What If...? (2021) s03e08 Episode Script

1
[chorus vocalizing]
So this is
[The Eminence] Everything.
It's just so much.
How can anyone ever be
expected to take it all in?
Well, not everyone can. But
you are not just anyone.
You are a disciple of the
Order of the Watchers.
Of me.
It's natural to fear a
new beginning, my friend.
We're asked to
sacrifice so much.
Our wills, our wants, even our own
names for the powers we are given.
But of everyone I have ever trained,
I have never been more certain
of a disciple's
devotion to our mission.
Me? Why?
Well, because I know you
do not fear sacrifice.
But what if you're
wrong about me?
[chuckles] Well"What if"
is an irrelevant question.
Or have you not
studied our ways?
- I have.
- And you understand
that to preserve the natural order, you
must only observe the natural order.
Yes, of course.
And are you prepared
to relinquish everything
in your life to do so?
"To watch over everyone,
I must become no one."
Then you are ready, as I've
always known you would be.
[sighs]
I guess I should probably
take that oath then.
You just did.
So, rise. A Watcher.
[exhilarating
instrumental music playing]
- Now you can see
- Everything.
It's beautiful.
[The Eminence] No, it just is.
You are a Watcher now.
You make no judgments.
Only observations.
Then what is the point
of just watching?
[chuckling] Well, only with time
can a Watcher begin to
understand that for themselves.
If I am certain of one thing,
it is that your conclusion
will not disappoint.
Thank you.
I will never fail you.
You failed me!
[foreboding music plays]
You came to us all those
eons ago a believer.
But you return a heretic.
You have broken
your sacred oath.
And now you must answer for
your crimes against our Order.
Crimes? Everything I've ever
done has been to help people.
To save a Multiverse whose
sanctity I vowed to preserve.
You exposed our secrets
to mortal beings.
I shared them with heroes.
Is that what you would
call Stephen Strange?
The sorcerer who destroyed
his entire universe,
and then used the knowledge you gave him
to birth an entirely new one all his own.
He sacrificed his own soul to
resurrect the home he destroyed.
It is unnatural.
It is a miracle that continues
to birth new branches of reality
for us to watch over.
Surely you can see,
for a garden to thrive,
it must be cultivated
so its trees grow higher,
its flowers bloom brighter,
and and pests that
threaten to destroy it all
are weeded out.
It is a convenient argument,
but one that does not explain
your intervention to
save Riri Williams.
That was one time
out of trillions.
Or Kwai Jun-Fan.
Reed Richards, Nick Fury,
some girl named Madisynn
with two Ns and one Y.
Well
The list goes on.
But of all your pet causes, none
has proven more dangerous
than her.
Peggy, what the hell
are you doing here?
- Uh, rescuing you?
- [grunts]
So you see, your heresy
now threatens us as well.
[The Executioner] You really
think it worth it, Watcher?
Jeopardizing the Fifth Dimension
for these insignificant beings
whose lives in the grand scheme
of the Multiverse matter not.
But they matter, to me.
[The Eminence] And
therein lies your failure.
Nothing can matter to a Watcher.
For a Watcher is no one.
Do not listen to them.
No one is no one.
You showed me that.
I would not expect a
heretic to understand.
Which is why you must die.
- Wait, what?
- Please. This is not our way.
It wasn't. But now we
must break our oaths
to restore what you
have desecrated.
Of all your betrayals, that is
the one that hurts the most.
[music crescendoes]
[crackling]
- [gasps] No, no, it's
- Ultron? You're alive!
[energy whooshes]
What? He's with you?
Congratulations. Now you know
what a surprise feels like.
What?
I'll cover you. Get to the ship.
- What ship?
- [engine rumbles]
[rumbling]
- That ship!
- Come on, let's go.
Ultron! We can't leave
you. Come with us.
This is what I was
programmed for. Go!
Go, I'll cover you.
[Infinity Ultron grunting]
- Byrdie, go!
- Let's fly.
[whooshes]
Appreciate the rescue.
You said you're not in the
business of losing friends.
Nor are we.
