1 00:00:45,125 --> 00:00:46,833 WATCHER: Time. 2 00:00:49,542 --> 00:00:50,875 Space. 3 00:00:52,333 --> 00:00:53,542 Reality. 4 00:00:56,292 --> 00:00:58,542 It's more than a linear path. 5 00:01:02,833 --> 00:01:07,542 It's a prism of endless possibility, 6 00:01:09,917 --> 00:01:13,625 where a single choice can branch out into infinite realities, 7 00:01:16,167 --> 00:01:19,208 creating alternate worlds from the ones you know. 8 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:24,750 I am the Watcher. 9 00:01:26,500 --> 00:01:29,667 I am your guide through these vast new realities. 10 00:01:31,292 --> 00:01:34,958 Follow me and ponder the question... 11 00:01:38,375 --> 00:01:40,167 "What if?" 12 00:01:49,125 --> 00:01:52,375 There was an idea to bring together a group of-- 13 00:01:52,458 --> 00:01:53,500 ROMANOFF: Remarkable people? 14 00:01:53,583 --> 00:01:55,500 To see if they could become something more? 15 00:01:55,583 --> 00:01:57,042 I know. I've heard the speech. 16 00:01:57,125 --> 00:01:58,583 Then you realize what's at stake. 17 00:01:58,667 --> 00:02:00,708 Which is why I'm surprised you'd wanna bet 18 00:02:00,792 --> 00:02:03,833 the future of the Avengers Initiative on that. 19 00:02:07,042 --> 00:02:09,917 Stark may be eccentric, but he's got potential. 20 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:11,417 What he's got is a hangover. 21 00:02:11,500 --> 00:02:13,917 Did I ever tell you about this one time 22 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:18,167 I actually recruited a Russian assassin to join my American covert ops team? 23 00:02:18,250 --> 00:02:19,542 Vaguely rings a bell. 24 00:02:19,625 --> 00:02:22,333 Then you should know, I'm not afraid of a big swing. 25 00:02:23,500 --> 00:02:27,583 Sir, I'm going to have to ask you to exit the donut. 26 00:02:27,667 --> 00:02:30,375 I told you I don't wanna join your super-secret boyband. 27 00:02:30,458 --> 00:02:34,292 No, no, no. See, I remember, you do everything yourself. 28 00:02:34,375 --> 00:02:36,917 -How's that working out for you? -I've been worse. 29 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:40,375 You've become a problem, a problem I have to deal with. 30 00:02:40,458 --> 00:02:44,208 Contrary to your belief, you are not the center of my universe. 31 00:02:44,292 --> 00:02:46,083 -STARK: I get it. -Hit him. 32 00:02:46,167 --> 00:02:47,625 (SCREAMS) God. What'd she just do to me? 33 00:02:47,708 --> 00:02:49,833 What did we just do for you? 34 00:02:49,917 --> 00:02:52,625 That's lithium dioxide. It's gonna take the edge off. 35 00:02:52,708 --> 00:02:56,958 It's not a cure, it just abates the symptoms? 36 00:02:57,042 --> 00:02:58,417 Stark! You okay? 37 00:02:58,500 --> 00:02:59,625 (COUGHS, GROANS) 38 00:03:00,917 --> 00:03:02,833 -FURY: Stark! -ROMANOFF: Tony. Tony! 39 00:03:07,750 --> 00:03:08,958 He's dead. 40 00:03:11,250 --> 00:03:15,417 WATCHER: Humanity, so eager, so willing to face the impossible, 41 00:03:15,500 --> 00:03:17,833 yet blind to the bigger picture. 42 00:03:17,917 --> 00:03:22,250 Inside one week, three strange and separate stories unfolded. 43 00:03:22,333 --> 00:03:26,542 A genius battled his demons both inside and out, 44 00:03:27,583 --> 00:03:31,042 while the world met the monster hiding in the man. 45 00:03:32,333 --> 00:03:35,042 And a godly prince fell to Earth. 46 00:03:36,167 --> 00:03:37,625 I am the Watcher. 