Rob Kubasko

Once we get past Garry Shandling’s closing priceless expression we start delving into some incredible work from the people behind the scenes. What do the movies Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion, Under Siege 2 and Twister have in common? You’re about to find out! There’s an oddly placed Forces of Nature story about stand-ins. But we finish with a great discussion on the contributions of Misters Lee, Heck, Lieber and Kirby. Bonus: We show Ryan Meinerding who’s the Marvel Studios Head of Visual Development some love!

Tony reveals his favor to Fury, and that’s Samuel L. Jackson’s picture wrap! Highway to Hell plays and Senator Stern is back! Is this where he joined Hydra? We break down Rhodey’s decorations. And we end on a press conference and a little prick.

We’re still in Tony’s debrief with Fury, and it sounds like they don’t actually want Tony? What’s interesting is this scene sets up all the growth Tony will make through Phase Three. But for now, he’s still a full blown narcissist.

Gwyneth Paltrow’s picture wrap with some terrible matte work. We dip into Meanwhile in the MCU to find out where everyone is. Turns out, this was a REALLY BUSY WEEK. Some call it Fury’s Big Week. Even Coulson’s busy in a One Shot. We even get Hulk footage in here. And there’s a map of the world with a LOT going on. Important stuff. It’s like Feige’s planning board.

Rhodey watches Tony and Pepper like a creeper. Regardless, they make up and seem good again. Rhodey shows his wit again and it’s the same Rhodey we’ll see through the rest of the films.

Pepper can’t stop staring at the flashing lights and needs to be saved. The drones all explode. How weird is it that Favreau’s childhood home is across the street from the filming location and became a location itself? Is this Pepper’s first flight? And Tony and Pepper are Tony and Pepper.

It’s the end of Whiplash in a big crossing-the-repulsor-streams moment. We have an answer as to why Ivan took his mask off. There’s a Predator homage and the coconut effect. There’s an attempt to tie this to WandaVision. And it’s a picture wrap on Mickey Rourke!

All about whips here in this minute because, you know… Whiplash. But again, he’s never officially named that in the film. Why is that? We talk about Ivan’s cool moves and question Ivan opening his mask. And how cool is it that the HUDs have personalities in how they’re designed?

Ivan finally joins us again. Rhodey’s not thrilled, especially when Whiplash reveals the whips and his Whiplash v.2 outfit. But it kinda looks like Iron Monger? Rhodey reveals the Ex-Wife. And it does, in fact, make a fart noise. But the war does in fact begin. And it’s a picture wrap on ScarJo!

A One-Off leads to the end of the drone fight. Pepper has the cops arrest Hammer. But is this from a different movie? It’s a struggle now to figure out who the real Justin Hammer is. Pepper’s confused. But that’s okay, because it’s picture wrap on Sam Rockwell. Meanwhile, Pepper’s on some stairs that figure prominently in a deleted scene that features a much worse end of the movie.