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"**What If... the Watcher Disappeared?**"
"What If... the Watcher Disappeared?"
What If...? episode
Episode no.	Season 3; Episode 7
Directed by	Stephan Franck
Story by	Bryan Andrews; Matthew Chauncey; Ryan Little;
Teleplay by	Matthew Chauncey; Ryan Little;
Editing by	Anton Capaldo-Smith
Original release date	December 24, 2024
Running time	32 minutes
Cast
	TBD;
Episode chronology
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"What If... the Watcher Disappeared?" is the seventh episode of the third season and 25th episode overall of the American animated television series What If...?, based on the Marvel Comics series of the same name. The episode follows Peggy Carter and her new team of Guardians of the Multiverse as they attempt to rescue the Watcher, who is standing trial for his continuous interventions. The episode was written by Bryan Andrews, Matthew Chauncey and Ryan Little and directed by Stephan Franck.

Jeffrey Wright narrates the series as the Watcher, with this episode also starring the voices of TBD.

"What If... the Watcher Disappeared?" was released on Disney+ on December 28, 2024.

Plot

In the Fifth Dimension, the Watcher stands trial before the other three Watchers, the Eminence, the Incarnate, and the Executioner, while Captain Peggy Carter leads a team consisting of Kahhori, a grown-up Byrdie, and a Mjolnir-wielding Storm in stopping multiversal incursions.

After preventing an inter-dimensional universe-eater^[a] from attacking Earth-625,^[b] Carter and her team notice three shards from the Watcher's observatory and resolve to help him.

After their first attempts to synthesize the shards fail and cost them two, the group consider requesting help from a variant of Infinity Ultron, agreeing to use Time Variance Authority (TVA) equipment to prune him should he go rogue. After a heart-to-heart with Storm, Carter resolves to meet with Infinity Ultron alone, only to be captured by the Eminence.

Noticing Carter went missing, Kahhori, Byrdie, and Storm confront Ultron, who reveals that he has realized there is no peace without life and concludes that he made a mistake in extinguishing all life in his universe.^[c] Though it is too late for redemption, he is willing to atone for his actions and absorbs the shard before agreeing to take them to rescue Carter and the Watcher.

Production

Development

TBD

Casting

Jeffrey Wright narrates the episode as the Watcher,^[1] with Marvel planning to have other characters in the series voiced by the actors who portrayed them in the MCU films.^[2]^[3] The episodes stars TBD

Animation

Reception

Notes

^ Previously seen in "What If... Captain Carter Were the First Avenger?".
^ The universe of the season 2 episode "What If... Nebula Joined the Nova Corps?"
^ as depicted in "What If... Ultron Won?".

References

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External links

"What If... the Watcher Disappeared?" at IMDb

[1] Previously seen in "What If... Captain Carter Were the First Avenger?".

[2] The universe of the season 2 episode "What If... Nebula Joined the Nova Corps?"

[3] s depicted in "What If... Ultron Won?".

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