Ironheart Episodic Coverage: “We in Danger, Girl”
“We in Danger, Girl” Elevates Every Major Plotline
“We in Danger, Girl,” could best be described as the consequences episode. Many, many plotlines set up over the last two episodes are all collapsing in. Basically, nothing is going right for the characters—and it was the perfect choice for this show.
Because—as I’ve already complained—it’s really weird seeing the hero of the story help the villains hurt people. She witnesses it firsthand this time and doesn’t even react to it like you’d expect. So, the quicker the series can flip to her opposing Parker, the better.
But she won’t just have to deal with Parker and his heist team, because the episode effectively sets up more collapsing dominoes. So many, I’m curious how Riri will even manage to overcome them all. To begin, I had wondered where the “Rampage” plotline was going—it seemed like a way to set up another villain, or was just for comedy—but using it as a way to make sure the police are involved is a great plot decision. It puts Riri’s personal life closer to the danger—a classic in superhero media—and makes the people around her suspicious. She basically has to befriend or remove the entire heist gang if she doesn’t want something getting back to her.
“We in Danger, Girl” Introduces Way More Conflict
But no matter how well she does on that task, it will get back to someone else, won’t it? The moment Ezekiel made her swear that piece of tech wouldn’t be traced back to him, it was a little obvious where that plotline would go, but “We in Danger, Girl” did manage to make me forget about it for a moment during all the other drama. I already voiced how I find this whole side plot to be an issue for the show to even function, but if it must be here, then having it be another consequence is the best choice for it. I hope we at least get some cool bionic-tech battle thing happening at some point.
So, that’s all good. That’s “fun.” But it’s not even the biggest consequence I want to talk about. I am excited and nervous for what will come of this one scene. For those reading before watching “We in Danger, Girl,” don’t read this paragraph because spoilers. For those who know the spoiler: Riri basically killed someone in self-defense. I mean, not really, the whole scene does a thing I see in media a lot, where the hero of the story never directly delivers the blow. But Riri should know that the door sealed. She should’ve noticed right away when he didn’t follow her. She let him die. The fact she returns to the rest of the heist team and doesn’t fly off right away means she must’ve known, before she even scanned the area, that he hadn’t had a chance to tell Parker anything. Her breakdown at the end of the episode is completely understandable, but—and here’s why I’m nervous—I am a little worried how the show can progress from here without the narrative having to tamp down that same type of reaction continuously happening. She’ll have to be numb. This moment represents a huge flip in how the series will progress, and the stakes are ramped up in a way that makes me excited for the rest of Ironheart, but the show may have also formed another plot hole in its attempts to have potent drama.
One Scene Should Alter Everything Going Forward
But a lot of this is speculation. I had an enjoyable time watching “We in Danger, Girl,” and the show has every chance to prove me wrong later. The only big things I have to complain about that are blatant are a knife appearing that breaks the “no metal” rules with no explanation given, and some weird jokes about Ezekiel—considering how much older he is than Riri. Also, though not as bad, the CGI looks messy a lot of the time. The suit had some issues in “Will the Real Natalie Please Stand Up?” but this was just awkward. It looked ugly when Natalie forced the suit to sit down in a chair. And there’s this one moment where it looks like it’s trying to eat Riri as it forms around her. I can kind of understand why the suit actually doesn’t show up in a lot of scenes. The big action moments in “We in Danger, Girl”—especially when Riri is trying to cut off some of The Hood’s hood—are good enough, if not totally great, partially because the suit isn’t a factor. I imagine that’ll change as the series goes on, though.
And statements like that are why I’m still tentative about this show overall. It keeps holding itself together. It keeps having good moments and good ideas. But it’s also one or two more plot holes from not making any sense. I want to see Riri have to use all of her resources and tricks and her few allies to undo this horrible situation she got herself into, and as long as that’s where this is going, I’m in. It’ll be a good Marvel show. So, soon, let’s see how the next part fares.
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