# She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
*She-Hulk: Attorney at Law* is a nine-episode American comedy television series produced by Marvel Studios for Disney+, starring [Tatiana Maslany](https://www.edgepedia.org/tatiana-maslany) as Jennifer Walters, a defense attorney who becomes a green, 6-foot-7-inch superpowered Hulk after a car accident exposes her to her cousin Bruce Banner's gamma-irradiated blood.[1](https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/news/marvel-studios-she-hulk-attorney-at-law-to-debut-on-disney-august-17/) The series premiered on Disney+ on August 17, 2022, and ran through October 13, 2022.[1](https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/news/marvel-studios-she-hulk-attorney-at-law-to-debut-on-disney-august-17/) • [2](https://epguides.com/SheHulk/) It was developed as part of Marvel's Phase 4, the start of the Multiverse Saga, and reimagines the [Marvel Comics](https://www.edgepedia.org/marvel-comics) character She-Hulk as a legal workplace comedy rather than an action-adventure series.[3](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17496020261484572)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Premiere / finale | August 17, 2022 to October 13, 2022, on Disney+[1](https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/news/marvel-studios-she-hulk-attorney-at-law-to-debut-on-disney-august-17/) • [2](https://epguides.com/SheHulk/) |
| Format | Nine-episode, roughly 30-minute legal workplace comedy in Marvel's Phase 4[1](https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/news/marvel-studios-she-hulk-attorney-at-law-to-debut-on-disney-august-17/) • [3](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17496020261484572) |
| Lead | Tatiana Maslany, Emmy winner for *Orphan Black*, as Jennifer Walters / She-Hulk[4](https://au.variety.com/2022/tv/news/she-hulk-steve-rogers-virginity-cut-scenes-5040/) |
| Creative team | Head writer Jessica Gao; directors Kat Coiro (six episodes) and Anu Valia (three)[1](https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/news/marvel-studios-she-hulk-attorney-at-law-to-debut-on-disney-august-17/) |
| Comic source | Character created by Stan Lee and John Buscema, introduced February 10, 1980, in *The Savage She-Hulk*[5](https://lumiere-a.akamaihd.net/v1/documents/she_hulk_attorney_at_law_production_brief_final_08-15-2_a20660a3.pdf) |
| Reception | Metacritic metascore 67 from 26 critics; user score 2.4 from 1,524 ratings[6](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/) |
| Viewership | 1.5 million US viewers in the first four days, per Nielsen[7](https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/marvel-tv-shows/marvel-tv-boss-says-that-she-hulk-is-one-of-the-mcus-best-performing-shows-and-hed-love-to-make-more-despite-negative-fan-response/) |
| Renewal | Not renewed for a second season, though Marvel TV head Brad Winderbaum called it one of the MCU's best-performing shows[7](https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/marvel-tv-shows/marvel-tv-boss-says-that-she-hulk-is-one-of-the-mcus-best-performing-shows-and-hed-love-to-make-more-despite-negative-fan-response/) |
## Spoilers
### Premise and structure
The series follows Jennifer "Jen" Walters, a single, 30-something Los Angeles lawyer who specializes in superhuman-oriented legal cases and who, after a serious car accident with her cousin Bruce Banner ([Mark Ruffalo](https://www.edgepedia.org/mark-ruffalo)), finds herself transformed into a 6-foot-7-inch green Hulk.[1](https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/news/marvel-studios-she-hulk-attorney-at-law-to-debut-on-disney-august-17/) • [8](https://d23.com/how-marvel-studios-she-hulk-attorney-at-law-is-raising-the-bar-in-the-mcu/) Her narrative arc centers on reconciling her identity as a lawyer with her new superhuman status; in the first episode she pushes back against the change with the line "I don't want to be a Hulk. I just got my own office!"[3](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17496020261484572) Jen operates from both human and superhuman positions throughout the series, and her ability to control her anger in Hulk form is central to the story.[3](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17496020261484572)
