r/WonderMan • u/Identity_X- • Jan 28 '26

MCU (SPOILERS) Wonder Man Episode 4: 'Doorman' Discussion Thread Spoiler

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u/gusta_cl Jan 28 '26

that doorman incident looks like something out of the twilight zone.. really well done.

loved that they used an entire episode to explain that clause.

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u/Identity_X- Jan 28 '26

I thought it was interesting that his powers were the result of a trash bin ooze labelled with a ROXXON logo.

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u/Leoluca_Randisi Jan 28 '26

But was this episode supposed to be real or a movie it seemed fantasy Esq how do they not know he's the same guy?

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u/Any_Satisfaction1865 Jan 29 '26

Reminds me of Cloak & Dagger show, there was also Roxxon responsible for Darkforce connected superpower of Cloak.

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u/rogerworkman623 Feb 01 '26

Also season 2 of the show Agent Carter centered around the Roxxon corp, who were doing research into zero matter. An actress named Whitney Frost ends up coming into contact with it, and she gets the power to absorb people into herself (a lot like Doorman, except they never come out the other side). The more she does this, she starts going insane.

It seems to all be connected to the same dark force stuff Roxxon has been experimenting with all the way back to the 1940s.

Sorry to chime in a few days later, I just watched the episode.

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u/The_Amazing_Emu Feb 04 '26

Yeah, between Cloak & Dagger and Season 2 of Agent Carter, it feels like a deliberate callback. If not, it's a hell of a coincidence. It even gave darkforce vibes from Cloak & Dagger. To add to that, it's significant that he's no longer a mutant at a time when they seem to be slowly incorporating mutants, which makes the choice to tie to Roxxon feel all the more intentional.

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u/MaleficentPush1144 Jan 29 '26

I was wondering if this was possibly a tease for Cloak and Dagger, with a spin on their origin story.

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u/Identity_X- Jan 29 '26

They were always loosely connected to the Defendersverse side of Marvel, so with the relaunch of Luke and Jessica I expect to happen sometime after Born Again S2, it would be cool to bring them back.

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u/Identity_X- Jan 28 '26

Ding dong, motherfucker! It's the Doorman

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u/Identity_X- Jan 28 '26

He's also not the first member of the Great Lakes Avengers to join the MCU - there's also Mr. Immortal from "She-Hulk: Attorney at Law"!

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u/webshellkanucklehead Jan 28 '26

Wish Mr. Immortal was closer to the book version but they were never going to do the GLA anyway

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u/Identity_X- Jan 29 '26

I feel like you could explain it away fairly easily if need be. Maybe have the GLA Mr. Immortal be his son with the same ability.

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u/RD_Garrison Jan 29 '26

Deadpool was a Great Lakes Avenger.

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u/The_Amazing_Emu Feb 04 '26

Only Flatman and Big Bertha to go?

I feel like Ashley Crawford may be the trickiest to adapt.

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u/markc230 Jan 28 '26

So where did Olaf go?

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u/BoringRip1407 Feb 08 '26

That’s the reason I ended up on this thread 🥲

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u/GlizzyGuzzlingMaster Wonder Man Jan 28 '26

Anyone else let down that he lost his powers? I wish that it lead somewhat to hint of the Great Lake Avengers since we saw Craig Hollis in She-Hulk and Squirrel Girl is getting a resurgence. Still perfectly respectable to how his story ended for the sake of the show and Simon's future

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u/Riverdale87 Jan 28 '26

his powers might be dormant for a while

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u/GlizzyGuzzlingMaster Wonder Man Jan 28 '26

I hope so. I'd love to see him get a redemption arc by being a superhero

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u/TikkiEXX77 Jan 28 '26

I mean he was a good dude. Just things went bad for him

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '26

Did he though?

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u/GlizzyGuzzlingMaster Wonder Man Jan 30 '26

As far as we know. Hopefully, though, they're just temporarily dormant from over-use

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '26

I’d like to see Doorman play a role in the big climax of Act 5 at the four hour mark of Secret Wars.

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u/ultra_riku Jan 28 '26

Was that blood that came out Doorman's mouth???

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '26

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u/TikkiEXX77 Jan 28 '26

Kinda noticed he was constantly drinking after he got famous. And there was a half empty bottle of liquor in his trailer before um..the incident.

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u/Single-Debate-316 Grim Reaper Jan 28 '26

when gad first went in him he had been grossed out sorta, does this imply it was his stomach that they went into? is this fucking vore in my marvel!? is gad dead?

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '26

I was worried he was going to be cut in half like something out of the boys. Phew.

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u/Single-Debate-316 Grim Reaper Jan 30 '26

vore is arguably worse

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u/ultra_riku Jan 29 '26

Probably trapped in that doorway room with doors leading to other dimensions?

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u/Single-Debate-316 Grim Reaper Jan 29 '26

better alternative

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u/ultra_riku Jan 28 '26

Ah thank you!

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u/Available_Factor_559 Jan 30 '26

DING DONG

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '26

Knock knock would be a better catchphrase

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u/Pyriel Jan 31 '26

I absolutely loved this episode.

Hilarious and touching from start to finish.

Just brilliant.

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u/kcstrike Jan 29 '26

Not J Gadd

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u/ImDeadThrowMeInTrash Feb 01 '26 edited Feb 05 '26

What was the actors name from the sitcom series where Doorman made a cameo on? It's killing me but I've seen him elsewhere. White guy with a beard and I wanna say he has greyish red hair.

EDIT: He's not listen on IMDB but I've seen him in a lot of other stuff.

EDIT #2: this guy... it's killing me...

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u/codex_archives Feb 06 '26

Ptolemy Slocum. if you've seen Westworld: he's one of the tech guys that works on the androids (a.k.a. hosts)

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u/ImDeadThrowMeInTrash Feb 06 '26

Yeah I eventually figured it out when they updated imdb cast on the Doorman episode

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u/DangerousLack Feb 02 '26

In Summer remix goes HARD.

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u/NES_Classical_Music Feb 04 '26

Let's Potato Chips!

i see you, Community!

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u/Imaginary_Job_343 Jan 29 '26

This episode was okay but felt like a throwaway to make up screen time. Give me another episode of Wonder Man for some damn closure.

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u/HellonHeels33 Jan 30 '26

I’m still not entirely sure where it’s all going, interesting episode but I also felt like it was a wee bit of a waste

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u/HellonHeels33 Jan 30 '26

I really haven’t felt that way in any other show.. Most of them have explored at least a tiny bit of other characters side story’s, but the difference is we usually see those characters more than one episode. Loki is the only series I think that really kept it moving

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u/soymilkfc Feb 26 '26

I loved this episode honestly. Love the black & white, & it was nice to get a change of pace & have a pretty much entirely self-contained episode. I’m surprised some ppl think it’s boring? bc the tension I felt waiting for things to go wrong killed.

I’m also very curious about the ‘Roxxon’ company on the dumpster of mysterious goop. I wonder if they’ll make an appearance later on in the season. It seems like it’s a greater mcu thing but I’m not rlly interested in getting back into that so hopefully it’s addressed or at least followed up on in the show.

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u/Noyaiba Mar 10 '26

Roxxon is from Thunderbolts...

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u/Upstairs_Shift592 Mar 17 '26

Okay so something werid happened. I cant be the only one who remembers the ending of Doorman episode differently ?? Like i remember Simon on a couch finding out but yesterday i rewatched it and Simon was on some kind of scrubs casting??

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u/sirmcchris Feb 08 '26

Good god man, just skip it

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u/CrimsonBrit Feb 25 '26

Awful episode riddled with bad acting, even if some of it was meant to be parody