[7.2/10] Fun little standard Spider-Man adventure, with nice turns from some supporting characters, though the plot is pretty convoluted.
I have to admit that I’m tired of Peter trying to give up being Spider-Man. Don’t get me wrong, the events of the Season 3 finale were fairly devastating, and got more genuine emotion and anger out of Peter than we normally get, which justifies him being reluctant to don the mask once more. But the problem is that he’s played this game at least a few times already, and we know there’s going to continue to be a show where Peter Parker is Spider-Man, so it feels like a retread with no dramatic tension.
That said, I like the idea of anchoring Spidey breaking out of his disillusionment around Robbie who, as the web-head himself said, is the only guy who likes him as both Peter Parker and Spider-Man. Robbie’s a good man, and having him be the reminder of the difference that Spider-Man makes in people’s lives is a good way to go.
It’s also nice to see the nicer (if more rough and tumble) side of J. Jonah Jameson. I’ll cop to being a sucker for the “jerk with a heart of gold” routine, but seeing the normally gruff J.J. defend Robbie to the depths and then renew his old “Jigsaw Jameson” persona to prove his employee’s innocence was both a fun excuse for some noir shenanigans and a good way to show the loyal, kind-hearted side of a character who’s normally a foil, if not an outright antagonist, for Spider-Man.
The plotting was pretty convoluted though. I can live with the comic book ridiculous of Robbie being part of an elaborate frame job, but the reveal that Kingpin orchestrated it for his son, who was doing it for Tombstone, (who...I guess just wanted to drag Robbie’s name through the muck again?) was too much without adequate explanation or motivation. Though given the way this show embraces continuity, maybe we’ll get more detail later.
Overall, this was a pretty standard episode rather than a blockbusting season premiere, but it tells a neat little story about Robbie inspiring Peter, even if it couches that in some tangled plotting.
(P.S., We get to meet Ned Leeds here! Though sadly he’s some buff-ish blonde guy rather than the famed “guy in the chair” from Homecoming)
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParent2018-06-08T17:30:43Z
[7.2/10] Fun little standard Spider-Man adventure, with nice turns from some supporting characters, though the plot is pretty convoluted.
I have to admit that I’m tired of Peter trying to give up being Spider-Man. Don’t get me wrong, the events of the Season 3 finale were fairly devastating, and got more genuine emotion and anger out of Peter than we normally get, which justifies him being reluctant to don the mask once more. But the problem is that he’s played this game at least a few times already, and we know there’s going to continue to be a show where Peter Parker is Spider-Man, so it feels like a retread with no dramatic tension.
That said, I like the idea of anchoring Spidey breaking out of his disillusionment around Robbie who, as the web-head himself said, is the only guy who likes him as both Peter Parker and Spider-Man. Robbie’s a good man, and having him be the reminder of the difference that Spider-Man makes in people’s lives is a good way to go.
It’s also nice to see the nicer (if more rough and tumble) side of J. Jonah Jameson. I’ll cop to being a sucker for the “jerk with a heart of gold” routine, but seeing the normally gruff J.J. defend Robbie to the depths and then renew his old “Jigsaw Jameson” persona to prove his employee’s innocence was both a fun excuse for some noir shenanigans and a good way to show the loyal, kind-hearted side of a character who’s normally a foil, if not an outright antagonist, for Spider-Man.
The plotting was pretty convoluted though. I can live with the comic book ridiculous of Robbie being part of an elaborate frame job, but the reveal that Kingpin orchestrated it for his son, who was doing it for Tombstone, (who...I guess just wanted to drag Robbie’s name through the muck again?) was too much without adequate explanation or motivation. Though given the way this show embraces continuity, maybe we’ll get more detail later.
Overall, this was a pretty standard episode rather than a blockbusting season premiere, but it tells a neat little story about Robbie inspiring Peter, even if it couches that in some tangled plotting.
(P.S., We get to meet Ned Leeds here! Though sadly he’s some buff-ish blonde guy rather than the famed “guy in the chair” from Homecoming)