Marvel's new Goddess of Thunder Ororo Munroe a.k.a. Storm from the X-Men makes her MCU debut in Saturday's episode of What If...? Entertainment Weekly shared an exclusive look at Storm as she becomes the new wielder of Mjolnir teased previously during Season 3. Alison Sealy-Smith voices Storm a character she previously voiced in X-Men: The Animated Series and X-Men '97 on Disney+ as well as Spider-Man: The Animated Series bringing continuity to animation from prior television titles .
Captain Carter and Storm Join Forces With Kahhori and Byrdie Against Threat To Multiverse
The exclusive clip released shows Storm team with Captain Carter played by Hayley Atwell joining forces with Kahhori voiced by Devery Jacobs. Byrdie who is new to MCU voiced by Natasha Lyonne also join Storm in the new episode. Captain Carter and Storm have a meeting over a grave situation with "broken pieces of the fifth dimension" impacting the universe similar to what happened previously with Infinity Ultron’s assault . Storm shares with her team of warriors that this is a situation akin to “Infinity Ultron blasting through the observational plane.”
'What If...?' Season 3 Teases Final Episodes With The Watcher’s Disappearance
What If...? has been leading to this critical point throughout the whole season where The Watcher played by Jeffrey Wright now vanishes. Uatu the Watcher's actions resulted in several Watchers becoming observers as he attempted to save Riri Williams voiced by Dominique Thorne causing an intense interdimensional ripple. the new episode is appropriately named “What If... the Watcher Disappeared?” as he is missing. Storm Captain Carter Kahhori and Byrdie now have to rescue him before larger multiversal events spiral out of control as show series wraps its creative storytelling by Disney+.
Marvel TV boss Brad Winderbaum stated to EW the final season would be bittersweet offering beautiful culmination to The Watcher story. The season comes to a conclusion in series finale on December 29 providing new context to all previous actions and plot lines of prior episodes from this season. The season began new episodes airing daily as season progressed.
'What If...?' Season 3 Episode 7 Explores Aftermath of The Watcher's Transgressions Leading to Team-Up with New Heros
What If...? Season 3 Episode 7 opens following the events of Season 3 Episode 6 when The Eminence Incarnate and Executioner challenge The Watcher’s violations regarding interdimensional interference. Captain Carter and Kahhori return to the show at start fighting a tentacle monster that has defeated the Nova Corps showing the impact across the multiverse from previous events in the series . Nebula played by Karen Gillan arrives when one of the fighter dies ordering Groot and Korg played by Taika Waititi to evacuate the area due to broken communication lines across city only to be shocked that ship suddenly enters landing dock . The appearance of the familiar ship reveals the arrival of Captain Peggy Carter bringing back hope.
Captain Carter contacts a group including Byrdie Kahhori and Storm after she identifies " Hydra champion ” making a funny moment which displays the great team dynamic. Nebula reluctantly joins the team while interdimensional forces threaten her reality. The team composed of Storm Peggy Kahhori and Byrdie are introduced when Captain Carter requests that they join her with a plan to address the looming multiversal threats . They successfully subdue the tentacle monster prompting crystal rain with a familiar substance across city . These are later identified to be shards from the observational plane.
'What If...?' Season 3 Episode 7 Features Multiverse Narrative With The Eminence's Ideological Counterpoint To The Watcher's Observer Role
The typical Watcher monologue shifts to the Eminence explaining their contrasting viewpoints. The Eminence states every choice made leads to significant consequences that affect reality rather than possibilities showcasing his ideology that is in conflict with the Watcher's own. He says its his role to guarantee no interference which results in confrontation to those who do such as Captain Carter and even his own fellow Watchers. Eminence accuses the Watcher of recruiting Captain Carter to meddle with the Multiverse. The Eminence is upset with Watcher's actions saying Peggy now has the potential to come knocking at their doorstep however the Watcher is not concerned because of interdimensional oaths between parties which is often used as an underlying plot device. The Eminence then declares his team to stop Peggy in defense of order.
Interdimensional Travel: Heroic Team's Exploration Into Fifth Dimension To Save Watcher with Added Twists
Byrdie and Kahhori hilariously play a game of foosball while Storm and Peggy research the newly acquired crystal shards from the Fifth Dimension after identifying them as same substance Ultron previously used. The two discover the crystals being from The Observational Plane meaning something serious happening to Watcher . Peggy and her allies must now investigate this issue in the Fifth Dimension after upgrading their ship and this new method leads to interesting turns within the plot. Byrde makes a solo test trip when their pod explodes losing one of three collected shards. The attempt using Thor's Mjolnir and asgardian influence failed and a subsequent explosion resulted in losing the second shard. Kahhori then suggests consulting Infinity Ultron.
Kahhori proposes using Infinity Ultron as the best solution because he also went into the fifth dimension and they would force him to open a doorway. Storm also has TVA reset charges in their pocket if anything happens during this endeavor adding layers to narrative and heightening stakes. Storm and Peggy then talk with each other as Peggy feels worried over potential loss after experiencing loss during other timeline events within MCU shows. Storm assures her that they are "warriors who do what we do not because it’s easy, but because someone has to" which then implies the singular “someone” versus the plural someone.
Team Recruit Infinity Ultron For Aid Before Unforeseen Twist And Shocking Discoveries in Interdimensional Travel
Peggy discovers Infinity Ultron in another world still devastated and surveying his destruction. Byrdie speaks with her parents Howard and Darcy showing personal character growth for Byrdie before her solo journey . When Ultron is initially confused to see Peggy he explains the Eminence captured her. The group realizes this as they also confirm the fact that the Watchers exist outside of Uatu creating new threats to the show. Ultron then states he has been changed. Ultron no longer sees peace within emptiness of space and seeks to engage in a conflict rather than stand still which is also another theme within the show.
Ultron agrees to help absorb last shard so they can gain powers needed to travel to the fifth dimension. This creates team up with one of their past foes. They now try and save Peggy and The Watcher . The first seven episodes of What If...? Season 3 can now be viewed on Disney+ while the final show can be viewed on Dec 29 . What If series of Marvel comics explores alternate versions of timelines based on familiar events.