This is my second review for this episode. I lost the first one if the black hole that is my laptop’s hard drive. Still, I really wanted to put one out, seeing as the episode was pure brilliance. I have to admit that that reading this was more than reading a season finale. It’s the first show I’ve followed on MZP, and the first show I finish a complete season of. So tear-inducing I know! Okay, on to the review…
What an intense episode. After the action-less episode that was 1.11, which I proudly wrote, by the way, this episode lived up to my own personal hype for it. It managed to move things into a new direction, for what will surely be a superior second season. There were so many storylines opened up for the second season, where to begin?
Gwen. Gwen, oh, cute and sassy Gwen, what have you done? I never expected things to go down like they did. At first, it looks like she was going to run to Eddie’s arms, but no. Jay wouldn’t make it that easy would it. Not in a season finale. The fact that Gwen running off with her mother has MISTAKE written all over it, really tells of Gwen’s own destructive personality. I think we’ve learned a lot about her true character this season, and the fact that she’s the wild one in the gang doesn’t even begin to explain it. I feel so horrible for Eddie. I sense either a big depression, or a big façade of it not fazing him come next season. Speaking from a fan’s perspective, it makes me really angry that she would do that to the people who really care about her. The Marshalls are pretty damn perfect, after all. Jay, you definitely blew it out of the park with how all of this plot’s scenes were written. It might have been my favorite part of the episode, until the ending, of course.
The ending was OMG!?!?!WTF?!?!SQUEEL! Not only does *SPOILER* Mary Jane find out who Peter is, but she is – presumably – shot in the head. Of course, it is Mary Jane, and I refuse to believe this is as far as the character will go, but it was still such a shocking moment. It was the perfect ending to the season. The rest of this plot, however, wasn’t all that eventful. I would have liked a few more twists and turns until they found Mary Jane. That bit seemed a bit too easy. I am excited to see what goes down with Fisk and Osborn next season. Which, btw, what happened to Fisk? He ran, I presume.
The only real problem I found, and it really isn’t a problem, is that I would have liked to have seen some scenes where Peter really doubts his abilities for losing MJ and not being able to find her. I felt that, being a season finale, there should have been some minor plot about Peter/Spider-Man reaching a new level of self understanding or something like that. I don’t know, maybe I’m babbling. – Side Note – I loved when Peter’s mask was removed and Pete jumped into action. It really showed how Spider-Man and Pete really are two characters.
In all, it was a very satisfying season finale which really amps up excitement for the show’s return in September. It opens up some already juicy details to be explained next season, which will give the series plenty of fuel to continue.
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