IRONHEART Poll And Spoiler Discussion: What Did You Make Of The 3-Episode Premiere?

IRONHEART Poll And Spoiler Discussion: What Did You Make Of The 3-Episode Premiere?

Ironheart premiered on Disney+ this week with its first three episodes. The reviews have been mixed-positive, but we want to know what CBM's readers make of Marvel Television's latest series...

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By MarkCassidy - Jun 26, 2025 09:06 PM EST
Filed Under: Ironheart

Marvel's latest Disney+ series, Ironheart, debuted with its first three episodes earlier this week. Though initial reactions were definitely leaning positive, full reviews have been more mixed, and the show now seems to have settled on Rotten Tomatoes with a so-so 69% based on 55 verdicts.

There was never really much hype behind this one, as Riri Williams simply wasn't a Marvel Comics character the majority of fans had been clamouring to see get her own series. A muted response to Riri's MCU debut in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever didn't help matters, nor did the trailers that were released in the build-up to the show's premiere.

While it's fair to say that anticipation for Ironheart wasn't exactly through the roof, the premiere does seem to have made a few converts. At the very least, a lot of viewers are curious to see what will happen next after the closing moments of episode 3, and the tease of a major debut is sure to generate interest in the back half of the season.

We want to know what you made of the first three episodes of Ironheart. Vote in the poll below, and be sure to elaborate in the comments section.

Poll Maker

"After being expelled from MIT and stripped of her tech, teen genius Riri Williams returns to Chicago. A chance encounter leads her into the orbit of a dangerous crew, and when she uses a brain-mapping device to repair her broken suit, she accidentally brings back a hologram AI of her dead best friend."

Dominique Thorne's Riri Williams made her MCU debut in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and this series takes places after the events of the sequel, as Riri returns to her hometown of Chicago and sets her mind to building a state-of-the-art iron suit.

"Set after the events of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” “Ironheart” pits technology against magic when Riri—determined to make her mark on the world—returns to her hometown of Chicago. Her unique take on building iron suits is brilliant, but in pursuit of her ambitions, she finds herself wrapped up with the mysterious yet charming Parker Robbins aka 'The Hood' (Anthony Ramos)."

The series also stars Lyric Ross, Alden Ehrenreich, Regan Aliyah, Manny Montana, Matthew Elam and Anji White. Chinaka Hodge is head writer; episodes are directed by Sam Bailey and Angela Barnes. Executive producers include Kevin Feige, Louis D’Esposito, Brad Winderbaum, Zoie Nagelhout, Chinaka Hodge, Ryan Coogler, Sev Ohanian and Zinzi Coogler. Music is by Dara Taylor.

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Antitrollpatrol
Antitrollpatrol - 6/26/2025, 9:44 PM
Better than I thought it'd be.
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 6/26/2025, 11:03 PM
@Antitrollpatrol - Haha this KANGLESS SLOP Better? Lol
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 6/27/2025, 4:28 AM
@Malatrova15 - What if Ironheart IS Kang?
Fogs
Fogs - 6/27/2025, 5:55 AM
@ObserverIO - Well from what I heard that's a villain origin story allright 😂
Goldboink
Goldboink - 6/27/2025, 9:36 AM
@Antitrollpatrol - It's not bad but it's not good either. For me, none of the characters are really likeable and The Hoodie is not that scary. They had enough material for a movie but stretched it out and lost out in the long run. A great actor for The Hood and some good character actors for the henchmen and it could have been good.
Antitrollpatrol
Antitrollpatrol - 6/27/2025, 10:59 AM
@Goldboink - I completely agree. My thoughts are it's only 6 hours so I don't feel like I'm completely wasting my time. Whereas secret invasion even though it was a miniseries felt like it was robbing me of precious time.
BeNice123
BeNice123 - 6/26/2025, 9:45 PM
No point in voting becasue nobody is gonna watch this crap.
Mrnorth1921
Mrnorth1921 - 6/26/2025, 10:08 PM
@BeNice123 - it’s the 4th watched thing on television. Getting very high early ratings. Number one Disney for Thai year.
MrDandy
MrDandy - 6/26/2025, 10:22 PM
@Mrnorth1921 - ratings are not out yet. Nelson doesn’t even get those numbers until a few weeks out. Where are you getting those numbers?
CaptainMexico
CaptainMexico - 6/26/2025, 10:22 PM
@BeNice123 - I watched it, and am enjoying it. Disney, of course, needed to force the black/trans hacker type on us, but who’s to say that character wouldn’t have been a non binary trans person? There’s also the jock brother sister duo who turned to a life of crime. I mean, at least they put the woke character in a villainous role. I don’t even care, it’s just good marvel tv, it’s not game of thrones. Enjoyable. Just enjoy the content and shut up.
KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 6/26/2025, 10:51 PM
@CaptainMexico - Is her father dead? Where is James Rhodes?
KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 6/26/2025, 10:52 PM
@BeNice123 - I was hoping that'd be a poll option.
AllsGood
AllsGood - 6/26/2025, 11:40 PM
@BeNice123 - Thursday June 26, 2025, Ironheart Ranked as the #1 most Popular show online and was the #1 most popular TV show on Disney+. The current engagement score for Ironheart is 114.82.

