The next day, a masked Khan goes to the train station to investigate, but is attacked by Kareem, a member of the Red Daggers vigilante group, who initially mistakes her for one of the Clandestines.
The Clandestines escape the Department of Damage Control's supermax prison, but their leader Najma abandons her son Kamran for helping Khan.
[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 El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, and head writer Bisha K.
She also liked changing the solo hero Red Dagger from the comics into an entire order, wishing the episode provided more of their backstory because the creatives had more ideas for them than they were able to shoot.
[8] Also appearing are Ali Alsaleh as Aadam, Dan Carter as Saleem, Vardah Aziz as Zainab, Asfandyar Khan as Owais, Anjana Ghogar as Rukhsana Auntie, Zawar Jafri as Muadhin, and Zion Usman as young Sana.
Natasha Gerasimova, production designer for the reshoots, noted that sets had to be built in Atlanta to match material shot in Thailand, which was "incredibly challenging".
[22] Visual effects for the episode were created by Trixter, RISE, Base FX, SSVFX, Folks VFX, FuseFX, Framestore Montreal and London, Digital Domain, Instinctual, Moving Picture Company, OD Studios, Cantina Creative, and Stereo D.[9]: 44:41–45:01 [23] The following songs were featured in the episode: "Summer Nights" by Raaginder feat.
Wisechild, "Indian Drummers" by Charles James Nicholas Casey, Johnny Kalsi, and Steven Guy Hellier, "Bahon Mein Aa Gori" by APM Music, "Dheemi Dheemi" by A-Zal and A Khan & Farad, "Aroh (Ever Growing)" by Universal Production Music, "Jashn Ki Shaam" by Sidhant Kapoor feat.
[24] A QR code was included in the episode that allowed viewers to access a free digital copy of Ms. Marvel (2015) #12,[25] which also sees Kamala travel to Pakistan and encounter Kareem.
From June 25 to July 1, 2022, the show achieved 24.4 times the average series demand in the U.S., reflecting an 8% increase from the previous week.
[32] 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 fifth most-streamed original series for the week ending July 3, 2022.
The site's critical consensus reads, "Some of Ms. Marvel's uniqueness goes on the back burner in an episode that adheres more closely to the MCU formula, but it executes the tropes expertly and with a thrilling cliffhanger to boot.
[10] Arezou Amin at Collider gave the episode a B+, complimenting the cliffhanger, but criticizing "the prolonged chase scene" for feeling "repetitive" following previous superhero shows.
[36] Emma Fraser, writing for IGN, gave the episode nine out of ten, describing the "internal and external conflicts" between the three generations as "powerful", and arguing the "unresolved issues" between them "add to the emotional weight".
[37] Akhtar, a prominent Bollywood figure, drew strong acclaim for his appearance in the episode, and the representation it meant for South Asians.