Weekly Streaming Recap: Week of July 1st, 2022

Ms. Marvel Episode 4 (Disney+): Here is the issue with Ms. Marvel at this point: there are two episodes left before the series ends and there is still a ton of narrative ground left to cover. That said, this episode ends off similar to the fourth episode of Moon Knight
and that show managed to resolve its plot within that time frame. The effects in this episode are a little lackluster and are the first example of how far the budget on a Disney+ show is being stretched to the point where the show is not looking its best. That said, this episode is a shade exposition heavy and that is more the fault of the first three episodes meandering through their portions of the plot. That would have been fine if the show did not pivot into having a clear villainous group but at this point the hard shift does not exactly line up with what a lot of the show has been up until this point.

The Office Season 5 Superfan Edition (Peacock): Continuing as they have done with the last four seasons of The Office, this last weekend marked the arrival of the “Superfan Edition” of season five. This season marked the romance of Michael and Holly, Michael’s growing disillusionment with his tenure as manager which culminates in Michael’s departure from Dunder Mifflin to start his own competing paper company. The episodes are all the producer’s cut of the episodes so they are longer with about 10 to 15 minutes of additional content per episode. For example, the show does address the rehiring of Ryan in the extended cut which did feel like a weird thing to gloss over considering in the previous season he was fired after being arrested and convicted of fraud. The way the episode addresses it is not perfect, but it is better than not addressing it at all which is what the televised version of the episode did.

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Independence Day (Peacock and HBOMax): Why this made the list should be self-explanatory, especially on a weekend that is not exactly overflowing with new content. Independence Day is a very expensive and well-cast B-movie that, in a different world, is a SyFy original movie or filling up the direct-to-DVD shelf at Wal-Mart. That said, this goofy and over-the-top action/science fiction movie has snuck in the hearts of people all over the world and managed to worm its way into the cultural zeitgeist over 25 years later.