It follows lawyer Jennifer Walters / She-Hulk as she is hired to run the superhero law division of Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg & Holliway (GLK&H), with her first case being to represent Emil Blonsky.

[5][6] Executive producers include Marvel Studios' Kevin Feige, Louis D'Esposito, Victoria Alonso, and Brad Winderbaum, in addition to Coiro and Gao.

[11] Bruce Banner is shown to be heading to space on the Sakaaran spaceship seen in the previous episode that caused the car accident that turned Jennifer Walters into She-Hulk.

[14] A website Walters looks at for potential new career opportunities includes news articles that reference a man fighting in a bar with metal claws, which commentators believed indicated the existence of the X-Men character Wolverine in the MCU, as well as referencing the Celestial stuck in the ocean as seen in Eternals (2021).

[20] Also starring are Steve Coulter as Holden Holliway,[1] Candice Rose as Aunt Melanie, Michael H. Cole as Uncle Tucker, Nicholas Cirillo as Cousin Ched,[9] and Drew Matthews as Dennis Bukowski.

[24] Ruffalo improvised the word "literally" in the line alluding to the recasting of Banner from Edward Norton to him after The Incredible Hulk (2008), with Gao feeling if it had been included in the script, Marvel Studios might have "flagged it" to be removed.

[21]: 27:04–27:17 [30] The following songs are featured in the episode: "Stop This Flame" by Celeste, "Scratch" by Aaron Childs, "Before I Go" by Sarah May, and "Feeling Better" by Louise Dowd and Jeremy Abbott.

[37] The streaming aggregator Reelgood, which monitors real-time data from 5 million users in the U.S. for original and acquired streaming programs and movies across subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) and ad-supported video-on-demand (AVOD) services, reported that She-Hulk: Attorney at Law was the second most-streamed series for the week ending August 27, 2022,[38] and was the fourth most-streamed program overall for the week ending August 31, 2022.

[39][40] Whip Media, which tracks viewership data for the more than 21 million worldwide users of its TV Time app, calculated that it was the second most-streamed original series for the week ending August 28, 2022.

The site's critical consensus reads, "Jennifer Walters defends a supervillain, but this sophomore episode is no Abomination as it fleshes out She-Hulk's courtroom conceit with frothy flair.

[20] Giving the episode a "B+", Collider's Arezou Amin enjoyed the series continuing commentary on the nature of superheroes in the MCU and was impressed by "how much personal character stuff they managed to fit in the relatively short run time".

[43] Daniel Chin of The Ringer felt "Superhuman Law" did "a much better job of setting the stage for She-Hulk and showcasing its potential as a low-stakes comedy series" than the first episode.