See my comment below.
twistedcastles
twistedcastles - 6/27/2025, 12:34 AM
@CaptainMexico - the character isnt trans, the actor is a drag queen and by assumption the character is too

the green hair seems to reference the first mutant drag queen superhero who has green hair from the comics
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 6/27/2025, 12:38 AM
@MrDandy - You dont evento watch this slop
CaptainMexico
CaptainMexico - 6/27/2025, 2:35 AM
@twistedcastles - you’re absolutely right, my girlfriend explained it to me, it’s a they/them, not a transformer. My bad! I don’t dislike the character! Who doesn’t love a flamboyant hacker?
BigPhilbowski
BigPhilbowski - 6/27/2025, 2:40 AM
@CaptainMexico - ah yes. A black lgbt character just existing in the show, despite in a very minor role, is somehow them forcing it on you. Idiots everywhere.
Radders
Radders - 6/27/2025, 2:52 AM
@CaptainMexico - you missed the trans male "jock" brother lol
CaptainMexico
CaptainMexico - 6/27/2025, 3:40 AM
@Radders - oh ya…this is the way it is now though, no point complaining.
CaptainMexico
CaptainMexico - 6/27/2025, 3:42 AM
@BigPhilbowski - I already said I’m cool with it, I enjoy the show, and that the character doesn’t affect my opinion of the show, just relax.
BigPhilbowski
BigPhilbowski - 6/27/2025, 3:50 AM
@CaptainMexico - doesn't change the fact you're complaining that a lgbt character jus existing is them forcing it on you. It's still an idiotic statement
CaptainMexico
CaptainMexico - 6/27/2025, 5:16 AM
@BigPhilbowski - ya, does every show have to have some form of lbgtq2s+ character though? Especially Disney? Whatever, if you want to normalize that, be my guest, people are still going to point it out. Try not to be too butt hurt about it.
Vigor
Vigor - 6/27/2025, 5:54 AM
@CaptainMexico - its quite the eclectic group of misfits who are not afraid to be who they really are

Plus its a comic book property. Sure they could have gone boring with 5 regular people whom we forget by the time the scene is done. Going with flashy makes these characters stand out
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 6/27/2025, 6:37 AM
@BeNice123 - Already have watched it, millions likely will (more a question if a couple million on the low end to tens of millions on the high) but if you haven't watched it no point voting and little point posting on such articles related to giving an opinion based on having watched it if you haven't and/or won't.

I found the first half to be good, but slow to build momentum. I'd go as far as saying it may have been better with more episodes such that they could cover all the required setup of backstories whilst allowing more action and time developing the supporting characters.

It hasn't, yet been great or groundbreaking but if the second half is better than the first and sticks the landing then could end up overall being on of the better D+ shows.

I'd add that the star of this show has done, for me, a better job pulling off having PTSD than RDJ did in Iron Man 3. I will leave it to others to delve into how accurate the interpretations are compared to RL PTSD (the symptoms of which can vary a LOT) but I DID find Thorne convincing when the character was having trauma related panic attacks where as with Tony Stark I wasn't sold on the portrayal at all and felt forced to me.
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 6/27/2025, 6:52 AM
@CaptainMexico - I mean, you COULD call it forced inclusion but on the flipside these are all genious level talents that for a range of reasons didn't fit in, couldn't get or retain jobs and such like thus likely to have fringe aspects about their personalities.

In these divisive times that could mean many things but being cancelled for 'toxic masculinity' on one end thru being TOO alt (such as LGBT+) thus sidelined in an 'anti-DEI'/'anti-woke' purge of employment at somewhere like Twitter or the current government COULD be argued as a logical reason why a collective gone rogue like this is probably more likely.

For me, whatever the reasoning is, having a flamboyant drag act type included in a group of villains like this gives a certain flair in the dynamics to theoreticaly make them more fun to watch as a bunch of super nerds together could easily be very stale and too many thug types would undermine the idea they are highly adept at tech. As in thinking along the lines of the fifth element, in a lot of ways a run of the mill scifi action movie, that for me was made WAY more fun by the inclusion of Ruby Rhod (Chris Tucker) that had that drag act feel to him.
Deklipz
Deklipz - 6/27/2025, 12:37 PM
@CaptainMexico - LGBTQ+ people exist. You thinking the show is trying to ‘normalize it’ shows your insecurities about them existing in the first place. Just say you’re uncomfortable with them and be open and honest about it. No need to hide behind excuses when you’ve already put the homo/transphobia on display.

