwise, I thought the courtroom elements were handled extremely well, which alleviated a lot of my worry from last week. That said, I can't really see much of a purpose to story B, the Bukowski trial. It's possible that Pug is going to become a bigger part of the show, something I definitely wouldn't mind because I overall enjoyed his time on screen andImeanlookathim, but it's a bit too early to tell. In a vacuum, the Bukowski stuff didn't feel entirely necessary. Sure, it was entertaining, but in a show with a fairly quick run time, it leaves me wondering if the time could have been better spent getting to the Wrecking Crew earlier than they did and maybe giving us a more detailed glimpse into whatever antagonist is behind them. Hey, at least we got our second cameo of the episode out of it.

Speaking of cameos, Benedict Wong needs to be in every show, every movie, all of it. Wong is a fun character, overall. The MCU did an incredible job taking a mostly offensive comic character and turning him into gold. I would love to see Wong make more appearances in this show or even more MCU content. Same can be said for Tim Roth's Blonsky/Abomination. You can tell that Roth is excited to be back in the role, as he has stated in the lead up to the series, and it would be such an incredible waste of that character to not have him pop up a bit more.
Picture
She-Hulk is running on all cylinders for me at this point. While there are definitely things to nitpick and poke fun at (sorry Nikki), the pacing of each episode has been spot on, the humor has been a delight, and overall the show feels like a very fresh story in a universe that has felt increasingly samey for a while now. We're finally getting content that reflects the narrative diversity that the comics have had for years, wherein not every super-powered tale has to be about high-stakes, world-ending problems, but can instead be about the person behind the powers. As this mini story arch comes to a close, I'm pumped to see what's next.

Episode 4 of She-Hulk premieres September 8th. Until then, keep on twerkin'.
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Cover B Podcast

    Chris & Tee host this weekly comic-focused show, providing insight on new comics, entertainment news and more. 

    Archives

    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018

    Categories

    All
    ABLAZE Publishing
    Action Lab Comics
    Advent Comics
    AfterShock Comics
    Ahoy Comics
    Albatross Funnybooks
    Antarctic Press
    Aquaman
    Archaia Entertainment
    Archie Comics
    Arctic Press Comics
    Asylum Press
    Avengers
    AWA Studios
    Bad Idea Comics
    Batman
    Behemoth Comics
    Benitez Productions
    Black Label
    Black Mask Studios
    Black Widow
    BOOM! Studios
    Captain Marvel
    Carnage
    Catwoman
    Comic Cons
    Comics Experience Publishing
    Cosplay
    Coverspiracy
    Dark Horse Comics
    DC Comics
    Deadpool
    Devil's Due Comics
    Disney
    DIsney+
    Dr. Strange
    Dynamite Entertainment
    Fantagraphics Books
    Fantastic Four
    Flash
    Game Of Thrones
    Games
    Godzilla
    Graphic Novelties
    Guardians Of The Galaxy
    Harley Quinn
    Harry Potter
    Heavy Metal Magazine
    HIll House
    Holiday Gift Guide
    Honorable Mentions
    Hulk
    Humanoids Comics
    IDW Publishing
    Image Comics
    Indie Comics
    Interview
    Jinxworld
    Joker
    Junji Ito
    Justice League
    Keenspot Entertainment'
    Key Issues
    Mad Cave Comics
    Magnetic Press
    Marvel Comics
    Movie Reviews
    Netflix
    News Brief
    Oni Press
    Pantheon Books
    Powered Gaming
    Prime Video
    Punisher
    Random House Publishing Group
    Red 5 Comics
    REEL EXTRA
    Scout Comics
    Second Sight Publishing
    Secret Shortbox
    Shazam!
    She-Hulk
    Shudder
    Silver Sprocket
    Source Point Press
    Spawn
    Spider-Man
    Star Trek
    Star Wars
    Suicide Squad
    Sumerian Comics
    Summer Break Archives
    Superman
    Thor
    Titan Comics
    TMNT
    Top Cow
    TV Reviews
    Valiant Comics
    Vault Comics
    Venom
    Vertigo
    Viz Media
    Walking Dead
    Web Comics
    Weekly Features
    Wonder Woman
    X-Men
    Zenescope Entertainment

    RSS Feed

Listen

Episodes
Apple Podcasts
Google Podcasts

Support

​Merchandise
Sponsorship
​Opportunities

About

About Cover B
Contact Us
Comic Podcast Network
Cover B Podcast © COPYRIGHT 2019. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
  • Home
  • Episodes & Posts
  • Merchandise
  • About
  • Contact