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The Best Episodes of What If...?

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Best episode
S1E4 What If... Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands?
8.923,841 votes
Worst episode
S3E2 What If... Agatha Went to Hollywood?
5.55,333 votes
Top season
Season 1
7.7avg
Binge time
14h 25m
26 episodes
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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    What If...? Season 1 Episode 4 - What If... Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands?
    8.9/10(23841 votes)

    S1:E4

    A grief-stricken Doctor Strange uses the Eye of Agamotto in a dangerous effort to change the past.

    Director:Bryan Andrews
    Writer:A.C. Bradley

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  2. What If...? Season 1 Episode 8 - What If... Ultron Won?
    8.9/10(18553 votes)

    S1:E8

    Natasha Romanoff and Clint Barton seek to destroy killer-robot Ultron following a cataclysmic event.

    Director:Bryan Andrews
    Writer:Matthew Chauncey

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  3. What If...? Season 1 Episode 9 - What If... The Watcher Broke His Oath?
    8.4/10(14522 votes)

    S1:E9

    The Watcher breaks his oath and recruits heroes from across the multiverse to battle against Ultron.

    Director:Bryan Andrews
    Writer:A.C. Bradley

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  4. What If...? Season 1 Episode 3 - What If... The World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes?
    7.8/10(18399 votes)

    S1:E3

    Nick Fury struggles to launch The Avengers when candidates are targeted by a serial killer.

    Director:Bryan Andrews
    Writers:A.C. Bradley, Matthew Chauncey

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  5. What If...? Season 1 Episode 2 - What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord?
    7.7/10(20650 votes)

    S1:E2

    The rough-and-tumble space pirates known as the Ravagers abduct T’Challa instead of Peter Quill.

    Director:Bryan Andrews
    Writer:Matthew Chauncey

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  6. What If...? Season 1 Episode 5 - What If... Zombies!?
    7.7/10(18033 votes)

    S1:E5

    When The Avengers are infected by a zombie plague, surviving heroes search for a cure.

    Director:Bryan Andrews
    Writer:Matthew Chauncey

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  7. What If...? Season 2 Episode 7 - What If... Hela Found the Ten Rings?
    7.7/10(6846 votes)

    S2:E7

    Hela—stripped of her powers and banished to Earth—comes across a new source of power: the Ten Rings.

    Director:Bryan Andrews
    Writer:Matthew Chauncey

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  8. What If...? Season 2 Episode 8 - What If... The Avengers Assembled in 1602?
    7.7/10(6284 votes)

    S2:E8

    Captain Carter tries to undo the anomaly that strands familiar heroes and villains in the year 1602.

    Director:Bryan Andrews
    Writers:A.C. Bradley, Ryan Little

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  9. What If...? Season 2 Episode 6 - What If... Kahhori Reshaped the World?
    7.4/10(7655 votes)

    S2:E6

    A Mohawk woman ventures into the waters of the Forbidden Lake to help save her people.

    Director:Bryan Andrews
    Writer:Ryan Little

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  10. What If...? Season 2 Episode 9 - What If... Strange Supreme Intervened?
    7.3/10(6605 votes)

    S2:E9

    Captain Carter discovers the greatest threat to all existence may be closer than she realizes.

    Director:Bryan Andrews
    Writer:Matthew Chauncey

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  11. What If...? Season 2 Episode 2 - What If... Peter Quill Attacked Earth's Mightiest Heroes?
    7.2/10(7262 votes)

    S2:E2

    When Ego and a young Peter Quill threaten Earth in 1988, Howard Stark and Peggy Carter form a team.

    Director:Bryan Andrews
    Writer:Matthew Chauncey

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  12. What If...? Season 2 Episode 4 - What If... Iron Man Crashed Into the Grandmaster?
    7.1/10(6805 votes)

    S2:E4

    Tony Stark challenges The Grandmaster, leading to a grand prix-turned-demolition-derby death match.

    Director:Bryan Andrews
    Writer:A.C. Bradley

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  13. What If...? Season 2 Episode 5 - What If... Captain Carter Fought the Hydra Stomper?
    7.1/10(6509 votes)

    S2:E5

    Captain Carter's mission to save Steve Rogers sets her on a collision course with new enemies.