47 00:03:37,708 --> 00:03:39,625 And where humans see chaos, 48 00:03:39,708 --> 00:03:42,042 I see the crucible that would transform 49 00:03:42,125 --> 00:03:46,000 this collection of individuals into a team of heroes. 50 00:03:47,375 --> 00:03:50,333 At least, that's how things played out in one universe. 51 00:03:51,125 --> 00:03:52,542 But in this one... 52 00:04:02,417 --> 00:04:04,208 Sir, we found it. 53 00:04:04,292 --> 00:04:06,500 Kind of in the middle of something here, Coulson. 54 00:04:06,583 --> 00:04:09,958 COULSON: Not sure it can wait, sir. Locals are getting curious. 55 00:04:10,042 --> 00:04:12,500 Set up a perimeter and tell the team I'm en route. 56 00:04:13,667 --> 00:04:16,708 I may not have been a fan of Tony Stark, but I didn't kill him. 57 00:04:16,792 --> 00:04:18,333 Save your spin for Pierce. 58 00:04:18,417 --> 00:04:20,917 He wants you in New York first thing for questioning. 59 00:04:21,500 --> 00:04:22,625 Wanna give us a minute? 60 00:04:24,167 --> 00:04:25,333 This wasn't me. 61 00:04:25,417 --> 00:04:28,292 I know that, but S.H.I.E.L.D. has protocols, 62 00:04:28,375 --> 00:04:30,792 so my hands, like yours, are tied. 63 00:04:30,875 --> 00:04:33,708 -You know these won't hold me. -Oh, I'm counting on it. 64 00:04:33,792 --> 00:04:36,958 Someone inside S.H.I.E.L.D. compromised Stark's antidote. 65 00:04:37,042 --> 00:04:40,083 I need someone on the outside to find out who. 66 00:04:40,167 --> 00:04:42,333 Sure you wanna take another big swing on me, boss? 67 00:04:42,417 --> 00:04:44,125 Safest bet I'll ever make. 68 00:05:01,167 --> 00:05:03,333 Wow. So serious. 69 00:05:05,333 --> 00:05:07,625 Maybe we should get some tunes going. 70 00:05:09,125 --> 00:05:10,708 Lighten the mood. 71 00:05:11,833 --> 00:05:12,833 (SCOFFS) 72 00:05:12,917 --> 00:05:15,625 You guys are no fun. Here. Mind holding these for me? 73 00:05:15,708 --> 00:05:17,167 Of course. Uh... What? 74 00:05:17,250 --> 00:05:18,250 (ALL GROANING) 75 00:05:21,042 --> 00:05:22,875 I never did get what he sees in her. 76 00:05:22,958 --> 00:05:26,292 Sure, she can land a punch, but only 'cause people don't expect it. 77 00:05:26,375 --> 00:05:27,542 (ALL GROANING) 78 00:05:34,750 --> 00:05:37,292 What? Stop! Stop the truck! 79 00:05:37,375 --> 00:05:38,375 (TIRES SCREECHING) 80 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:43,292 No, no, no, no, no, no, no. 81 00:05:46,417 --> 00:05:48,833 Oh! Come on! 82 00:05:52,292 --> 00:05:54,292 (THUNDER RUMBLING) 83 00:05:55,917 --> 00:05:57,833 (METAL DETECTOR WHIRRING) 84 00:05:57,917 --> 00:06:02,083 BARTON: Best we can tell, it's extremely powerful and not from around here. 85 00:06:02,667 --> 00:06:06,125 Electromagnetic, neutron, vita radiations, all off the charts. 86 00:06:08,458 --> 00:06:09,458 -(GUARD GROANS) -(THUDS) 87 00:06:10,083 --> 00:06:11,083 (THUNDER RUMBLING) 88 00:06:12,208 --> 00:06:14,042 Well, that doesn't sound ominous at all. 89 00:06:14,125 --> 00:06:15,917 It's been happening all night. 90 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,042 The artifact has a bit of an attitude. 91 00:06:18,125 --> 00:06:20,125 Also, no one can lift it. 92 00:06:20,208 --> 00:06:22,292 Not even Jackson and he does CrossFit. 93 00:06:22,375 --> 00:06:26,292 Something that powerful goes missing, someone always comes looking. 94 00:06:28,833 --> 00:06:32,375 We just have to cross our fingers that someone is an ally. 95 00:06:39,875 --> 00:06:41,042 So, what's the move? 96 00:06:41,125 --> 00:06:45,042 Same as always. Hope for the best, prepare for the worst. 