‘Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man’ Episodes 6, 7 & 8 Breakdown & Recap

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man week 3 saw episodes 6 through 8 released on Disney+. This week promised audiences the return of a fan-favorite MCU character, Charlie Cox’s Daredevil, and they delivered. Find out exactly what happened in Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man episode 6, episode 7 and episode 8 in our recap below.

What Is ‘Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man’?

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man is an animated series that follows Peter Parker (Hudson Thames) on his way to becoming a hero, with a journey unlike we’ve ever seen and a style that celebrates the character’s early comic book roots.

The synopsis reads as follows:

The animated series follows Peter Parker on his way to becoming Spider-Man in the MCU, starting with his freshman year of high school, of course. Peter’s journey in the series will be unlike we’ve ever seen and a style that celebrates the character’s early comic book roots.

‘Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man’ Episode 6 “Duel With The Devil” Recap

The episodes open at school where Peter is trying to get Nico’s attention during class. Peter and another student get in trouble and Ms. Anand reveals that a student was put on probation. We cut to Lonnie’s (Eugene Byrd) locker being cleaned out, Pearl asks more questions about what happened to him that day and tries to offer help but Lonnie declines and walks off. Peter asks Nico why she’s ignoring him, he apologises for inviting Harry to the movies and then suggests the three meet at his apartment to get along. With Lonnie absent from school he’s now paired with Pearl (Cathy Ang) and Emma for future lab projects. Lonnie arrives home and makes excuses as to why he’s home early.

Andre and Lonnie get into an argument about what’s happened to him, he leaves in a rage and we see a green car follow him. Peter convinces Harry to hang out with him and Nico, Norman reveals that he’s going to a charity dinner. When Peter is ready to leave he notices Jeanne snooping around and confronts her with little success. Aunt May heads out while Peter, Harry and Nico hang out at the apartment, Nico is a bit weirded out by Harry. The three decide to watch Predator, Peter receives a text from Dr. Connors but he turns off his phone shortly after to remove the distraction. At the charity event, we hear some of the names of some of the donors which include Mrs. Eleanor Bishop from the Hawkeye series.

Secretary Thaddeus Ross is also at the event, he and Norman discuss the Sokovia Accords. He reveals that he’s in charge of Spider-Man however, the identity is hidden under another name John Gallo. A security alert pops up on Norman’s tablet, we cut to Harry, Nico and Peter playing every board game at once. Norman calls Peter through Harry’s phone, he tells Peter about the breach in Oscorp Tower and asks that he investigate. Peter makes an excuse to leave and gets ready to suit up. Meanwhile, while Lonnie exits a corner store, the green car continues to follow him. The driver is Carmilla Black and he makes a run for it but she manages to catch up every time.

Some of the members of the One Tenth save Lonnie and we cut to Oscorp tower where the window has been cut into. Harry and Nico try to make small talk while Peter follows the mysterious figure. It’s revealed that Daredevil (Charlie Cox) broke into Oscorp, and Matt Murdock and Spidey begin to fight each other. Matt reveals that Osborn is hiding something, he wins the fight and we cut to Nico doing Harry’s tarot reading. Nico says that she and Peter tell each other everything but she’s stunned when Harry mentions Peter’s secret. In Norman’s office, He speculates what Daredevil could’ve been after and he suggests that it has to do with Otto Octavius. Norman mentions that Otto stole blueprints for various designs such as a metal alloy. 

Peter remembers that Harry and Nico are still at the apartment, he rushes home and Nico jokes about Peter’s friend, Spider-Man. When his backpack falls to the ground, Nico finds all his Spider-Man gear and she walks away. Lonnie at the One Tenth base is comforted by Big Donovan and he offers that he spends the night. Carmilla is outside the One Tenth base and she alerts Mac of its location, meanwhile Otto is seen building scorpion armor for Mac before the episode ends.

‘Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man’ Episode 7 “Scorpion Rising” Recap

Following that Scorpion tease that we outlined in our Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man episode 6 recap, episode seven is titled “Scorpion Rising” promising a fateful encounter with the arachnid. We begin episode seven with Peter chasing after an upset Nico, he manages to stop her for a moment before she rushes off. Pearl asks Peter what happened between the two, she then opens up about her worries concerning Lonnie to which Peter comforts her. As Peter leaves for his internship, Pearl receives a text from Andre asking her to talk. At the One Tenth base Lonnie expresses his concern about the Scorpions, he gets a call from his mom and he makes an excuse about why he was missing. Back at Oscorp, Norman is busy determining the location of Otto’s lair. With Peter’s help they discuss various periodic elements that could trace Otto, a joke is even made about Otto harnessing the power of the Sun, a reference to Alfred Molina’s Doctor Octopus from the iconic Sam Raimi film Spider-Man 2.

They eventually land on gamma radiation, the first report is shown and Peter suits up. Meanwhile Harry arrives at Nico’s house to apologise, they eventually end up heading out for food together. They arrive at a multi-floor parking lot where Harry asks Nico to forgive Peter but she’s hesitant, expressing that she’s worried that Peter will leave her behind. The conversation doesn’t end well and Harry offers to drive Nico home, in the car Harry suggests teaching Nico how to drive which she happily accepts. Peter is swinging around the city looking for the signal. Back to Nico and Harry, they begin to enjoy each other’s company before a street racer comes to ruin the fun by insulting them. Nico challenges her to a race.

