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Ironheart – Season 1, Episode 2 Will the Real Natalie Please Stand Up?

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Ironheart – Season 1, Episode 2

Will the Real Natalie Please Stand Up?

Aired Jun 24, 2025

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Sci-Fi

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Riri's new AI is an uncanny manifestation of her dead best friend Natalie; this dredges up painful memories ahead of her first heist with Parker and his crew.

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Chinaka Hodge

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Dominique Thorne

Riri Williams

Anthony Ramos

Parker Robbins

Manny Montana

Cousin John

Alden Ehrenreich

Joe McGillicuddy

Zoe Terakes

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Caroline Siede

Episodic Medium (Substack)

Jun 29

After a bit of a soft launch in the premiere, Ironheart finds its own tone in this second episode. And that tone is a supremely corny ’90s genre show.

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Stacia Brown

New York Magazine/Vulture

Jun 26

4/5

Riri is in denial about Natalie’s appearance, but I, for one, am delighted.

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Jeffrey Lyles

Lyles' Movie Files

Jul 2

6/10

Will the Real Natalie Please Stand Up is a great showcase for Thorne, Ross and White, but they’re not given enough screen time.

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Brian Richards

Pajiba

Jul 1

The performances by Dominique Thorne, Lyric Ross, and Alden Ehrenreich have been doing much of the heavy lifting in making viewers care about what’s happening.

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Maryam Ahmad

Tell-Tale TV

Jun 29

4/5

There are rare moments of shaky vulnerability, like the panic attack during Ironheart Season 1 Episode 2, “Will the Real Natalie Stand Up?” that Dominique Thorne portrays very well.

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Alan French

FandomWire

Jun 26

8/10

Ironheart quickly builds on the lore established in “Take Me Home,” allowing “Will the Real Natalie Please Stand Up” to pick up more nuanced conversations.

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Synopsis

Riri's new AI is an uncanny manifestation of her dead best friend Natalie; this dredges up painful memories ahead of her first heist with Parker and his crew.

Creator: Chinaka Hodge
Executive Producer: Chinaka Hodge, Ryan Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Kevin Feige, Victoria Alonso, Brad Winderbaum, Zinzi Coogler
Screenwriter: Malarie Howard
Network: Disney+
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date: Jun 24, 2025