She’s getting suited up and ready.

We are officially halfway through She-Hulk (yay or nay depending on how you feel about the show). I think things might be heating up between the two strong women of the show and we still have an underlying story of somebody wanting Jen’s blood. We also got a pleasant little nod to a character coming our way and if you didn’t stick around for the credit drawings, some Easter Eggs for other Marvel characters. Pretty much, we have a lot to talk about because this episode seems to be setting some big things up, both for the show and possibly the larger MCU. Before I get into it all, make sure you are listening to the podcast episode that is linked below. Listen in live time or click the button to find your podcast listening platform of choice!

So we got the return of Titania (full-time) this episode and I think we have been promised a great rivalry that is going to continue outside of the courtroom. I did theorize that we will start to focus more on the superhero aspect of She-Hulk in the second half of the show. With this narrative, we will be seeing the fighting with Titania likely intensify, which Titania made sure to tell She-Hulk near the end of the episode. I’m excited to get this storyline, as I have loved the show’s different approach at episodes so far, but would like to feel a little bit more direction with this plotline specifically. As the newest trailer revealed, we will be getting a good fight scene between Jen and Titania at some point, which is exciting. What will be the thing I find most interesting is what Titania’s fate will be after all of this. She’s an enhanced beauty influencer, probably one of the funniest villains for Marvel to ever create on the scale of WTF. Will she end up in jail? Or will we see her again? I guess first we need to see her more in the actual show to find out but it’s all good questions to ask since we know Jen is gonna kick her butt.

We talked last week about the possibility of seeing more of Jen’s inner struggle with becoming She-Hulk, a struggle her cousin overcame once he integrated his halves. Obviously, this is a little different for Jen, as she is always technically Jen, just sometimes she’s small and curly-haired and other times she’s green. But either way, this seems to be a struggle she is having regardless and it continues to play out in Episode 5. Personally, this episode seemed to emphasize it even more in my opinion, as we see that Jen is now fighting to keep the She-Hulk name. She is accepting being She-Hulk, rather than She-Hulk being something that happened to her. So I find it really fitting this court case over the She-Hulk name happened halfway through this series. It only legitimizes my thoughts of this being a huge turning point for the show and makes me think we are heading down a different alley in the last four episodes as Jen accepts her other half more and more.

In this latest podcast episode, Davis brought up a great point about where the heck the Wrecking Crew is. I feel like we were distracted by Titania, then the Wrecking Crew, then Titania again and it makes me wonder where our other possible foes are. I think that might be a complaint I am forming, that the antagonists of the show feel a little disjointed, at least for now. Maybe that’s just me being unsure of the direction in which the show is moving as we are now more than halfway along. I would love to figure out if we are looking at two foes or two different faces of the same enemy. This goes all the way back to the episode in which the Wrecking Crew appeared, as we theorized on the boss behind Titania and the Wrecking Crew. But as we see more of Titania, I think we have two different stories being told, one surface level and one a lot more serious and could have bigger implications for the MCU. I’m not going to back down on Kingpin making an appearance, whether by name or what, in this series. Someone wants Jen’s blood and they definitely don’t want it for something good.

I know the news on Daredevil has been mentioned already by us, so I won’t go into that too in-depth here, but we do have to talk about him making his appearance in this show. In this episode, we got the first look at his new helmet and the first little hint of his appearance being on the way (even though we all knew he was going to be here eventually). I did hear a little rumor that he wouldn’t actually show up until Episodes 8 or 9, which is just a rumor, but I say this to not get anyone’s hopes up of seeing him next episode. Regardless, I found it funny that part of his reason for coming to LA is to pick up his superhero costume, and if you could see me right now you’d see me smiling just at the thought of it. Yet it feels very on brand for this show and it will be exciting to see the relationship he builds with Jen in his appearance and what this new version of Daredevil is going to be like.

I leave us asking the question of all questions: did Marvel lowkey just confirm some superheroes in the end-credit images? Don’t worry, I have provided the image for reference.

I won’t waste everyone’s time with who is there, but I will point out the ones that shouldn’t technically be there, at least not with our current MCU. I’m talking Deadpool, Cyclops, Nova, and Ghost Rider. This is now the second reference from this show we’ve gotten for Ghost Rider, just to remind everyone. So should we be looking for announcements about these guys soon? Well, the mutants have sort of been ‘coming’ for ages now and Deadpool many have already prepared themselves to officially enter the MCU. Ghost Rider has also been talked about ever since Blade was confirmed. So…I guess yes and no? Theoretically these sneakers just mean they all already exist, which could be a timeline issue to reference in the future (that I’m politely going to avoid now).

All in all, while the episode itself was enjoyable, it definitely felt like a filler episode, as I felt Episode 4 did as well. I have faith in it setting up a lot more in the last four episodes, so we will just have to hang in there and see. As we begin to close out September, make sure to sign up for our newsletter in order to get all the great extra content from us to you on the first of every month. Also, make sure you are continuing to watch and keep up with She-Hulk, as Marvel just blew your mind, so let’s talk about it.

Image: “She-Hulk Episode 5”, Jacob Smith, Bounding Into Comics