“Ironheart” just premiered last week and it’s already over. The series had low audience scores at first, but quickly rose to become one of Marvel’s highest RT scored shows. The series has been infamously review bombed to the point that RT actually had to step in and even now, the show has over 6 times more reviews than season 4 of “The Bear”.
The strategy of Marvel Studios has been called into question after this series sat on the shelf literally for years (since 2022) and then blew it’s creative load in 7 days, but the deviation from their weekly norm seems to have paid off. Warning, beyond this point there are spoilers for the Disney+ series “Ironheart” and the MCU in general.
The strategy of Marvel Studios has been called into question after
this series sat on the shelf literally for years…
“Ironheart” rose 16 percentage points since the premiere to make the series certified fresh and the 6th highest rated Disney+ MCU TV series. The likely tampered with audience score sits at an abysm 53%, but critics aren’t buying it. One of the biggest surprises in the series came in the final episode with a very powerful OG character who has actually existed since biblical days…Mephisto. The series did a nice job of teasing Dormammu who we’ve already seen on the big screen and in “What If..?” lore, but the bait and switch seemed to pay off while heavyweight comedic actor Sacha Baron Cohen managed to exude the essence of the Devilish character with ease.
Dominique Thorne did a surprising job of showing flawed character growth throughout the series as she had too little screen time to preoplry shine in ‘Wakanda Forever’. Her human struggle of dealing with loss provided a strong foundation and insight into her character…who like all of us makes mistakes. Anthony Ramos was intriguing as The Hood although his band of merry misfits didn’t seem to have the power set to match his aspirations. His rise to power did seem a little too easy, as if he could’ve done it long ago but maybe it was the influence of Mephisto that slowed things down?
We were also pleasantly surprised with the arc of Joe McGillicuddy (played by Alden Ehrenreich) who ends up being someone intimately connected to the foundation of Iron Man lore. We hope to see more of Joe/Zeke and The Hood sometime in the future. The end credit scene teased more of The Hood, but left Joe/Zeke’s return unclear. RiRi’s new deal could be a good starting point for season 2 if Marvel Studios decided to green light a second season, but as of now the show is called a Miniseries, which could mean this is all we’ll got of the MCU’s first deep dive into Chicago.
Could we see “IronMa” in an upgraded magical suit by th e time “Avengers: Secret Wars” comes out? We all know everyone wants all of their favorite characters, but can Marvel pull off another ‘Endgame’ level event? Only time will tell, but this series does seem like another win and step in the right direction after the critical success of “Thunderbolts*”.
What do you think? Have you watched the entire series? Ho does it rank out of the Disney+ series? Where does it rank in Phase 5, which is now officially over? When might we see RiRi again?
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