Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man - Episodes 1-2 REVIEW

Hey everyone, the first 2 episodes of Disney+'s Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man have dropped. This show has a bizarro release schedule and will only be on for the next 3 weeks, despite having 10 episodes. Episodes 3-5 and episodes 6-8 will be grouped together for the next 2 weeks respectively, and then the final 2 episodes will premiere on February 19. This is a show that I was hyped(!) about when they first announced it as a prequel show to Tom Holland's MCU iteration of the character. However, that announcement was over four years ago and since then, this show has clearly undergone a slew of changes. The show that was instead announced later was a What If...? style-show of Norman Osborn (voiced by the great Colman Domingo) mentoring Peter instead of Tony Stark. Since then, my excitement has been fading for this show and that trailer did NOT help. All that being said, the reactions to the WHOLE season definitely sparked my curiosity. How were the first 2 episodes? Find out in this NON-SPOILER review!