This article contains spoilers for Ironheart and the Ironheart comics.

In the first episode of its initial three-episode drop, Ironheart introduces a host of shenanigans from villain The Hood’s lame introduction to the resurrection of a dead friend by way of A.I. But the silliest of them all also happens to be pretty out of character for Riri Williams and, yes, also includes Anthony Ramos’ Hood.

Episode 1 acts as a traditional premiere, re-introducing us to Dominique Thorne’s Riri (previously seen in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever) and establishing her current plight as she seeks funding to finish her prototype power suit. She wants to use the suit to offer first responders the technology they need to cut down delays in support to people in need, and the episode illustrates the reasoning behind that desire by centering on the death of Riri’s stepfather and best friend. It also manages to bring The Hood and his crew into the fray: Ramos’ villain and his right-hand man John (Manny Montana) need a tech genius to help in their ring of thefts after Rampage (Eric André) gets them caught during a job gone bad. So they trick Riri into a meeting by way of some quick cash and a faulty elevator trap.

After easily escaping the elevator, Riri meets Hood for the first time, taking his proposal to join his crew completely seriously and eventually agreeing to join him after she sees how much money she could make. This, dear reader, is nonsense, and not because our hero is being tempted by the dark side!

You mean to tell me that the same Riri Williams who met Shuri (Letitia Wright), the (at the time) Princess of Wakanda, and Okoye (Danai Gurira), leader of the Dora Milaje, and immediately called the latter ashy when she started throwing orders around, saw some ding dong in a leather cape and didn’t immediately read him to filth the moment he started talking? I simply refuse to believe it. She got Okoye for being bald and unmoisturized but had nothing to say about Captain Cloak?

Despite the marketing — and lack thereof — signaling otherwise, the first episode of Ironheart introduces what has the potential to be a decent series. But Riri’s response to The Hood’s offer isn’t just out of character, it also removes the opportunity to acknowledge the villain’s goofiness. Anthony Ramos looks straight-up ridiculous as The Hood! You’ve gotta give the audience a reason to be intimidated or otherwise engaged with a character if they’re gonna be running around looking that silly.

If you’re going to introduce some dork in a cape and not illustrate or otherwise explain why he is choosing to look so absurd, you need a character that acts as a stand-in for the audience’s reaction, especially in a ground-level show. We know The Hood uses demonic magic, based on the comics, but people being introduced to this character are literally just looking at some dude in a leather cape. We do see a small moment in the first three episodes where the mild-mannered leader takes a, uh, monstrous turn, but not until Episode 3. Until then he’s just Some Guy™. If they had let Riri say what we were all thinking, it could have saved them three episodes of people being distracted by some guy in a goofy cape.

The first three episodes of Ironheart are available on Disney+ now, with the remaining three to drop next week.