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It's finale time as we chat about Echo Episode 5 Maya. The series comes to an end and has an intriguing set up for Daredevil Born again. Echo Episode 5 Maya Synopsis Echo Character Created by David Mack and Joe Quesada Head Writer: Marion Dayre Written by: Amy Rardin and Steven Judd & Ellen Morton and Chantelle Wells Episode Directed by: Sydney Freeland In a flashback to her childhood, Maya hits a woodpecker with a slingshot. Taloa reprimands Maya for hurting an innocent life, and, with her hands glowing, heals the woodpecker. Later, the two release it back into the wild. Having left Tamaha and on the road Maya stops off at services unaware that back in Tamaha her family are in danger as Fisk plans retribution for her rejection of his offer to return to New York as his Partner.  In Tamaha as the community gets ready for the Choctaw Nation Pow Wow, Biscuits messages Maya that Chula and Bonnie are missing, and she returns to Tamaha. She quickly visits Chula's home, and is met by a vi

Derek, John and Chris are back to Echo Episode 4 Taloa the penultimate episode of the tv show as we learn another ancestors story and Maya gets an offer from Fisk. Echo Episode 4 Taloa Synopsis Echo Character Created by David Mack and Joe Quesada Head Writer: Marion Dayre Written by: Ken Kristensen, Joshua Feldman and Chantelle Wells Episode Directed by: Sydney Freeland In 2008, a young Maya is verbally abused by an ice cream vendor, who fails to understand her request for ice cream. An enraged Fisk retaliates by brutally attacking the vendor. Although Maya witnesses this, she kicks the vendor as payback.  Several years later, Maya is about to begin working for Fisk, when he offers a final lesson - only the two of them can trust one another. While they finish their shared dinner, Fisk's ASL translator is dismissed and brutally killed. Back in Tamaha at Maya’s family home, Fisk and his men surround Maya, but Fisk gives Maya an augmented reality contact lens so that they can communic

We're chatting all about Echo Episode 3 Tuklo on this week's podcast. An exciting flashback, a rumble in the Roller Rink and a surprise return this is a great episode. Echo Episode 3 Tuklo Synopsis Echo Character Created by David Mack and Joe Quesada Head Writer: Marion Dayre Teleplay by: Marion Dayre, and Ken Kristensen, Story by: Ken Kristensen, Jason Gavin and Shoshannah Stern Episode Directed by: Catriona McKenzie In the late 1800s, Tuklo practices shooting with her father, one of the Lighthorsemen. Despite wanting to be a lighthorseman, her father forbids this because she is a woman. Tuklo's father rides out to confront some local criminals while Tuklo braids her hair like a Choctaw warrior. She receives a vision of Chafa and Lowak, and her hands begin to glow. The criminals ambush Tuklo's father, but she hears the attack and arrives in time to save him and his group. Skully is visited by Chula, who encourages her to reach out to Maya, so that she doesn’t lose her granddaughte

We are back for episode two of our weekly podcasts on Echo. This time we're discussing Echo Episode 2 Lowak. With an exciting game and a cool train job this one was firing on all cylinders. Echo Episode 2 Lowak Synopsis Echo Character Created by David Mack and Joe Quesada Head Writer: Marion Dayre Teleplay by: Marion Dayre, Josh Feldman, Steven Judd and Story by: Marion Dayre & Ken Kristensen, Josh Feldman & Steven P Judd and Rebecca Roanhorse & Bobby Wilson Episode Directed by: Sydney Freeland In Alabama in 1200 AD, Lowak is participating in a game of Choctaw Stickball, or Ishtaboli. When Lowak's team is close to winning, the opposing side sends out a formidable warrior who helps to even the score. Lowak is desperate to avoid exile for her team if they should lose, and receives a vision during an intense melee. With her hands glowing, Lowak breaks out of the melee with the ball, and secures victory. Back in Tamaha, Oklahoma, Maya enlists Biscuits' help in hijacking a cargo train g

