Spider-Noir s1e8: "The Man in the Mask"

We’ve made it to the end of Spider-Noir — at least its first season — and it’s time to talk about its finale: “The Man in the Mask.” We talk about how, it turns out, there was never (really) a big bad. With 11 Emmy Award nominations under its belt (rightly recognizing the craft of this show!), we wonder: are people talking about this show? Watching this show? Or did all of that happen 8 weeks ago? We discuss how the finale balances the noir and comic book elements with almost an exact 50/50 split, heap praise on Lamorne Morris as Robbie doing a multi-layered impression of Cage doing Jimmy Stewart as Ben, and explore the idea that this episode really needs us to care about Cat and to fear Megawatt. We get a return to Spider-Man’s New York transportation roots (for action!) and receive a surprising happy ending. (Importantly, Ben gets that hot dog.) Will this show continue? Do we want it to? It’s behaving how every new show must behave: leaving the door open for more while also offering a conclusion.