97 00:06:47,708 --> 00:06:49,667 We got a man down. Sound the alarms. 98 00:06:49,750 --> 00:06:50,875 -(ALARM BLARING) -(MEN SHOUTING) 99 00:06:51,958 --> 00:06:53,875 I think the worst just got here. 100 00:06:55,167 --> 00:06:56,708 FURY: Coulson, talk to me. 101 00:06:56,792 --> 00:06:59,750 We got a perimeter breach. Multiple agents down and... 102 00:07:00,542 --> 00:07:01,792 (GUARD 1 GROANING) 103 00:07:01,875 --> 00:07:03,167 Whoa. 104 00:07:03,250 --> 00:07:05,417 I got visual on the intruder. 105 00:07:06,458 --> 00:07:09,500 He's a Caucasian male, mid-twenties with... 106 00:07:11,083 --> 00:07:12,750 really great hair. 107 00:07:13,583 --> 00:07:14,667 Excuse me? 108 00:07:14,750 --> 00:07:17,833 COULSON: It's an accurate description. Sir, he's gorgeous. 109 00:07:17,917 --> 00:07:20,833 -I need eyes in the sky. Barton. -BARTON: Already on it. 110 00:07:22,917 --> 00:07:24,625 He's making a move on the hammer. 111 00:07:24,708 --> 00:07:27,125 One shot, one kill, sir. Just say the word. 112 00:07:28,333 --> 00:07:30,625 FURY: Hold your fire. I wanna see this. 113 00:07:34,333 --> 00:07:35,458 (SIGHS) 114 00:07:35,542 --> 00:07:39,375 Whoa. Coulson wasn't lying about the hair. That's nice. 115 00:07:41,833 --> 00:07:43,167 Fury, now or never. 116 00:07:43,292 --> 00:07:45,208 -(THOR GRUNTS) -FURY: Hold your-- 117 00:07:50,375 --> 00:07:53,042 Damn it, Barton. I told you to stand down. 118 00:07:53,125 --> 00:07:55,500 I did! Wasn't me! I didn't shoot! 119 00:07:56,917 --> 00:07:58,167 GUARD 2: Drop your weapon! 120 00:07:58,250 --> 00:07:59,958 I swear, I didn't shoot. 121 00:08:01,833 --> 00:08:04,375 Your arrow would indicate otherwise. 122 00:08:08,500 --> 00:08:13,375 This doesn't make any sense. I don't slip. I don't misfire. 123 00:08:14,042 --> 00:08:16,500 -What's the word on our intruder? -Dead. 124 00:08:16,583 --> 00:08:18,542 And if his blood samples are to be believed, 125 00:08:18,625 --> 00:08:22,375 he's almost a thousand years old and not of this world. 126 00:08:22,458 --> 00:08:24,667 First Stark, now Muscle Beach. 127 00:08:24,750 --> 00:08:28,833 That's two high value S.H.I.E.L.D. targets killed by our own agents inside 24 hours. 128 00:08:28,917 --> 00:08:32,042 -Barton's sticking to his story? -He's pretty bent out of shape. 129 00:08:32,125 --> 00:08:34,208 -Won't talk to anyone. -He'll talk to me. 130 00:08:34,292 --> 00:08:35,375 (TRILLING) 131 00:08:38,917 --> 00:08:40,917 Wake up, Sleeping Beauty. 132 00:08:42,083 --> 00:08:43,250 Barton. 133 00:08:44,750 --> 00:08:45,958 (FURY GRUNTS) 134 00:08:46,042 --> 00:08:48,542 Barton. Coulson, get a medic. 135 00:08:48,625 --> 00:08:51,083 How could this... Who did you let in here? 136 00:08:51,167 --> 00:08:52,333 -No one. -COULSON: No one. 137 00:08:52,417 --> 00:08:55,083 Stay with me. Stay with me. 138 00:08:57,625 --> 00:09:00,750 We're running a tox screen to see if it was a cyanide capsule. 139 00:09:00,833 --> 00:09:02,333 Barton had a wife and kids. 140 00:09:02,417 --> 00:09:04,708 If he was gonna go, it wouldn't be willingly. 141 00:09:04,792 --> 00:09:05,958 You think he was murdered. 142 00:09:06,042 --> 00:09:10,167 If I had to guess, my money is on the same someone who killed Stark. 143 00:09:10,250 --> 00:09:12,375 But Barton was in a locked cell under observation. 144 00:09:12,458 --> 00:09:14,750 There was no sign of struggle, no entry wounds. 