Welcome back fellow Defenders, It's time for a brand new series as we discuss Echo Episode 1 Chafa. We'll be chatting about each episode of Echo weekly. In the first episode we're reintroduced to Maya Lopez who we last saw in Hawkeye. We discuss all the connections to other Marvel shows and everything else in our spoiler filled podcast. Echo Episode 1 Chafa Synopsis Echo Character Created by David Mack and Joe Quesada Head Writer: Marion Dayre Episode Written by: Marion Dayre, Josh Feldman, Steven Judd, Ken Kristensen Episode Directed by: Sydney Freeland After losing her leg and her mother in a car accident, Maya Lopez moves to New York City with her father William who has been shunned by her grandmother who blames his criminal ways for the death of her daughter.  William takes up a position as commander of the Tracksuit Mafia, working under Wilson Fisk, who becomes Maya's adoptive uncle.  Years later, Maya witnesses Clint Barton assault the Tracksuit Mafia and kill William. Fisk a

Our daily podcasts come to an end as we chat all about Marvel's What If? 209 What if Strange Supreme Intervened? The huge finale of season 2 of What If...? What If? 209 What if Strange Supreme Intervened? Synopsis Executive Produced by: Bryan Andrews, A.C. Bradley with Kevin Feige Head Writer: A.C. Bradley Episode Written by: Matthew Chauncey Episode Directed By: Bryan Andrews After meeting her in 1602, Strange Supreme takes Captain Carter to his Sanctum Infinitum, where he reveals that he has been capturing "universe-killers'' to atone for his sins, and asks for her help in capturing one who fled to a universe where Hydra used the Tesseract to destroy the world.  Carter agrees and encounters Kahhori, who reveals that Strange has been capturing both universe killers as well as righteous heroes to feed to “the Forge”, a contraption he built to resurrect his lost universe and bring back the love of his life Christine Palmer.  As Strange attempts to kill Kahhori, Captain Carter frees

Taking inspiration from Neil Gaiman's iconic graphic novel we discuss the penultimate episode of What if? 208 What If The Avengers Assembled in 1602? It's one we were all waiting for. Marvel's What If? 208 What if The Avengers Assembled in 1602? Synopsis Executive Produced by: Bryan Andrews, A.C. Bradley, Brad Winderbaum with Kevin Feige Head Writer: A.C. Bradley Episode Written by: A. C. Bradley & Ryan Little Episode Directed By: Bryan Andrews After arriving in 1602, an Elizibethan era universe, Captain Carter agrees to help Wanda Merlin and Sir Nicholas Fury stop an impending incursion. As a tear in space opens over the Globe theatre, she saves Prince Hamlet aka Prince Loki from being pulled into the tear, but fails to save Queen Hela. The loss of the queen enrages her successor the new King Thor Odinson who orders Sir Harold "The Happy" Hogan to hunt the outlaw Carter. Carter learns from The Watcher that the incursion is occurring due to the presence of the Forerunner, another time

Another twist on the history of the MCU with What If? 207 What if Hela Found The Ten Rings?. A very welcome return of Cate Blanchett and some great characters from Shang-Chi. Marvel's What If? 207 What if Hela Found The Ten Rings? Synopsis Executive Produced by: Bryan Andrews, A.C. Bradley, Brad Winderbaum with Kevin Feige Head Writer: A.C. Bradley Episode Written by: Matthew Chauncey Episode Directed By: Bryan Andrews Growing weary of Hela's bloodlust in the Nine Realms, Odin banishes her to Earth and strips her powers by destroying Mjolnir and placing an enchantment on her crown. Hela lands in medieval China and is confronted by the armies of Xu Wenwu.  She attempts to retrieve the crown but fails. Wenwu keeps Hela alive and tries to recruit her to his army, but she escapes after failing to steal his Ten Rings. She is guided by a Hundun to the realm of Ta Lo, where she convinces their leader, Jiayi, to let her join their cause. Jiayi teaches Hela martial arts after she recognizes he

