What If…?
Summary
Marvel’sWhat If … ?season 2 is lay out to bethe last MCU release of 2023 , and the serial ' later trailer reveals that the show is taking steps to come up to a common charge about the franchise . Throughout its 15 - years - and - counting run , theMCUhas incur unparalleled success in keep a dead on target share macrocosm in which characters and consequence create meaningful ripples across the big and small screens . However , Marvel Studios has obtain fair unfavorable judgment in the time sinceAvengers : Endgamefor introducing too many plot threads , characters , and twist and fail to follow up on them in a timely manner - or at all .
What If … ?season 2 is set to premier on December 22and air one sequence per day for eight more twenty-four hours after , and a few brief trailer have tease the multiversal variants and storylines that will be featured . The latest preview contains many ready jibe of novel and returning fictional character , but one moment in peculiar reveals that the show will be fall out up on a big MCU twirl much sooner than most were expecting . Time will tell apart if the MCU ’s other dangle plot threads will also Logos be treat , but for now , What If … ?is show a step in the right centering .
What If … ? season 2 premieres on December 22 , 2023 , on Disney+ , bring raw and return part actor to the revivify worlds of the MCU ’s Phase 5 .
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At the final stage ofLokiseason 2 , the titular god bosom a fresh destiny . Sacrificing his friendship and freedom , Loki gathers all the dying offset of the multiverse after the demolition of the Temporal Loom and holds them together . The result , which forms the flesh of Yggdrasil from Norse mythology , allows the multiverse to lastly branch without limitation after He Who Remains keep it lop for an undiscernible amount of prison term . In theory , this would have big consequences for the integral MCU , but the enfranchisement ’s recent history of depart jell - ups dangle meant there was no guarantee . Fortunately , What If … ?is following up almost right away .
In the newest trailer forWhat If … ?season 2 , one clip shows The Watcher observing Loki ’s timeline Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree from afar ( which is , for reasons nameless , decorated with Christmas decoration ) . By the timeWhat If … ?season 2 premiere , TheLokiseason 2 finale will only be about a month and a half old , showing an almost unprecedented small break between major terminate set - up and payoff elsewhere in the franchise . It ’s unnamed if Loki himself will appear , but it ’s vindicated that the MCU is attached to his new part having impact across the cinematic universe .
MCU Phase 4 and 5 Set-Ups We’re Still Waiting To See Addressed
While Loki ’s multiverse tree diagram is getting an prompt follow - up , there are still several character and plot threads that have been left swing for too long in the MCU Phase 4 and 5.WandaVision , She - Hulk , andEternalsall lay up Modern characters to be players in the MCU ( White Vision , Skaar , and Eros , severally ) . Moreover , Eternals ' elephantine Celestial is still sticking out of the planet , but it ’s only been shortly advert once . Sharon Carter was revealed to be the Power Broker , but it ’s unclear if it ’ll matter moving forward . Shang - Chi ’s ending tease a young Ten Rings organization and a mysterious origin for the ring themselves .
While some of these may be lost in the shuffling as Marvel Studios refocus its content , others will presumptively roleplay out in next sequels or spin - offs . However , even if so , the long time gap between bent - ups and payoffs makes it difficult to get too excited about new teases . What If … ?following up so quickly onLoki ’s new status quo is anticipate , though , and is hopefully a sign of more solid connective tissue paper to total .
