There’s an emotional weight of coming to terms with your own history and Kamala’s packs a powerful punch. Her history, directly tied to the Partition of India, is a story that we heard variations of throughout the first four episodes of Ms. Marvel and we left episode 4 knowing that she was about to learn about her grandmother and the loss of Aisha. What we got was a powerful episode on family, love, understanding, and a connection to Kamala that she didn’t know before. It’s a look into her own history, the story she thought she always knew, and gives us as the audience a look into the pain and history therein.

Episode 5 is a stunning example of the power that Kamala Khan has as a hero but as a story as a whole and it is an emotional ride towards the season finale.