What If... The World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes?

This was, by far, the most interesting "What if..?" episode. It gets to the point right from the beginning and keeps you engaged all the way to the end. The pacing is perfect! It's fast-paced and yet it did not feel rushed at all! It's quite suspenseful and adheres to the classic murder-mystery genre involving the OG avengers.

Unlike the first 2 episodes, the humour in this one was actually improved. The comic bits are really funny and it is quite evident that these bits have been basically used to cut the tension and dail down the dark tone of the episode. Hence, it sort of felt like a dark-comedy.

The only issue i found with this episode is that it becomes slightly predictable after a point. However, there are other minor plot twists that pop up after the "big reveal", which kind of negate the overall predictability of the episode.

This was a risky episode with so many things that could have gone wrong but it deviated from that landmine and delivered a total blast! Brilliantly executed and something different from MCU!

Some moments seemed a little off and some things were really strange, but it was still very fun. I like the inclusion of several characters in the final scenes! I love who it was that was actually killing the Avengers.

This episode is really grim and has a nice whodunnit energy to it. The dialogue however needs a little work. A bit too over indulgent at times.

The story was great. Included facets of the MCU we haven't seen in a long time, brang in comic elements, and didn't just have me saying "Okay so if this happened, this would have happened." It just told a story, that was a "what if," but the way it was told, chronologically brought a lot more intrigue and suspense to the table, compared to setting it up like a regular MCU movie. Only 9 stars because the animation wasn't as great as is was in episode 1. But it was pretty fantastic. This show keeps using animation to its advantage, and seems like it won't stop. Animation takes a long time, but you sure can do a lot more with it than in a regular MCU project.

What I liked in this episode is that they've shown us so many references from the entire MCU within a very short time. They've recreated the moments from Iron Man 2, Thor, The Incredible Hulk & Avengers with some twists. And that's the reason this episode deserved more runtime.

It suffered with the same problem that episode 1 did. In episode 1, it was not much necessary. But, for this episode it was mandatory as there are so many stories in this one episode. They've showed us all of these within just 27 mins. If the runtime was more, then it would've been awesome.

But, overall I loved it.

Available on Disney+ Hotstar.

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