Ms. Marvel episode 4 — out now on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar — transported the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe sequence to Pakistan’s largest metropolis, Karachi, fulfilling Nani’s (Samina Ahmed) want that had been arrange on the finish of the earlier episode. In doing so, it was capable of contact upon the ancestors of Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani), together with her Nani — her maternal grandmother — telling her granddaughter extra about her personal mom, Aisha (Mehwish Hayat). And it is there that Pakistani star Fawad Khan made his first blink-and-miss-it look on Ms. Marvel. While episode 4 led to a strategy to recommend that Ms. Marvel episode 5 would give us extra of Pakistan, we do not learn about Khan.

Spoilers forward for Ms. Marvel episode 4. Proceed at your individual threat.

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The bulk of Ms. Marvel episode 4 was devoted to Kamala making an attempt to study extra about herself and her previous. Her Nani straight up confirmed to her face that she’s a Djinn. Just previous to that, Nani/ Sana confirmed Kamala a photograph of her father, Hasan — Kamala’s Nana, normally grandfather however right here great-grandfather — holding palms with a younger Sana. Though the picture was too grainy, making it not possible to inform who the actor enjoying him was, Ms. Marvel episode 4 credit revealed that Fawad Khan is enjoying Hasan.

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Fawad Khan as Hasan in Ms. Marvel episode 4
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Nani even reiterated her harrowing escape from India in the course of the Partition, which despatched Kamala roaming round Karachi Station, on the lookout for clues. There, she bumped into Kareem (Aramis Knight) who then launched her to Waleed (Farhan Akhtar). Knight and Akhtar play members of the Red Dagger, a vigilante group that operates out of Karachi. With that, Ms. Marvel gave us the primary Pakistani superheroes within the MCU. (Kamala is Pakistani-American. And she’s clearly extra of the latter than former, as her cousins roughly put it on Ms. Marvel episode 4.)

Additionally, the Red Daggers additionally gave us extra perception into the world of Clandestines, telling us how the Noor separates our world from theirs. And in the event that they had been to interrupt that barrier, their world would take over ours primarily, erasing all the things we all know. Meanwhile, the 4 Clandestines — that had been launched on Ms. Marvel episode 3 — escaped from jail and adopted Kamala midway world wide to Karachi. In the following chase, Waleed gave his life to guard Kamala and Kareem. No one is ever actually lifeless within the MCU, but it surely did seem to be Akthar’s MCU profession got here to an in depth there.

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But whereas Akhtar’s debut was anticipated on Ms. Marvel episode 4 because of a one-minute clip, Khan’s wasn’t. The 40-year-old Pakistani actor’s presence on the brand new MCU sequence has been recognized for some time now, however we had no readability on his character till this week’s episode. We nonetheless know little or no about him, given he appeared solely in a photograph. Could we study extra about him subsequent week on Ms. Marvel episode 5?

After all, Ms. Marvel episode 4 ended with Kamala seemingly being transported again in time to Partition period. Hasan could be the fitting age in these years to be performed by Khan, and I’ve a sense Marvel goes to take us via the many years on Ms. Marvel episode 5. It would assist sketch out the Khan household historical past and its ties to the bangle, with Kamala capable of expertise all of that first hand — in a way of talking. The penultimate episode earlier than the sequence finale is the everyday place to do that kind of flashback info-dump.

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Moreover, it is mindless to forged one of the crucial well-known Pakistani faces, only for him to seem in a single light picture. I think about Fawad Khan can have an even bigger function on Ms. Marvel episode 5, out Wednesday, July 6 at 12am PT/ 12:30pm IST on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar. In India, Ms. Marvel is accessible in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam.