Biggest Unanswered Questions In She-Hulk: Attorney At Law

Warning: This article contains spoilers for "She-Hulk: Attorney at Law."

"She-Hulk: Attorney at Law" has been a breath of fresh air for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, breaking from the franchise's typical formula for an episodic lawyer comedy that goes in wacky meta directions while also addressing serious issues about sexism. The result is a season of television that feels mostly satisfying and self-contained – but that doesn't mean that it answers all of our questions.

Some of these questions are asked directly within the show itself, teasing action offscreen that has yet to be addressed directly onscreen as well as setting up different paths for potential future adventures. Other times, the show leaves us with questions due to weird inconsistencies in the writing and worldbuilding, though these issues could also be potentially addressed in the future. Here are the 12 most burning questions we're left with after the end of Season 1 of "She-Hulk: Attorney at Law."

In "She-Hulk: Attorney at Law" Episode 3, "The People vs. Emil Blonsky," Sorcerer Supreme Wong testifies at Emil's parole hearing to explain how and why The Abomination escaped from prison. Wong admits that he freed Emil from prison in order to fight him (as seen in "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings"), feeling The Abomination would serve as a worthy foe to fulfill his training to become Sorcerer Supreme. Wong's testimony helps Jen win Emil's parole case ... and is also technically a confession to a crime, so Wong portals out before he can be arrested for helping a convicted felon escape from prison.

This makes it all the more surprising that Wong is the plaintiff in the next episode, "Is This Not Real Magic?" You'd think a guy who fled the scene after confessing to a crime wouldn't want to step foot in a courtroom so soon afterwards, but there he is, suing Donny Blaze for unethical use of the Mystic Arts. Presumably some sort of arrangement must have happened offscreen between episodes, or otherwise this would feel like a significant plot hole. Perhaps being the Sorcerer Supreme grants Wong some level of diplomatic immunity in a situation like this one?

The episodic nature of "She-Hulk: Attorney at Law" means there are a lot of characters we only got to see for one episode. The show's one-off characters include a number of eccentric super-humans like Donny Blaze, Mr. Immortal, and Man-Bull, as well as comedic civilian guest stars like Patti Harrison as Lulu and Megan Thee Stallion as herself. It's one of these ordinary civilians — Madisynn King, a party girl played by Patty Guggenheim — who has become the surprise breakout character among fans.

This woman with a uniquely spelled name ("with two Ns and one Y, but it's not where you thiiiink... ") has so far only appeared in Episode 4, where she gets accidentally transported to another dimension, makes a deal with a demon, and spoils "The Sopranos." With all the memes playing off her tipsy comedic delivery, it's clear that people want to see more of Madisynn. In an interview with Nerdist, head writer Jessica Gao expressed interest in doing more with the character, proposing a Halloween special featuring her and Wong. Should "She-Hulk: Attorney at Law" receive a second season, some sort of Madisynn return seems all but guaranteed.

The Sokovia Accords, enacted back in "Captain America: Civil War," are a set of documents written by the United Nations that placed superheroes under governmental regulation and control. Approved of by Tony Stark but opposed by Steve Rogers, these rules split the Avengers between those working with government approval and those operating illegally. We saw them enforced as recently as "WandaVision," but in "She-Hulk: Attorney at Law" Episode 8, Matt Murdock casually mentions that the Sokovia Accords have been repealed.

What exactly ended the Accords? Maybe Marvel will flesh out this political story in a future project, or maybe they will just use this helpful bit of throwaway dialogue as a reason to never mention the Sokovia Accords ever again; the two scenarios feel equally plausible. Even if we never get official answers, however, it seems easy enough to formulate personal theories about what happened. One would presume that the events of "Avengers: Endgame," where the world is saved by governmentally approved and unapproved heroes alike, would lead to more people second-guessing the value of the Accords.

"She-Hulk: Attorney at Law" includes a mid-credits scene for each of its first four episodes (which just so happened to be the four sent to critics in advance for review) as well as its final episode. These credits scenes, used for jokes much more than for teasing future events, work as a fitting mid-point between the expectations of Marvel content and the credits tags common in other sitcoms. Most memorably, these scenes include the reveal that Steve Rogers definitely was not a virgin and the Megan Thee Stallion twerking scene that the Internet will never shut up about.

So it's pretty weird that this part of the format just disappears for Episodes 5 through 8, right? It would be one thing if credits scenes were offered as a special treat sporadically throughout the season but including them in the first four episodes sets an expectation that the rest of the series doesn't follow through on. Furthermore, including them in five out of nine episodes means the majority of episodes include a mid-credits scene, so why are there no such scenes in the middle four episodes?

The penultimate episode of "She-Hulk: Attorney at Law" ended on an unusually heavy note: just as She-Hulk is receiving her Female Lawyer of the Year award, the Intelligencia broadcast the contents of her phone, as well as a video of her and Josh Miller having sex, to which she responds with some serious smashing rage and ends up arrested by the Department of Damage Control. The subject of revenge porn and the ways in which victims of abuse are punished for fighting back against abusers is some pretty heavy material for a Disney+ show.

In the finale, we basically got the easy wish-fulfillment ending. After She-Hulk breaks the fourth wall to demand a rewrite on an increasingly ridiculous action climax, things ultimately wrap up quietly with the trolls caught and She-Hulk free to resume her law career. On one hand, the meta aspects of the ending are hilarious and in-character, and it doesn't end up saying anything negative. On the other hand, isn't it a bit weird to bring up so many heavy issues only to ultimately say so little about them? Of course, there are limits to how much the writers could say about such material in a Marvel sitcom, but whether or not the ending is too easy to be fully satisfying is subject for fair debate.

When KEVIN is finished talking to She-Hulk, he tells her "Okay, now get back to the show. See you on the big screen." She-Hulk replies, "Really?" To which the robot producer answers, "No." Taken at face value, that sounds pretty definitive; the overlords of the MCU aren't going to put Jennifer Walters into a movie and are keeping her on the Disney+ side of the universe. But how seriously can we really take a self-mocking, fourth-wall-breaking joke?

If we're just talking about starring roles, then it seems completely fair to keep She-Hulk on TV. It's clear from this first season that the television format is a perfect fit for the character; her work as a lawyer lends itself to "case of the week" storylines better than the blockbuster demands of the theatrical MCU. But part of the appeal of having the Marvel movies and shows share a universe is the idea that characters from the shows can and will get the chance to appear in the movies, and She-Hulk could easily make a strong supporting character in future films. At the very least, it's easy to imagine the possibilities for She-Hulk to appear alongside the similarly fourth-wall-breaking Deadpool when he makes his grand return to the big screen.