145 00:09:14,833 --> 00:09:17,625 It's weird, but I also have a space corpse 146 00:09:17,708 --> 00:09:20,958 that looks like a Chippendales dancer rotting on the next table over. 147 00:09:22,583 --> 00:09:23,958 (SNIFFS) 148 00:09:24,042 --> 00:09:25,667 Oh, wow. 149 00:09:25,750 --> 00:09:28,417 Even while rotting, he smells like lavender. 150 00:09:28,500 --> 00:09:30,333 Really? (SNIFFING) 151 00:09:31,292 --> 00:09:32,292 Mmm. 152 00:09:32,375 --> 00:09:34,917 Still, there's not a lot connecting a billionaire playboy 153 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:38,042 and a S.H.I.E.L.D. assassin, unless you have any ideas. 154 00:09:38,958 --> 00:09:41,125 There was an idea. 155 00:09:46,542 --> 00:09:48,125 (SNIFFING) 156 00:09:55,208 --> 00:09:57,958 Dr. Ross. Not sure if you remember me, but-- 157 00:09:58,042 --> 00:10:00,208 (SIGHS) Oh, I remember. 158 00:10:00,292 --> 00:10:02,125 And I'll tell you the same thing I told you 159 00:10:02,208 --> 00:10:04,542 the last time S.H.I.E.L.D. came poking around. 160 00:10:04,625 --> 00:10:05,833 I haven't seen him. 161 00:10:05,917 --> 00:10:08,667 I'm not here about the green guy. 162 00:10:08,750 --> 00:10:13,583 His name is Dr. Bruce Banner. And I'm in a rush, Agent Romanoff. 163 00:10:13,667 --> 00:10:16,375 I'm here about Tony Stark. I believe he was murdered. 164 00:10:17,500 --> 00:10:19,500 What? By whom? 165 00:10:19,583 --> 00:10:24,250 Me. Or at least someone's trying to make it look that way, using this. 166 00:10:26,167 --> 00:10:28,625 So, why did you come to me? 167 00:10:28,708 --> 00:10:32,583 You're an expert in the tactical applications of cellular biology. 168 00:10:32,667 --> 00:10:36,042 There are plenty of others. Why did you really come here? 169 00:10:36,750 --> 00:10:38,917 I need to keep this off S.H.I.E.L.D.'s radar 170 00:10:39,458 --> 00:10:42,583 and you seem to have some experience in that department. 171 00:10:44,500 --> 00:10:48,000 Mmm. Well, your injector's clean 172 00:10:48,083 --> 00:10:51,792 and there's no traces of lethal pathogens of any kind. 173 00:10:51,875 --> 00:10:52,875 Then what killed him? 174 00:10:52,958 --> 00:10:55,792 BETTY: Whatever it was, it wasn't biological. 175 00:10:55,875 --> 00:10:58,500 Your antidote didn't even make it out of the syringe. 176 00:10:58,583 --> 00:11:03,000 It looks to me like a tiny projectile of some kind was fired from the needle. 177 00:11:03,083 --> 00:11:05,000 You're thinking nanotech? 178 00:11:05,083 --> 00:11:08,125 I'm a biologist, not a ballistics expert. 179 00:11:08,208 --> 00:11:09,917 And I believe we're done here. 180 00:11:15,208 --> 00:11:17,542 Huh. You got a side job, Dr. Ross? 181 00:11:17,625 --> 00:11:19,417 What? I don't know. I... 182 00:11:19,500 --> 00:11:21,083 A student must have left it there. 183 00:11:21,792 --> 00:11:23,667 -(CHUCKLES) -(CELL PHONE RINGING) 184 00:11:25,250 --> 00:11:27,792 FURY: I got bad news and worse news. 185 00:11:27,875 --> 00:11:30,458 -You in a secure location? -Not currently. 186 00:11:31,708 --> 00:11:32,917 FURY: Barton's dead. 187 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:34,250 (INHALES DEEPLY) 188 00:11:36,292 --> 00:11:37,958 FURY: I know what he meant to you. 189 00:11:40,083 --> 00:11:41,083 (SIGHS) 190 00:11:44,833 --> 00:11:47,000 Who do I kill? 191 00:11:47,667 --> 00:11:50,292 FURY: Looks like his and Stark's murders are connected. 