A brand new character is introduced into the MCU in What If? 206 "What if Kahhori Reshaped The World? This beautiful episode is another of the best episodes of the season. Marvel's What If? 206 What if Kahhori Reshaped The World? Synopsis Executive Produced by: Bryan Andrews, A.C. Bradley, Brad Winderbaum with Kevin Feige Head Writer: A.C. Bradley Episode Written by: Ryan Little ( In collaboration with the citizens of the Kanien'kehá:ka -The Mohawk Nation) Episode Directed By: Bryan Andrews After Surtur destroys Asgard during Ragnarok, the Tesseract crash-lands in the Haudenosaunee Confederacy in pre-colonial America. The Tesseract falls into a lake, releasing the energy of the Space Stone into it, giving it magical properties.  In the late 15th century, a young Mohawk woman, Kahhori, and her brother Wáhta are hunted by Spanish Conquistadors led by Rodrigo Alphonso Gonzolo, who have ransacked their village in search of the Fountain of Youth. The Conquistadors chase them into a cave, w

Happy New Year fellow Defenders we're back once again with our chat all about What If? 205 What if Captain Carter Fought The Hydra Stomper? One of the best episodes of the season so far. Marvel's What If? 205 What if Captain Carter Fought The Hydra Stomper? Synopsis Executive Produced by: Bryan Andrews, A.C. Bradley, Brad Winderbaum with Kevin Feige Head Writer: A.C. Bradley Episode Written by: A.C. Bradley Episode Directed By: Bryan Andrews Following a mission to retake the Lemurian Star, Captain Peggy Carter and Natasha Romanoff find a still-alive Steve Rogers inside the Hydra Stomper armor. Rogers attacks them both before destroying the vessel.  A briefing with Nick Fury leads Romanoff to deduce that Rogers, who went missing in 1953, was brainwashed by agents of the Red Room. Carter and Romanoff help Brock Rumlow protect Bucky Barnes, who is Rogers' next target, before incapacitating Rogers and traveling to a secret hideout in Scotland.  Attempts to reboot the suit fail as it is

It's a bit of a trip back to season 1 as we chat about What if? 204 Iron Man Crashed Into The Grand Master? We finally get the question answered as to where Gamora earned her place in the Guardians of the Multiverse. Marvel's What If? 204 What if Iron Man Crashed Into The Grand Master? Synopsis Executive Produced by: Bryan Andrews, A.C. Bradley, Brad Winderbaum with Kevin Feige Head Writer: A.C. Bradley Episode Written by: A.C. Bradley Episode Directed By: Bryan Andrews In 2012, Tony Stark saves New York by redirecting a nuclear missile towards the Chitauri mothership, but the wormhole closes before he can return to Earth. Stark crash-lands on Sakaar and is forced to stay by its ruler, the Grandmaster.  Tony interferes in a death race to save one of the racers, Korg, and encounters Gamora, who was sent by Thanos to kill Stark for stopping the Chitauri. The Grandmaster's chief enforcer, Topaz, imprisons Gamora and Stark. Stark escapes, but upon learning of Gamora's purpose, decides to

Twas released on the night before Christmas but we're finally chatting about Marvel's What If? 203 What if Happy Hogan Saved Christmas? Does Happy Die Hard when he's left Home Alone by the Avengers? We chat all about it in spoiler filled detail. Marvel's What If? 203 What if Happy Hogan Saved Christmas? Synopsis Executive Produced by: Bryan Andrews, A.C. Bradley, Brad Winderbaum with Kevin Feige Head Writer: A.C. Bradley Episode Written by: A.C. Bradley and Matthew Chauncey Episode Directed By: Bryan Andrews One small change can ruin the holidays! On Christmas Eve, Happy Hogan is assigned to oversee preparations for the annual Christmas party with Darcy as well as security in the Avengers Tower, along with Director Maria Hill after Jarvis has been taken offline for debugging. But the annual holiday party is crashed by Justin Hammer and his henchmen Sergei and Rusty who lay siege to the Tower for Tony Stark's technology and Bruce Banner's Hulk blood sample. Attempting to save the Hu