The show hews closer to a legal sitcom than an action-adventure saga, mixing case-of-the-week episodic storylines with larger serialized threads.[9](https://www.slashfilm.com/967501/she-hulk-attorney-at-law-review-a-messy-meta-legal-sitcom-with-humor-that-mostly-misses-the-mark/) • [10](https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/she-hulk-attorney-at-law-first-reviews/) Jen insists within the show that, superhero content notwithstanding, her story should be considered a legal drama in the tradition of series such as *Ally McBeal* (1997–2002) and *The Good Fight* (2017–2022).[3](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17496020261484572) Reviewers repeatedly drew the same comparison; the *Chicago Sun-Times* described the series as a 21st-century take on a 1980s television show, citing its wacky title, breezy tone, and fourth-wall breaking.[10](https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/she-hulk-attorney-at-law-first-reviews/)
## Fourth wall and comedy
Jen regularly breaks the fourth wall, addressing the audience directly to comment on events. The device was a power attributed to the character in the comics since the 1970s and was made her signature by writer/artist John Byrne in *The Sensational She-Hulk* (1989–1994).[3](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17496020261484572) • [5](https://lumiere-a.akamaihd.net/v1/documents/she_hulk_attorney_at_law_production_brief_final_08-15-2_a20660a3.pdf) Head writer Jessica Gao said she loved that the comic character is funny, breaks the fourth wall, and has a realistic relationship to the idea of being a superhero.[5](https://lumiere-a.akamaihd.net/v1/documents/she_hulk_attorney_at_law_production_brief_final_08-15-2_a20660a3.pdf) Although other Marvel properties such as *Deadpool* (2016) use the device, the series deploys direct address more in line with non-Marvel comedy, as critical commentary on what happens to a female protagonist; one scholar compared Jen's asides to those of *Fleabag* (2016–2019), including a mid-date question to the audience in Episode 4, "Is there anything worse than dating in your 30s?"[3](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17496020261484572)
## Themes: gender and the legal workplace
A central theme is how Jen must negotiate the male-centric corporate culture of her law practice and the wider juridical system, both as a woman and as a superwoman.[3](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17496020261484572) The series uses humor to ridicule sexist and racist practices in the corporate workplace through the incongruity of being a Hulk in a legal context, engaging with contemporary gender issues including women's safety, expectations of normative femininity, workplace identity, and diversity work.[3](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17496020261484572) Critics noted the same focus: Jen's real obstacles come in the form of online dating and condescending male co-workers rather than larger-than-life adversaries, and the show explains how chauvinistic institutions treat her differently as ordinary Jen versus She-Hulk.[10](https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/she-hulk-attorney-at-law-first-reviews/) Director and executive producer Kat Coiro said the series addresses themes all women understand that are not often reflected in storytelling.[11](https://www.tvinsider.com/1056860/she-hulk-attorney-at-law-marvel-tatiana-maslany/)
The supporting cast embodies these dynamics: [Ginger Gonzaga](https://www.edgepedia.org/ginger-gonzaga) plays Nikki Ramos, Jen's best friend and paralegal, and [Renée Elise Goldsberry](https://www.edgepedia.org/renee-elise-goldsberry) plays fellow lawyer Mallory Book; the different racial positions of the three central women allow the series to explore intersecting issues of race and gender.[8](https://d23.com/how-marvel-studios-she-hulk-attorney-at-law-is-raising-the-bar-in-the-mcu/) • [3](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17496020261484572)
## Cast and MCU connections
The series welcomes [Marvel Cinematic Universe](https://www.edgepedia.org/marvel-cinematic-universe) veterans including Mark Ruffalo as Smart Hulk, Tim Roth as Emil Blonsky / the Abomination, and [Benedict Wong](https://www.edgepedia.org/benedict-wong) as Wong, alongside [Jameela Jamil](https://www.edgepedia.org/jameela-jamil) as Titania, Josh Segarra as Augustus "Pug" Pugliese, Jon Bass as Todd, and Renée Elise Goldsberry.[1](https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/news/marvel-studios-she-hulk-attorney-at-law-to-debut-on-disney-august-17/) • [8](https://d23.com/how-marvel-studios-she-hulk-attorney-at-law-is-raising-the-bar-in-the-mcu/) Charlie Cox also returns as Daredevil, the other super-lawyer.[12](https://elpais.com/television/2022-08-17/abogados-comedia-y-citas-con-mujeres-verdes-she-hulk-no-es-su-tipica-serie-marvel.html) According to Gao, the series takes place a relatively short time after *Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings*, and therefore after the events of *Avengers: Endgame*.[10](https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/she-hulk-attorney-at-law-first-reviews/) The season's nine episodes ran from "A Normal Amount of Rage" (August 18, 2022) to the finale "Whose Show Is This?" (October 13, 2022).[2](https://epguides.com/SheHulk/)
