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"No Normal" is the sixth episode and series finale of the American television miniseries Ms. Marvel, based on Marvel Comics featuring the character Ms. Marvel. It follows Kamala Khan as she works together with her friends Bruno Carrelli and Nakia Bahadir to help Kamran escape from the Department of Damage Control and become the superhero "Ms. Marvel". The episode is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), sharing continuity with the films of the franchise. It was written by Will Dunn, A. C. Bradley, and Matthew Chauncey, with a story by Dunn. The episode was directed by Adil & Bilall. Iman Vellani stars as Kamala Khan / Ms. Marvel, alongside Matt Lintz, Yasmeen Fletcher, Zenobia Shroff, Mohan Kapur, Saagar Shaikh, Rish Shah, Laurel Marsden, Arian Moayed, Alysia Reiner, Laith Nakli, Azhar Usman, Travina Springer, and Aramis Knight. El Arbi and Fallah joined the series by September 2020 to direct two episodes. "No Normal" was released on Disney+ on July 13, 2022. Plot While Bruno Carrelli and Kamran are on the run, Department of Damage Control (DODC) agent Sadie Deever orders the lockdown of Jersey City and wants to find Kamran alive. Meanwhile, Kamala Khan's family are accepting and supportive of her new powers. Nakia Bahadir informs Khan of the situation, whereupon Khan puts together her disguise with a gift from her mother Muneeba and the Red Daggers member Kareem's cloth. Upon finding Bruno and Kamran, Khan asks Kareem for help. Kareem tells her to get Kamran to the docks by midnight so his Red Dagger contacts can sneak him out of the country. They also get support from Nakia, Khan's brother Aamir, and Zoe Zimmer and devise a plan to stall the DODC agents. Although fellow DODC agent P. Cleary tells them to retreat, Deever ignores the order and has the high school stormed, where Khan and her friends are hiding. Zoe posts a video on social media in which she begs for help, prompting the entire community to gather at the school and demand that DODC leave the teens alone. Despite the group's efforts, the DODC manages to arrest everyone except Khan and Kamran, who then learns of his mother's death and confronts Deever. When she fires at him, Khan protects him, using her powers to fight off the agents and allowing Kamran to escape to the docks. The community shields Khan from the DODC, enabling her to also flee. Deever is discharged by Cleary for her disobedience. Later, Khan becomes a beloved figure in the community and takes the superhero name "Ms. Marvel" through her father Yusuf. Kamran reaches Pakistan, where he is taken in by Kareem. A week later, while preparing to leave for Caltech, Bruno explains to Khan that he examined the family DNA to see if Aamir may also have powers. He reveals his discovery that she is different from her family and has a mutation in her genes. In a mid-credits scene, Khan and her idol Carol Danvers swap places after the former's bangle emits a strange glow. Production Development By August 2019, Marvel Studios had begun development on a Ms. Marvel television series for the streaming service Disney+. In September 2020, Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah were hired to direct two episodes of the series, including the sixth. Executive producers include Marvel Studios' Kevin Feige, Louis D'Esposito, Victoria Alonso, and Brad Winderbaum, in addition to Kamala Khan co-creator Sana Amanat, El Arbi, Fallah, and head writer Bisha K. Ali. The sixth episode, titled "No Normal", was written by Will Dunn, A. C. Bradley, and Matthew Chauncey, with a story by Dunn. The title is a reference to the character's first comic book story arc. Writing "No Normal" features Kamala Khan using her comics catchphrase, embiggen, which forms hard light around her body as a large armor, resembling her polymorph powers from the comics; this implementation was suggested by visual effects supervisor Nordin Rahhali, with El Arbi believing this was a good "blend" between what was scripted and paying homage to the comics. Fallah explained at this point in the episode, Khan is at the end of her energy, and then seeing her family, which he said was "where she gets her power", says "embiggen", becoming Ms. Marvel and the "full version of herself" in that moment. Ali echoed this, noting how the entire series had been building to where "she could discover who she is on the inside so she could 'embiggen', essentially". The episode also explains how she gets her Ms. Marvel name, with her father explaining how "Kamal" means "perfect" in Arabic, but more like "marvel" in Urdu. The episode also reveals that Kamala Khan has a genetic "mutation", which implied she was a mutant through the use of a musical excerpt of the X-Men: The Animated Series theme. Star Iman Vellani confirmed Khan was the first mutant in the MCU, despite other creatives being more reserved in what the line and musical excerpt meant. Ali said giving Khan this backstory, which helped explain how the other members of her family would not have powers if they used the bangle and made her special, "fit into the logic of the wider MCU". This differentiates the character from the comics, in which she is an Inhuman. Amanat revealed that discussions about making Khan a mutant had occurred "for some time" and that when she was helping to develop the character for the comics, she was originally planned to be a mutant. Vellani added about not following the Inhuman path from the comics, saying the MCU is "in a very different place than the comics were", believing some aspects of the character needed to be reimagined for live action while staying true to her "core themes and the tone" from the comics. The mutation reveal was kept from the script and actors, including Matt Lintz, who says the line, until late in the process. Vellani "freaked out" at the reveal, calling it "the biggest deal in the world", which made it difficult to capture the line during filming, because she and Lintz kept laughing. Lintz added that he was also excited by the reveal, and anticipated the viewers would be as well. There had been early discussions to have Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel appear earlier in the season. However, Ali realized such an appearance would have taken away from Khan's journey to come into her own and appreciate her community. To highlight this, Ali said the end of the episode of Khan looking at herself in the mirror, she sees herself, wearing a suit made by her friends and family, rather than someone imitating Captain Marvel, as was done in a similar scene in the first episode. Casting The episode stars Iman Vellani as Kamala Khan / Ms. Marvel, Matt Lintz as Bruno Carrelli, Yasmeen Fletcher as Nakia Bahadir, Zenobia Shroff as Muneeba Khan, Mohan Kapur as Yusuf Khan, Saagar Shaikh as Aamir Khan, Rish Shah as Kamran, Laurel Marsden as Zoe Zimmer, Arian Moayed as P. Cleary, Alysia Reiner as Sadie Deever, Laith Nakli as Sheikh Abdullah, Azhar Usman as Najaf, Travina Springer as Tyesha Hillman,: 42:52–43:25  and Aramis .... Discover the Nic Starr popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Nic Starr books.