Warning: spoilers for Ms. Marvel episode 3 ahead – turn back now if you have not seen the latest episode of the MCU show.

"The man who chooses family is never alone," Kamala Khan’s father says. Not to Kamala, although she’s eavesdropping on the conversation, but to her brother, Aamir. Has any other Marvel series made such a poignant point about the importance of family? Sure, we have seen Hawkeye’s kids, Wanda’s drive to create a nuclear family leading her to madn🌟ess, and the Avengers found family, but there’s rarely a superhero with parents who are a positive influence (🔯Thor’s about the only one, despite a back-stabbing brother).

It’s a refreshing change: superheroes don’t need to have broken homes, they can come from love instead. Spider-Man had Aunt May and Uncle Ben. Kamala has a (very large) extended family. There are problems and issues, but everyone’s held together by love. Come the end of the episode, when Kamala decides not to reveal the truth about her powers to her parents, there’s genuine heartache &nda🍎sh; they would no doubt be angry at Kamala for using the mysterious bangle, but there’s so much love, there’s no ไway they would stay annoyed for long. Instead, you can imagine them all teaming up to fight the dangerous Djinn. But that’s not to be just yet.

Speaking of the Djinn, Kamala’s saviors from the second episode are not so nice after all. Kamala’s own powers are linked to these other-dimen🐓sional ༺genies who have long been trapped on Earth. Akin to how Moon Knight made Egyptian Gods a reality, Ms. Marvel takes these beings from Islamic mythology and makes them very real. The result is excellent, using Muslim culture to reason why Kamala has abilities – a much stronger reason than her simply being Inhuman.

Indeed, Ms. Marvel is diving deeper and deeper into Kamala’s heritage and culture. Aamir and 🐷Tyesha's wedding offers a wonderful look at a Muslim ceremony and gives the filmmakers a great excuse to choreograph a dance routine straight out of a Bollywood movie, with the necessary camera zooms and sweeping overhead shots. It’s an uplifting, joyous scene that mome𝓡ntarily makes us forget about the group of demons coming to crash the party. Even before we get to the main wedding, there are nice nods to Muslim tradition, such as Amir having his shoes snatched away. It’s a funny moment that will have many viewers interested in Muslim culture.