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Although this episode had the shortest runtime of all the episodes of Ms Marvel, it will most definitely be remembered as one of the best episodes of the show.

WHAT'S GOOD :

1. The partition scenes were depicted very well. It's difficult to believe that they filmed this episode with such a massive crowd during COVID. The scenes of desperate people running towards the trains, children crying, trains overflowing with people, it was all heartbreaking to watch but kudos to the production team for pulling it off.

2. The episode started in the most unexpected of ways, with Aisha, played by the strikingly beautiful Mehwish Hayat, catching a glimpse of Hasan, played by Fawad Khan. I did not expect the writers to explore this part of Aisha's life, but I am so glad they did because it was extremely beautiful to watch. The performances of Mehwish and Fawad were truly incredible, and I as a viewer felt truly invested in their relationship. I just wish they had given more time to this wonderful world.

3. English films and shows always make Indian or Pakistani characters speak in a very unusual way, with an accent, but thankfully Ms. Marvel has corrected this mistake. Fawad Khan and Mehwish Hayat spoke English very eloquently, with no accent, just like a normal Indian or Pakistani.

4. Some scenes were in Urdu/Hindi in this episode, which was great in my honest opinion, because it makes no sense to show villagers talking in English. The entire flashback sequence could have been done in Urdu/Hindi, I would have loved to see that happen, but it's still fine.

5. I am really happy that Marvel approved a short History lesson about India's partition at the beginning of the episode, because not everyone is aware of why India and Pakistan are two separate countries despite so many similarities.

6. It was nice to see a time loop, with Kamala, played by the adorable Iman Vellani, being the angel who answers to the prayers of Aisha. Although it did not come as a shock, but it was still quite something to finally understand as to why Kamala kept seeing that train in her visions. I really wanted Kamala to save Aisha and bring her and Hasan back to the future, but I guess that's not how life goes. Life is supposed to be bitter-sweet, you can't have it all.

7. This episode was paced very well, there was not a single scene which allowed me to get bored and look away in my phone.

WHAT'S NOT SO GOOD :

1. I really wish this episode was longer. The flashback story of Hasan and Aisha was a visual delight, it was so good that it could have been turned into a mini-series! Once again, I find the decision of Marvel to allow just six episodes as baffling. The creators are always found to be rushing through with the episode!

2. The special effects in this episode were not up to the standards of Marvel. The veil through which Najma tried to pass through and burned to death, could have been done better. The way some skeletons fell through, felt quite comical.

3. It remains a mystery as to how Najma managed to close the veil to the Noor dimension, why did she and other Clandestines die while passing through it and how did she pass on her powers to her son Kamran.

So did I miss something or this episode was just very bad?

The story of the episode is not bad but the execution and editing are just terrible.

And nothing explains more what I'm saying than the last scene between Bruno and Kamran what the hell was that?

The scene ended abruptly, really strange.

The scene where Kamran gets his power is so bad, like wtf The story is good, but the way they did omg Najma is probably one of the dumbest characters in the MCU.

She kills the only person that knows where the bracelet is and then 70 years she kills herself to protect the world she is trying to get out since 1940 (even thought she couldnt possibly know that her died would stop the portal) and then in a strange editing choose we just see Kamran getting his powers.

Also, the scene where Sana finds her father... So Kamala was helping her grandmom, then she fells on the ground and out of blue Sana creats this stars that guide her to her father.

But like he is 3ft way from her, and how did the stars guide her to Hasan, if the stars just appear for like 10s?

I possibly miss something.

But one thing is for sure This episode felt rush and like they didnt knew how to resolve a lot of things They need to have the clandestines gone, so they just went a way, they need Kamran to get powers so he just got them (without build up, something that is really strange) The worst episode yet, really hope episode 6 gets to be as good has the first 2 episodes.

If i miss something please tell me.

Thank you for read it.

I would be lying if I said that this show did not initially surprise me with its unique style and fun tone. I fell in love with the first two episodes of this show and was gearing up for it to probably be one of, if not my favorite MCU show to date. However, unfortunately, I am back-peddling on that a little bit. The last 2 episodes did not impress me nearly as much as the first, they seemed to lack what made this show great, to begin with. Now episode 3 did have some great parts as well, it still felt too different from the first to garner the same feelings as this show's beginnings. Now the 4th episode was the lowest for me, strange edits and weird removal of tone from the rest of the show left me disappointed.

Regardless of that, I need to talk about episode 5, as the penultimate episode of the show it does offer more of a backstory to Kamala's great grandmother Aisha, which is much appreciated, and I like how much time they spent in the past with her and her family. This kind of interesting mixup was exactly what hooked me with the show, to begin with, so I appreciated this quite a bit. My biggest issue with this episode is that felt like it didn't really set anything up for a satisfying ending.

The biggest gripe I have with this show is how they are deciding to handle Kamala's power set. It's not that I don't like the interesting change to her powers, it's that the core of what made her comic character so great is missing because of it. This surprises me quite a bit as the first two episodes made it seem like this was the exact issue that this show would be covering, however that has suddenly shifted to whatever the hell is happing with the "clandestines" and their story. It's frustrating that what made her seem so relatable in the beginning is being thrown out the window, which brings me to my final point.