192 00:11:50,958 --> 00:11:53,792 -ROMANOFF: By what? -FURY: The Avengers Initiative. 193 00:11:53,875 --> 00:11:56,458 Seems our killer is going after the candidates. 194 00:11:56,542 --> 00:11:58,375 ROMANOFF: If someone wanted to kneecap S.H.I.E.L.D., 195 00:11:58,458 --> 00:11:59,667 that's a good place to start. 196 00:12:00,333 --> 00:12:01,625 Who else is on the list? 197 00:12:01,708 --> 00:12:05,542 FURY: That's the thing. Bruce Banner and you. 198 00:12:05,625 --> 00:12:09,500 ROMANOFF: Under different circumstances, I'd be flattered. So would Clint. 199 00:12:09,583 --> 00:12:13,250 FURY: You need to get yourself to ground. But first, find Banner. 200 00:12:13,333 --> 00:12:16,417 Funny thing, boss. Think I already have. 201 00:12:18,375 --> 00:12:20,833 I... I'm sorry, but I can't let you in there. 202 00:12:20,917 --> 00:12:23,208 Move, or I'll make you move. 203 00:12:24,250 --> 00:12:26,750 No need for violence, Agent Romanoff. 204 00:12:26,833 --> 00:12:29,875 That's probably not gonna work out. For anyone. 205 00:12:36,750 --> 00:12:38,500 What? What is it? 206 00:12:40,250 --> 00:12:42,083 We need to go. Now. 207 00:12:42,167 --> 00:12:43,458 (HELICOPTER BLADES HOVERING) 208 00:12:44,375 --> 00:12:46,375 (MUSIC PLAYING OVER CAR STEREO) 209 00:12:48,458 --> 00:12:49,875 (CELL PHONE RINGING) 210 00:12:53,042 --> 00:12:54,542 FURY: What's your 20, Coulson? 211 00:12:54,625 --> 00:12:56,667 Coffee run. Needed a breather. 212 00:12:56,750 --> 00:12:59,458 Got you a double macchiato. Just how you like it. 213 00:13:00,583 --> 00:13:01,583 (RUMBLING) 214 00:13:03,042 --> 00:13:04,125 What the... 215 00:13:09,542 --> 00:13:13,083 Director, sensors are reporting a massive energy surge. 216 00:13:13,167 --> 00:13:16,583 -Seems like it came out of nowhere. -What are you seeing, Coulson? 217 00:13:16,667 --> 00:13:19,417 A meteorological phenomenon of some kind. 218 00:13:22,875 --> 00:13:26,250 Oh, boy. Whatever it is, it came with bogeys. 219 00:13:26,333 --> 00:13:28,917 -They look like they're from Earth? -COULSON: Maybe Middle-earth? 220 00:13:36,750 --> 00:13:38,083 Go get 'em, boss. 221 00:13:49,083 --> 00:13:52,708 Looking for directions, sir? Because you seem to have lost your way. 222 00:13:52,792 --> 00:13:57,042 (CHUCKLES) You would do best to kneel before a god. 223 00:13:57,125 --> 00:14:01,833 We don't really do that here. No matter who or what you are. 224 00:14:01,917 --> 00:14:06,042 -I am Loki, Crown Prince of Asgard. -(CELL PHONE RINGING) 225 00:14:06,125 --> 00:14:07,542 The rightful king of Jotun-- 226 00:14:09,375 --> 00:14:13,292 -(CLEARS THROAT) Jotunheim. And God of M-- -(CELL PHONE CONTINUES RINGING) 227 00:14:14,458 --> 00:14:17,375 Mischief. Are you gonna take that? I'm in the middle of something. 228 00:14:17,458 --> 00:14:18,750 Damn it, Fury! Pick up. 229 00:14:18,833 --> 00:14:22,417 Hey, I'm telling you, it's safer for everyone if I fend for myself. 230 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:26,000 -I sort of can't die. -Then I guess you're in luck. 231 00:14:36,667 --> 00:14:38,042 Look alive, people. 232 00:14:38,125 --> 00:14:41,667 I want strike teams locked, loaded, and ready to move in on my mark. 233 00:14:41,750 --> 00:14:43,333 (CELL PHONE RINGING) 234 00:14:43,417 --> 00:14:44,958 I'm a little busy here, Widow. 235 00:14:45,042 --> 00:14:46,833 ROMANOFF: Oh, good. We'll start a support group. 236 00:14:46,917 --> 00:14:50,333 I've got General Ross, a dozen snipers and a few tanks. 