[Dr Kain]

Finished Sins of the Fathers and started up Partners in Crime.

The Venom/Carnage 2 parter is really weird, but Carnage working with Dormammu fits his character so well. Having to tone him down though, does not. Still, for having him to dumb him down, they did a good job of still making him a credible threat. I guess it was cool seeing Iron Man and Wr Machine in these episodes. The Spot episode is very random, but it is cool to see another obscure Spidey villain make the cut. I wish the Enforcers or Man Mountain Marko had been featured in this show. Then again, I could say the same about a shit ton of villains like Human Fly, Beetle, Gibbon, Grizzly, Will O'Wisp, Tarantula, etc.

Anyway, I do like how the episode ties into the Green Goblin finale. Goblin War is such a great episode, but I feel it was too soon for Felicia to learn of Jason being Hobgoblin. I mean, it wasn't a huge shocker given Jason was also voiced by Mark Hamil, but I still think more could have been done with that. The way they re-enact the Death of Gwen Stacy for children is really neat and has some truly great animation going on there. Overall, not as strong as the last season, but this was a solid set of stories with a good cliffhanger ending.

The Robbie episode for Partners in Danger felt way too short. Too easy. I loved the Jigsaw Jonah stuff, however. The two parter of Felicia becoming Black Cat was interesting and I love how they managed to also tell us Captain America exists in this universe without him even being a focal point. On the other hand, the Kraven episode is a bit weird. We have Flash and Debbie out of the blue doing an investigation even though we haven't seen them in quite some time. The plot itself is really weird because Crawford said she had used the entire serum in Season 1 to heal Kraven, but then in there Kraven tells Spidey he used what was left of it to heal her and had to come back to NY to get the last vial to restore his abilities. I also find it weird how he is not Chameleon's brother in this show.

I remember now why this one didn't grip me much way back when. They're mostly stand alone stories despite having a central title. I mean, Black Cat is only in a third of it, so it's not like Peter is working with her the entire time.

Anyway, first episode I watched from today's batch featured Smythe working with Baby Silvermane and his daughter. It's an oddball episode and they talk about how Scorpion and Vulture disappeared after the events of NN, which was like a year ago at this point. Then, we find out Scorpion has chained Vulture up to the wall in his living room. Like seriously? He's been in the living the entire time just hanging around for the last year? Does he need to eat? What happened to having the Man-Spider mutation in his blood? It was so weird.

Anyway, after that came the return of Morbius, which was cool. The story seemed a bit rushed though and feels unfinished because the next episode brings back Blade and a plot with his mom. It's so out of left field but okay. And then Morbius and Felicia decide to just leave with Blade because reasons.

Now I did really enjoy the Harry becoming GG one, and having Punisher in there was oddly interesting. The worst part was MJ just randomly showing up. I mean, obviously I know why, but the execution just leaves your head scratching as she acts like nothing is wrong.

Oh, the biggest thing that threw me off is Aunt May sounds completely different now. I can't tell if it's a new voice actor or if her VA was just having an off time when they recorded the few moments she has appeared in this season.

Lastly, it just occurred to me that Doc Ock is Alfred in BTAS.