[speaks Mohawk, then English]
Maybe next time, though,
tell us before you run off
to a higher plane of
existence. [speaks Mohawk]
- Hey, big guy. Where to, huh?
- There is no "where" to go.
Ultron will not be able to
hold off The Eminence for long.
[dramatic music playing]
We cannot run from
them. We cannot hide.
If we can't hide in the Multiverse,
maybe we can lose 'em in between it.
You're taking us inside the
seams of the Multiverse?
Ultron 2.0 taught this ship a few
dance steps ain't nobody seen.
- Theoretically, it should be possible.
- [all] Theoretically?
Hold on to your butts.
You do not understand.
Their powers are beyond
anything you've ever faced.
They've seen every
moment of your life.
They've seen every
variation of every moment.
But nothing is impossible
in the Multiverse.
We've proven that
time and again.
There must be a way.
[Infinity Ultron screaming]
If The Watchers' powers are too great,
then somehow, we need to strip them of it.
Yes, and I might
just know a place.
The universe created
by Stephen Strange.
Strange shapes reality
in that universe.
What if, in there, he can shape
it to restrict their powers?
- I thought he sacrificed himself.
- [The Watcher] He did.
And now his soul courses through
every atom in that world.
There's a shot he may still
be perceptive enough to help.
Genius. Setting course now.
[Infinity Ultron screaming]
[energy crackling]
Too late.
No more running.
[crashing]
[suspenseful music playing]
Aw, man, my ship.
This doesn't look like
Strange's universe.
[Byrdie] I'm sorry, team.
Yeah, I think we crashed
a few universes short.
[energy whooshes]
Do it now!
[energy crackling]
Kahhori, open the gate!
[speaking Mohawk]
Onen ki tehotonhokte!
- Your efforts are useless.
- You cannot touch us.
To think, I had never been more certain
of a disciple's devotion to our mission.
You weren't wrong. I just
see the mission differently.
There is no seeing differently.
- For to see from every point of view
- A Watcher must have none of their own.
That's no longer true.
You took an oath.
[energy whooshes]
[dramatic music playing]
[both screaming]
No.
[all yelp, scream]
[crashing]
[all groaning]
[screaming]
[straining] I have an idea,
but you may not like it.
- Hey, I'm all ears, buddy.
- You'll need to take an oath.
Wait. "The oath"?
Your oath?
All right. So, can I see the
fine print before we sign it,
cause [screams]
[all screaming]
We can deal with the consequences
if we survive. Just do it.
Then repeat after me.
I relinquish my life
to stand my watch.
[all] I relinquish my
life to stand my watch.
[straining] Observing the natural
order to preserve the natural order.
[all] Observing the natural order
to preserve the natural order.
[screaming]
Forget it. Just say you accept.
- [Byrdie and Storm] I accept.
- I accept.
[explosion]
[debris clatters]
[suspenseful music playing]
[energy crackling]
[dramatic music playing]
No, it cannot be.
This is sacrilege.
- You share our sacred gifts
- With mortals!
Mortals who do not
fear sacrifice.
Is that not what you saw
in me all those eons ago?
[energy whooshes]
[exhilarating
instrumental music playing]
You were meant to be an observer.
You were meant to be no one.
I am not no one.
I am Uatu.
[breathing heavily]
[grunts]
[energy whooshing]
[explosion]
[all grunting]
[yelps]
[grunts, groans]
- [energy crackling]
- [all grunting]
So, Uatu, eh?
- It's a strong name. It suits you.
- Everyone is someone.
You showed me that.
- [grunts]
- [Uatu groans]
- [grunts]
- [yelps, groans]
[both grunting]
- [panting]
- [grunting]
[both grunting]
[energy crackling, exploding]
- [grimacing]
- [grunts]
- [groaning]
- [grunting]
- [grunting]
- [The Executioner groaning]
[both grunting]
- [energy whooshes]
- Yeah!
Heretic!
[energy whooshing, exploding]
[X-Men: The Animated
Series theme music playing]
- [grunts]
- [groans]
[dramatic music playing]
Mind if I cut in?
