She-Hulk: Episode 2

Hello hello! It has been a full week since my last blog post, which also means that we got another episode of She-Hulk today! Ever since the show's premiere last week I have been dying for another episode, and I am so excited that today is the day! Let's jump right into it because I have a lot of thoughts and questions on this one and I can't wait to talk about it with you all.

As always, I think it's pretty obvious, but...

SPOILERS FOR SHE-HULK EPISODE 2!

This episode jumps us right back into where we left off last week after Jen's Hulk-out in the courtroom, and it was interesting to see the public's reaction to it all! The fact that she seems to not like the name "She-Hulk" and even brings up how it feels like a direct attachment to Bruce rather than something that correlates to her specifically can't help but make me think about how she may have been feeling a bit lost in Bruce's shadow all these years. She mentions multiple times during the episode about having worked so hard to get into work as a lawyer, and she still sees that to be a huge part of herself. She clearly doesn't want to throw it all away just because of this (major?) inconvenience,

Which I think is what makes the scene so heart breaking when she is trying so hard to get another job after her current law firm lets her go. On one hand, it is understandable why no one else would hire her. A huge percentage of the human population knows who she is at this point, and it would kind of give her an unfair advantage in the courtroom in terms of "celebrity" status, and jurors siding either with or against her just for the sake of her being a "Super Hero" (though Jen would say she doesn't really categorize herself as one...yet ;) ).

Her little family dynamic during the dinner scene is so adorable! Also, her dad is really out here asking the real questions about how Hawkeye picks up all those arrows. We need answers, Marvel! For a while I had a theory that Wanda just picked them all up for him using her powers. But since she isn't really hanging out with Clint much these days, I'm thinking he throws some intern work Kate Bishop's way and has her pick all of them up 😅 Forget labeling the arrows, maybe the ought to start with GPS tracking first...

Anyways, I am really, really excited to see more of the "Super Hero" cases that Jen will take on in this show. I love how right off the bat they throw us right into the thick of both lawyer AND family drama with Abomination. I do gotta say though, Marvel certainly has an obsession with enclosed glass prisons for their villains. Loki (not once, but twice!), Doctor Strange and America in Multiverse of Madness, Bucky in Civil War, and now Abomination...there's gotta be some I'm missing, right? 😂

Back on the whole Abomination situation though, with the news footage released about him fighting, I am curious where this sets She-Hulk in the MCU timeline. Clearly it happens around the time of Shang-Chi, but I am curious if it is supposed to be simultaneously or if it is happening a few days/weeks/months afterwards. I don't know...what do you all think? I'm gonna have to jump on Marvel Easter Egg TikTok after I finish writing this to see what my theory mutuals think about this one!

Also excuse me but...where the heck is Bruce going?! This man takes any chance he can get to hop on a ship and get off Earth, I swear 😭. But also if this has to do with Sakaar, does that mean we'll get some more Grandmaster action soon? Because I would LOVE to see Jeff Goldblum's grand return. Also that joke about Bruce being a "completely different person now. Literally!" had me in stitches. I think that has to be one of the funniest jokes he has ever made in the MCU, hands down. I love how self-aware this show is. And the fourth wall breaks in this one? They're getting so good, you guys, and I feel like it's only just warming up, too. 

This episode, while more plot driven and not as fast paced as the first, was still so great. Next Thursday can't come soon enough! What is everyone else's thoughts on this one? Do we think we'll get any Shang-Chi cameos at all? ​What do we think Bruce is up to?