Ms. Marvel Episode 6 Review

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Warning: This article contains spoilers for the season finale of Ms. Marvel.

Going into its season finale, Ms. Marvel adhered to an ongoing trend with the MCU’s streaming series. Most of Marvel’s Disney+ shows have set up sprawling, meandering story threads throughout the first few episodes, then burdened the finale with providing all the payoffs. Fortunately, coming off of its weakest entry, Ms. Marvel’s sixth and final episode – titled “No Normal” after the poignant advice Kamala offers to Kamran – managed to stick the landing.

After a couple of weeks of inconsequential villain arcs and prolonged flashback sequences, Ms. Marvel’s finale pulls it all back together. Kamala returns to New Jersey for a showdown with Damage Control agents at the high school. “No Normal” brings back all the characters who have been sidelined in the past few episodes. Kamala reconciles with Nakia after keeping her superpowers a secret and “mean girl” Zoe achieves redemption and embraces Kamala’s friendship. The unlikely team-up between Bruno and Kamran teased at the end of the previous episode turned out to be a surprising pleasure, complete with a sweet moment where Kamran finally gets his name right: “Thanks, Bruno.”

Ms. Marvel Is Really About The Relationship Between Mothers and Daughters

“No Normal” is the episode in which Kamala finally becomes Ms. Marvel. She takes on the moniker based on the true meaning of her given name and dons a new suit created by her now-supportive mother. This new suit gets a stunning intro as Kamala charges into action. Heads turn as a new superhero passes through the air above them. This sequence is bolstered by a fun visual gag with Kamala waiting for a traffic light to turn green before continuing to walk