I wanted to like She-Hulk

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I wanted to like She-Hulk: Attorney at Law. I really did. I love legal procedural TV dramas. I have a thing for Mark Ruffalo, preferably in human non-Hulk form, but still. I have a thing for Tatiana Maslany, preferably in her Helena-from-Orphan–Black form, but still. And I’ve made a point of watching and reviewing more shows written, directed and starring women. Yet, I don’t know what to make of this latest Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) TV show. The nine-episode comedy She-Hulk: Attorney at Law debuts on Disney+ this Thursday, August 18. Maslany stars here as Jennifer Walters, a lawyer in her 30s who also happens to be Bruce Banner’s (Ruffalo) cousin.

Jessica Gao (Rick and Morty) serves as head writer and Kat Coiro (Marry Me) directs six of the episodes. The show makes Taiwan WhatsApp Number sure to get some exposition out of the way quickly, showing us how Jennifer Walters turns into the statuesque 6-foot-7-inch version of herself that’s soon dubbed She-Hulk. Her cousin tries to teach her the art of keeping your inner-Hulk at bay. Anger and fear are the triggers, he tells her. “Those are like the baseline of any woman’s existence,” she explains. Bruce doesn’t quite believe that Jennifer has it. But she can control her Hulk version almost immediately, something that took him nearly 15 years.

Bruce even has a syllabus on how to Hulk, something his cousin doesn’t really need.“I’m great at controlling my anger. I do it all the time when I get cat-called on the street or incompetent men explain my own area of expertise to me,” she tells him. This is the way to avoid being called emotional or difficult, she adds, or simply risking getting literally murdered. Mark Ruffalo and Tatiana Maslany in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law. Photo Courtesy: Marvel StudiosI get what She-Hulk: Attorney at Law is trying to do with sequences like that. I share Jennifer’s sentiments and experience. It’s just that the show isn’t