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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 8807997" data-attributes="member: 7023840">So, addressing this. You have to understand what the actual theme of the show is. Spiderman, for example, is often focused on "With great power comes great responsibility." But do you know what isn't?Almost every other superhero arc, including almost every iteration of the Hulk. If you were looking for She-Hulk to be Spiderman, and to have that theme, you're going to be disappointed- just as if you went into Captain America: Civil War and were like ... dang, I wish they had explored the idea of "With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility." Or the latest Batman movie. Or the last Black Widow movie. And so on.I'll give you another example. Some people think all superhero stories are supposed to be "fight, fight, and then fight the big bad." Again, if you were looking for that, you were going to be disappointed. Because that wasn't this show.And it's okay to not like the choices that were made! Different people like different things. But you have to start by trying to understand what was trying to be accomplished, and the degree to which it was successful.This show didn't "hide the ball." When you watched the first episode, you thought it was about Hulk trying to teach Jen about "being responsible." It wasn't. It was about Jen trying to stand up for herself- about affirming that she wasn't two different people, that she wasn't the same as Bruce/Hulk, and most importantly, she wasn't going to just be a superhero- she wanted her life that she had worked hard for and she wanted to be an attorney. Importantly, it also dealt with the theme of the difference between how women and men act and are perceived in society- something that continued throughout the season in serious (that gala....) and playful ways (such as Daredevil's "walk of shame"). The show practically hit you on the head with the themes- this wasn't going to be a MCU beat 'em up, but was going to be a fourth-wall breaking light comedy that touches on gender issues in society. And that point was hammered home in the season (series?) finale. K.E.V.I.N. wanted to give the viewers what they expected from an MCU show. Solve things with your fists. Payoff to yet another "blood" plotline. Hulk comes to save the day. Etc. But Jen wasn't having this- she had already announced it in the penultimate episode (this is her show). This wasn't going to be a big battle royale. Hulk wasn't saving the day. Instead, we jump ahead and see regular ol' police arresting the Big Bad. And then Jen (as She-Hulk, and happily so) going into Court.But Jen did massively evolve throughout the series. She went from resenting the intrusion of the She-Hulk alter-ego to integrating it. She didn't need to use hulk powers to smash the sneering and mediocre men trying to take her down- she could use her awesome Jen powers for that. She doesn't need to be She-Hulk to get a hottie like Matt Murdock- she can get him to an embarrassing family meal just as herself.And she didn't need to take what was given to her in the season finale. She  gets to advocate for the ending she wants. It's her show.Again, in saying this, I don't think the show was perfect. <a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/all-marvel-tv-shows-ranked.692375/" target="_blank">When I ranked the MCU shows</a>, I still rank it in the second tier of Disney+ MCU shows- along with Moon Knight and Loki. I think some of the jokes in the finale could have been better. I think the finale had some bad transitions. I think that the show could have focused a little more on the law side- the parts they did were pretty funny and did a good job with the absurdity of the MCU universe (like Mr. Immortal).</blockquote>

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