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December 29, 2024 37 mins
A return to form for the season as John and Derek chat about What If 305 What If The Emergence Destroyed The Earth? A dark episode with a hopeful end. What If 305 What if The Emergence Destroyed The Earth? Synopsis Executive Produced by: Matthew Chauncey, Bryan Andrews and Brad Winderbaum with Kevin Fiege. Head Writer: Matthew Chauncey Story by : Bryan Andrews, Matthew Chauncey, and Ryan Little Teleplay by : Matthew Chauncey and Ryan Little Episode Directed By: Stephan Franck After the Earth was split apart by the Emergence, Quentin Beck overtook Stark Industries, creating an army of drones called the Iron Federation to subjugate the survivors.  In the present, Riri Williams is recruited by Wong, Okoye, Valkyrie, and Ying Nan to join their "Alliance". After defeating Beck's lieutenant Vision, Williams uses his components to become a human-synthezoid hybrid.  While the Alliance holds off the Federation, she infiltrates Beck's base to destroy the nanites powering his illusion. However, her suit fails and she loses the ability to see through Beck's illusions and is lured into a prison cell, where Beck explains that he uploaded the nanites into himself, meaning he can control illusions with his mind.  But the nanites are killing him, so he intends to merge with Vision to live longer. Williams breaks free, only to learn that her comrades are dead and everything since Vision's defeat has been an illusion.  The Watcher intervenes by encouraging Williams to fight back, so she siphons the nanites off Beck's body, killing him and destroying the Federation. Williams then projects the Avengers logo into the sky to give the survivors hope.  Elsewhere, three other Watchers are displeased by the Watcher's continued interference. Marvel's What If...? 305 Cast Dominique Thorne as Riri Williams / Ironheart Alejandro Saab as Quentin Beck / Mysterio Emily VanCamp as Sharon Carter / Power Broker Kenna Ramsey as Okoye David Chen as Wong Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie Michelle Wong as Ying Nan Jason Isaacs as the Eminence D. C. Douglas as the Incarnate Darin De Paul as the Executioner A Return to Defending As we are returning to the Marvel TV universe we are using the format of our former Marvel podcast, Defenders TV Podcast. We discuss: - What if we had a Top 3 points about the episode. What have we seen before, What's the change, what does this mean for this episodes universe - Whether we each Defend the episode or not - Notes, Quotes and comic references Feedback for What If? Once you've watched the episodes you can email us to feedback@tvpodcastindustries.com, you can message us @TVPodIndustries on Threads or Bluesky or join our Facebook group at https://facebook.com/groups/tvpodcastindustries and share your thoughts in our spoiler posts for each episode. Follow us and Subscribe to the Podcast If you want to keep up with us and all of our podcasts, please subscribe to the podcast over at https://tvpodcastindustries.com. Where we will continue to podcast about multiple TV shows we hope you'll love. Next time on TV Podcast Industries Thanks for joining us for our What If? season 3 episode 5 podcast and we hope you'll join us for our podcasts for the rest of the final season of What If? Make sure to check out our full feed at https://tvpodcastindustries.com Until then, Keep Watching, Keep Listening and Keep Defending. Derek, Chris and John TV Podcast Industries All images and audio clips are copyright of Disney, Marvel and their respective copyright owners.
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