Meteors hurtle toward Earth. Scientists scramble to prevent planetary annihilation. So far, so disaster movie. A sci-fi extravaganza must be incoming, right?

Um… no. Far from it.

In fact, that’s the least of this episode’s concerns. Chief among its troubles? Tone. What you see is definitely not what you get.

She-Hulk becomes a movie star — which turns out to be a charade. A supervillain revenge plot wrapped in yet another impractical outfit. Did the writers forget that Jennifer Walters is a trained lawyer and officer of justice, sworn to uphold the law? Why is she dressed like a Xena knockoff in the first place?

And then there’s Hulk. Not sidelined — not completely — but still launched into space on a rocket. Very Planet Hulk, years before its debut. Technically speaking, he saves the planet from an extinction-level event.

But nobody seems to notice. They’re too busy watching the supervillain unravel.

Doctor Doom — this writer’s favourite Marvel villain — still voiced by the delicious tones of Simon Templeman, should be the episode’s saving grace. But instead, he mostly rants about wanting his country back. His legally ruled country, I might add. Besieged by United Nations forces that have no right to be there. At least it’s Doom who sends Hulk to space.

Whether he meant to or not, it’s Doom who saves the world.

And when Shulkie jams the script into the director’s mouth at the end, you can’t help but feel the writers poking fun at the dismal state of the series in its final stretch.

On the sunlit beaches of California, She-Hulk dominates a volleyball match, leaving a trail of stunned muscle heads in her wake. Meanwhile, Bruce Banner works in a nearby lab, helping a team of scientists develop a repulsion laser — their last hope to deflect an asteroid hurtling toward Earth.

But before the device can be tested, the lab is stormed. Doctor Doom arrives with an army of robot soldiers. The scientists fall. Banner is knocked unconscious.

Inside his mind, a battle rages. Green Hulk and Gray Hulk clash for dominance. The green side wins. Banner awakens — and the Hulk smashes through Doom’s machines. Doom escapes, but not before triggering an explosion. Hulk survives.

Elsewhere, She-Hulk spots an elderly woman about to be crushed by an oil tanker. She stops the truck with her bare hands — only to discover it’s a film stunt. The director is thrilled. He casts her on the spot.

During a hang-glider stunt, She-Hulk spots Hulk perched on the Hollywood sign. She waves. He grunts. But when she lands, Doom strikes again. The movie was a trap. Robots ambush her. Hulk arrives to help, but both are stunned and captured.

In Doom’s lab, the villain reveals his plan: he’s reversed Banner’s asteroid-repelling laser. Now it attracts. Doom will pull asteroids from space and threaten the world — unless it bows to him.

Hulk is launched into space, sealed in a pod. He crashes onto an asteroid. Doom targets it, sending it toward the sun. But Hulk wakes. He breaks free. And then — he leaps. From one asteroid to the next, chasing Earth as it recedes behind him.

Back on Earth, She-Hulk breaks free. She defeats Doom’s robots. Doom flees again. The scientists try to use the laser to pull Hulk’s asteroid back, but he’s too far. They wait. He leaps closer. They fire the beam. The asteroid crashes into the ocean. Hulk emerges, then reverts to Banner. She-Hulk pulls him from the surf.

The director reappears, script in hand, begging her to star in another film. She takes the script and shoves it in his mouth.

The role She-Hulk takes on resembles Xena: Warrior Princess. She also puts her mark in cement outside the real-life Grauman’s Chinese Theatre on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Bruce briefly sees statues of Betty Ross, Rick Jones and General Ross inside the Hulk’s mind.

Matt Frewer voices the director of the She-Hulk’s project.

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