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This is a spoiler-free review of She-Hulk Season 1, available to stream now on Disney+. See our spoiler-filled reviews of each episode below:<\/em><\/p>\n

She-Hulk: Attorney At Law – Series Premiere Review<\/p>\n

She-Hulk: Attorney At Law – Episode 2 Review<\/p>\n

She-Hulk: Attorney At Law – Episode 3 Review<\/p>\n

She-Hulk: Attorney At Law – Episode 4 Review<\/p>\n

She-Hulk: Attorney At Law – Episode 5 Review<\/p>\n

She-Hulk: Attorney At Law – Episode 6 Review<\/p>\n

She-Hulk: Attorney At Law – Episode 7 Review<\/p>\n

She-Hulk: Attorney At Law – Episode 8 Review<\/p>\n

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She-Hulk: Attorney At Law – Season Finale Review<\/p>\n

There was a lot of intrigue when She-Hulk: Attorney At Law got announced. After all, Jennifer Walters is the leader of the A-Force, the all-female Avengers team. Now, we may not be in A-Force territory yet (let’s get crackin, there, Kevin), but She-Hulk proved that with a sitcom format, some serious swings, and a whole lot of cameos and fourth wall breaks, the world is Jen’s oyster.<\/p>\n

The trio of Kat Coiro (executive producer and director), Jessica Gao (executive producer and head writer), and Tatiana Maslany (She-Hulk\/Jen Walters) isn’t the only reason She-Hulk: Attorney At Law succeeds, but they do deserve the lion’s share of the credit between them. Coiro and Gao knew exactly what they wanted to bring to the table with Jen, and there’s no better person on the planet to play her than Maslany (so please also take this as a shout-out to casting directors Sarah Finn and Jason B. Stamey ). It’s immediately confident in its irreverent tone, and Jen wins over our hearts with ease with chronic relatability and by instilling an unshakable desire to root for her success.<\/p>\n

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A sitcom is the perfect vehicle for someone who just wants to be invisible and do her job suddenly becoming a giant, green, indestructible bombshell. By using humor, Gao and the creative team were able to highlight some of the most ridiculous parts of everyday life as a woman while also showcasing the struggles of having superpowers thrust upon you in a way that we hadn’t seen the MCU tackle previously. <\/p>\n

The use of the sitcom format doesn’t fall apart until the finale, and the same can be said for the fourth wall breaks. Up until that last episode, Jen’s eye contact with the camera and reliance on humor served her well. However, a giant bomb in the penultimate episode left the show unable to reconcile with its tone. Serious issues can be tackled via humor, as is shown all the time in other 22-24 episode seasons. Unfortunately, She-Hulk: Attorney At Law seems to just run out of time. Any reckoning with the abject humiliation Jen experiences is dropped in favor of quick-hits humor and a finale that had too much to get to in the span of just 30 minutes.<\/p>\n

She-Hulk: Attorney At Law’s finale may not be the best episode of the bunch, but it’s not enough to drag down the overall success of the show. Fans worried that the series wouldn’t have any value to the overall MCU canon were proved wrong time and time again, not just with major involvement from characters like Wong (Benedict Wong), Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), and Daredevil (Charlie Cox) but with character introductions that have huge <\/em>implications on the future of the franchise.<\/p>\n

It’s thrilling to see a wider demographic being reached out to. <\/p>\n\n

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The show’s value as something completely fresh to the Marvel Cinematic Universe can’t be understated either. While the MCU remains largely sexless, this is the first time we’ve seen female sexuality front and center in one of its series. In a world where women are still told they’re \u201casking for it\u201d in any context what-so-ever, Gao and company brought us a woman in her 30s looking for healthy sexual relationships and sent Daredevil on the proverbial walk of shame, superhero suit and all. Phase 1 could never. <\/em><\/p>\n