[The Executioner grunts]
[grunting] You are not
worthy to stand against me!
- [grunts]
- [Kahhori groans]
No.
Abomination!
- [grunting]
- [energy crackling]
[groans]
Please, I do not
want to fight you!
You understand the
power a choice can have.
You've made yours!
[both grunting]
[yelps, groans]
[both grunting]
[both grunting]
[grunts, groans]
[both grunting]
[explosion]
[groaning softly]
My old friend, you must
stop and see reason.
You betrayed destiny.
All my life, I have summoned
the forces of nature.
But now, I am nature!
- [voice echoing]
- [energy rumbling]
[both gasp]
Please, this does
not need to continue.
Then surrender!
- [grunting]
- [groaning]
[grunts]
[groaning]
[both grunting]
[groaning]
Yield!
[groans, yelps]
[groaning]
Yield!
Never!
You have lost. Yield!
[straining] Never.
[groaning]
Never!
[screaming, groaning]
[groaning]
Never!
Wait.
[panting]
Please.
This is not what you taught me.
[panting]
I did not teach you everything.
Uatu, what are they doing?
[The Eminence] Behold, your end.
[both groaning]
[The Eminence] You
will not just die here.
Every version of yourself will
be erased from every universe.
Along with everything
you've ever done.
No!
[The Eminence] And every
life you've ever touched.
You will have never existed.
[crying] No!
[The Eminence] It's over.
You cannot fight this.
[groaning]
[energy rumbling]
[breathing heavily]
- [screaming]
- [groaning]
[grunts]
[straining]
[groaning]
No!
[grunting]
[gasps]
- [grunting]
- [energy whooshing]
Peggy, what are you doing?
I am not losing
any friends today!
No!
[screaming]
[explosion]
[triumphant instrumental
music playing]
[groaning softly]
You're not
[both groaning]
You're alive.
We're alive.
Wait. Peggy.
- Peggy!
- [The Eminence] She's gone.
Her great sacrifice for nothing.
This is where your story
finally ends, Uatu.
[grunts]
[grunting]
What? Why aren't
my powers working?
[Uatu chuckles]
Because you're in his world now.
Stephen Strange is
[Uatu] A living universe.
And in here, he
has absolute power.
You have none.
How
I don't know
How did I not see this coming?
When you spend so many eons
looking down on everything,
it becomes hard to imagine
something you've never seen before.
And how did you learn?
The people I watched
over showed me.
You can find lessons in every
corner of the Multiverse,
if you open your eyes.
I suppose if you brought me
here, you mean to kill me.
That is not our way.
You still believe that? After
everything I've put you through?
You once told me, "Every Watcher must come
to understand our mission for themselves."
I only hope that I might be able
to share what I have learned.
With me?
You've taught me so much.
I owe it to you to
return the favor.
[panting]
[Storm] Peggy did it.
She got us here.
Of course she did.
It's beautiful, isn't it?
It is a sunrise.
What something is, is not
the same as what it means.
But to understand that, you will
need to do more than simply watch.
You must learn to see.
[pleasant music playing]
Perhaps here, you can begin.
[pleasant music
continues playing]
[Kahhori] The winds blow
the birds sing
the water flows
and our eldest brother,
the sun, rises,
I only wish she could
be here with us.
I miss her.
[Uatu] Perhaps she is.
Someone somewhere
is always watching.
And ever since her sacrifice,
for the first time in all time,
it feels like someone
is watching over me.
[poignant music playing]
[Kahhori] My people
believe that in death,
we move on to an even
greater adventure.
Uatu, do you know if there
truly is a road after this one?
Beyond all we have seen?
[Uatu] With some mysteries,
sometimes the only answer
is another question.
You see
Time.
Space.
Reality.
It's more than a linear path.
It's a prism of
endless possibility,
where a single choice can branch
off into infinite realities,
creating new phenomena beyond
what you could possibly imagine.
I am Uatu.
I see all of these
vast new realities.
Open your eyes,
dare to face the unknown
and ponder the question
"What if?"
[exhilarating
instrumental music playing]