No Normal
"No Normal" | |
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Ms. Marvel episode | |
Episode no. | Episode 6 |
Directed by | Adil & Bilall |
Story by | Will Dunn |
Teleplay by |
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Produced by | Bisha K. Ali |
Cinematography by | Robrecht Heyvaert |
Editing by |
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Original release date | July 13, 2022 |
Running time | 49 minutes |
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"No Normal" is the sixth episode and
Iman Vellani stars as Kamala Khan / Ms. Marvel, alongside Matt Lintz, Yasmeen Fletcher, Zenobia Shroff, Mohan Kapur, Saagar Shaikh, Rish Shah, Laurel Marsden, Arian Moayed, Alysia Reiner, Laith Nakli, Azhar Usman, Travina Springer, and Aramis Knight. El Arbi and Fallah joined the series by September 2020 to direct two episodes.
"No Normal" was released on Disney+ on July 13, 2022.
Plot
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Production
Development
By August 2019,
Writing
"No Normal" features Kamala Khan using her comics catchphrase, embiggen, which forms hard light around her body as a large armor, resembling her polymorph powers from the comics;[4] this implementation was suggested by visual effects supervisor Nordin Rahhali, with El Arbi believing this was a good "blend" between what was scripted and paying homage to the comics.[11] Fallah explained at this point in the episode, Khan is at the end of her energy, and then seeing her family, which he said was "where she gets her power", says "embiggen", becoming Ms. Marvel and the "full version of herself" in that moment.[12] Ali echoed this, noting how the entire series had been building to where "she could discover who she is on the inside so she could 'embiggen', essentially".[13] The episode also explains how she gets her Ms. Marvel name, with her father explaining how "Kamal" means "perfect" in Arabic, but more like "marvel" in Urdu.[3][4]
The episode also reveals that Kamala Khan has a genetic "mutation", which implied she was a
There had been early discussions to have Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel appear earlier in the season. However, Ali realized such an appearance would have taken away from Khan's journey to come into her own and appreciate her community. To highlight this, Ali said the end of the episode of Khan looking at herself in the mirror, she sees herself, wearing a suit made by her friends and family, rather than someone imitating Captain Marvel, as was done in a similar scene in the first episode.[16]
Casting
The episode stars Iman Vellani as Kamala Khan / Ms. Marvel, Matt Lintz as Bruno Carrelli, Yasmeen Fletcher as Nakia Bahadir, Zenobia Shroff as Muneeba Khan,
Design
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Marvel Studios' Ms. Marvel: End Credits Main On End Title Sequence Episode 6 presents the episode's main-on-end title sequence, Perception 's channel |
The series' main-on-end title sequence was designed by
Filming and visual effects
Filming took place at
Visual effects for the episode were created by
Music
The following songs were featured in the episode: "CPT. Space" by Janoobi Khargosh, "Blowin' Out Speakers" by Tom Griffiths, Adam Zapel, Dayeaux, and Alex Nova, "Lightswitch" by Chaii, "
Marketing
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Release
"No Normal" was released on
Reception
Audience viewership
According to Nielsen Media Research who measure the number of minutes watched by United States audiences on television sets, Ms. Marvel was the seventh-most watched original series across streaming services for the week of July 11–17 with a series high 357 million minutes watched,[34] which was a 21% increase from the previous week.[35]
Critical response
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The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports a 95% approval rating with an average rating of 8.10/10, based on 19 reviews.[36]
Swara Salih at Gizmodo said, "while a decent finale for a good series, the episode encapsulates the issues of the show overall", wishing it highlighted more of Khan's self-discovery and acceptance as in the comics. He called the embiggening powers "a cool looking effect", and was glad the series did not make Kamran the villain, instead "playing with the idea of him being the 'radical' and her being the 'reasonable' one". He also thought it was "ironic" that implying Khan was a mutant instead of Inhuman or Kree "may have distanced her background even more" from Captain Marvel and Monica Rambeau's.[4] Ryan Parker of The Hollywood Reporter called Larson's cameo "incredibly satisfying because it did not undercut the series", adding had Danvers "arrived too soon to save the day, it could be argued the cameo would have undercut what the entire series set up prior".[37]
Notes
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Marvel Studios asked our team at Perception to help create a dynamic main on end title sequence for their newest series on Disney+, Ms. Marvel. For the final episode os Ms. Marvel, our team combined our Jersey City footage and our Karachi footage into one sequence, bouncing between the two cities throughout this unique sequence. This constant location shift represents the blend and balance in Kamala's character. It also showcases the different murals, the similar murals, and the changes in colors and patterns that we used in the two different cities.
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External links
- "No Normal" at IMDb
- Episode recap at Marvel.com