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What If…? Season 3

Series, 2024, Phase 5, Set in Multiversal

What If…? Season 3 is #57 of 69 in release order and #30 of 69 in chronological order in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

The story

A normal girl Xia Guo is faced with a difficult dilemma where the two choices will lead her toward two utterly different lives. Would she choose to live a home-sweet-home life with her boyfriend in her hometown or seize the opportunity to forge a successful career in a metropolitan? Which way would make her life "a little less normal"?

What If…? Season 3 recap

This is the third and final season of the animated anthology narrated by the Watcher. The Hulk fights a giant gamma monster alongside Mech Avengers; Agatha Harkness becomes a Hollywood star in the 1930s to steal an Eternal's power; the Red Guardian stops the Winter Soldier from killing Howard and Maria Stark; Howard the Duck and Darcy Lewis marry and have an egg that hatches into a human-duck child, Byrdie; Riri Williams fights Quentin Beck in a world split apart by the Emergence; and Shang-Chi and Kate Bishop hunt the Hood in an 1872 Western. The Watcher, who keeps breaking his oath, is put on trial by other Watchers, and Captain Carter leads a team to help him.

What If…? Season 3 ending explained

In the finale, Infinity Ultron gives his life to help the Watcher escape, and Captain Carter sends the group to Strange Supreme's universe, dying in the process. Strange Supreme strips the three judging Watchers of their power, and they agree to learn by watching over life there. As the group mourns Carter, the Watcher invites Kahhori, Byrdie and Storm to join him in watching the multiverse.

Where to watch What If…? Season 3

What If…? Season 3 is streaming on Rakuten Viki in the US.

Ratings

IMDb 7.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 80%

Where it fits

What to watch before What If…? Season 3

In release order, 38 Marvel Cinematic Universe essentials come before What If…? Season 3 (2024), from Iron Man (2008) to Deadpool & Wolverine (2024). What If…? Season 3 itself is optional in the Marvel Cinematic Universe order.

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