Ms. Marvel

If there's even a chance this bangle

can take us back home, we have to try.

Hello? Nani.

-About the bangle... -That bangle belonged to my mother, Aisha.

What are we?

We're known as the Clandestines.

But what we're most commonly known as is...

I'm a Djinn. Also, they need my help, which means I need your help.

If you help them go home, some things might go boom.

-It might be dangerous. -Of course it is. Why wouldn't it be?

Kamala. You're in danger and so is your entire family.

-I'm here to warn you. -I'll distract them.

Why are you doing this? You said you would protect me.

Why should I protect those who betray me?

-Come on. Kamala.

This whole time it was you and you didn't say anything?

I'm gonna explain everything later. I swear.

Hello, Kamala? Did you see the train, beta?

-How did you know about that? -Because I saw it too.

You both need to come to Karachi.

-First time to Pakistan? -What makes you say that?

You're gripping that stuffed animal pretty tight.

Oh.

-It's actually a napping pillow. -Right.

Oh, she speaks.

I thought my daughter had lost her voice, except for asking for more Canada Dry.

I thought I wasn't allowed to speak.

Unless laws of grounding are no longer applicable in international waters?

After you ruined your brother's wedding, really?

You'll be serving out your sentence for years.

However, because your Nani is very old,

and she insisted on us coming to Pakistan,

I think that we need to call a temporary truce.

I don't know. Perhaps she can figure out, you know,

whatever it is that you've been up to lately.

Hey, can you please sit down?

Kamala. Kamala. Over here.

-Hi. -Hi.

Hi.

-Hi. How are you? -(GREETING IN URDU)

-How are you? How are you? How are you?

Kamala, you remember your cousins, right?

Kakoo Chacha's children.

Yes. Zainab and Owais, you are taller than I remember.

-You are still really short. -(LAUGHS)

Thanks.

-Kamala. -Nani.

Oh, my granddaughter.

It's the middle of the night. You should be sleeping.

-Come on. I'm just coming from a party. -(BOTH CHUCKLE)

-I love your jewelries. -These?

-They're very old, but you can have them. -No, I... It's...

Hey, Kamala.

Munee. -Hi, Mommy. It's good to see you.

-Welcome home, beta. -Thank you. It's good to be here.

Your skin is so dry. Are you again on one of your strange diets?

-Kamala, shall we go home? -Yeah.

-Let's go, let's go. See you tomorrow then.

-Bye. Bye-bye.

Hi, Magnum. Come here, come here. Hi, puppy.

Oh, Magnum. He got so big.

-Was the house always this massive? -Yes, but it could use a paint job.

Yes, and paint all over this charm?

-(SPEAKING HINDI) -(SANA CHUCKLES)

Kamala, your room is on the right.

This one?

No.

I had no idea you could draw.

We lost so much during Partition.

And I thought the only way I can hold onto what we had lost was to create it myself.

This is the only baby picture of me my father had.

Wait. That's Hasan Nana? -Yes, and...

This is my ammi, Aisha. Your great-grandmother.

What I could remember of her, at least.

Nani, why did you send this to me?

Am I...

A Djinn? Of course. At least, that is what my father told me.

How are you so casual about this?

I don't see what the whole fuss is about. It's just genetics.

You're focusing on the wrong things.

It is not about how I see the vision or if you are a Djinn.

The important thing is that when the bangle was used the last time,

it saved my life.

Like the trail of stars? The day you left India.

It was the middle of Partition.

It was a hot summer night.

I somehow got separated from my father.

Until a trail of stars appeared and took me right back into his arms.

-On the train. On the train. -Yes. The last one that night.

Nani, is it the same train? The one that we're seeing in the visions?

-Is it that train from that night? -Yes.

The bangle is trying to tell you something, beta.

I don't know what,

but I do know that you needed to be here with me to figure it out.

I don't know how to figure it out.

I feel like I'm trying to piece together 100 things,

and I'm just breaking more than I can fix.

That's quite a puzzle.

But then,

if you have lived like I have, lost what I have,

you learn to find beauty in the pieces.

Kamala.

Please stop.