237 00:14:50,417 --> 00:14:52,417 -What are you dealing with? -FURY: Space Vikings. 238 00:14:52,500 --> 00:14:55,000 -Show-off. -FURY: Handle it, then get to ground. 239 00:14:55,083 --> 00:14:56,250 -(CELL PHONE BEEPS) -(GROANS) 240 00:14:56,333 --> 00:14:57,375 Lady trouble? 241 00:14:57,458 --> 00:15:00,583 Well, what exactly is it that brought you here, Mr. Loki? 242 00:15:00,667 --> 00:15:02,000 Vengeance. 243 00:15:02,083 --> 00:15:07,417 An agent of this planet murdered Thor Odinson, the Crown Prince of Asgard. 244 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:10,292 Natasha Romanoff, agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. 245 00:15:10,375 --> 00:15:14,000 I have Bruce Banner in my custody. You need to stand down. 246 00:15:14,625 --> 00:15:16,000 (GROANS) 247 00:15:16,083 --> 00:15:18,875 -Hey, hey! Don't shoot! -Who the hell opened fire? 248 00:15:18,958 --> 00:15:20,125 SOLDIER 3: Not us, sir. 249 00:15:20,208 --> 00:15:22,542 Bruce! It's okay. We're okay, right? 250 00:15:22,625 --> 00:15:24,708 I'll get you out of this. I swear on my life. 251 00:15:24,792 --> 00:15:28,875 Director Fury, you fail to comprehend the enormity of the situation. 252 00:15:28,958 --> 00:15:30,958 Oh, I'm comprehending, all right. 253 00:15:33,042 --> 00:15:37,708 Agent Romanoff, I think you might be better off getting out of here. 254 00:15:37,792 --> 00:15:40,750 Which is why I have to ask, what's in the box? 255 00:15:40,833 --> 00:15:42,125 Ooh. 256 00:15:42,208 --> 00:15:44,458 Such insolence will not be tolerated. 257 00:15:44,542 --> 00:15:47,958 And your planet will be taken as retribution. 258 00:15:48,042 --> 00:15:49,958 (BANNER GROANING) 259 00:15:58,375 --> 00:15:59,917 (ROARS) 260 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:01,667 -Take it down! -(GUNS FIRING) 261 00:16:10,417 --> 00:16:11,458 (HULK ROARING) 262 00:16:13,500 --> 00:16:15,458 (ALL SCREAMING) 263 00:16:19,542 --> 00:16:20,542 (HULK GRUNTING) 264 00:16:24,750 --> 00:16:25,750 (ALL SCREAMING) 265 00:16:29,083 --> 00:16:30,083 (ROARS) 266 00:16:34,500 --> 00:16:35,500 (ROARS) 267 00:16:35,583 --> 00:16:37,708 Oh, you want some of this? Come on! 268 00:16:37,792 --> 00:16:41,042 Father! No! Stop! Stop, please! 269 00:16:42,042 --> 00:16:44,625 -(MAN SCREAMING) -(SOBBING) Stop! 270 00:16:45,708 --> 00:16:49,042 -There's nothing you can do. -That's my father. He'll listen to me. 271 00:16:49,125 --> 00:16:51,083 The General isn't the one who started this. 272 00:16:51,167 --> 00:16:52,625 (GASPING) 273 00:16:52,708 --> 00:16:53,833 Then who did? 274 00:16:56,583 --> 00:16:57,583 (GRUNTING) 275 00:17:00,333 --> 00:17:01,500 Bruce! 276 00:17:03,833 --> 00:17:05,083 Bruce! 277 00:17:13,958 --> 00:17:16,708 (SOBBING) No. No, no, no. Bruce. 278 00:17:16,792 --> 00:17:21,125 But he can't die. He can't die. 279 00:17:22,792 --> 00:17:24,167 He can't. 280 00:17:29,833 --> 00:17:35,083 Declaring war on this planet will not bring your prince back! 281 00:17:35,167 --> 00:17:36,292 SIF: Wait. 282 00:17:36,375 --> 00:17:40,167 He's not wrong. The All-Father would want us to listen. 283 00:17:43,250 --> 00:17:45,083 We have the same enemy here. 284 00:17:45,167 --> 00:17:48,208 The person who killed your brother also killed two of my people. 285 00:17:48,292 --> 00:17:51,292 Good people. We should be working together. 286 00:17:51,375 --> 00:17:53,500 We are not allies. 