Ironheart is finally soaring on Disney+ and taking us to Chicago to explore Riri Williams’ rise as to becoming a hero. But, before we go to her hometown, we get a glimpse of her life at MIT. Despite being very young, she’s been a student at the prestigious institution for a few years already. Of course, we know she isn’t the only brilliant mind in the MCU who goes to this institution. So, we all want to know if Peter Parker’s pals MJ and Ned show up in Ironheart, right? They did get accepted there at the end of No Way Home, after all. The answer to that question is pretty straightforward.
In the first episode of Ironheart, Riri Williams brings us into her life at MIT following her “internship” over in Wakanda. And, it seems she has a penchant for experiments and choices that lead to disaster. She wants to build something iconic, a suit that can one day become useful to help in emergency situations. The problem is, Riri doesn’t have Tony Stark funds to do it, so she is selling completed assignments to students to make money.
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This, combined with her failed experiment that causes serious damage, leads the dean to expel Riri from MIT. Riri goes back home and subsequently leaves MIT in her rearview mirror. That means we don’t see MJ and Ned in Ironheart, unfortunately. I doubt that she even bothered making a ton of friends there because she has such a one-track mind.
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Not having those cameos is totally okay because this series is about Riri’s story as she takes a dark path that puts her in danger. What will happen when Parker finds out the truth about John’s death? What secrets does that piece of his cloak hold? Will Riri get locked up for a long time before she ever really gets to soar? We will find out when Ironheart’s final three episodes drop.