Kamala. You lied to me.

That bangle is made for something bigger than you.

Kamala. Find the train.

Kamala. Find the train, Kamala.

Kamala, wake up. Your cousins are waiting for you.

Oh, sorry. I didn't realize you were in here with someone.

-It's a napping pillow. -Come on. Get up.

We have the whole afternoon planned. Lunch at the boat club is in one hour.

I don't think I can eat.

Kamala, please don't be weird. We're here to visit.

The point is to visit. Hmm? So let's go. Come on.

You can bring your flying teddy bear.

I can't believe we have to order off the patio menu.

-We're missing the buffet inside. -And the AC.

Nobody told me about the "no jeans" policy.

This outfit plays better in Jersey.

Maybe after the heritage walk we can swing by the mall.

We'll find you something less controversial.

That's fine. You just stay with your cousins.

We're in a new city. We wouldn't want you getting into any trouble.

-I would never. -Hi. I'm here.

-Hi. Hi. Hello. It's okay, it's okay. -I'm so sorry I'm late.

-Rukhsana, this is my daughter, Kamala. -Assalamualaikum, Auntie.

-(IN ENGLISH) So pretty. -Thank you.

-"Kamala." Not a typical Pakistani name. -Mmm-hmm.

It's not?

Well, it's quite Muneeba, though. She always was a bit of a rebel.

I hope you don't mind that we are sitting outside, because Kamala wore jeans.

Is that why she's so hot, Kamala?

Yeah, it's not the temperature, it's the...

The pani poori.

Why did you not warn me this thing was death?

On your right is a colonial era structure built by the British Raj in 1891.

Oh. I think it's on your left.

Sorry. My app's frozen. Well, look around.

Kamala, look. This is where some of Karachi's oldest residents live.

Like Florida?

Old Town is where many of the refugees first settled when they came from India.

-Teen hundred. -No, no.

Come on. Is this not exotic enough for the ABCD's Instagram?

You know, American-Born Confused Desi.

-I know what it means. -Yeah, I thought so.

History lesson's over. We should get going.

We've got friends waiting for coffee.

I thought it might be cool if we checked out the train station.

Train station? Why? Where are you going?

Nowhere. It's historic.

You know, it's like the first ever gateway where Nani entered the country.

Well, we're going. Meet us after. Stay safe, I guess.

Hey. -You look lost.

-(BLOWING) -Uh...

It's yours. Look. Picture. You like it?

Take it. Only 1,500 rupees.

1,500. Honest money for the tourist.

Yeah. You know what? Um...

It's yours if you tell me the direction to the train station.

Train station? Yeah, yeah. Sure, sure, sure.

-Train station... Um, you go left. -This way?

Yeah, left. And then left again.

One more left and then right, little bit right. Okay?

And then go around that donkey cart. You getting me? Yeah, left...

-(BLADE SWISHES) -(GASPS)

-(GASPS) -Found you.

Not sure what's worse. Those glasses you tried on or that mask.

-Are you following me? -I sensed the Noor.

Do all masked Americans have superpowers?

How do you know I'm not Canadian?

You're wearing a shirt that says "New Jersey." What is this look?

No one likes the outfit, huh?

-Come on. -(GRUNTS WEAKLY)

Where'd you learn to jump? Ninja Turtles?

Where'd you learn yours? Donkey Kong?

-(SHATTERING) -(GASPS AND GRUNTS)

-Who are you? -What are you?

-You're not a Clandestine? -You know about them?

But you have the bangle. How did you get it from Aisha?

Wait. How do you know about Aisha?

-Come with me if you want to live. -What?

Just kidding. I've always wanted to say that.

But really, we should go. There's someone you need to meet.

Are you gonna murder me?

Because I don't wanna be the subject of a true crime doc right now.

Relax. Sometimes you have to look beyond what's right in front of you.

Welcome to the Red Daggers, perhaps we can teach you to open your eyes.

Red Daggers? What, are you in a Pakistani boy band?

Not quite.

-Very strong hideout game. -Well, usually tourists are not allowed.

But for a descendant of Aisha's, I'm sure we can make an exception.