She-Hulk 2.5 - Issue #15

She-Hulk : Issue #15
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, Helena Howard, F. Murray Abraham, Ron Perlman, Scott Porter, Michael Richards, Domenick Lombardozzi, Sanaa Lathan and Storm Reid

Plot: On his news program, J. Jonah Jameson (Ron Perlman) has a special announcement to make. Tomorrow on his show, the one and only Jennifer Walters will be his guest. Yes, that Jennifer Walters. He tells his viewers they are going to want to tune in. He then says his guest tonight will be local lawyer Foggy Nelson to discuss the legal ramifications of Walters’ antics on her law career. But first, here’s an ad for SquareSpace.

At his home, Morris Walters (Michael Richards) is watching and surprised by this news. He debates calling his daughter about it but knows that she would be mad at him for watching The Bugle again.

When Jen (Jenny Slate) and Robert (Scott Porter) get to The Hood’s lair, Robert uses his telepathy and discovers that Southpaw is no longer there. They get in contact with Stu (Himesh Patel), who tells them that he is working on getting her new location. When he does, he sends them the coordinates. Jen takes note of this location to return later.

As Mary (Phoebe Waller-Bridge) and Southpaw (Helena Howard) travel to their destination, Mary tries to make small talk about ways they might be able to frame this as a murder but not really kill the guy. Southpaw dismisses this and says they won’t be able to move up in the world by cheating on exams. Mary questions the 1-for-1 comparison of these two things and says that Southpaw’s young age/real world experience is probably limiting her metaphors. Southpaw looks angry, as if she could kill Mary in that moment. Mary changes the subject by showing off her new mask that The Hood had made for her, which properly conceals her identity.

Jen realizes that Southpaw is entering Dan Jermain’s neighborhood and she becomes on high alert. She tries to call Dan to warn him but he does not answer.

When they arrive at the Jermain residence, Southpaw punches through the door. When they enter, they find that only the daughter Veronica (Storm Reid) is home. Mary takes the girl hostage as Southpaw begins to overturn the house looking for Dan. Southpaw demands to know where her father is and she says that her parents are out for their anniversary dinner. The two villains must think on the fly and Mary suggests they turn back or at least wait until the parents to arrive. Southpaw says that will give enough time for help to arrive, and lose the element of surprise (which the boss would not be happy with). They need to kill this girl now.

She-Hulk and The Sentry suddenly enter. Sentry orders Titania to release the girl but before he knows it, he is blindsided by a punch from Southpaw. She-Hulk charges at the girl and tries to take her down without hurting her. As she does this, Southpaw yells at Mary to finish the job. However, Mary is hesitant. This allows Sentry enough time to start challenging her.

Southpaw is able to escape She-Hulk’s grasp and goes to kill Veronica. However, Dan (Domenick Lombardozzi) and Lori (Sanaa Lathan) arrive home and find their daughter in peril. This turns Dan into a fit of rage and he charges Southpaw, beginning her to beat her mercilessly. While Jen understands his anger, she interferes and tries to get him to stop. Sentry leaves Mary to help pull Dan off. Jen pleads that she is just a teenage girl. Mary slips out the backdoor as this drama ensues, sight unseen.

She-Hulk uses her people skills to talk an injured Southpaw off the proverbial ledge. She calls her by her real name, Sasha Martin, and mentions how much her family loves her and misses her. They are grieving her father just as she is. This starts to get through to Sasha, who is in tears from the pain. Veronica, seeing a girl close to her own age, joins in on trying to help. This eventually works as Sasha begins full-on crying and apologizing.

We see Sasha being reunited with her family the next day. Holden (F. Murray Abraham) thanks Jen and she says it’s part of the job. He says “Speaking of jobs, I think we might have a case gearing up that might be of particular interest to you…” Jen turns to the camera with a look of fear, thinking she gave up the lawyer gig. He says he can give her a few days to mull over the offer and she thanks him. She looks back to the camera.

“I’ve got an interview to do.”