WHAT IF...?: SEASON THREE
Starring: Jeffrey Wright
AMARÚ
What If…?: Season Three had me in the first half, not gonna lie. They chose silliness up front because they knew the heavy was coming in the latter half. It doesn’t reach “Supreme Strange” levels, but the last four episodes do make up for a downright boring and uneventful start. As a whole, I enjoyed six of the eight final episodes to varying degrees, with the final four being solid stories, both as one-offs and connective tissue. Overall, I leave the series with one prevailing thought: 2016's Agent Carter was given the biggest shaft and Hayley Atwell deserved better.
QUENTIN
Marvel’s What If…? has always felt like a series that lacked enthusiasm from its creators — something they were forced to do rather than something they were genuinely interested in doing. I mean, the premise is rich with amazing opportunity, yet the writers almost always pick the most uninteresting branch realities to explore. Season Three is the worst transgressor of this crime as it dives into randomness like Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn) and Kingo (Kumail Nanjiani) in Hollywood, and Howard the Duck (Seth Green) marrying Darcy Lewis (Kat Dennings). Honestly, it was a struggle to watch. After three seasons of diminishing returns, I’m not sad it’s ending.
