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Another strong episode here, maybe they're back on track? I hope so. I hope it's not gonna be like a tag-team thing of two bad episodes, followed by two good episodes, then followed by two bad episodes and so on.

Either way, this is a pretty good episode really. We get more of Captain Carter, we get more of Black Widow, we even get kind of a mirror of the scene from The Winter Soldier of Natasha picking up Steve from his run in the black car, except this time it's Captain Carter picking up Natasha from her run.

Anyway, Captain Carter vs Hydra Stomper + Natasha vs half a dozen widows + a Fallout-looking "American town" + a teaser for future episodes = a pretty solid episode.

Captain Carter was part of the Avengers in the Battle of New York.

Bucky Barnes is the American Secretary of State but he finds himself in danger.

What if Steve Rogers had not died. That he was alive and became a Hydra stomper after getting brainwashed.

Bucky tries to get through Steve, knowing Steve would do the same if the positions were reversed.

Captain Carter and the Black Widow try to somehow salvage the old Steve in a safe house in St Kilda in Scotland. His suit is keeping Steve alive who has barely aged over the years.

Eventually both women discover that this was all a ploy by Melina Vostokoff. She arrives with her Red Room academy. Melina's beef is with Captain Carter and the Black Widow.

This is very much an alternate take on Captain America: The Winter Soldier as well as the Black Widow movie. It is good to see both women uniting and it seems there is more to come from Captain Carter.

So, I loved the first season! There were maybe 2 or 3 episodes that I didn't really enjoy, but the rest were fairly good! So when the second season came out, each episode was okay. It wasn't embracing the concept, and was really rushing it. Episode 4 with Iron Man was pretty good, but could've used more emotional moments.

This episode was AWESOME! The first act was meh, but towards the middle things got so good! It just got better and better! Now this is on the level of the Ultron and Murder Mystery episode for me!

I know there is probably a lot of opposition towards this opinion. It could be I'm just happy seeing a marvel episode that I'd like to rewatch, but everything was heightened in this one. The action was amazing to look at, animation was improved, the episode left parts for Peggy and Widow's relationship. I also felt the stakes.

But I'm still waiting for this season to embrace the dark side of the multiverse. Kill some characters off, take risks. That's what I loved about the first season. Everything was so crazy and unexpected, you didn't know who would survive (Zombies episode).

But I hope this show keeps this up!

Here's a second "What If" where there isn't really a "What If" about it. This is a continuation of the first seasons overarching plot - where the Guardians of the Multiverse defeated Ultra-Vision.

Have been sent home by The Watcher (Jeffrey Wright) Peggy 'Captain' Carter (Haley Atwell) leads SHIELD for decades. SHIELD HQ is attacked by the Hydra Stomper, which has kept Steve Rogers (Josh Keaton) alive and barely aged. They repel the assault and Black Widow (Lake Bell) confesses that she knew of rumours about the continued existence of the Hydra Stomper, though didn't want to unnecceasily hurt Peggy by mentioning them. They travel to Russia, to locate the notorious Red Room, where the Widow program conduction their training and where the programming of Steve Rogers has taken place.

So this is a cool mix of the stories from "Winter's Solider" and "Black Widow", with a return to the MCU for Rachel Weisz as Melina as some nice alternate world lore for this one - about who is present for the Battle of New York and what happens to Bucky Barnes. I would say again it's not really a "What If" - it is, by the shows open admission and unlikely sequel to an earlier story. It does though pave the way for what I assume is going to become the returning story for this season, as it ends with Peggy being pulled into the past and it would be an unusual resolution if it's not going to be picked up on again.

As ever, it looks great, the vocal performances - even those from the non MCU versions are pretty good. Lake Bell is doing a bit of a Scarlett Johansson impression, though I don't feel Josh Keaton is really that close to Chris Evans.

It's another good fun story that hopefully is part of the wider series again, but I guess we'll see.

This episode summed up what people don't like about the MCU now. It's not about showing us what if. It's about showing us all that women are heroes. That's all well and good if it serves the story. This unfortunately doesn't. It starts with them rewriting the battle for New York where 2 women save the day and it just gets worse. All this does is strengthen the opinion that marvel and Disney have gone to far with the MsheU stuff. I'm not sure why the writers that Disney employs feel the need to elevate female characters by dumbing down or just straight up disrespecting the male characters they have built up. It's so poor and I'm afraid just the beginning of the end for marvel.