She-Hulk Review: "Whose Show is This?"

We have made it, ladies and gentlemen: the finale of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law! To say that I've enjoyed this show would be an understatement, and I have immensely enjoyed reviewing each of the previous eight episodes, and this finale is no exception. So without further ado...

So we are treated to an homage to the original Incredible Hulk series, with Jen featured as the centerpiece of the opening to the classic series that starred the late Bill Bixby as Dr. David Banner, while Lou Ferrigno portrayed the titular Hulk. Of course, the scenes were part of the follow up to the events of the previous episode, which saw She-Hulk go into a rage over Intelligencia's twisted exposure. We later see Jen inside the same cell that once held Emil Blonsky, and she is later subjected to the same parole conditions that befell the former Abomination: she is to never become She-Hulk again.

Despite having the emotional support of her parents, Jen finds herself struggling with the fallout and the restrictions; the latter being tricky due to Jen originally not wanting to embrace her green alter-ego. Jen decides to pay a visit to Emil's retreat; meanwhile, Nikki decides to infiltrate Intelligencia and find out who truly is behind the faction. A racy video of Jen is used as bait, with one of the members wanting to meet her, though as Nikki noticed, she was referred to as "bro." Nikki sends Pug inside Intelligencia, which (surprise, surprise--not really) is nothing more than a group of random men. Not a secret cover intelligent group of scientists; just a motley and toxic group of misogynistic twits, who accuse She-Hulk of being "too emotional," among many other dumb comments.

We do get a big reveal. The true leader of Intelligencia? None other than Todd King, the doofy blind date who appeared to have an obsession with Jen. Even crazier, Emil appeared to the group as a guest speaker, and he did so as Abomination, which is a clear violation of his parole. Jen's search for Emil led her to the very site of the Intelligencia meeting, and the truth was unveiled. Todd accused Jen of being undeserving of her Hulk gifts, and revealed that Josh Miller (Jen's wedding hookup) was responsible for getting Jen's blood, which Todd plans to inject into himself, as he feels he's more deserving of being a Hulk than Jen.

What we see is Todd transform into something resembling a big green "gym bro," and it's followed by Titania making her appearance, as well as Bruce Banner in his Hulk form. As the saying goes, "Too many cameos spoil the broth," and Jen has had enough of all this madness.

We are late treated to a very surreal moment that begins with She-Hulk actually appearing through the Disney+ menu and entering the Marvel Assembled tile, which takes her through the Disney lot and into the production offices of her own show, where she confronts the group regarding the finale. She goes on to state that it's basically the same thing we've seen throughout the entire MCU (as much as I love the MCU, she's not wrong), though one of the writers stated that it's the ending that "Kevin" wants.

Jen goes to see Kevin, and after signing a NDA and taking down guards, she finally meets "K.E.V.I.N.," who is actually an AI brain whose name is an acronym standing for "Knowledge Enhanced Visual Interconnectivity Nexus." Jen uses her lawyering skills to convince K.E.V.I.N. that a new ending should be used, mainly due to the whole "Hulk blood" thing being similar to the Super Soldier serum used in the past. Jen's terms are as follows:

1. No Hulk blood into Todd. The blood isn't the villain, Todd is.
2. Bruce shouldn't be there, either. K.E.V.I.N. attempts to explain that Bruce would detail everything he's been doing in outer space. Jen's response: "Save it for the movie."
3. Emil should be held accountable for his actions.
4. A daytime setting for the wrap-up

After being assured of her new ending (as well as being teased that she could be in a movie), Jen returns to her new ending, where she informs Todd that she will sue him, Emil gets sent back to the DODC, and Daredevil returns to the picture and introduced himself as Jen's boyfriend. As for Bruce, he does surface, and introduces his son, Skaar. Everything wraps up in a neat package for all; even Emil, as a mid-credits scene showed Wong releasing Emil and setting him up with a room at Kamar-Taj.

The season finale, "Whose Show is This?," hit Disney+ on October 13, 2022. I loved the finale; I thought it was a typical way to end an unorthodox and entertaining show. I will say this; there were two things that did let me down. One, we didn't get a Mallory Book heel turn, as Intelligencia was revealed to be a motley group of toxic males, and secondly, I was hoping we'd see a She-Hulk/Titania team up, as one of the many things I learned about Titania is that she would reform and do the superhero thing in many stories. I am certain of this; She-Hulk should get a second season. This show is too popular and stands out too much not to get renewed.

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