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Tom Jorgensen gave the episode 8 out of 10 for IGN, calling it "the most haunting episode" of the series so far and an "effective cautionary tale about what loss can do to a person". He felt the darker direction of the episode best suited the series, and praised how the episode used Palmer's unpreventable death to represent "the effects of ...
This episode begins to tie together elements from all of the previous episodes of the season, while the Watcher "learns a few important lessons about what it means to be a hero" and that the various stories and worlds he witnessed mean more to him than he realized. A "major source of tension" within the episodes is whether the Watcher will ...
Regarding the dark tones and tragic plot points of the first season, Bradley explained that being able to feature things that would never happen in the live-action MCU, such as killing off heroes, was the "most liberating part" of the series, and that some of the episodes ended in tragedy for reasons tied into the first season's overall plan. [41]
Coming out of Episode 8, in which Infinity Ultron emerged as an incredibly formidable threat (and even dragged The Watcher himself into the mix), the finale opened with Uatu dropping in on Captain ...
What If…’s season 1 finale is an effective example of the fun that can be had when you combine characters from different worlds.
Season 2 episode in which our favorite Avengers lived in Shakespeare's time instead of modern day, this episode takes place in a universe where various contemporary Marvel heroes instead came to ...
The first season of What If...? premiered on August 11, 2021, and ran for nine episodes until October 6, as part of Phase Four of the MCU. The second season was released daily from December 22 to 30, 2023, and the third and final season premiered on December 22, 2024, also releasing daily; both are part of Phase Five. The series has received ...
Sam Barsanti of The A.V. Club graded the episode "B+" and said it met all of his criteria for a good "what if" storyline, praising how the episode was able to deepen the existing relationship between Carter and Rogers, and finding the action scenes to have "more visual panache than pretty much anything in any of the live-action MCU adventures".