I just watched Secret Warriors, and I liked it quite a bit. The writing was pretty good, and I mostly liked the characters. I'm finally sold on Kathreen Khavari as Ms. Marvel; Kamala was very effective and heroic here, and she made such a natural leader that I was surprised she didn't end up as the one officially in charge of the team. Nice to see some of her home life too. Her previous animated guest appearances that I've seen have done nothing to acknowledge her ethnic background or her family's culture, so it's nice to see that touched on at last.
Milana Vayntrub was suitably enthusiastic and fun as Squirrel Girl, if a bit shrill; and I felt Doreen was written somewhat out of character to force a conflict with Kamala, because they gave her a very black-and-white, bad-guys-are-irredeemable mindset that doesn't at all fit with the Squirrel Girl I love so much in the Ryan North comics, someone whose heroism comes from always seeing and inspiring the best in everyone, even supervillains. They even had her say "That's not who I am" later on.
I'm not really familiar with America Chavez, but she came off okay here, and I'm surprised they actually acknowledged that she had two mothers. But I gather that other animated shows have already broken that ground within the past few years. As for the others, Chloe Bennet was about her usual self as Daisy, and Tyler Posey was really pretty good as Dante/Inferno (ohhhh, I just got that!). I was underwhelmed by Kim Raver as Captain Marvel, but then, my primary exemplar for Carol Danvers is Jennifer Hale's performance in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, and Hale is a hard act to follow. Also, CM's character design here is kind of weird.
Anyway, it was better than I expected, and I'm glad they're doing more.
