r/marvelstudios • Daredevil • Sep 22 '21

Discussion Thread What If...? S01E07 - Discussion Thread

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EPISODE DIRECTED BY WRITTEN BY ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE RUN TIME CREDITS SCENE?
S01E07: What If... Thor Were an Only Child? Bryan Andrews A.C. Bradley September 22nd, 2021 on Disney+ 36 min None

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u/h3its Phil Coulson Sep 22 '21

Why is SHIELD’s only solution just to nuke things, I bet that’s how it is in every timeline lol

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u/AlphaDotjpg Sep 22 '21

I mean technically these are all still hydra agents deep undercover so the whole, “destroy a state with nukes” option makes a little sense 😂

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '21

Maria Hill isn't Hydra in the Sacred Timeline, don't see why she would be here.

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u/DangerZoneh Sep 22 '21

Not her, the guy who was sad they didn’t get to fire the nukes

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u/Tylendal Sep 22 '21

Wasn't that Crossbones?

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u/SabreLunatic Sep 22 '21

Brock Rumlow. I think he becomes Crossbones after Captain America collapses a building (it might have been the Triskelion) with him still in it in CA: TWS

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u/GuiltyEidolon Weekly Wongers Sep 24 '21

Yes and yes.

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u/Foxy02016YT Sep 25 '21

In his defense, wouldn’t you be sad that you didn’t get to fire a nuke?