Gao's path to the show began with a pitch for the *Black Widow* movie in which she had included She-Hulk, her favorite comics character; Marvel executive Brad Winderbaum told her it felt like she was pitching a She-Hulk movie with Black Widow in it.[4](https://au.variety.com/2022/tv/news/she-hulk-steve-rogers-virginity-cut-scenes-5040/) [Marvel Studios](https://www.edgepedia.org/marvel-studios) head [Kevin Feige](https://www.edgepedia.org/kevin-feige) had first announced the series at D23 on August 23, 2019, alongside *Ms. Marvel* and *Moon Knight*.[13](https://time.com/5660460/marvel-she-hulk-ms-marvel-moon-knight/)
## Comic background
The character was created by [Stan Lee](https://www.edgepedia.org/stan-lee) and John Buscema and introduced on February 10, 1980, in *The Savage She-Hulk*; she joined the [Avengers](https://www.edgepedia.org/avengers-comics) in 1982 and was featured in the *Fantastic Four* series beginning in 1984.[5](https://lumiere-a.akamaihd.net/v1/documents/she_hulk_attorney_at_law_production_brief_final_08-15-2_a20660a3.pdf) In the comics, Walters is Banner's cousin and receives her powers after an accident requiring an emergency blood transfusion from him.[13](https://time.com/5660460/marvel-she-hulk-ms-marvel-moon-knight/) According to an account published in *El País*, Lee created the character in 1979 with the specific aim of preventing Universal, which produced *The Incredible Hulk* television series, from creating a female Hulk outside Marvel's copyright; *The Savage She-Hulk* #1 reached shelves in November 1979.[12](https://elpais.com/television/2022-08-17/abogados-comedia-y-citas-con-mujeres-verdes-she-hulk-no-es-su-tipica-serie-marvel.html) In earlier comics, Walters worked as an attorney for the Manhattan firm Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg & Holliway, which specializes in superhuman law.[14](https://illinoislawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Bennardo-1.pdf)
## Visual effects
The title character is a fully computer-generated human, a task Digital Domain's VFX supervisor Jan Philip Cramer described as among the hardest in visual effects.[15](https://www.artofvfx.com/she-hulk-attorney-at-law-jan-philip-cramer-vfx-supervisor-with-michael-melchiore-vfx-supervisor-elizabeth-liz-bernard-animation-supervisor-and-eric-kimelton-vfx-producer/) The stated goal was crafting a Thanos-level character for an episodic show, within the short timeframes and budget restrictions of episodic television; the team used helmet-mounted cameras from Techno Prop with a marker layout based on the one developed for Thanos.[15](https://www.artofvfx.com/she-hulk-attorney-at-law-jan-philip-cramer-vfx-supervisor-with-michael-melchiore-vfx-supervisor-elizabeth-liz-bernard-animation-supervisor-and-eric-kimelton-vfx-producer/) Digital Domain's Masquerade 2.0 facial-capture system, showcased on the series, let artists continually edit facial capture results while machine learning smoothed the output in days and weeks rather than months.[16](https://www.creativebloq.com/3d/vfx-cgi/how-facial-performance-capture-has-evolved-from-avengers-infinity-war-to-the-fantastic-four-first-steps) The first trailer nonetheless received significant backlash over the visual effects, and critics were divided; some found She-Hulk's look questionable, while others argued the effects' technical modesty mattered little because the show demanded few heavy action sequences.[17](https://bacol.todayz.workers.dev/post-http-www.ign.com/articles/marvel-vfx-artists-she-hulk-breaking-point) • [10](https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/she-hulk-attorney-at-law-first-reviews/)
