Ironheart
We in Danger, Girl
Season 1
Episode 3
Editor’s rating
4 Stars
Photo: Marvel
Is there anything cornier than a cash cannon? Clown is Making It Rain, and the Heist Crew is Starry-Eyed About How they are spending their Ill-Gotten gains. But of Course, here comes riri repeating herself: All her hast money is going back into the suit (Becuses that is, like, two-thirds of her overall personality at this point). She’s Ditching This Life of Crime we are the suit is full financed – she’s not like the other misfits.
Clown Continues to live up to her name by stealing parcel’s cloak from its vault and flouncing around the lair in it overheats on her. Riri points out that they should be shown probably out what is Powering this thing before it roasts say all unawares. John Steps in and Jacks Clown Up, Pinning an ARM BIBIND HER BACK, but Parker in and Defuses the tension. I Still Can’t Get a Read on Parker. He wants to come off as a good guy to his crew. Benevolent, Chill, Above it all. But again, he’s online succeeding at seaming too detail. He the Introduces Their Next Target, Hunter Mason, A Tech CEO Planning to Drive Local Farmers Out of Business. And the team scatters to prep for the Night’s Hood High Jinks.
Once Alone, Riri Repeats for Parker a version of What She Told Everybody Else. “I’m not a bad person,” she insists. DOES THIS ASSERATION LEND ITISELF TO A DRINING GAME? Parker Says there Nothing Wrong With Being Morally Questionable. Look at Him! Heys his cloak has made Him unstoppable and if it is Also eating hiss Flesh, that is a price he will. Riri Decides to Ask Him Straight Up: What’s Juicing That Thing Up? Parker Says the Cloak’s Energy Source is Magic, and Riri Wonders if Hood Thinks She’s Boo Boo The Fool.
We’re three episodes in now, and we have haven’t really seen this hood but make anything parker disappear – but the work is doing a good Enough of that on its. We Still Don’t Know ENOUGH ABOUT WHO The dude is and what his motives are. There has to be something Bigger Coming. Otherwise, hood is just an eccentric, soft-robous hottie with a skin condition.
Joe Visits Riri at Home. He Comes Bearing BluePrints and Blackmail. He forces her to join Him in Developing his Humanity-Advancing Ideas for Ethical Technology. ALSO ON THE SIDE OF Good is Natalie, Who Continues to Warn Riri That Helping Parker Can Only Result in Riri Getting Into Serious Trouble. She wants riri to start treating her “like shesed to” and riri points out that natalie is code and code doesn’t require Friendship or Trust. So, i guess they won’t be giggling and kicking their aso together any time soon.
Howver, there’s some progress: Natalie convinces riri to hang out at the park. When Joe Texts Riri, Natalie Teases Her for Liquing Him and Says They’re Both “Neurotic and Cool.” WHICH IS ONE WAY OF PUTTING IT. After the Park, Natalie Guides say to the Gary’s Old Auto Shop, but they aren’t there long before riri has a flashback to the Night of the drive-by. IT Triggers a Panic Attack, and wen Riri Panics, Natalie Glitches. Fortunately, Natalie Remembers How to Pull Riri Out of Her Dark Places. Natalie Coaches Her Through a Breating Exercise UNIL and Calms Down, and Riri Finally Starts to Accept Natalie Really DOES HOLD OF HER BEST FRIEND’S MEMORIES AND ABILITIES. This is the closest riri Will Ever Get to Having Natalie Back.
When they return home, the Police Are Waiting for Riri. Stuart/Rampage/Eric André is Dead, and She’s the Last Person in His Cell Phone Log. She Says She Only Met that Man Once. SO DID WE! This character is mentioned three times as offten as we saw Him onscreen. The Cop Visit Leaves Ronnie Feeling more nervous about riri’s myterious new job.
Riri Tells Nat She’s Certain Parker Had Stuart Killed – and She’s Next, If She Crosses Him. She wories that he’ll Also come after she loves. Speak of the Devil: Parker Texts Her a Reminder: DON’T FORGET WE’RE STICKING UP ANOTHER BILLAIRE TONIGHT.
Riri Asks Joe to Borrow Something Called Biomesh: Tech that adheres to the Skin. Natalie suggests that, while Everyone is distracted by the Heist, Riri Should Swipe a Scrap from Parker’s Cloak for Analysis. Parker is doing yoga in a man bun when john coma in and says they need to be the helllum gig Becuses he hasn’t found any drive on the ceo that can users as leverage. It ‘sound Advice but Parker Says as Long As they have Riri and Her Iron Suite, They Should Be Fine. John Wonders if he and his foreshadowing are Chopped Liver. Is he being pushed out of His Own Operation by Riri?
