# She-Hulk: Attorney at Law **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, disney-hulu\ **Created:** [May 18, 2022, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/964591 "2022-05-18T02:56:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 28
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/964591/542 "2022-10-15T06:02:36Z")
> [@Biffster](#): > > I was so ramen with the main actress that I decided to investigate her other work. Now two episodes into Orphan Black and really enjoying it! It can get pretty complicated with all of the clones–make sure that you are soba when you watch it. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/964591/543 "2022-10-15T06:17:17Z")
> [@Biffster](#): > > I was so _ **ramen** _ In the interest of fighting ignorance: What? ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/964591/544 "2022-10-15T11:41:34Z")
I had the same exact thought. I was sure it was Orphan Black until they showed it again. Apparently it was a parody of the college video of AOC dancing that Conservatives tried to “get” her with but fizzled because it just revealed they are joyless mooks. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/964591/545 "2022-10-15T12:13:07Z")
I should point out that the only reason Jen Walters runs the Superhero practice at a major law firm is because can turn into She-Hulk. An attribute that has no bearing on her legal ability at all. > [@iiandyiiii](#): > > She may have done the best she could, but her client lied (or was ignorant of his violation) and, unlike Murdock, she didn’t have the nose to sniff it out. She should have “sniffed it out” during the discovery process. IRL, you don’t ambush the opposition in a court room. There are no surprise witnesses. Both sides know exactly what evidence is to be presented so they can gather facts to refute it. > [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Do people specialize in product liability? I know it’s playing fast and loose with the law, but is she being asked to do a wider range of cases than might be usual for someone at a big firm? I would think she is, given that her specialty is “superhero law”, which seems to touch on IP, product liability, property damage, and other aspects of the law which may happen to involve a superhero. But in a big firm like the one Jen works for, she wouldn’t be trying every case by herself with nothing but her paralegal/secretary friend to help her. Also, typical of TV, they portray Jen Walters as a successful lawyer who always seems one case away from losing her job. That is to say, she has the massive office and personal assistant / paralegal (or whatever Nikki is), runs a division of the firm (a role typically reserved for someone at or close to “partner” level), and presumably would be making a salary of several hundred thousand a year. And yet seems to have no autonomy at work, little to no professional staffing assisting her, and she bumbles every case. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/964591/546 "2022-10-15T14:53:56Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > I would think she is, given that her specialty is “superhero law” It’s not, she’s only doing that because she happened to get superpowers. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/964591/547 "2022-10-15T14:57:07Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > In the interest of fighting ignorance: What? Yeah, what the duck indeed. I think I was trying to say taken. Ducking autocorrect. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/964591/548 "2022-10-15T15:06:20Z")
Not to mention losing her house and having to move back in with her parents ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/964591/549 "2022-10-15T20:22:46Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > And yet seems to have no autonomy at work, little to no professional staffing assisting her, and she bumbles every case. Welcome to sitcoms. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/964591/550 "2022-10-15T21:03:46Z")
To be fair the lawyer opposing her in Episode 1 who was supposed to be topflight, was doing an awful job too as I recall. Apparently all lawyers in the MCU are low quality ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/964591/551 "2022-10-15T23:21:52Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > Apparently all lawyers in the MCU are low quality Even Murd Blurdock? (Eta: wait, you specified MCU. Never mind.) ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/964591/552 "2022-10-16T04:24:26Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > She should have “sniffed it out” during the discovery process. They were in the middle of the discovery process. The purpose of the hearing was to adjudicate a discovery request that Jennifer had made for the client list and that Murdock was resisting complying with. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/964591/553 "2022-10-16T18:18:58Z")
Holy crap I love that ending. They went full Mel Brooks. Nice tag too. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/964591/554 "2022-10-16T21:00:20Z")
Even Slab Bulkhead made a fair number of legal blunders in his series, I think ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/964591/555 "2022-10-16T21:02:43Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > I agree that it was a bit of a cop-out not to have a “real ending”, Jen made a great point, though. The “real ending” would’ve been an epic fight scene or showdown so painfully by the numbers that it wouldn’t have surprised anybody whatsoever. Absolutely nobody saw **this** coming, and so the episode succeeded by the metrics it set for itself. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/964591/556 "2022-10-16T22:03:18Z")
Here’s hoping for a season 2 so some folks can get more screen time and questions can be answered! ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/964591/557 "2022-10-16T22:47:47Z")
From what I’ve read a second season is fairly likely. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/964591/558 "2022-10-16T22:58:38Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > They’ve recast before (Rhodey in IM2, the Warriors Three in Thor: Dark World), and William Hurt’s death wasn’t nearly as untimely or unexpected as Boseman’s. They’ve also got a _Thunderbolts_ movie on the slate for 2024. I think it’s highly likely they’ll recast him, and _She-Hulk_ would be a good place to re-introduce him. > > > [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > > > I don’t think anybody would even blink if Sam Elliott stepped back into the role. He could be a visitor from the Angverse. > > There’s a rumor that they’re looking at Harrison Ford, but I suspect that’s mostly wishful thinking from fans. Turns out, there might be something to this after all: > **[MCU 'Thunderbolt' Ross Reportedly Recast With Harrison Ford - IGN](https://www.ign.com/articles/mcu-thunderbolt-ross-reportedly-recast-with-harrison-ford)** > > Indiana Jones and Star Wars star Harrison Ford has reportedly joined the MCU as General 'Thunderbolt' Ross. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/964591/559 "2022-10-16T23:08:10Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > They’ve recast before (Rhodey in IM2, the Warriors Three in Thor: Dark World) Well, only 1/3 of the Warriors Three: Fandral the Dashing, who was played by Josh Dallas in the original film, and then, subsequently, by Zachary Levi. Ray Stevenson played Volstagg, and Tadanobu Asano played Hogun, in _Thor_, _Thor: The Dark World_, and _Thor: Ragnarok_. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/964591/560 "2022-10-17T01:05:02Z")
I was sort of hoping he wouldn’t take the job just because he’s seemed so grouchy in interviews and I can’t think another huge franchise would be what he’d want. _Shrug_ ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/964591/561 "2022-10-17T01:10:02Z")
Maybe he just wants to continue his “rivalry” with Samuel L. Jackson as to who is the most bankable movie star of all time. For a while it was him, then it was Samuel Jackson, then it was him again and I think now it is Samuel Jackson because of endgame, so if he enters the MCU, then maybe it will be him again. I don’t really believe this, but why not? `//i\\` [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/964591.md?page=27) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/964591.md?page=29)