YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN Episode 2 "The Parker Luck" Spoiler Recap: The Truth Is Unmasked

YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN Episode 2 "The Parker Luck" Spoiler Recap: The Truth Is Unmasked

The first two episodes of Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man are now streaming on Disney+ and, in our breakdown of "The Parker Luck," the wall-crawler starts a new job before the truth is unmasked...

By JoshWilding - Jan 29, 2025 06:01 AM EST
Filed Under: Spider-Man (Animated)

As you might expect, Peter Parker is shocked to find billionaire Norman Osborn waiting for him in his apartment as the second episode of Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man begins. The Oscorp CEO explains that he discovered the teenager through his academic achievements in Rockford Bales High and is impressed by what he's seen.

He wants Peter to come and work at Oscorp and offers him a paid internship. Needless to say, it's a dream come true for the web-slinger.

Later, he catches a creep who was planning to rob a woman and is introduced to the rest of the football team by Lonnie Lincoln (who, once again, proves to be far from your clichéd high school jock). Nico isn't a fan of Norman and thinks he's shady, but at Oscorp, Peter sees a video showing him - and us - what a great philanthropist the businessman is.

Peter isn't the only intern there and meets Amadeus Cho, a girl called Asha from Wakanda, and Jeanne Foucault. Dr. Bentley Wittman is in charge and doesn't appear overly happy with having to watch over these kids. After he tests their capabilities, Peter is paired up with Dr. Carla Conners; she works in energy research and has only one arm (making her a gender-swapped version of Curt Connors, a.k.a. The Lizard).

The Stark Arc Reactor is mentioned - Norman seemingly wants his own version - and Peter and Nico are invited to a party by the football team.

After a brief Crusher Hogan Easter Egg flashes up on the TV, Peter spots a news report about a nearby fire and changes in a stairwell before swinging into action. The villain, Butane, has been hired to burn down some abandoned buildings...he's just in the wrong one.

A fight ensues and spreads to a pet shop where Peter saves some animals before outsmarting the powerful baddie (who, on his tech, has a very eye-catching logo the hero takes notice of).

Nico is left at the party alone while Peter returns to Oscorp where his absence has been noted and he's quickly summoned to Norman's office. On the way, he sees photos of Osborn alongside Captain America and attempts to explain himself to his new boss.

With that, Norman turns his monitor around and shows Peter footage of him changing into Spider-Man. "So, you're Spider-Man..." he says as the episode comes to an end.

The first two episodes of Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man are now streaming on Disney+.

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Gabimaru
Gabimaru - 1/29/2025, 6:19 AM
Josh is milkin it right on!
harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 1/29/2025, 7:52 AM
@Gabimaru - its the end of the month.
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Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 1/29/2025, 6:39 AM
Got to tell you , i though i would hate it after watch the first episode, and i was right
fanboy03191
fanboy03191 - 1/29/2025, 12:17 PM
@Malatrova15 - I was willing to give it a shot but nah. Not for me. Too many changes.
AllsGood
AllsGood - 1/29/2025, 6:48 AM
Marvel Bigger, Stronger, Better Studios is kicking everyone Ass.

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TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 1/29/2025, 6:53 AM
I liked this episode , perhaps even moreso then the first one…

Cool to see Peter’s fellow interns also being comic characters like Amadeus Cho, Jeanne Foucault aka Finesse and Asha with their supervisor being Bentley Wittman aka The Wizard.

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Also I’m sure people are gonna love the genderbent & racebent Dr Connors on here..;).

Anyway , some nice classic Spidey storytelling here aswell of his personal life perhaps being sacrificed for his superhero thus leading to supposed consequences.

This show feels fresh yet familiar imo to anyone who knows the character , so far so good!!.

ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 1/29/2025, 8:53 AM
I didn't hate it as much as I though I would. The characters are different but the archetypes are there.

Instead of Liz Allen it's 'Pearl Pangan', Peter's crush who is dating the high school football jock (Tombstone instead of Flash Thompson... Flash Tombstone?) And I guess Nico is being set up to be either this version of Spidey's Betty Brant or just a version of the new archetype of Asian high school BFF (like Ganke or the MCU's Ned Leeds).
And he's working at Oscorp instead of the Bugle. Maybe he'll get a Betty Brant there.

I don't understand why Pearl is in the same class as Peter when she's supposed to be about 17/18 years old (Peter said she was 14 when he was 11 and a half). This isn't college right, it's high school, shouldn't they all be around the same age?
fanboy03191
fanboy03191 - 1/29/2025, 8:54 AM
@ObserverIO - she’s a senior and he’s a freshman. But yeah, bit of a discrepancy with the age.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 1/29/2025, 9:17 AM
@fanboy03191 - Why would a senior and a freshman be in the same class?
fanboy03191
fanboy03191 - 1/29/2025, 9:28 AM
@ObserverIO - happened in my school sixteen years ago. Depends on the class. Also, Peter is said to be in advanced classes so odds are he’d be sharing said classes with juniors and seniors.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 1/29/2025, 11:22 AM
@fanboy03191 - okay that makes sense.
fanboy03191
fanboy03191 - 1/29/2025, 8:53 AM
I draw the line at gender swapping. It’s unnecessary and quite honestly turned me off the show. Oh well. Still have the comics.
fanboy03191
fanboy03191 - 1/29/2025, 9:04 AM
@fanboy03191 - Still, it was nice seeing the Osborns back in the fold- until No Way Home it was weird not having them around in some capacity. I definitely miss the classic supporting cast- Flash, Liz, Jason, Tiny, Kong, Seymour, etc. yeah, big untold tales and early ultimate stuff haha. Idk. Might come back for the other eps but it’s not grabbing me. The changes such as the one in my first comment are the reasons.

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