"What If... The Emergence Destroyed the Earth?" is the fifth episode of the third and final season of What If...?.
Plot[]
Riri Williams embarks on a deadly mission to take down the authoritarian Quentin Beck.
Cast[]
- Jeffrey Wright as The Watcher
- Dominique Thorne as Riri Williams/Ironheart
- Alejandro Saab as Quentin Beck/Mysterio
- Emily VanCamp as Sharon Carter/Power Broker
- Tessa Thompson as Brunnhilde/Valkyrie
- Michelle Wong as Ying Nan
- DC Douglas as The Incarnate
- Darin De Paul as The Executioner
- Kenna Ramsey as Okoye
- David Chen as Wong and Additional Voices
- Jason Isaacs as The Eminence
- Terri Douglas as Additional Voices
- Matt Yang King as Additional Voices
- Andrew Morgado as Additional Voices
- Kari Wahlgren as Additional Voices
- Debra Wilson as Additional Voices
- Shelby Young as Additional Voices
Non-Speaking Roles[]
The Watcher's Narrations[]
- "Let's begin near the end. The final act of a tragic story. When you've seen as I have, you get used to it. The hard part is watching worlds fall that don't need to because a hero can no longer rise to meet their moment. But I swore an oath. And so, I watch. In every variation of this universe, Riri Williams is its last best hope. But in every one I've watched, no matter how hard she fights, and how long she struggles, she always fails. Always. Welcome to Earth. What's left of it anyway."
- "The end of the world began with a birth of the Celestial that had been gestating deep beneath the surface. In this universe, the Emergence occurred years before the Eternals could stop it. But one man saw the chaos as an opportunity. The brilliant but ego-maniacal engineer, Quentin Beck, who took over Stark Industries. What followed was a long and protracted war between an alliance of resistance fighters and Beck's Iron Federation. And with victory within his grasp, Beck was determined to ensure the Alliance took its last breath before he did."
- "She's lost so much. Friends, family, the world she once knew. She's clung to this fight to sustain her. But in the end, it will be the fight that kills her. As it always does."
- "Ah. Here we go again. Riri Williams always thinks she can build her way out of her problems. And with this latest invention, you wouldn't blame her for believing she can. More than a suit of armor, it's a fusion of human and machine, elevating her to new levels of consciousness no living person has ever known. But even with the powers of the Vision flowing through her, she still can't see... that this is how it ends for her. Always."
- "This is it. The moment where it always ends. Her spirit is exhausted. She's seen too much, lost too much. Her will to fight is all Riri Williams felt she had left in this world, and now she's lost that, too. Finally, at the end, without any hope left, I just... I don't know if I can bear to watch it one more time. No. Fight. Riri. Fight. Fight back."
Continuity and References to the Marvel Cinematic Universe[]
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Videos[]
What If...? Season 3 - The Vision Attacks - Disney+-2