We're back with the second episode of Season 2 What If Peter Quill Attacked Earth's Mightiest Heroes? As a brand new team is formed in 1988 to defend Earth from a highly powered Peter Quill. Marvel's What If? 202 What if Peter Quill Attacked Earth's Mightiest Heroes? Synopsis Executive Produced by: Bryan Andrews, A.C. Bradley, Brad Winderbaum with Kevin Feige Head Writer: A.C. Bradley Episode Written by: Matthew Chauncey Episode Directed By: Bryan Andrews One small change can affect the every realm! In 1988, Yondu takes Peter Quill to Ego, who urges him to help his expansion across the universe.  Six months later, after ravaging several worlds, Quill returns to Earth. In response, Peggy Carter and Howard Stark assemble a team composed of Bill Foster, King T'Chaka of Wakanda, Bucky Barnes, Dr. Wendy Lawson, and a reluctant Hank Pym, who brings his daughter Hope van Dyne along.  After a scuffle on Coney Island, the team detains Quill with help from Thor. As the team discusses thei

The Defenders return to the MCU for What If? 201 "What If Nebula Joined the Nova Corps?". A small change changes the entire MCU and we discuss all of it's spoiler filled detail in our latest podcast. Marvel's What If? 201 "What if Nebula Joined the Nova Corps?" Synopsis Executive Produced by: Bryan Andrews, A.C. Bradley, Brad Winderbaum with Kevin Feige Head Writer: A.C. Bradley Episode Written by: Matthew Chauncey Episode Directed By: Stephan Franck One small change can affect the entire universe! Nova Prime recruits Nebula to join the Nova Corps following Ronan the Accuser's successful coup against Thanos.  Five years later, after Xandar is sealed off from the universe to protect itself from Ronan's forces, Nebula discovers the body of Yondu Udonta and receives orders from Nova Prime to investigate. She learns that Yondu located the codes to open the planetary shield and enlists Kree soldier Yon-Rogg to infiltrate the Nova Corps mainframe to destroy them.  Yon-Rogg betrays her

We're back in the cinema for the 34th MCU movie The Marvels. The funny and action filled team up between Captain Marvel, Ms. Marvel and Photon. Synopsis for our The Marvels 2023 Review Written by: Nia DaCosta Directed by: Nia DaCosta, Megan McDonnell and Elissa Karasik   The collapse of the Supreme Intelligence leads to a civil war among the Kree species in their home world of Hala. The conflict renders the planet barren as it loses its air, water, and their sun begins to die. Dar-Benn, the new leader of the Kree, retrieves one half of the Quantum Bands, of which Kamala Khan has the other half. Dar-Benn harnesses the power of the Band, and pairs it with her staff, Universal Weapon, to tear apart a jump point in space with the aim of stripping the resources required from planets linked to The Annihilator, aka Carol Danvers, to repair her home world of Hala. The resulting anomaly is discovered by the Strategic Aerospace, Biophysics and Exolinguistic Response or S.A.B.E.R. Meanwhile, Nick F

We chat all about the finale of Loki Season 2 "Glorious Purpose" in spoiler filled detail. An epic and poetic end to the show and the character after 14 years of adventures in the MCU. Loki 206 Glorious Purpose Podcast Head Writer: Michael Waldron Episode Written by: Eric Martin Episode Directed By: Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead Loki time slips to the moment before the Temporal Loom's explosion. Despite his attempts, the Loom always fails as it cannot scale up to accommodate the infinite branches.  Loki slips again, this time to the moment before Sylvie kills He Who Remains, who tells Loki that the Loom is a fail-safe; overloading it protects the Sacred Timeline by deleting the branches along with the TVA.  Loki tries to stop Sylvie from killing He Who Remains over and over again but to no avail. As he attempts to stop Sylvie again, He Who Remains freezes her and tells Loki there is only one way to save the Loom is to kill Sylvie, which Loki rejects.  After speaking with Mobius

