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She-Hulk: Attorney at Law – Episode 8

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  • Title: She-Hulk: Attorney at Law – Ribbit and Rip It
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Well, at least the Daredevil scenes were fun. Sandwiched between the show’s mediocre sitcom writing about a super-hero lawyer who dosen’t do much super-heroing or lawyering, the meat of the episode offers the return of Charlie Cox both in and out of costume as Matt Murdock and Daredevil. Also, points for getting the yellow version of Daredevil on screen (even if the reason for the change in costume is never addressed). For a series fumbling around the idea of female empowerment, there is some irony in the idea that it’s a man who gets Jennifer Walters (Tatiana Maslany) back into the courtroom (as a lawyer and not a defendant) and into her super-hero costume for the first time.

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She-Hulk: Attorney at Law – Episode 5

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  • Title: She-Hulk: Attorney at Law – Mean, Green, and Straight Poured into These Jeans
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We don’t get any super-heroing here, and although Jennifer Walters (Tatiana Maslany) goes back to court it’s as a defendant rather than a lawyer. Our lead is incredibly passive throughout the episode except for one brainstorm where she comes up with a plan that utterly embarrassing herself in court (which, to be honest, isn’t really all that embarrassing) to win the case and control of the name She-Hulk from Titania (Jameela Jamil). The only other subplot are generic jokes of men being stupid and She-Hulk being dragged to get a new wardrobe she doesn’t really want which doesn’t even pay-off on-screen in the episode other than a tease for the eventual introduction of another character.

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She-Hulk: Attorney at Law – Episode 4

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  • Title: She-Hulk: Attorney at Law – Episode 4
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Seeming to find its niche in exploring quirky little adventures marginally tied to current or past events in the MCU, the fourth episode of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law returns Wong (Benedict Wong) who needs some legal help from Jennifer Walters (Tatiana Maslany) in preventing a cut-rate magician from spicing up his lounge act with actual magic from Kamar-Taj. It turns out he’ll also need some super-hero help with the magician accidentally unleashes a horde of demons into the Earth.

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She-Hulk: Attorney at Law – Episode 2 / Episode 3

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  • Title: She-Hulk: Attorney at Law – Episode 2 / Episode 3
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Returned to her life, and with her new super-secret out in the open, Jennifer Walters (Tatiana Maslany) deals with the fallout of being a powerful woman (who is occasionally 8-feet tall and green) in a man’s world. Keeping the same lighter tone, even when dealing with a crisis for our heroine, the second and third episodes focus on a new direction for Jennifer’s role in a courtroom, attempting to work her alter-ego into her social life, and her struggles with how the world begins to fashion its own narrative about who She-Hulk is as our heroine remains reluctant to turn into the media storm. The focus of a super-woman in a man’s world can very much be felt here (especially with every male character a shmuck, a mansplaining Hulk, asshole, or creep with only a single exception who is about as asexual as you can get in the MCU).

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She-Hulk: Attorney at Law – Episode 1

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  • Title: She-Hulk: Attorney at Law – A Normal Amount of Rage
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Originally introduced back in 1980, She-Hulk has been around the Marvel Universe as a member of various teams include the Avengers and the Fantastic Four but her greatest success came from the 1989 series by John Byrne who kept the character in Hulk mode permanently, allowed her to break the fourth-wall and talk directly to the writer, and often had fun satirizing the hero genre and pushing the limits of the Comics Code. She-Hulk: Attorney at Law attempts to find a way to bring that sensibility to the screen while offering an earlier version of Jennifer Walters (Tatiana Maslany) who, like her cousin Bruce (Mark Ruffalo), can transform between human and Hulk.

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