Nico nearly crashes into a car before her amulet warns her. They switch the car to track mode and end up winning the race. Back at the One Tenth base, Lonnie is confronted by Pearl and she expresses how worried she and Andre are about him. The One Tenth is attacked by an upgraded Mac Gargan wearing a scorpion outfit, he manages to wipe out most of the gang members and goes after Big Donovan. Lonnie steps in to stop him but is unsuccessful, at that moment Spidey appears to take on Scorpion. He rescues Pearl and she escapes with Lonnie while Peter holds him off. When Nico and Harry arrive home, they decide they’re cool with each other but Nico is still mad with Peter.

Peter continues to fight Scorpion, Mac manages to get a kick that damages the suit. Norman is busy looking for Otto and isn’t able to provide Peter with enough help and eventually takes off his earpiece. Scorpion breaks free from the webbing after his suit overheats, Peter asks Norman for help but he fails to respond and he eventually gets stabbed in the back. Norman gets an alert on his tablet and Peter is unable to put up a fight, with Scorpion readying his final blow- a glider that resembles the one the Green Goblin uses arrives and attacks Mac. Peter climbs onto the glider and manages to escape as the episode ends. The end credits also change showing a burning effect with each page.

Episode 8 “Tangled Web” Recap

The episode opens with Peter having nightmares of Scorpion’s attacks. He’s in a hospital room and we see a nurse draw blood from him. He wakes up much later with a cast and a few bandages. Norman appears to tell him that he’s spent the night at Oscorp’s experimental hospital wing, he also mentions that he informed May that he was staying over at Harry’s so she wouldn’t worry. When Peter tries to get out of the hospital bed to put a stop to Scorpion and Otto, Norman denies him stating that the suit has been severely damaged and Peter needs rest. Norman expresses that Peter needs to stop holding back, only when he’s at his full potential can he stop Scorpion.

A little later, Peter leaves the hospital bed and rushes to Asha’s scream. Peter to his surprise is greeted to his project fully functioning, even Dr. Wittman is pleased. We see a bunch of different animals being brought into Oscorp for a secret project. Peter goes back home where May is shocked to see his bruises, he talks about everything that’s going wrong and May comforts him. We cut to Otto’s lab where he’s playing a mining game, Vincent calls him to check in. Otto mentions striking a deal for one of the earth’s rarest metals, likely Vibranium. Vincent offers to bring Otto some soup which he gladly accepts. A SWAT team breaks into Otto’s lab, they are quickly taken out by some mechanical arms found around the lab.

We see Otto use more of his gadgets to take care of the remaining SWAT members and eventually exit the lab. However, more SWAT members alongside Secretary Ross are waiting for him outside. Otto walks away but he’s stopped by Iron Man and is arrested. We cut to Peter calling out to Nico, it appears he’s in a nightmare sequence featuring other characters such as Norman, Lonnie, Pearl and Scorpion. He wakes up and his injuries are healed, he scrolls through all the text messages he’s sent Nico and then tries calling her. The call goes to voicemail and he tries to explain everything to Nico in the hopes that she’ll listen to it. Peter gets a call from Pearl about their latest lab project and he rushes over.

Emma is a no-show so Peter and Pearl manage to have some one-on-one time, talking about what’s happening in their lives as well as getting a few laughs. Pearl hears her doorbell and she finds Lonnie at the door, Lonnie decides to leave but Pearl chooses to hear him out. She urges Lonnie to leave but he refuses to abandon the gang eventually leading to the two breaking up. When Pearl goes back inside Peter is missing and we learn that he goes to convince Lonnie to leave the gang but his efforts fail as well. Peter returns home to an empty apartment, he remembers Aunt May’s words and goes to Norman to talk. He expresses all his frustrations and worries to Norman.

Norman once again tries to convince Peter to stop holding back, even giving his own twist on the iconic line, “With Great Power Comes Great Respect”. Norman steps out to run an errand and Harry goes back inside. We cut to the One Tenth gang where Big Donovan says he has a lead on where Mac got his enhancements. They meet Dmitri in his full Chameleon outfit, he receives some cash, tells the gang about Otto Octavius and gives them a map to his lab. Chameleon was last seen in Kraven The Hunter, where he was played by Fred Hechinger. While it’s unlikely we will see that version of the character again, it is cool seeing the Chamelon come alive from the comics yet again. Tombstone inspires the group to take on Scorpion before we cut to Harry talking about Nico while Peter walks around the office pondering about what Norman said. Peter tells Harry everything that Norman said and Harry agrees to an extent.

The two hear about a truck hijacking in Midtown, Peter wants to help but he expresses that he doesn’t have a suit until Harry tells him otherwise. Harry mentions that he’s been talking to Oscorp engineers to build a new suit, the episode ends with a reflection of a comic-accurate Spider-Man suit in the reflection of Peter’s glasses.

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, written by Jeff Trammell, stars Hudson Thames as Peter Parker / Spider-Man, Colman Domingo as Norman Osborn, Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock / Daredevil, and more. The first eight episodes are now streaming on Disney+, Episodes 9 & 10 premiere on February 19th.

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