Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of She-Hulk itself. Back in “ A Normal Amount of Rage,” the show argued that what distinguished Jen Walters (Tatiana Maslany) from her cousin Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo) was that she didn’t share his identity crisis. There’s also a sense that She-Hulk itself is decidedly ambivalent about all this. It feels very calculated and very cynical. Matt Murdock makes his appearance, but as late in the season as he possibly can without crowding Jen out of her own season finale. So the result is something of a strange compromise. However, She-Hulk would never risk provoking potential fan outrage on that level, even for what would be a very self-aware gag that would serve as a wry meta-commentary on the nature of these shows and the audience’s relationship with them. It would be a very confident, assured, and provocative choice from the series. The funniest joke that She-Hulk could pull would be to lure in fans that only care about the continuity cameo from Matt Murdock and then never deliver on it. ![]() Given that the villains of She-Hulk seem to be angry nerds posting about She-Hulk on the internet, it would be hilarious for the show to so aggressively troll them. Then again, this gets at one of the central tensions of She-Hulk. “Just Jen” opened with a joke to the audience about “a self-contained wedding episode” arriving at “an inconvenient time in the season.” “ Why are they doing this to us?” Metro quoted fans. ![]() “ Where’s Daredevil?” demanded ScreenRant. The fight scene from this episode was released early as a “ sneak peek.”Īs the series rushed towards its climax, there was something mildly amusing in the online audience’s frustration with She-Hulk’s withholding of the fan service of Daredevil’s appearance. ![]() “ Mean, Green, and Straight Poured into These Jeans” ended with a shot teasing the character’s return, revealing that Matt Murdock was a client of super tailor Luke Jacobson (Griffin Matthews). He was even the end-of-reel teaser for the She-Hulk trailer released at Comic-Con in July 2022.įor all that fans obsess over spoilers “ruining” their enjoyment, She-Hulk repeatedly signposted the arrival of Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock. There had been speculation about the character’s appearance as early as December 2020, with another round of speculation in July 2021. Daredevil has been a major part of the marketing and branding for She-Hulk. Most obviously, this is the big Daredevil crossover, with Charlie Cox making his long-teased appearance in the penultimate episode of the season. “Ribbit and Rip It” is a fairly solid episode of She-Hulk, albeit one that largely abandons the sitcom aesthetic that the show has been honing for the past few weeks in favor of more conventional superhero fodder. This discussion and review contains spoilers for She-Hulk episode 8, “Ribbit and Rip It.”
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