Okay, I think we can call it: Ms. Marvel sucks. I tried to go with it, to enjoy the good elements and hope they were leading somewhere, but “Time and Again” irrevocably ruins any chance of a decent payoff. Half of it is boring, and the other half is an anticlimactic end to the season’s story, with next week’s finale assuredly acting only as an epilogue. There are a couple of good moments, but they buckle under the weight of everything surrounding them.
Kamala’s family history is revealed as she finds herself transported to the past.
If you followed my reviews of The Flash this season, you know how impressed I was with the way most episodes had streamlined plots, often focusing on a couple of characters to tell a more focused story. “Time and Again” is similarly streamlined,...