New Streaming: Ms. Marvel- Episode 5

 As I continue to run out of Streaming Content this Summer, let me circle back to the semi-final Episode of...

After last week's Ending, we...don't see Kamala for a while.

It's a bold choice, so let's see how it play out.

We learn about the tumultuous history between India and the soon-to-be Pakistan before following Aisha, the woman we've only heard about for 4 Episodes.

They have to flee their homes as the Land is divided up by religious groups.

We've heard all about how Kamala's Grandmother nearly didn't make the train, so...here it is.

Back to Kamala as she has to try a play a role in her History...several Decades before she was even born.

No pressure.

Back in the Present, she has to deal with ANOTHER issue as the Veil seems to have been opened.

Will she stop the Djinn?
Can she stop the Djinn?

What of Earth?

To find out, stream the Show now.

A good Show that manages to be a diversion...but an interesting one.  I've discussed before how Prestige TV Shows love to stop the Narrative to tell a random flashback story. 
Yes, they do inform the Story. 
Yes, they are a distraction and kind of annoying when everyone does it.

Thankfully, this Episode doesn't go that far.  You get a good chunk of time with Aisha, but it never felt like I wasn't going to get back.  In fact, said Flashback was integral to the story.  

Contrast this, for instance, to how The Handmaid's Tale stopped cold for one Episode to show us how the Husband survived and what he was doing.  That one was good...but it didn't need to be done that way.

In this case, they, arguably, could have split up the flashbacks over other Episodes, but that's a different can of worms (see Arrow's Episodic Flashback Requirement).

Alot of big stuff happens in this Episode and I know that there's some more to be dealt with.  The Pakistan trip did separate Kamala from her friends, but was vital to the Show.  With them circling back now for the Finale, it just gives me more to look forward to...

Next up, the Series/Season Finale.  Will she finally become the Hero she's tried to be?  See you then...