She-Hulk 2.4 - Issue #14

She-Hulk : Issue #14
Genre : Superhero / Comedy / Legal
Showrunner: Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Writer : Chad Taylor

Based on the Marvel Comics characters

Cast: Jenny Slate, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Himesh Patel, Michiel Huisman, Helena Howard, Scott Porter, Mike White, Finn Wittrock and Ophelie Bau

Jen (Jenny Slate) and Stu (Himesh Patel) scope out The Hood’s lair, where they believe Southpaw to be hiding. Knowing that the facility must be heavily guarded, she asks if there are any heroes with X-ray vision. He tries to think and says none that he can think of - just some fictional ones like in Action Comics. She then says what about telepathy? Couldn’t they read the minds of anyone in the facility to figure out how many are there. He says that’s a good point. In terms of telepath, there is one person that comes to mind but it’s...a weird situation. She looks confused.

In his lair, The Hood (Michiel Huisman) sits down with Mary (Phoebe Waller-Bridge) and Southpaw (Helena Howard). He explains that he has decided to assign Mary as Southpaw’s mentor and has given them a job where they can both prove themselves. He takes out the file of Absorbing Man and tells the pair that he was one of his best hitmen. He will not take his defeat lightly. He shows footage of Absorbing Man’s defeat at the courthouse and Mary grows nervous, scared he is going to tell them to hurt Jen. Instead, he circles Dan Jermain (Danger Man) and says that killing him will send a message to She-Hulk and the other heroes of New York that the syndicate will not be taken lightly. Mary asks him to reiterate what they are supposed to do, thinking she misheard him say “kill”. She did not. Southpaw, despite being the teenager, tells Mary to suck it up and tells The Hood that she is ready. Mary, without much conviction, says she is ready too.

A knock on the door is heard in a dingy apartment, where Robert Reynolds (Scott Porter) sleeps while sitting up on his couch, an uneaten pizza slice on his lap. The knock wakes him up slightly and he checks the door. When he sees Jen there, he doesn’t recognize her and closes the door. She knocks again and introduces herself as Jen Walters, She-Hulk. He is skeptical so slightly opens the door and realizes that it is really her. He asks what she wants.

In his messy apartment, Jen explains to him her goal in taking down The Hood’s syndicate. “Single-handedly?” he asks, but she says not necessarily. She says that Stu recommended him to her but Robert stops her there. He says that nobody should know who he is. He then asks who she thinks he is and she tells him he is The Sentry. Most people might not know him but Stu is one of the world’s foremost comics experts and is one of the few that do. Robert starts to convulse as he has a vision, seeing himself as an almighty superhero with the power of a thousand suns. As Jen goes to check on him, he snaps out of it and is exasperated. He tells her that he is not a superhero, just look at him. That must have been in a past life. She says “Orrrr you’re secretly very old but never age because you’re a godlike superhero?”. “Well, how would I know?”

Paul Jenkins (Mike White) answers his door and is freaked out to see Reynolds there. Reynolds is surprised and asks how he knows who Robert is, while Stu says in their ears that he told them so. Robert tells Paul that he heard that Paul wrote comics about him. Paul hesitantly confirms before asking if Robert has come to kill him. Jen interjects and says that they’ve come to know everything they can about The Sentry. Paul takes a long breath.

2 Hours Later

Stu whispers into Jen’s headset that they REALLY need to be wrapping up. “And so you told me that whole life story so I could tell it in comics, before you wiped your memory clean.” Jen and Robert stare blankly at Paul. “Oh yeah, how to activate the powers! Well now that you have your memories again, I think you just are The Sentry again.” Jen jokingly thanks him for being concise and says they need to go. Paul says he needs to warn them before they go: now that The Sentry is activated, it opens the door for its dark side as well...The Void.” “Oh, the entity that YOU JUST TOLD US KILLED HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE USING ROBERT’S BODY?!” “Yeah, maybe I shouldn’t have re-activated Bob’s memories.” Robert tells Jen they should not waste any more time and go straight to rescue the girl.

As Jen and Robert make their way down the street, they accidentally run into a couple walking the other way. They all turn around to find that it is John Jameson (Finn Wittrock) with a new girl, a young French model (Ophelie Bau). John is taken aback and says that he didn’t expect to see Jen around. Jen looks to the girl and says “New girlfriend?”. John smiles and introduces her as “Juliette. Fianceé.” Jen isn’t sure what to say. He looks at a disheveled Robert and asks her “new boyfriend?”. She feels like he is making a slight dig at Robert’s appearance and says “Yes, yes he is. And he’s actually also a superhero and he grows big like me.” At home, Stu hears this and is saddened. There is an awkward silence. Robert asks “What the hell?” telepathically and Jen tells him just to go with it. John smiles and tells Jen he is glad that she seems happy. He shakes Robert’s hand and tells him it is nice to meet him. Robert makes his grip extra tight and John is left with no doubt that Robert is also a superhero.

As they walk away, Jen tells him “We are going to go save this girl...but first, I have something to do.”

We cut to her on the phone.

“Hi, yes, this is Jennifer Walters. Yes, that one. I was calling your offices as I am interesting in booking an on-camera interview with Mr. Jameson. Tomorrow night? Perfect.”

She looks to the camera with a sly smile.

In her ear, Stu alerts Jen and Robert that the target is on the move and there is another woman accompanying her. They need to change course.