The only way forward is to have open and honest discussions about it, which you’re actively being dismissive of and ignoring. That’s sad.
DarkeyeZ
DarkeyeZ - 6/27/2025, 1:00 PM
@Mrnorth1921 - These people don't want to hear the truth, they just want this to fail because it stars a black woman. Men that never felt a vagina in real life always want to go online and see women fail.
CaptainMexico
CaptainMexico - 6/27/2025, 1:32 PM
@Deklipz - my little sister is a they/them, and we are super close, I live in a super gay neighbourhood downtown, and have many many gay friends, some of which would agree that this is just getting a little silly at this point and clearly there’s a formula they are sticking to. I even sat through a full episode of Ru Paul’s drag race with some of the flamers in my building. I’m just saying, we don’t some wacky flamboyant character in every show, my daughter was confused by that character and I don’t always enjoy having to explain this shit. It’s weird, feeling compelled to do drag shows is a little strange, but just staying in that form is even more strange, you’re not going to convince me otherwise.
Deklipz
Deklipz - 6/29/2025, 12:15 AM
@CaptainMexico - so you aren’t homophobic because you have gay friends and neighbors? Never heard that one before… 🙄 good luck with your delusions.
CaptainMexico
CaptainMexico - 6/29/2025, 1:09 PM
@Deklipz - Deklipz - well ya, being homophobic would mean I’m afraid of them, and I wouldn’t have been out partying with some of them last night if that were the case. Stop being such a cry baby and trying to vilify anyone who doesn’t get down with your program the way you want them to.
RacialPowerman
RacialPowerman - 6/26/2025, 9:51 PM
So are people supposed to see a criminal as a hero because she's young and black? Didn't she kill cops with a rocket in Black Panther?
MrDandy
MrDandy - 6/26/2025, 9:54 PM
@RacialPowerman - and in this helps students cheat in college, steals university property (including the suit), joins a gang, and robs, blackmails, and commits extortion. She never even does it for a noble reason. Just because she wants to get money for a better suit. She only turns on Hood when she is personally in danger, and then allows a criminal to suffocate in cold blood. That’s just the first 3 episodes.
Mrnorth1921
Mrnorth1921 - 6/26/2025, 10:11 PM
@MrDandy - this is basically an origin story. The next three episodes will be her redemption and path to being a hero.
MrDandy
MrDandy - 6/26/2025, 10:20 PM
@Mrnorth1921 - I hope you are right. That would make sense.
Clintthahamster
Clintthahamster - 6/26/2025, 10:21 PM
@Mrnorth1921 - Like, have these dudes ever seen a movie or TV show? "What, so now he's a wrestler who can't be bothered to stop a criminal who ends up killing his uncle, and we're supposed to root for this guy?"
NonPlayerC
NonPlayerC - 6/26/2025, 11:29 PM
@Clintthahamster - sorry if you're being sarcastic lol but Peter would only end up in jail for that if he was in the finale of Seinfeld. Siri would be spending life in prison for blowing up the cop cars alone, not to mention being party to attempted homocide, and extortion. Yeah I see a redemption arc coming but so far she is just a petty villain that doesn't seem to have a direction.

Overall for the first 3 episode the characters aren't really for me. Don't find Riri charming or cool. I like the girl laying the AI. Hood looks dumb so far but seems he could be an interesting villain, Can see promise in the Obidia Stane link, I find the band of thieves kinda laughable. Can a hacker even type fast with those fingernails? and the twins are soooo indimidating lol other than that the production value and effects are good. Might develop into a good story but just can't get behind Riri
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 6/26/2025, 11:50 PM
@RacialPowerman - Thor killed hundreds for sport, Scott Lang performed illegal Heists with a crew for income, Tony Stark sold weapons of war that killed thousands for profit, Loki killed hundreds of innocent lives for entertainment, Bucky was brainwashed to assassinate key figures and innocent people, guess what they all have in common? They all became heroes. Why is Riri any different?
RacialPowerman
RacialPowerman - 6/27/2025, 12:05 AM
@SonOfAGif - Thor killed hundreds for sport

He's a God from a different realm

Scott Lang performed illegal Heists with a crew for income
He was arrested, the reason behind his doing the crime also makes a difference (doing it to save someone, help save the world)

Tony Stark sold weapons of war that killed thousands for profit

That was his job.He owned a weapons company. Like the world needs weapons. Its up to the individual if they use it to kill or not,nothing to do with Tony.

Loki killed hundreds of innocent lives for entertainment
And he was made a villian before he became the Tree.

Bucky was brainwashed to assassinate key figures and innocent people,
Bucky was brainwashed not his choice or fault.


guess what they all have in common? They all became heroes. Why is Riri any different?

Because she joined a criminal enterprise of her own choice because she didn't want to work hard to build the suit. She steals everything, she killed the cops blocking the way in Black Panther because she wanted to,she couldve gone up with it and sent it anywhere else she chose to kill cops,she chose to be a criminal.
twistedcastles
twistedcastles - 6/27/2025, 12:37 AM
@MrDandy - Tony Stark was very unlikeable for me initially so Riri starting off there as his successor tracks lol
she would be just as bad if she was a billionare

so this is her starting point
lets see were she goes as a character

I actually like that she is a morally questionable character
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 6/27/2025, 12:39 AM
@NonPlayerC - "Can a hacker even type fast with those fingernails"

Marvel in a nutshell 😭😭😭😭
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