Previously on the Disney+ series Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, it was Peter Parker’s (Hudson Thames) first day of high school. We can already tell he has a great relationship with his Aunt May (Kari Wahlgren). After being late to school, he rides with her and as soon as they arrive, Doctor Strange comes out of a portal with a creature and Peter saves his new friend Nico Minoru (Grace Song). He gets bitten by a spider and a few months later, he becomes his true self, Spider-Man, saving people and fighting crimes.
The second episode starts us back off where the previous one ended, with Norman Osborn (Colman Domingo) meeting Peter in his home with Aunt May. Norman introduces himself and Peter asks why he’s there. Norman is impressed with Peter’s academic skills, excelling in higher-level courses at his school. Norman offers Peter a paid internship at Oscorp, starting the following day.
It’s now the following day and Peter begins his morning fighting crime before flying off to school. Once in the hallway, he finds his new friend Lonnie Lincoln (Eugene Byrd), who introduces him to his football teammates.
Peter and Nico go to the football game after school and Nico tells him he shouldn’t take the internship at Oscorp, saying it could be sketchy. Lonnie’s girlfriend and Peter’s childhood crush, Pearl Pangan (Cathy Ang) congratulates him on the internship. He looks at his phone and notices he’s going to be late for his first day at work, so he rushes.
He makes it to Oscorp and signs in, ready for his first day. He goes to the lab and introduces himself to the other interns. Their supervisor/teacher is Dr. Bentley Wittman (Paul F. Tompkins). He assigns all four of them to different tasks. Peter is introduced to Dr. Carla Connors (Zehra Fazal), who’s part of Oscorp’s energy research division. He is assigned to work with her for his internship project.
Dr. Connors has Peter go on break when Nico calls him, letting him know they won the football game. Lonnie chimes in, saying that Peter’s his lucky charm now. Nico tells him they both got invited to a party, which Peter is psyched about.
He and his fellow internees turn on the television and the channel switches to the news of a building on fire. He quickly goes over to help. Peter discovers the arsonist set the building on fire to build a new building in its place. Unfortunately, Peter informs him he’s torched the wrong building. A battle ensues, landing them both in a nearby pet store where Peter battles the criminal while trying to protect the various animals. Peter finally stops the criminal after dropping a fish tank on him. He then gets a text message from Dr. Connors, asking where he is, so he hurries back to the lab.
Nico shows up at the party, upset that Peter isn’t there with her. She feels out of place, noticing everyone is talking to each other and she doesn’t know anyone. She sends Peter a text message shortly after, letting him know that she’s going home because he didn’t show.
Once inside the lab, the security guard enters the lab room and tells Peter that Norman is asking for him. Peter’s nervous as he walks to Norman’s office. Before Norman says anything, Peter quickly apologizes for not being there when he needs to be and for showing up late.
Norman catches Peter off-guard as he plays the security tapes, showing Peter changing into his Spider-Man costume. Norman asks, “So, you’re Spider-Man?”
This episode was entertaining with Peter’s first day of his internship, while also seeing him connect more with Nico. What will happen now that Norman knows Peter’s secret?
Rating: 9/10