## Reception
Professional critics were broadly favorable. The season scored 67 on Metacritic based on 26 critic reviews, with 65% positive, 31% mixed, and 4% negative; reviewers praised Maslany's lead performance, the case-of-the-week pacing, and the low-stakes change of pace from apocalyptic MCU outings.[6](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/) Audience response diverged sharply: the same page records a user score of 2.4 from 1,524 ratings, with 75% negative, and GamesRadar reported a Rotten Tomatoes critic score of 80% against a 32% audience score.[6](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/) • [7](https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/marvel-tv-shows/marvel-tv-boss-says-that-she-hulk-is-one-of-the-mcus-best-performing-shows-and-hed-love-to-make-more-despite-negative-fan-response/) Nielsen measured 1.5 million US viewers in the show's first four days on the streamer.[7](https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/marvel-tv-shows/marvel-tv-boss-says-that-she-hulk-is-one-of-the-mcus-best-performing-shows-and-hed-love-to-make-more-despite-negative-fan-response/)
The series was never renewed for a second season. In a 2026 interview, Marvel TV head Brad Winderbaum nonetheless called it one of the MCU's best-performing shows, saying it "just hit the general audience" and that he would love to make more She-Hulk, while noting Marvel TV had since moved toward grittier series such as *Daredevil: Born Again*.[7](https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/marvel-tv-shows/marvel-tv-boss-says-that-she-hulk-is-one-of-the-mcus-best-performing-shows-and-hed-love-to-make-more-despite-negative-fan-response/)
## References
1. [Marvel Studios' 'She-Hulk: Attorney at Law' to Debut on Disney+ August 17, The Walt Disney Company](https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/news/marvel-studios-she-hulk-attorney-at-law-to-debut-on-disney-august-17/)
2. [She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, a Titles & Air Dates Guide, epguides.com](https://epguides.com/SheHulk/)
3. [Ellie Tomsett (2026). "I don't want to be a Hulk. I just got my own office!": She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022) and representations of gendered corporate cultures](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17496020261484572)
4. ['She-Hulk' Head Writer on Reshaping the Pilot, Cutting CGI, and Steve Rogers' Virginity, Variety](https://au.variety.com/2022/tv/news/she-hulk-steve-rogers-virginity-cut-scenes-5040/)
5. [She-Hulk: Attorney at Law Production Brief, Marvel Studios](https://lumiere-a.akamaihd.net/v1/documents/she_hulk_attorney_at_law_production_brief_final_08-15-2_a20660a3.pdf)
6. [She-Hulk: Attorney at Law Reviews, Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/)
7. [Marvel TV boss says that She-Hulk is one of the MCU's "best-performing shows", GamesRadar+](https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/marvel-tv-shows/marvel-tv-boss-says-that-she-hulk-is-one-of-the-mcus-best-performing-shows-and-hed-love-to-make-more-despite-negative-fan-response/)
8. [How Marvel Studios' She-Hulk: Attorney at Law Is Raising the Bar in the MCU, D23](https://d23.com/how-marvel-studios-she-hulk-attorney-at-law-is-raising-the-bar-in-the-mcu/)
9. [She-Hulk: Attorney At Law Review: A Messy, Meta Legal Sitcom, SlashFilm](https://www.slashfilm.com/967501/she-hulk-attorney-at-law-review-a-messy-meta-legal-sitcom-with-humor-that-mostly-misses-the-mark/)
10. [She-Hulk: Attorney at Law First Reviews, Rotten Tomatoes](https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/she-hulk-attorney-at-law-first-reviews/)
11. ['She-Hulk: Attorney at Law': Why It's the Horny, Woman-Forward Comedy Marvel Needs, TV Insider](https://www.tvinsider.com/1056860/she-hulk-attorney-at-law-marvel-tatiana-maslany/)
12. [Abogados, comedia y citas con mujeres verdes: 'She-Hulk' no es su típica serie Marvel, El País](https://elpais.com/television/2022-08-17/abogados-comedia-y-citas-con-mujeres-verdes-she-hulk-no-es-su-tipica-serie-marvel.html)
13. [Marvel Just Announced She Hulk, Ms. Marvel and Moon Knight TV Shows, Time](https://time.com/5660460/marvel-she-hulk-ms-marvel-moon-knight/)
14. [Kevin Bennardo, The Law According to She-Hulk, University of Illinois Law Review Online](https://illinoislawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Bennardo-1.pdf)
15. [She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Digital Domain VFX interview, The Art of VFX](https://www.artofvfx.com/she-hulk-attorney-at-law-jan-philip-cramer-vfx-supervisor-with-michael-melchiore-vfx-supervisor-elizabeth-liz-bernard-animation-supervisor-and-eric-kimelton-vfx-producer/)
16. [How facial performance capture has evolved, Creative Bloq](https://www.creativebloq.com/3d/vfx-cgi/how-facial-performance-capture-has-evolved-from-avengers-infinity-war-to-the-fantastic-four-first-steps)
17. [Pressure, Crunch, Blacklist Fears: The MCU's Visual Effects Artists Speak Out, IGN](https://bacol.todayz.workers.dev/post-http-www.ign.com/articles/marvel-vfx-artists-she-hulk-breaking-point)
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