There are solely two episodes left in Marvel’s animated anthology sequence What If…?, and one of many multiverse’s most disgruntled staff is lastly getting reprimanded by higher administration. Within the third-to-last episode of the sequence, Uatu, higher referred to as The Watcher, was visited by three different Watchers—The Eminence, The Incarnate, and The Executioner—to reply for his multiversal infractions.
Within the newest episode of What If…? Uatu guides us by means of an alternate actuality the place Kate Bishop (Hailee Steinfeld) and Shang-Chi (Simu Liu) are cowboys chasing The Hood (Meng’er Zhang) within the Wild West as a way to discover his sister. Alongside the best way, they run into Kwai Jun-Fan (Allen Deng). Whereas attempting to flee seize on prime of a shifting practice, Jun-Fan is moments away from being thrown off the practice till Uatu intervenes by knocking the unhealthy guys to the bottom after insinuating {that a} tragic finish for the younger boy occurs in different timelines. That is typical superhero altruism till you notice the one rule that makes a being a Watcher.
As a Watcher, Uatu swore an oath to solely observe the tales of the multiverse however by no means intervene. Sadly for Uatu, he cares slightly an excessive amount of. The primary season finale was entitled “What if…The Watcher broke his oath?” and it noticed him assemble a crew of superheroes referred to as the Guardians of the Multiverse as a way to take out Ultron. The explanation Uatu determined to intervene is as a result of Ultron had gained a multiversal-level consciousness within the earlier episode, smashing by means of the barrier that separates Uatu from the multiverse and continuing to whoop his ass.
On this season alone he broke his oath saving Jun-Fan, and within the previous episode he willed Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne) to not succumb to the tragic destiny he’s watched her fall sufferer to over and over when battling Mysterio (Alejandro Saab). Whereas he didn’t materially intervene, even talking encouraging phrases was sufficient for the three different Watchers to get fed up with Uatu’s frequent infractions. Within the newest episode, they cease enjoying video games, and The Eminence pins Uatu towards his dimensional barrier after sternly informing him, “We are able to longer let your interferences go unanswered.”
It’s all the time enjoyable once we get to see the complete extent of the powers of multiversal deities. Sadly, with only some episodes left in the complete What If…? sequence, we will solely hope we get two episodes filled with multiversal mayhem.
