A delightful second episode.
In this second episode, Khamla and Bruno try to explore Khamla's newfound superpowers. Meanwhile, he meets she meets a boy that she has a huge crush on.
This episode centers around probably my favorite part of superhero origin stories. This is superheroes trying to get used to and understand their new powers. The truth is if any of us got superpowers, we wouldn't immediately know how to use them but would need to take some time to get used to them. This gives these stories and characters a great deal of relatability and believability. It also helps that Khamla is still such an incredibly likable character and Iman Vellani still brings the same delightfully quirky charm to the role. As she spends time with her crush in this episode, this quirky charm shines even more. In fact, this episode has probably the most adorable conversation about Bollywood ever.
This episode has some surprisingly intelligent dialogue about Khamla finding out who she is especially as she looks at her own Pakistani heritage, while living in the U.S. This especially seen in the scenes where she talks to her friend Nakia Bahadir (played by Yasmeen Fletcher). These scenes are easy the highlight of this episode and the relationship between the two is very sweet.
The climatic scene, where we first get to see her being a real superhero is fantastic. It is both very exciting and well written. This is especially true of how well it captures that she is trying to find her footing as a superhero while also being a very fun action scene.
Really my biggest problem with this episode the awful humor during the scene where Bruno is talking to the school counselor. It is a very brief scene, but it is painfully unfunny. Still if a brief scene is my biggest problem than this is obviously an excellent episode.
This show continues to be a real delight for this Marvel fan.
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