Call/Response

The origin story is slow building, but there is finally some pay-off in this episode. It's refreshing to see superheroes struggling to figure out their powers without agonizing over how different they are or how they don't fit in with normal people. The complementary nature of their powers, personalities and skills draws them together in such a way you can't help but want them to succeed. This show is also a fascinating look at how super powers don't compensate for the social disadvantages of race or poverty, and how those struggles inform how they take on their respective adversaries.

I feel if this can last for a few seasons it could end up being really good, but I think that by season 2 maybe they lighten it up a bit. A big reason the MCU movies are a success is because it really feels like comics being brought to life. They don't stray away from how silly comics can be and make it too dark. Cloak and Dagger has been kind of dark so far, but I hope it can lighten up some in the future. I really hope they can actually be referred to as superheroes and have costumes eventually too.

Tandy and Tyrone's second encounter is the through line of the fourth episode, which puts their relationship at the forefront of their respective personal dilemmas. There's finally payoff on multiple story arcs-Tandy's mom and her 'lawyer,' Tyrone's brother, and Tyrone maybe finally getting a cloak(?)-which are all teased out over the course of the episode. It's still heavy on the origin story tropes, but the storyline has fairly methodically built upon itself with each episode, and offers protagonists that are fairly atypical for superhero faire.

A skipful episode.

It was all over the place. 1 scene they are in a church next they are back at the trailer park. It was very incoherent. This was the worst episode thus far.

Best part is Cloak and Dagger officially meeting up. But they have not become Cloak and Dagger yet. They are still going through their soap opera lives.

Overall, an episode worthy of skipping.

I'm SO glad tha Marvel brings current culture and race politics into this show through this episode!! I'm tired of the complainers moaning that their shows are too political. If television and graphic novels are an art form, then there MUST be a social impact and reflection of the world we live in! This show is doing it, albeit from a young adult perspective, which in this day and age is even MORE important! Also, thanks for spelling out the krewe culture!! More conscious storytelling please!