She-Hulk Actually Feels Like TV
This article contains spoilers for episodes 1-4 of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.
Game of Thrones was the first HBO show I got into and, a decade ago, the shortened 10 episode seasons which forced the showrunners to cut filler was a major selling point. I had watched as Lost spun its wheels for multiple seasons, and was grateful for a model that seemed designed to get to the good stuff. Now, 10 years later, every show I watch is on a streaming platform, and just about every original series has adopted premium cable’s model. Television has never been shorter, and yet, it seems like there’s less good stuff to get to.
The majority of TV now has, at most, 10 episodes. Some, like the MCU and Star Wars shows on Disney+ have even less. Loki, Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Moon Knight, Ms. Marvel, Hawkeye, and Obi-Wan Kenobi all had six. As a result, all of those shows, to varying degrees, feel more like drawn out six hour movies than real TV. Miniseries are extremely popular with streamers, but can feel like a bit of a no man’s land — not quite a movie, not quite a TV show — and Disney’s shows have suffered from being squeezed (and stretched) into that format.
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She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, on the other hand, really feels like a TV series. It isn’t a particularly good one. The jokes are cringe-y and the CGI is dodgy, which causes the whole show to exist in a kind of tonal uncanny valley. But, structurally, I like what it’s doing. Four episodes in, She-Hulk has established a few central characters who show up in each episode. It has a case-of-the-week format, that makes each feel distinct, while still fitting within the formula. And it has guest stars,
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