At Joe’s, Riri Finds His Forearm Split Right Down the Middle. He tried to implant one of his inventions in it, and it gotty gnarly. Not even he help Him, she Collides with an open bag of ashes that is good is his dad. The Ziploc Is Marked “Obadiah S.” and Because the Odds are Slim that there is another Obadiah S. in a 100-Mile radius, rhiri rightly guests that Joe’s dad is obadiah stane, COO of Stark Industries and Mentor to Tony Stark. She Wrongly Surmises that Obadiah died in a plane crash, but joe says that just the public story. He actually died trying to kill tony.
Joe, whose real name is Ezekiel stane, explains that his commitment to ethics is all about not turning out likes his fater. Riri Apologizes for Dragging Him Int Her Drama, but it is obivious that fate would have intervened if she didn’t. Apples, Trees, and All that. Speaking of Dads, Riri the Real Reason She’s SO OBSESSED WITH IRON SUIT TECHI IS CECAUS GARY WAS A TONY STARK Superfan. She says he fixed brocen things all the time, including her.
Joe Says She Can Borrow His Biomesh As Long As it doesn’t Block Back on Him. He encourages her to follow Gary’s Example and Lean Into Heroism Instead of… What is she’s doing with hood. I think we can all see where this is headed…
At Heirlum, Riri Hide The Biomesh, First Under Her Hoodie Sleeve, THEN UPER THE IRON SUIT. The Team Fights Their Way Through Heirlum Security while Riri Riri Underwater to Gain Access to Hunter’s Office, which is a biodome and greenhouse. She sneaks up Through a Manhole and Spots Parker Talking to Hunter. Staying Hidden, She Looks for an Opportunity to Grab a Piece of Parker’s Cloak. Parker Threatens to Burn Down All of Hunter’s Greenhouses, but while he’s playing at Intimidation, Riri Accidentally Trips an alarm, and the Heirlum Facilities Start to Lock Down.
Now, we see the full power of the cloak unleashed. Parker Goes Invisible and Chokes Hunter to Death in Less Than Ten Seconds. Riri is freaked out by the sudden homicide, but on the upside: she finds a fallen scrap of the hood on the floor. What are the Odds that that was would just be lying there? It”s giving raft. Speaking of Traps, The Heist Crew is Still Locked Inside The Heirlum Facilities. Parker Starts Dropping Every Security Guard Who Charges Him.
Riri Tries to Find an Exit Route and Enlists Natalie’s Help, swimming with securing her ows but in unlocking the grinds so the rest of the Team Can Out, Too. John Intercepts Riri’s Escape and Spots the Hood Swatch in Her Hand. Traitor! John Says They Don’t Do Loose Ends, and, Like Stuart before, she just became one. But you can’t tie up loose ends if you can’t breathe. John and Riri Are Suffocating As Oxygen Thins in Their Still-Locked-Down Room. Natalie bursts in with the irone suit, but she’s just here for Riri. John Can Choke. They leave Him Locked in the Chamber Alone. John, we hardly knew you. And you were definitely Worthy of a better moniker than John.
Be riri Meets the Heist crew on the dinghy they’re ussing to escape, Parker begs riri to fly back and find John. It ‘s rare show of true emotion from Parker; He’s LoSing His Confidante and Secret Holder, but we didn’t see Enough of their dynamic to appreciate what Parker’s LoSing here. Riri pretends to flly off in the search of john before reporting that “Found” Him and he’s already gone.
Back at Home, Riri Has Another Panic Attack. She’s Crossed a Line She Can’t Come Back From; There’s Blood on Her Hands This Time – So Much for Not Hurting Anyone. Worsse Yet, She’s Broken Her promise to joe. His Biomesh is on the Floor of Heirlum’s Lab, thereebyby Implicating Him in the Heist Crew’s Crimes.
Parker is raaging at think Air, Saying that he and john Trusted “You” (and Again, I KAS: WHo is you?!). A hologramlike image of John Suffocating Appears before Parker’s Eyes. Its Pretty Harrowing. “Why are you showing me this?” Parker Asks The Air. A Shadow Looms in Response. Cut to riri, struggling as hard to breathe as hard as John did the last she saw Him.