She-Hulk has so far received some good praise from across the reviewer world, but I’ve been fairly unimpressed so far. I’m not sure what it is about She-Hulk, but I think it’s the fact that it relies on a very distinct sense of humor that just seems to fall flat. It’s not like the humor is always bad, as we’ll see in Episode 4, but the problem is, the most comedic moments that actually got a laugh out of me had nothing to do with Jen Walters.
Dating Trouble
She-Hulk Episode 4 covers a few plotlines, including Jennifer Walters and her difficulty in finding a good date. Jennifer tries to get a date on a Tinder-like app with someone as herself, but she finds that pretty much nobody worthwhile is interested in her as a person. So, she caves in and makes a profile as She-Hulk.
So, she meets a doctor who seems too good to be true, and it turns out that that’s an accurate statement. He leaves her immediately the next morning after finding out that she’s Jennifer Walters and not just She-Hulk. Seems pretty rude, honestly.
This wasn’t necessarily a bad part of the episode, and it felt like we got a glimpse into what Jennifer’s life is like and the difficulties she’s having in balancing her Hulk-self with her lawyer-self. Either way though, it felt a bit rushed and underdeveloped.
Wong is Back
Sorcerer Supreme Wong is back and let’s be honest with each other, this was probably the best part of the entire episode. He wants to sue an eccentrically terrible magician named Donny Blaze who is using magic to try and wow his audiences. However, he ends up sending a woman named Madisynn to another dimension and she has to make a pact with a demon that she cannot discuss. No clue what that means, but we’ll probably find out later.
Or not. This show has a tendency to wrap up its plot points a bit too fast to really explain much.
Either way, Wong wants Blaze to stop performing his magic, as Wong believes it could cause real harm. Jennifer files a case against Blaze, but the judge doesn’t give in and Blaze is allowed to continue his magical mischief. Well, lo and behold, he messes up and sends swarms of demons onto his audience.
Walters and Wong have to stop this, and this is one of the first more fleshed out fight scenes we’ve seen so far.
Bad and Good Comedy
Pretty much the best part of the show in terms of comedy was Wong and Madisynn who had to make a pact with a demon after Blaze’s terrible antics. This part actually managed to get a laugh out of me after I sat there without reacting much to the majority of the episode.
Donny Blaze was one of the stupidest characters ever in a TV show, and I’m not exactly sure what they’re trying to accomplish with the comedy. I mean, it just feels like comedy written by a middle schooler. There’s not much substance to it and it’s not really funny either. It just kind of feels like its there for the sake of existing. For a comedy show, it’s not very comedic.
Blaze’s hype man was pretty funny and I guess the dating sequence with Jennifer and her matches was decently okay. But still, one of the problems with this show is that everyone feels more like a boiled down caricature of actual human beings. There’s not much substance to any single character aside from the ones we already know like Wong.
Even then, I can’t help but wonder: What actually is the point of this show? Okay, sure, ‘slice of life’ and all that, but what slice of life am I getting here? What’s the end goal? Will there be a big bad villain to stop? Or will the show just end on a confusing and silly note? I’m lost with the plot so far.
Plus, the episodes are just waaaaay too short to even get a story out of. I feel like if I blink, I’ll miss the whole episode.
Oh, and apparently, the “super hero influencer” (God, that’s so cringe) named Titania is suing She-Hulk for her name because apparently Titania trademarked it.
Are you serious?
Conclusions
Overall, I’d rate this episode a 5/10 for the Wong moments. That’s about it, though. It got more laughs out of me than other episodes too, so I’ll give it that.
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Zainah Yousef
Zainah Yousef is the author of The Fallen Age Saga and specializes in gaming, social media advice, and reviews. She's been writing all her life and she probably won't stop anytime soon.
