Iman Vellani stars as Kamala Khan, alongside Matt Lintz, Yasmeen Fletcher, Zenobia Shroff, Mohan Kapur, Saagar Shaikh, Rish Shah, Laurel Marsden, Arian Moayed, Alysia Reiner, Laith Nakli, Nimra Bucha, Azhar Usman, and Travina Springer.

After questioning Zimmer about her savior at AvengerCon, Department of Damage Control (DODC) agents P. Cleary and Sadie Deever order a sweep around the tri-state area, targeting South Asian communities.

[4] Executive producers include Marvel Studios' Kevin Feige, Louis D'Esposito, Victoria Alonso, and Brad Winderbaum, in addition to Kamala Khan co-creator Sana Amanat, lead directors Adil & Bilall, and head writer Bisha K.

[7] Yasmeen Fletcher called Bahadir's monologue in the episode about her decision to wear a hijab "extremely gratifying" as she had not heard "the mixed experience" discussed in that way in media before because it always felt like "a niche topic".

Menon called Khan's training montage of her learning how to use her powers as "a constant work in progress", noting it keep changing through all parts of production as they were trying different things.

[15] Visual effects for the episode were created by Method Studios, Framestore London and Montreal, Trixter, RISE, Folks VFX, Monsters Aliens Robots Zombies, Base FX, SSVFX, Stereo D, Cantina Creative, Instinctual, Digital Domain, FuseFX, and Moving Picture Company.

[9]: 47:53–48:22 [16] The following songs were included in the episode: "Feel So Good" by Mase, "Goddess" by Krewella, Nervo, and Raja Kumari, "Come Around" by Timbaland and M.I.A., "Keep on Movin" by B. Stew, "Anthem" by Swet Shop Boys, "Sage" by Ritviz, "Attitude" by PayAttention, "Peechay Hutt" by Hassan Raheem, Justin Bibis, and Talal Qureshi, "Jalebi Baby" by Tesher, "Be My Baby" by the Ronettes, "Aye Khuda" by Aslam Afzal, Farhad B, Vimal K, and Atif Afzal, and "Husan" by Husan & Bhangra Knights.

[25] Whip Media, which tracks viewership data for the more than 21 million worldwide users of its TV Time app, calculated that Ms. Marvel was the fourth most-streamed original series for the week ending June 19, 2022.

The site's critical consensus reads, "The adventures of Kamala Khan achieve a charming verisimilitude in this sophomore installment, which smartly considers the challenges of fitting outsized powers into the box of parental expectations.

"[27] Ariba Bhuvad of Winter Is Coming gave "Crushed" an "A" and praised the episode for exploring the mystery of Kamala Khan's powers while effectively capturing the emotional ups and downs of teenage life.

She highlighted the show's fresh take on Khan's comic origins and complimented the intriguing dynamics introduced, particularly her struggle with newly awakened powers tied to her family's history and the Partition.

[29] Discussing the incorporation of the Partition of India into Khan's origin story, Usama Masood at Collider said, "For the MCU to dive into the turbulent time of the subcontinent is surprising given Marvel's penchant for staying out of anything remotely complex.