YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN Episodes 7 & 8 "Scorpion Rising" & "Tangled Web" Spoiler Recap

YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN Episodes 7 & 8 "Scorpion Rising" & "Tangled Web" Spoiler Recap

In the seventh and eighth episodes of Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Peter Parker battles The Scorpion, Norman Osborn's true colours may have been revealed, and Otto Octavius unleashes his arms!

By JoshWilding - Feb 12, 2025 05:02 AM EST
Filed Under: Spider-Man (Animated)

Following that unforgettable clash with Daredevil, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man's seventh episode, "Scorpion Rising," sees Peter Parker still struggling to repair his friendship with Nico Minoru after she discovered that he's Spider-Man. 

Lonnie Lincoln is still missing from school and Pearl Pangan gets a message from his little brother, Andre. As for "Tombstone," he's been taken under Big Donovan's wing and watches as the gang gets ready for an armed battle with the Scorpions.

Peter meets with Norman Osborn and they figure out that Otto Octavius is using Gamma radiation (their conversation includes a fun nod to Spider-Man 2 when the Oscorp CEO jokes about Otto harnessing the power of the sun). Now, they can track him. 

Harry Osborn meets with Nico and they grab pizza together. He implores her to forgive Peter but she's worried he's leaving her behind; Harry reassures her and they bond as he teaches her how to drive...culminating in them getting involved in a street race, with Nico's necklace mysteriously glowing before helping her avoid a crash. 

Lonnie rejects Pearl when she finds him in Big Donovan's hideout and it's then that The Scorpion attacks! He brutally kills members of the gang before Spider-Man shows up to protect his classmates. 

Spidey seemingly defeats his latest costumed foe by using all his webbing to trap him; however, Mac Gargan overloads the suit - fusing it to his body - so he can escape and proceeds to brutalise the web-slinger. Norman, busy tracking Otto down, has removed his earpiece and can't hear Peter's pleas for help so, in the battle, the hero is stabbed and savagely beaten.

After finding his former employee, Norman realises something is up and sends a glider - eerily similar to a Goblin Glider - to disable Scorpion before he can kill Spider-Man. It takes a wounded Peter to safety as he passes out. 

Episode 8 of Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, "Tangled Web," finds Oscorp's medics tending to Spidey, but the company also takes the opportunity to retrieve a sample of his blood. When Peter wakes up, Norman has covered for him with Aunt May and tells his mentee to rest before reminding him that he needs to push himself to a higher level. 

Peter leaves the hospital shortly before learning his and Dr. Carla Connors' experiment has worked. At home, he reassures a worried May that he was just in a skateboarding accident and then calls Nico to apologise. Heading to Pearl's to finish their assignment, he tries to talk to Lonnie but "Tombstone" is in too deep to leave the gang and plans to help Big Donovan take down The Scorpion.

We find Otto playing video games and eating junk food; the guy is clearly a bit of a loser but when the military closes in to apprehend the villain, he unleashes his extra arms - without wearing them, unfortunately - and makes short work of the authorities as he dances his way to freedom...or so he thinks. Ross is there to take the villain in and he has backup in the form of Iron Man! 

Peter speaks to Norman and the CEO warns him to stop pulling his punches and embrace his power because, with great power comes...great respect?! As this is happening, The Chameleon - now in his comic-accurate mask to hide his face from the cops - points Big Donovan in the direction of Otto's cache and Lonnie helps inspire his fellow gang members. 

Harry finds a disillusioned Peter and reminds him that he's not Norman. He inspires his friend to be better than that and reveals the suit he's made him...it's the classic red and blue! 

Eight episodes of Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man are now streaming on Disney+.

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TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 2/12/2025, 5:34 AM
This version of Scorpion is unhinged , I truly hope we get to see Michael Mando play something similar in live action…

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I’m really enjoying this version of Otto as egotistical as he is with Hugh Dancy doing a good job voicing him , ironically he feels the closest we have gotten to the comic version atleast in awhile.

Him already seemingly being captured was surprising since I thought he would be the big bad of the season but it seems like we are heading towards a Spidey & Lonnie confrontation where the latter finally becomes Tombstone.

I’m glad that they are finally showing not only how similar this Peter & Norman might be but how different also they are…

Harry giving Peter his red & blue suit was great given the friendship they have developed and that the latter had told him he wanted to add those colors to his suit since this version is a big Cap fan.
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 2/12/2025, 7:13 AM
We could have really good Spider-Man movies and shows.

But some people won't Let us.

Refuse rotten products until they bring you good products.
Spike101
Spike101 - 2/12/2025, 8:10 AM
Utter garbage. Just made the movie everyone actually wants with comic accurate characters which is entirely possible. No dumb race or sex swapping. Just look at what Sam Raimi managed with Doc Ock and the Sandman for example.
AC1
AC1 - 2/12/2025, 9:06 AM
This series has been so great so far, fun new twists on a lot of the lore and characters while still clearly respecting the core DNA of it all. Also I keep getting surprised at how brutal and violent it can be on occasion.

In particular I think this series is already by far the best take on Scorpion, the reimagining of Tombstone is really interesting so far and has a lot of potential, I'm very intrigued to see how things develop with Norman and Harry, and I think this version of Doc Ock could end up being one of the most threatening versions outside of the comics. Also very cool seeing less popular characters like Speed Demon, Tarantula and Unicorn used in interesting ways.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 2/12/2025, 9:21 AM
@AC1 - it really has , it feels fresh but familiar

Been enjoying it so far and hope the next 2 episodes wrap the season up well
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 2/12/2025, 10:31 AM
@AC1 - They nailed Doc Ock through and through. He's such a fun character, formidable, badass, quirky, cantankerous, OCD, his desktop is just as cluttered as Olivia Octavius' desktop in Spider-verse.

Ock and May, these are two lonely people. Hook 'em up! This would be an excellent place for that classic romance to play out and it would be funny seeing Peter's reaction.

You're right about that darkness too, I was ready to write this of as something for the kids, but I can see this show going places. Maybe we'll eventually get the Harry drug storyline once all the bad shit happens in his life and his dad dies, loses his girlfriend (Nico?) etc.
AC1
AC1 - 2/12/2025, 11:25 AM
@ObserverIO - I agree with pretty much everything you said there, I feel like this show is doing such a good job of reimagining the Spider-Man lore that they could take pretty much anything from the comics (Doc Ock/Aunt May romance, the Clone Saga, Harry's drug storyline, etc) and make it work in an interesting, new yet familiar way.
fanboy03191
fanboy03191 - 2/12/2025, 10:21 AM
Very mixed on this show. For every thing I like, theres something that annoys the hell outta me. No classic high school cast, gender swapping for no reason, etc. Oh and Harry saying the g”go get ‘em tiger”, line just felt… wrong…
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 2/12/2025, 10:34 AM
I take everything I ever said about this show back, this shit is dope!

Season 2 when please?
StSteven
StSteven - 2/14/2025, 1:25 AM
@ObserverIO - Hey I'm right there with you man. I honestly didn't think that I would like this show as much as I do, much less did I think that I could my little girls (9 and 5) interested in this show, but sure enough, my oldest was on the edge of her seat watching Ep. 6 tonight. It just goes to show that there's good writing going on when my 9 year old daughter is sitting there having conversations with me like " But Daddy why is Tombstone being a bad guy" and "Um, what exactly is going on with Harry and Nico?". So far, I'm pretty happy with this show, and so are my kids, so, like, win win. 😉

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