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Ironheart Series-Premiere Recap: Anatomy of a Crash-Out
Riri Williams might have helped save Wakanda, but back home she’s still a genius college dropout grieving a lost loved one.
But Dean Choi points out that after four years of faculty-tailored course studies, millions of dollars in tech, and free education, all Riri has to show is a lousy lab-repair invoice and disciplinary infractions. Riri’s post-expulsion walk of shame gives us a tour of Black-owned businesses, including the historic Regal Theater (which lets us know we’re in the Bronzeville neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side). Gas hisses into the elevator car, and Riri rips back the tarp in the corner to unveil her new job’s welcome packet: a device with a Post-it slapped on top with her name and a smiley face scrawled in Sharpie.
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