Spider-Man: The Animated Series Episode Reviews

Guilty
Review by Stu and Media by Stu

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Episode #42 - Guilty
Original Airdate: February 1st, 1997

Still dealing with the loss of Mary Jane, Spider-Man's friend Robbie is framed of a crime. Spider-Man works with J. Jonah Jameson to clear his name.

Credits:
Story By: John Semper
Written By: Larry Brody and Meg McLaughlin
Music Composed By: Shuki Levy and Kussa Mahchi
Animation Services By: Toyko Movie Shinsha (TMS)
Guest Starring: Christopher Daniel Barnes as Spider-Man/Peter Parkr, Ed Asner as J. Jonah Jameson, Dorian Harewood as Tombstone and Nick Jameson as Richard Fisk.

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Review: "Guilty" was an interesting episode, taking place a short time after "Turning Point" and featured our hero grieving over the lose of Mary Jane. A wise choice, to simply see Spider-Man fighting another villain after the revelations of "Turning Point" would have been confusing.

The beginning was handled very nicely, showing that the loss of MJ was obviously torturing him inside. Whilst it would get really tedious seeing the "Turning Point" flashback every time someone mentioned Mary Jane, it was well done here.

The other main focus of the episode was to show a little more of Robbie Robertson and J. Jonah Jameson. I could see it was Tombstone who set him coming, clearly, but it executed in such an enjoyable way, it kept me guessing up until the last second. I thought this series did a great job with Robbie and Jonah, in terms of their designs, dialogue and voice performances.

One of the highlights of this episode was seeing "Jigsaw" Jameson. It was some interesting character development for Jonah, and we got to see a side from him we never really get to see, not one the side that just shouts at Parker.

Overall, it was an enjoyable episode. Not an especially brilliant one, but not it's nice to get a small-scale episode focusing on the characters every once in a while. And let's face it, who doesn't love a bit J. Jonah Jameson every now and then?

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