287 00:17:53,583 --> 00:17:55,458 Then let me help you. 288 00:17:55,542 --> 00:17:58,083 I promise, when I find your brother's killer, 289 00:17:58,167 --> 00:18:00,833 you will have your pound of flesh. 290 00:18:00,917 --> 00:18:03,167 What a fascinating choice of words. 291 00:18:04,167 --> 00:18:07,250 But I shall require the entire corpse. 292 00:18:08,083 --> 00:18:09,333 You need to give me time. 293 00:18:13,458 --> 00:18:14,500 Very well. 294 00:18:14,583 --> 00:18:19,750 You have until the next rise of Midgard's sun to deliver my brother's assassin, 295 00:18:19,833 --> 00:18:24,000 or I will reduce this planet to ash and ice. 296 00:18:36,292 --> 00:18:38,333 COULSON: (OVER PHONE) Why do you need my password? 297 00:18:38,458 --> 00:18:41,250 ROMANOFF: (SIGHS) I need to get into the Avengers Initiative files, 298 00:18:41,333 --> 00:18:45,042 but I'm locked out of the system and wanted for murder. 299 00:18:45,125 --> 00:18:47,000 COULSON: I'm not telling you my password, Romanoff. 300 00:18:47,083 --> 00:18:48,958 -ROMANOFF: Why not? -COULSON: Because I'm not. 301 00:18:49,042 --> 00:18:51,875 ROMANOFF: Coulson. Clint was your friend, too. 302 00:18:53,667 --> 00:18:59,292 (SIGHS) Hashtag-Steve-Steve-Steve- I-heart-Steve-0-7-0-4. 303 00:18:59,375 --> 00:19:00,417 Wow. 304 00:19:00,500 --> 00:19:02,125 -Good one, Coulson. -What? 305 00:19:02,208 --> 00:19:04,375 No, nothing. That's great. Thank you. 306 00:19:07,458 --> 00:19:08,458 (INHALES DEEPLY) 307 00:19:31,667 --> 00:19:34,375 Huh. How did a woman who died two years ago 308 00:19:34,458 --> 00:19:36,125 access the database yesterday? 309 00:19:42,333 --> 00:19:47,542 You won't win. Not against me. Not against S.H.I.E.L.D. 310 00:19:48,542 --> 00:19:49,792 (GROANING) 311 00:19:55,958 --> 00:19:58,208 FURY: You found me. You know what to do. 312 00:19:58,292 --> 00:20:00,208 (ALL GROANING) 313 00:20:06,750 --> 00:20:09,333 Fury, it's Hope! It's all about Hope! 314 00:20:09,417 --> 00:20:10,625 (SCREAMS) 315 00:20:25,625 --> 00:20:28,125 ROMANOFF: (OVER PHONE) It's Hope! It's all about Hope! 316 00:20:33,625 --> 00:20:35,875 It's Hope! It's all about Hope! 317 00:20:38,083 --> 00:20:40,667 It's Hope! It's all about Hope! 318 00:20:41,375 --> 00:20:42,917 COULSON: Four hours to sunup, sir. 319 00:20:43,833 --> 00:20:45,625 I haven't forgotten. 320 00:20:45,708 --> 00:20:49,250 Sir, I understand that this Prince Loki situation is the very reason 321 00:20:49,333 --> 00:20:51,292 you proposed the Avengers Initiative 322 00:20:51,375 --> 00:20:54,583 for a group of remarkable individuals to fight the battles we can't. 323 00:20:54,667 --> 00:20:55,750 I wrote the speech. 324 00:20:56,875 --> 00:20:58,583 There's still one name left, sir. 325 00:21:00,167 --> 00:21:01,208 Yours. 326 00:21:06,625 --> 00:21:08,417 I'm not the only Avenger left. 327 00:21:11,750 --> 00:21:13,125 What? 328 00:21:22,708 --> 00:21:25,083 COULSON: Is that a beeper from the '90s? 329 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:27,583 Also our last hope. 330 00:21:28,875 --> 00:21:33,667 "Hope. It's all about Hope." 331 00:21:34,583 --> 00:21:36,417 (CHUCKLES) Widow. 332 00:21:40,042 --> 00:21:41,792 COULSON: Boss? 333 00:21:42,958 --> 00:21:45,542 -Where are you going? -Not sure. 334 00:21:45,625 --> 00:21:49,250 Either make a pact with a god or deal with a devil. 335 00:22:11,500 --> 00:22:12,833 You got a name, soldier? 