Television Review

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law: Season One

Jennifer Walters navigates the complicated life of a single, thirtysomething attorney who also happens to be a super-powered Hulk…

The Marvel Cinematic Universe branching wholeheartedly into television has resulted in considerably more stories than their movies have produced since WandaVision premiered in 2021, and it’s fascinating to see which characters are being given their own long-form narratives. But did Loki justify being a television show? Would The Falcon and the Winter Soldier have worked better as the subplot of the fourth Captain America film? Why couldn’t Moon Knight be introduced in a movie if the equally obscure Shang-Chi was given that treatment?

A similar question hangs over She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, which might have been the perfect way for Marvel to create a standalone “Hulk” adventure without breaking Universal Pictures’ contract that prevents them from making a solo Hulk film. My theory is that weekly legal dramas have always been popular on TV, so Jennifer Walters (Tatiana Maslaney) being a lawyer made that a more appealing…