The following contains spoilers for She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, now streaming on Disney+.

Disney+ just confirmed She-Hulk: Attorney at Law's surprising position within the wider Marvel Cinematic Universe timeline.

The streaming service recently updated its chronologically-ordered listing of MCU projects to include She-Hulk along with other new additions to the franchise. In doing so, Disney+ has revealed that She-Hulk takes place earlier in the MCU's timeline than fans might expect. The show's story is apparently set before Ms. Marvel, Thor: Love and Thunder and Werewolf by Night, but after Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Eternals, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Hawkeye and Moon Knight. Spider-Man: No Way Home isn't included in the timeline due to rights issues, however, that film's previously-established narrative proximity to Hawkeye indicates it unfolds before She-Hulk, as well.

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While the updated MCU timeline clarifies She-Hulk: Attorney at Law's overall place within the MCU, it also raises questions about the timeframe of the show itself. The series explicitly overlaps with the events of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, as Wong's cage fight with Abomination in that film is a key plot point in She-Hulk Episodes 2 and 3. As such, She-Hulk's placement on the MCU timeline seems to indicate that the show's nine-episode run actually plays out over several weeks, if not months. Marvel Studios is yet to officially confirm that this is the case, however.

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Regardless of when exactly She-Hulk: Attorney at Law takes place (and for how long), the Disney+ series has already entrenched itself firmly in MCU canon. Aside from callbacks to Eternals' seabound Celestial and the return of The Incredible Hulk's Emil Blonsky/Abomination, She-Hulk also marks Charlie Cox's first time suited up as Daredevil since the Netflix series of the same name was canceled. Cox also appears as Daredevil's civilian alter-ego Matt Murdock, having already briefly reprised this side of his dual role in Spider-Man: No Way Home.

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She-Hulk: Attorney at Law creator Jessica Gao recently discussed Daredevil's debut in Episode 8, "Ribbit and Rip It," and how the decision to have Matt Murdock and Jen Walters sleep together was reached early on. "In the writer's room, when we were breaking the episode, we were all just really excited at the idea that they would hook up," she said. "He just seemed like the right dude for her. It was like, 'OK, no matter what we do, all roads should lead to them hooking up.'"

Source: Disney+