She-Hulk: Episode 9 (Season Finale Review!)

I cannot believe that we are already at the season finale of She-Hulk! I have loved every single bit of this show, but I have to say I think this finale was my favorite episode of all. It was so off the rails and crazy at every turn! And I cannot WAIT to discuss all my favorite parts. If you want to hear me talking in depth about the episode on podcast format, I was on The Keeg Show this morning right after the episode dropped! It was 4:00 am for me! Pretty early, but this one was SO worth it. You can watch it HERE if you are interested! Otherwise....

SPOILERS FOR EPISODE 9 OF SHE-HULK BELOW!

Okay, there is SO much to talk about with this episode, so I'm going to take things one at a time. I know we're all REALLY looking forward to talking about that ending because, come on, that was WILD. But I will be going in order of appearance in order to keep my thoughts straight here.

The nod to the vintage TV show in the beginning was SO awesome! From the outfits and hair styles right down to the grainy TV filter, it was so fun! And Jen just typing away back at Intelligencia was KILLING me. And theeeeen she woke up in the prison they had for Emil, and all my joy was SUCKED AWAY. I felt so bad, poor Jen! I've said this in so many of my posts, but she has been trying SO HARD to just live life and every episode she gets hit by something. And when she was trying to bargain with Mallory about how they can appeal in court, my heart was shattering for her.

Watching her move out of her apartment was interesting to me, too. I'm curious why she just up and left? I know she lost her job, but I was surprised she couldn't keep her apartment. Either way, it made for some interesting plot when she moved back in with her parents. Not her mom putting the exercise machine in her room!! And she had a little No Way Home moment with all the news cast outside her window. At first I thought it was a good idea she went to Emil's retreat home, especially with everything going on. At least it would be quieter there and she could have time to escape from the noise of everything.

No way at ALL did I see that plot twist coming that Emil was holding the Intelligencia meeting at his retreat. I feel like I should of, it seems like, obvious, but when I found out I LOST it. But before that, I was really just enjoying Pug and Nikki trying to help Jen out. It was awesome that Nikki was feeding him words through his little AirPod. It was also interesting to me, because I felt like this was part of the show's way of making fun of current Marvel discussion. A lot of what they were saying is a lot of the debates I've been hearing about on this show circulating on TikTok and Twitter since the very first episode. And the fact that they made it SUPER current by even talking about Jane as Thor was so interesting to hear. I felt like this was Marvel's way of subtweeting the haters of the show and showing them how they sound to everyone.

And then Jen finds out. Ohhhh she finds out BIG time. And things hit the fan SO FAST. First of all, Emil just turning into the Abomination for motivational speaking had me CRYING. And then Titania showed up and I was low-key convinced she might be fighting for Jen because she missed being enemies with her AHAHA. Especially after reading a few She-Hulk comics lately, I felt like that was something she would totally do. And then BRUCE showed up again and I LOST IT because I love Bruce almost as much as I love Jen, so to see him return for the episode had me. And then--

Disney+ crashed. Well....we all know it didn't really crash. But they had me again, because I TOTALLY thought that my Disney+ just shut off. I was moving my hand to click back on the She-Hulk tab when Jen started talking again and OBLITERATED the fourth wall. Oh my god. This part was the start of my favorite section of this episode. I loved her just popping out of the screen and then jumping into the "Assembled" episodes. And then just walking around the Marvel Studios lot? Absolutely hilarious!

I loved seeing that the actual writers of the show just hanging out in the writers room (like Jessica Gao) and the way they were like half-phased to see Jen. They were surprised but were also like "meh, it happens" HAHAH. And their refusal to let her talk to Kevin? Hilarious. No one talks to Kevin! Immediately followed by Jen scrolling through that multi-page NDA had me DYING. Especially where she is a lawyer and probably deals with that stuff ALL. THE. TIME. I'm also curious to know if the security guards she was throwing against the wall actually worked there? Like, did they ask them if they wanted cameos on the show? Or were they just stunt doubles haha! And then she's walking into the giant room. The giant office of Kevin. And I was thinking "This is it. We finally get a Kevin Feige cameo in the MCU! Here we go!" and....

AND THEN HE WAS A ROBOT AND I ABSOLUTELY LOST IT. No plot point has ever been as hilarious to me as the K.E.V.I.N. bot and the fact that they even gave him A LITTLE HAT?! LIKE IRL KEVIN? I'M CRYING YOU GUYS. And there was sO so much in that little snippet of conversation they had...

First of all, K.E.V.I.N. telling her to de-Hulk-ify herself because the VFX team was busy working on something else (cue Wakanda music) was SO good. And then proceeding to tell her to do it off screen too HAHAH. I am crying. And I loved Jen debating with him on the way her own show ended. And Jen even vouching for what the fans want to! Give us the X-Men! I'm definitely going to have to rewatch the episode to really take in that conversation again, but I'm pretty sure she mentioned something about waiting until the movie to reveal something big? Was this the show hinting that Jen will be in a movie? That Mark's Hulk will get a solo film? I need to know! Though, then he followed it up by saying that Jen won't be on the big screen, so I don't know what to think. And then her calling out all the daddy issues?! I'M CRYING.

But then Jen proceeding to tell him everything he needed to fix about the episode ending was so spot on, and even getting us more Daredevil!! YESSS!! I was so excited to see Matt back again. God, I need to catch up on the Daredevil show. I have loved seeing his character so very much. Good thing we have all this extra stuff to keep us entertained until Born Again! And I loved seeing him have dinner with Jen's family. It gave me Falcon and the Winter Soldier Oreo cake party vibes.

And we can't finish this blog without talking about SKAAR?! BRUCE'S SON?! HELLO?! WHERE DID HE COME FROM?! I need to know more. I nEED to know. I mean I'm sure I could figure it out if I looked up some comics right now. But I think part of the fun is not knowing much about Skaar and waiting to learn more about him in the MCU!

If someone told me about this finale and how the show ended, I literally would not have believed them until I saw it with my own eyes. This was by far the best season finale since the WandaVision finale. I'm so sad it's over! I'm going to miss Jen so much. Hopefully she makes her return in a movie or even a cameo in Daredevil at some point. What was everyone's favorite part of this one? I loved every second, but the K.E.V.I.N. bot was my all-time favorite hahah!

I'll be continuing blog posts with each new Marvel release we have (Wakanda Forever, the Guardians Holiday Special, etc) but is there anything else you all would like to see blog posts about? Let me know in the comments! And for those of you who have been reading my blogs, it means the world to me! Thank you for being here and supporting my little corner of the internet. You guys are the best. Sending lots of love to you, and I hope you all have an amazing weekend.

-Jess (@femalepeterparker)