We've reached the penultimate episode the season as we discuss Loki 205 Science/Fiction. A bit of a roundabout episode and set up for the finale but with some absolutely beautiful moments. Derek and John chat all about it in Spoiler Filled detail. Loki 205 Science/Fiction Podcast Head Writer: Michael Waldron Episode Written by: Eric Martin Episode Directed By: Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead In the aftermath of the destruction of the Temporal Loom, Loki is left alone in the TVA headquarters as everyone else has vanished. As he explores the building trying to locate any of his friends he begins time slipping again where he meets a later version of himself, as the TVA headquarters, now with a failsafe initiated by a rudimentary Miss Minutes, begins to break down and spaghettify around him.  Loki escapes as he time slips to numerous branched timelines at different times where one by one he meets his former friends Casey, Hunter B-15, Mobius and O.B. who have been reset to their original li

Loki steps it up with a great episode Loki 204 Heart Of The TVA and we discuss it all in spoiler filled detail. Loki 204 Heart Of The TVA Podcast Head Writer: Michael Waldron Episode Written by: Eric Martin, Katharyn Blair Episode Directed By: Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead Miss Minutes reveals her big secret to Ravona Renslayer. In the past, Renslayer commanded He Who Remains' army; he proposed that Renslayer lead the TVA with him, then had Miss Minutes erase the memories of Renslayer and all other TVA employees.  Back at the TVA, as the Temporal Loom reaches catastrophic failure, Loki and his allies attempt to use Victor Timely and O.B's Throughput Multiplier to fix it. It is revealed that the sources of OB's and Timely’s knowledge are each other, creating a predestination paradox.  Renslayer and Miss Minutes attempt to take over the TVA, approaching the detained X-5, Dox and her loyalist Minutemen for help. Only X-5 agrees; Dox and her loyalists instead choose to be crushed to de

After some birthday celebrations John and Derek are back to chat all about Loki 203 1893. We discuss the episode in spoiler filled detail so make sure you've watched it before listening along. Loki 203 "1893" Synopsis Head Writer: Michael Waldron Episode Written by: Eric Martin, Kasra Farahani, Jason O'Leary Episode Directed By: Kasra Farahani 86 years B.McD. (before McDonald's) in the year 1868, Ravona Renslayer arrives in Chicago looking for Miss Minutes. Ravona is instructed to deliver a package into a window to complete He Who Remains plan to safeguard the timeline. Inside a young boy opens the package and reveals the TVA handbook. Trying to locate Renslayer, Loki and Mobius travel to 1868, but unable to locate her they travel to a new branched timeline in 1893. The new branch was created by Miss Minutes interference in 1868. They quickly locate a confidence trickster called Victor Timely who is advertising a way to harness time, through his Temporal Loom prototype. Victor sells h

After another quick trip away John, Chris and Derek are back to chat all about Loki Season 2 Episode 2 Breaking Brad. We discuss the episode in spoiler filled detail so make sure you've watched it before listening along. Loki 202 "Breaking Brad" Synopsis Head Writer: Michael Waldron Episode Written by: Eric Martin Episode Directed By: Dan DeLeeuw Loki, Mobius, and Hunter B-15 find and capture Hunter X-5 in London, 1977 on the Sacred Timeline, where he lives as film actor Brad Wolfe. Under interrogation, he admits to abandoning Dox's mission and reveals Sylvie's location.  The group travel to Oklahoma and find her working in a McDonald's. Loki tries to remind her of their last encounter in the TVA's future, but she refuses to involve herself with the organization.  Meanwhile, O.B. attempts to repair the Loom to safely accommodate the branching timelines, but discovers he cannot access it without help from the rogue Miss Minutes, who they discover has been working with Renslayer, or the