I was sitting on the edge of my seat during this one.

This episode did everything I needed it to. I honestly kept hoping it wouldn’t end since I felt we were finally getting everything we needed. Every plot point was hit, each piece of character development was furthered, and the connection to the larger MCU slapped us all right across the face. To tell you the truth, so much happened I don’t even know yet where I expect to see the next episode go, as this one gave us a lot to digest. But we don’t need to worry about that quite yet, as we still have to through everything from this episode. So grab some popcorn and get ready to listen to the podcast that is linked below or find your platform of choice by clicking the button.

So we hit the beginning of this episode with the ground running, meeting this mysterious woman and her friends. We learn about their history and that they are currently stranded in our universe trying to get home. And this all sounds good and dandy until they don’t quite get their way and go after Kamala on a murderous rage. So let’s give some background on these Djinn. First and formost, I initially did believe they may hold a piece of their history related to the Inhumans and were just a fancy or more culturally accurate name for them. But upon research, Djinn in the Muslim religion are created by Allah and have the abilities to control and manipulate humans. They do have the ability to reproduce (Kamran would be an example) and they live for a long time. So some of this we sort of got from their explanation, but if I’m going to be introduced to a new super powerful being I want to know more.

Naturally, I do more research, as I do it so you don’t have to. In Marvel, Djinn are a race that were created from the Muslim mythology as I mentioned above and actually had ties to Asgard in the comics. But in all honesty, there wasn’t much more I could find about their stories in Marvel. Pretty much, that’s all I got. So where does this all take us? Well we can officially rule out Kamala ever being an Inhuman, as they have confirmed her power is because she is part Djinn. We know the Djinn are pretty tough and have slowed aging, which means we can theorize that Kamala’s great-grandmother is alive and went on the run from the rest of the group. I mean, hanging with a bunch of angry who-knows-how old people willing to do whatever it takes to get home would exhaust me too. And lastly, we can believe they will continue to play a huge threat in the show, whether arrested or not. Remember, I still believe that the Department of Damage Control is corrupt in some way (and possibly alien), meaning they will quickly find they have a lot in common with the Djinn and their want for Kamala.

Now it’s time to give me the biggest credit ever and say heck yea was I right about the connection to Shang-Chi’s rings (and if you need proof literally go look at my past few blog posts). Since they mentioned that they were two bangles, I will strongly suggest that the second bangle is in fact the rings. And right here people is the connection I was talking about. We have now connectd Shang-Chi, Ms. Marvel, Captain Marvel, Dr. Strange (mainly Sorceror Supreme Wong) and Hulk all in one and only one of the people mentioned was involved in the Multiverse storyline. The underlying cosmic story is coming and now I won’t be shocked if this is furtherd also in She-Hulk, as we know Bruce is in that.

Our man Eric Selvig was name-dropped once again and honestly, I’m starting to think he is the most name-dropped person in the MCU (besides maybe Cap or Iron Man). It’s been a while and I have to think it wasn’t an accident he got brought back into the action since we have Thor: Love and Thunder coming around the corner. But then again, this show has been dropping quite a few prominent names, so there is no saying that it might have been a one off and that’s it. I will say, I would love for this to be the subtle hint to the return of Dr. Selvig in newer works and with Jane returning it wouldn’t surprise me fully to see him come back too.

I’m going to momentarily interrupt our normal programming by just fangirling about how adorable Bruno is. Now hold on, I say this only because I truly love how dedicated he is to understanding, accepting, and being a part of Kamala’s culture. Obviously, this has been apparent since the start of the show but I really enjoyed seeing it during the wedding scenes and how he 100% supports Kamala.

Okay, moment over, it’s time to address the final big part of the episode and ironically I’m not talking about the Djinn fight scene or the fall out from the wedding being crashed, but I’m talking specifically about Kamala’s grandma. She knows a lot more about the bangle and what Kamala has gotten herself into, so I’m hoping she acts as the mentor that Kamala needs right now. She is being pulled in so many directions and is creating many enemies, so getting accurate information about her powers and her ancestory is extremely important. Of course, Kamala doesn’t think she will be able to go, but I believe the show rests on her getting this information from her grandmother. I also think it might mean Kamala will be the type of hero whose family knows her secret. For one, her family has closed in on her more and more throughout this last episode, but two, if her power is in her familial line, then it would be weird for especially her mother to not know of her double life.

There’s more to talk about of course, but you have to listen to the podcast to get all of it (and I do too cause I have no clue what Taylor and Davis talked about this week). Not to worry, all will be returning back to normal this week with Taylor and I both covering episode 4 of Ms. Marvel and also our Thor: Love and Thunder predictions will drop this weekend as well. I can’t believe we are already there but we are and so naturally that means two weeks in which we have two episodes per week. Make sure to stay caught up with all of Marvel’s content, along with all of ours, as Marvel just blew your mind, so let’s talk about it.

Image: “Ms. Marvel Episode 3”, Christine Dinh, Marvel