GregTheStopSign95

THIS is how you Marvel, Marvel. Keep it up.

It might take until the last act of the episode to really kick it up, but this is much closer to what I was hoping for from this show, and from Marvel in general now. I mean, I get that we kinda 'had to' start off how we did with Riri to make it more believable that she become who she's supposed to be, I'm just glad that they gave her that one big push in that direction now - in the first drop of episodes - rather than making us wait longer. I'm also glad that they're diving into Parker's story a bit harder and faster now too. We knew it was coming so putting it off much longer would have felt cheap.

Here's hoping that this is where Anthony Ramos and Dominique Thorn in particular really get to stretch their metaphorical legs and start running with their characters, because that ending was DAMN good!

On the up side, the music is picking up. I'm really enjoying this soundtrack! It's great, truly. Also, it's great to see more of Anthony Ramos, who I've been a fan of since Hamilton, and more of Zoe Terakes, who I've been a fan of since the more-recent Talk To Me, and more of Dominique Thorn is always welcome too. The material here may not be spectacular, but the cast are doing pretty damn well with it.

The story is no great shakes yet though, and that sucks because I can't stop being hopeful that the people at Marvel are gonna get back to making quality stories sooner rather than later, and if this is gonna be the start of that with their TV shows (I'm not counting Daredevil here because I haven't watched that yet and until I do that's more of a continuation of the Netflix stuff than a straight Marvel show) then they've gotta kick it up a bit more.

I honestly don't know what I'd change to improve the episode - the cast are pretty good so far, and the setting/music/camera etc are all good, and it IS only the first episode, but it's just not lighting me up like the Netflix shows did. In fact, it's probably the least exciting opening episode to a Marvel show so far for me. I'm not gonna stop watching it or anything, but yeah it's a slow start compared to what came before it.

Come to think of it, my lack of excitement COULD be because I have no prior knowledge of any of the characters aside from a very fleeting meeting of The Hood somewhere in the comics? Either way, I'm interested, if not excited, to see what the rest of the series has in store...