Every television series has a couple of episodes that don’t add much to the plot, but they exist anyway and are there. she-hulk being as honest as ever, from the beginning of episode 6 he warns that we are about to see a transition episode. The protagonist calls it as such as an “inconvenience” that will talk about a wedding that will have little or nothing to do with the general panorama of the story. An episode that does not contribute much and in which even the characteristic humor of the program languishes in a certain way.
This time Jennifer Walters (Tatiana Maslany) must attend the wedding of an old friend with whom she has lost contact. However, there is that formal obligation to invite her because of what her bond meant years ago. Upon arrival, our protagonist is faced with the harsh reality: people change and the synchrony that once existed is expired.
It also turns out that Titania (Jameela Jamil) is one more guest of the event and will not miss the opportunity to inflict her revenge against Jennifer. Since the bride doesn’t want her wedding to lose center stage, Walters must do his best not to transform into She Hulk. Although she little by little she feels much more comfortable and self-confident with her superheroic form.
The context of the wedding serves to place Jen in a situation of some growth. Although during past episodes she has gradually assimilated her new characteristics (in the past she was named She Hulk), here she discovers that she can be sexy, charismatic and overcome in a certain way that social anxiety that afflicts as a human. Even when she’s not green.
In the past she-hulk he has managed to display a very sensible and characteristic humor. However, here it is too noticeable that both the plot and the jokes go through a stage of rigidity. I guess we couldn’t blame Jessica Gao’s series too much, since even from the beginning of the episode we are warned about it.
Although almost everything that happens in episode 6 is inconsequential, she-hulk It does not escape him to make that incisive male criticism that annoys fans so much. It happens through a subplot (the funniest) where Nikki (Ginger Gonzaga) and Mallory (Renée Elise Goldsberry) attend the case of a man who is immortal.
The man is played by David Pasquesi; one who has swindled and left several women with his children. The character escapes legal and financial responsibility through suicide. The Immortal lord commits suicide at the slightest provocation and minutes later gets up as if nothing had happened.
The above leads to several gag where above all an analogy is made about how the masculine role within the existing society allows man to free many obstacles and responsibilities. Of course, the comment is made with exaggeration, but whoever doesn’t know how sarcastic and parodic black humor is supposed to work she-hulkperhaps he has not paid real attention to the series directed this time by Anu Valia.
Although episode 6 of she-hulk it is definitely the weakest so far, the positive part is the cast. Nikki pretty much gets her own story told separately while Jen is away from her, allowing her to shine on her own. And Walters, not being able to turn as much as he wanted, must interact in his human form. Maslany appropriates the role in a very funny way. Her character is put in a very grounded situation. One such as going to a wedding where everyone seems to be better than you.
Although this chapter is supposed to be self-contained, it is the first time that the series sows the seeds of a plot that runs through the entire season. Towards the end the viewer knows that there is an enemy group of She Hulk on the internet. These trolls seek to annihilate her and above all to obtain a sample of her blood. One more clue like Daredevil’s uniform, which perhaps tells us about what we will see in the season finale.
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Luis Angel H Mora My Hogwarts letter never came, so I focused my life on movies. I like to write, Harry Potter, Doctor Who and parties where I wear an astrologer. John Williams and The Killers musicalize the drama of my life.