She-Hulk Episode 5 Review
Warning! This review contains spoilers for episode 5 of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.
Marvel Studios’ She-Hulk: Attorney at Law is back with its action-free, sitcom-heavy fifth episode, “Mean, Green, and Straight Poured Into These Jeans,” now streaming on Disney+. Following on from last week’s cliffhanger, supervillain influencer Titania has trademarked the name “She-Hulk” – a name that Jen didn’t even want in the first place – and is suing Jen for using it. Rather than defending herself or recruiting the services of Matt Murdock, Jen hires her standoffish colleague Mallory Book to represent her in a countersuit.
Last week’s episode smartly dovetailed its A-plot and B-plot as Jen’s disastrous dating life finally yielded some success and Wong interrupted a romantic moment to summon Jen to battle some demons at a magic show. Written by Dana Schwartz, this week’s episode has another disconnected A-plot and B-plot that have nothing to do with one another. The A-plot is disappointingly uneventful and the B-plot takes a while to get going.
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Ginger Gonzaga gets a chance to shine playing Nikki Ramos as more than just a supportive friend lending an ear, but Pug acts bizarrely out of character. Up to this point, he’s been the likable everyman voice of reason dryly reacting to comically exaggerated personalities like failed playboy Dennis Bukowski and shapeshifting elf Runa. But in this episode, he affects a weird put-on accent as he brags about his “drip broker” connecting him to an underground superhero merch hook-up.
Jameela Jamil gets more of a spotlight than any previous episode as Titania’s rivalry with She-Hulk intensifies. But their fight from the pilot episode isn’t even
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