Farewell (for Now) to "Marvel's Runaways"

Hulu’s first foray into the ever-expanding Marvel Universe began in 2017 with Marvel’s Runaways, part superhero epic, part teen drama that captured audiences with its charming heroes, phenomenal villainous cast and impressive production values.  Showrunners Stephanie Savage and Josh Schwartz, the team behind the soon-to-be-rebooted Gossip Girl, have brought a massive shift to Runaways’ third and final season, leaving behind the more grounded and gritty drama we came to know and love and fully embraced the outlandish comic book origins created by Brian K. Vaughn and Adrian Alphona, even establishing some tie-ins to the previously loosely connected Marvel Cinematic Universe.  With the entire action-packed third season released on Hulu on December 16th, let’s dive in.  Buckle up, kids.  It’s about to get weird!

Returning to the series as the titular young heroes are Gregg Sulkin (pictured at top, right) as genius jock Chase Stein, Lyrica Okano as staff-wielding wiccan Nico Minoru, Rhenzy Feliz as tech brainiac Alex Wilder, Virginia Gardner as light-projecting alien-human hybrid Karolina Dean, Ariela Barer (pictured at top, left) as dinosaur-connected telepath (you read that right) Gert Yorkes, and Allegra Acosta as Gert’s super-strength-powered kid sister Molly, along with Clarissa Thibeaux as shape-shifting alien Xavin, an invaluable ally to the Runaways.  Also returning are the Runaways parents who also serve as our villains, under the veil of a philanthropic organization known as Pride. The group includes James Marsters and Ever Carradine as Victor and Janet Stein, Brittany Ishibashi and James Yaegashi as Tina and Robert Minoru, Angel Parker and Ryan Sands as Katherine and Geoffrey Wilder, Annie Wersching as Leslie Dean, and Brigid Brannagh and Kevin Weisman as Stacey and Dale Yorke. (Pictured below, left to right: Okano, Barer, Feliz, Gardner and Sulkin.)

Juan Ayala

Juan Ayala is a Brooklyn-based writer, podcaster and columnist at MediaVillage. He covers programming aimed toward diverse, multicultural and LGBTQ+ audiences under his  Multicultural TV column. His love for TV and film ranges from workplace comedi… read more