Unless this final episode is an hour and a half long, I cant see this show having anywhere near enough time to end things in a way that will make me truly care about Kamala and her family/friends. It seems strange just how short this episode was considering how much more of this story I thought was left and that's a bit of a letdown for me. I still enjoyed this episode and greatly aprricate what these filmmakers are trying to do with this story, however, some of the decisions seem quite strange.

All in all, I am still waiting to see how this series will turn out as we still have one episode to go. After all, I hope that I am completely wrong and it blows my expectations out of the water, but time will tell if that turns out to be true.

An MCU show would be poorly paced and weirdly edited yet again. Why are the lightest and more insignificant characters travelling time and being visited by multidimensional beings? Why are the stakes so high all the time? Phase 4 is a mess.

This episode was fun at times and boring at other times but I give it a rating of 7 except it dropped one because there is a huge miss directing no one can miss, The scene where Najma told Aisha that you will return the bangle by sundown tomorrow and Sana in that night was an infant. The next scene which is supposed to be the next day, they were packing up to leave the country and we see Sana is a toddler now. She literally aged 1-3 years by one night only. This scene made me sooo frustrated.

Why Hasan and Aisha are talking in English when both characters know Hindi? Why won't they speak in their mother tongue?

Except this I liked Fawad and Hayat's performance. Kamala saving her grandmother was predictable and could have been done in a more beautiful way than its done. At one shot there is a crowd in front of Sana and next shot its empty when she is seeing the stars.

Also they killed the main villain in a very anti-climatic way. What was the motive? Why would she suddenly sacrifice herself? What was driving her to do what she was doing? Only the writers know. I hope this was the last of Red Dagger because the guy cant act.

So we learn a little bit more of the bracelet and we understand that it have a big danger is coming and Kamala arrive and meet Sana who give her the stuff to look for . Pretty interesting even its pretty short . We have also some discrimation (muslim religion) , betrayal and new objectives for Kamala . Nice episode .

So as I said before, this history lessons and Pakistan's cities' vlog might be really cool to people of Pakistan, but it doesn't make for a good show and story, especially when the titular character has gotten less and less characterization each episode. The 20-minute flashback to the life of Aisha, Kamala's great grandmother, could work in a show where its season has 10 or more episodes and they are 1 hour each, but 20 minutes of a 30-minute episode in a 6-episode mini-series? You kidding me?

Like I know they've been teasing Aisha's story from the beginning and I wanted to see what happened too, but they present it in the most underwhelming way, and the reveal that the "trail of stars" was actually Kamala (duh) is shown in the most underwhelming way too and feels like a waste of time and they could've done that in a shorter time and progress the actual present time plot.

Like you don't want to see what the parents of Captain America did before he was born, or what the grandparents of Peter Parker did before him right? And I know Kamala's great-grandmother is essential to her story and origin, but it's so underwhelming that makes it a waste of time. Like I would have fewer problems if they actually gave Aisha more characterization. Tell me, do you know now who Aisha was after this episode? They didn't show how she got there, why she got there (they said it in the last episode but "show don't tell"), and all the characterization they gave her was "she found a decent man in the field of roses and she got pregnant" and that's it.

The villain, that has been evil for decades it seems, suddenly in the most clichéd and tropy way has a change of heart and becomes good?! What was that about? At least in Doctor Strange 2, they gave an explanation as to why Wanda stopped what she was doing to destroy the bad book, but here? Nothing, nothing at all. She wasn't even time traveling with Kamala in the flashback, she was just knocked out and lying on the ground, so why the hell did she suddenly become good? Did she transfer her consciousness to Kamran? Who's gonna be the big baddie of the finale exactly, Kamran?

Also, I don't know if you've noticed, but these past 3 episodes are nothing like the 2 first episodes. There was so much creativity and a fun style of editing. Where did all the creativity go?

Everything in this season is just so underwhelming and a far cry from the creative style of episode 1.

The villains have got to be the most uninspired and forgettable antagonists I have ever seen. And they present this time travel "rescue" Kamala did in such a bland and anti-climactic way, that it didn't feel like characterization at all and felt like the whole episode was about Aisha, which we still don't know anything about and her story was mediocre at best.

They also remembered that Bruno exists too, and I guess the finale's big bad is gonna be Damage Control? The Damage Control that had two scenes in the whole show and their presence is never felt? This is what happens when you have only 6 episodes and wanna do everything at once.

They could have given us the original Ms. Marvel with her original powers that looked like a cheap copy of Mr. Fantastic, but at least her origin of being an Inhuman would have been 100 times more interesting and actual good origin story than a Partition story. They could have introduced Inhumans into the MCU with this show, But I guess Marvel Studios think it's their obligation now to give us history lessons than give us a good story and good characterization.

Go watch AOS instead to get actual good "history lessons" about the things we actaully care about like the history of S. H. I. E. L. D., HYDRA, and Inhumans, and how these three are related to each other, and to get better and actual characterizations about actual characters that feel real.

Disney Plus is the worst thing that has happened to the MCU, and next they're gonna ruin even more characters like Daredevil with their uninspired lack of creativity in show making and the 6-episode-per-season formula.