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Episode One: A Normal Amount Of Rage
- As Bruce and Jennifer are shown winding down and drinking together at his Bar, Bruce talks about how he and Tony built it before placing his hand on the table near a pair of initials on it. B.B. for Bruce Banner and T.S. for Tony Stark. It's clear that Bruce still misses Tony, who was the first to ever tell him to embrace The Hulk and helped him instead of being afraid of him.
- Really, Bruce in general. While he's fairly upbeat and things are pretty much great compared to his days of being a constantly hunted monster, it's clear he's pretty lonely. Tony and Nat are dead, Steve's status is unknown, Clint is back with his family, Thor and Rocket left Earth, and the only remaining Avengers aren't people he was particularly close to.
- During a discussion with Jennifer about her lacking the Hulk-induced berserk rage, Jennifer claims that since she doesn't have Bruce's anger problems, she'll be fine transformed. Bruce, who has been pretty relaxed and amicable, becomes dead serious and intense, warning Jennifer that even with "normal" anger, the magnitude of power being a Hulk brings can result in death and destruction on a terrifying scale and bitterly remarks that if others start to see you as a monster, it will never go away. He is clearly speaking about his own very dark experiences and Jennifer noticeably drops her protests and takes the warning seriously.
- During their argument at the end of the episode, Jennifer screams that she doesn't want to be a Hulk like Bruce, as he's had to be isolated for years, can't have normal relationships and isn't even able to see his family most of the time (which is probably why we hadn't seen Jennifer before this). This clearly hurts him and Jen is quick to apologize after, but the worst part is she's not entirely wrong. Most of his social and mental issues have all come from being the Hulk.
Episode Two: Superhuman Law
- Jennifer getting fired from her law firm, and her several failed attempts at finding new work.
- And when she finally finds a new job, she's told by the owner to only appear in the office as "She-Hulk", instead of Jennifer Walters. Not only that, but the only reason she was even offered employment was to be the face of the firm's new division for superhuman clients. She spends a bit of time in the episode obviously upset at how her life has changed, lamenting that she feels like she's being punished for doing the right thing (hulking out to save the jury after Titania's attack).
- It also evokes the real-world plight of people with protected characteristics, who only get positions in firms due to the boss wanting to have that person promoted (and be known) for that specific characteristic.
- Bruce's warnings about never being normal again come to fruition in the worst possible manner, as the District Attorney Jennifer Walters is now completely overshadowed by the Hero Lawyer She-Hulk. No matter where she goes, she cannot escape being She-Hulk despite her protestations.
Episode Four: Is This Not Real Magic?
- Jennifer trying and failing to get a date as both regular Jen and She-Hulk. As the former, she barely gets any alerts on her dating profile and the date she does get is obviously not interested. As the latter, the men she meets are only interested in her because they want bragging rights of sleeping with a superhero. Then she seems to have a connection with a seemingly sweet man... who bails in the morning when she tries to introduce herself as regular Jen.
Episode Five: Mean, Green and Straight Poured Into These Jeans
- Ched appears to have a talent for knowing what not to say and when. He shows up with a bunch of Titania's She-Hulk products and asks his cousin to sign them so he can re-sell them at inflated prices. When Jen reveals the trademark fiasco, he sits down and explains trademarks to a lawyer in a very patronizing manner. No wonder Jen screams into her pillow.
- Due to Titania trademarking the name She-Hulk for her beauty products, Jennifer has to prove in court that she was using the name regularly beforehand, and ends up using her She-Hulk dating profile as evidence. What starts as an embarrassing and fairly funny Call-Back to the last episode becomes sad when the one man she seemed to connect with as She-Hulk is asked in court, under oath, if he would have dated her if she had presented as Jennifer Walters and bluntly answers, "No." Jen was already sinking into her seat from embarrassment before, but that one seems to just make her sit and swallow something. The idea of someone only being interested in you if you present a completely different side of yourself than usual can hit hard for those that think they have nothing to offer on the dating scene.
- The fact that Bruce's cousin has to suck up to a diva like Luke Jacobson to get the super suit she needs is just a sad little reminder of the void left by the death of Tony Stark.
Episode Seven: The Retreat
- Jennifer spends the episode silently freaking out after the man she met in the previous episode seemingly vanishes after spending the night with her. While in Blonsky's retreat, she eventually reveals in a tearful voice that she hates that nobody pays attention to her as Jennifer anymore, and how heartbroken she feels that a man who seemed interested in her as 'Jen' ghosted her after sex. And it gets even worse in the episode ending where it's revealed that Josh is one of the trolls at Intelligencia, who deliberately led Jennifer on so he could steal her blood. He even takes a picture of her sleeping and sends it to the other trolls.
Episode Eight: Ribbit and Rip It
- Jen and a group of other lawyers share the Female Lawyer of the Year award, and the Intelligencia hijacks the ceremony just as she gets to her part of the speech. They air their "grievances" against her, call her a slut, and air hidden tape footage of her having sex with Josh. She flips out and smashes the screen, then notices that some of the trolls had planted themselves into the audience to watch her humiliation live. She gives chase and catches one, busting through a wall to do so, but has to let him go when Damage Control points guns at her. The episode ends with her putting her hands up while she looks at the audience with remorse. It even brings to mind Bruce's warning from episode 1:Bruce: You can't be emotional. Forget Hulk rage. Just regular anger means death and destruction for everything and everyone around you. And I'm telling you, when people start seeing you as a monster, that never goes away.