    Director:Bryan Andrews
    Writer:A.C. Bradley

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  14. What If...? Season 1 Episode 1 - What If... Captain Carter Were the First Avenger?
    7.0/10(22837 votes)

    S1:E1

    When Steve Rogers is seriously injured, Peggy Carter becomes the world’s first Super Soldier.

    Director:Bryan Andrews
    Writer:A.C. Bradley

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  15. What If...? Season 2 Episode 1 - What If... Nebula Joined the Nova Corps?
    6.9/10(7691 votes)

    S2:E1

    When Nebula is recruited to join the Nova Corps, she sets out to prove her detective skills.

    Director:Stephan Franck
    Writer:Matthew Chauncey

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  16. What If...? Season 3 Episode 7 - What If... The Watcher Disappeared? (1)
    6.6/10(4047 votes)

    S3:E7

    The Watcher must stand trial for his many interventions.

    Director:Stephan Franck
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. What If...? Season 3 Episode 3 - What If... The Red Guardian Stopped the Winter Soldier?
    6.6/10(4761 votes)

    S3:E3

    It is 1991, and the Red Guardian takes it upon himself to join a high-profile mission and prove himself to his Red Room superiors. When his antics interfere with the Winter Soldier's own mission to kill Howard Stark, the two Soviet supersoldiers must form an alliance to escape the United States.

    Director:Bryan Andrews
    Writer:A.C. Bradley

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  18. What If...? Season 2 Episode 3 - What If... Happy Hogan Saved Christmas?
    6.6/10(6960 votes)

    S2:E3

    When Avengers Tower is attacked during the holiday party, Happy Hogan must prove his hero chops.

    Director:Bryan Andrews
    Writers:A.C. Bradley, Matthew Chauncey

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  19. What If...? Season 1 Episode 6 - What If... Killmonger Rescued Tony Stark?
    6.6/10(15285 votes)

    S1:E6

    An American soldier called Killmonger rescues Tony Stark when his Humvee is attacked in Afghanistan.

    Director:Bryan Andrews
    Writer:Matthew Chauncey

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  20. What If...? Season 3 Episode 8 - What If... What If? (2)
    6.4/10(4189 votes)

    S3:E8

    The end of the beginning...

    Director:Bryan Andrews
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. What If...? Season 1 Episode 7 - What If... Thor Were an Only Child?
    6.4/10(15806 votes)

    S1:E7

    Thor, who never learned to be a good hero, throws an out-of-control intergalactic party on Earth.

    Director:Bryan Andrews
    Writer:A.C. Bradley

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  22. What If...? Season 3 Episode 6 - What If... 1872?
    6.2/10(3950 votes)

    S3:E6

    In a universe where the heroes of the MCU live in the Old West, Shang-Chi and his pistol-packing partner, Kate Bishop, traverse the frontier, saving the innocent from the evils of The Hood.

    Directors:Bryan Andrews, Stephan Franck
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. What If...? Season 3 Episode 5 - What If... The Emergence Destroyed the Earth?
    6.2/10(4293 votes)

    S3:E5

    In a Universe where The Eternals never stopped The Emergence, the birth of an incubating Celestial shatters the Earth. Civilization endures on the rocky remnants of our planet, where Quentin Beck leads an authoritarian regime until freedom fighters recruit Riri Williams on a deadly mission to take him down.

    Director:Stephan Franck
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. What If...? Season 3 Episode 4 - What If... Howard the Duck Got Hitched?
    5.7/10(4745 votes)

    S3:E4

    Howard the Duck and Darcy Lewis find themselves on an intergalactic pleasure cruise. When dangerous factions from across the galaxy descend to threaten their trip, they must discover their own cosmic powers to withstand the onslaught.

    Director:Stephan Franck
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. What If...? Season 3 Episode 1 - What If... The Hulk Fought the Mech Avengers?
    5.6/10(5572 votes)

    S3:E1

    Captain America/Sam Wilson must suit up in a colossal mech suit to battle Bruce Banner after an attempt to cure himself of the Hulk goes horribly wrong. Bucky Barnes, Monica Rambeau, Moon Knight, and others must join Sam as his new team of Mech Avengers.

    Director:Stephan Franck
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"What If... Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands?" is the best rated episode of What If...?. It scored 8.9/10 from 23,841 votes. Directed by Bryan Andrews and written by A.C. Bradley, it aired on September 1, 2021.

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