‘What If…?’ Is Trying to Repair the Crappier Parts of the MCU

“Should have aimed for the– Wait, no, you got me good.”

In many ways, the first season of What If…? has endeavored to rehabilitate some of the arguably weaker facets of the MCU that need servicing; Agent Peggy Carter, whose show was unceremoniously canceled, was turned into a full-fledged superhero. Betty Ross, a remnant from generally-derided The Incredible Hulk, reappeared for the first time in over a decade. And even Doctor Strange’s romance with Christine Palmer, a person who he supposedly loves dearly yet has never bothered to mention once since the year 2016, became the focus of an entire episode. If this trend continues, What If…? could become a kind of narrative fix-it shop for those pieces of the MCU that have been left in disarray. Maybe in the future, we’ll get a whole What If…? episode about how Peter Parker eats a sketchy burrito and fever-dreamed the entirety of Iron Fist.

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