336 00:22:16,792 --> 00:22:18,333 I'm here to see your boss. 337 00:22:38,333 --> 00:22:40,750 If it isn't Hank Pym. 338 00:22:40,833 --> 00:22:46,625 HANK: The balls you have to come here and stand over her grave. 339 00:22:46,708 --> 00:22:47,958 Oh, don't worry about her. 340 00:22:48,042 --> 00:22:50,625 I doubt she'd mind, considering she's dead. 341 00:22:50,708 --> 00:22:54,167 She died because S.H.I.E.L.D. killed her. 342 00:22:54,917 --> 00:22:56,375 She died because of you. 343 00:22:56,458 --> 00:23:01,958 Agent Hope Van Dyne was killed on a mission outside Odessa, Ukraine. 344 00:23:02,042 --> 00:23:03,292 Agent? 345 00:23:03,375 --> 00:23:06,375 She was my daughter! My little girl. 346 00:23:06,958 --> 00:23:09,750 She missed her mother and you exploited that! 347 00:23:09,833 --> 00:23:11,750 Her mother was an agent? 348 00:23:11,833 --> 00:23:14,583 Don't play the fool with me, Fury. 349 00:23:14,667 --> 00:23:20,500 You filled her head with nonsense about protecting humanity and saving the world. 350 00:23:20,583 --> 00:23:24,625 You just left out how she died the same way her mother did, 351 00:23:24,708 --> 00:23:26,667 doing S.H.I.E.L.D.'s dirty work! 352 00:23:26,750 --> 00:23:31,625 And that gave you permission to murder them? 353 00:23:31,708 --> 00:23:36,000 Anthony Stark? Clint Barton? Bruce Banner? Natasha Romanoff? 354 00:23:36,083 --> 00:23:39,083 You took everything from me. 355 00:23:42,083 --> 00:23:44,167 I wanted you to hurt. 356 00:23:45,875 --> 00:23:49,833 To witness everything you've ever worked for... 357 00:23:51,833 --> 00:23:53,417 fought for... 358 00:23:56,208 --> 00:23:57,667 hoped for... 359 00:24:00,708 --> 00:24:02,083 die. 360 00:24:02,667 --> 00:24:05,167 And what of Thor, Prince of Asgard? 361 00:24:05,250 --> 00:24:08,833 Goldilocks? You would have recruited him in a heartbeat. 362 00:24:08,917 --> 00:24:12,250 Sold him some malarkey about being a hero. 363 00:24:12,333 --> 00:24:15,708 That's what you do. What S.H.I.E.L.D. has always done. 364 00:24:15,792 --> 00:24:17,625 Find others to fight your battles. 365 00:24:17,708 --> 00:24:20,417 That's it? You murdered him because you could? 366 00:24:20,500 --> 00:24:24,125 His death was a favor. Yours will be a triumph. 367 00:24:37,792 --> 00:24:39,250 What the... 368 00:24:39,333 --> 00:24:42,875 You're still pretty spry for a guy with a corner office. 369 00:24:51,958 --> 00:24:53,750 You never cared about Hope. 370 00:24:53,833 --> 00:24:55,750 I don't give a damn about any of them. 371 00:24:55,833 --> 00:24:57,333 -(FURY LAUGHS) -(GRUNTS) 372 00:25:04,500 --> 00:25:06,708 Fury! Come on. 373 00:25:06,792 --> 00:25:10,625 You're supposed to be a killer? Well, come on, then. Kill me. 374 00:25:13,375 --> 00:25:14,833 -(GASPS) -Ooh. 375 00:25:17,292 --> 00:25:19,375 HANK: How are you... 376 00:25:19,458 --> 00:25:22,042 -(FURY LAUGHING) -Stop moving, Fury. 377 00:25:22,125 --> 00:25:24,125 What are you doing? Let's go-- 378 00:25:24,208 --> 00:25:26,875 It's like you're everywhere. Aah! 379 00:25:28,958 --> 00:25:30,208 (GRUNTS) 380 00:25:40,583 --> 00:25:42,167 (ALL LAUGHING) 381 00:25:54,208 --> 00:25:56,917 Uh, what's with the goth kid? 382 00:25:57,000 --> 00:25:59,417 Hello. Trickster God. Hi. 383 00:25:59,500 --> 00:26:01,792 S.H.I.E.L.D. is people, 384 00:26:01,875 --> 00:26:05,542 people willing to give their lives for something greater than themselves 385 00:26:05,625 --> 00:26:09,458 to save the world from men like you. 386 00:26:12,500 --> 00:26:17,375 Agent Hope Van Dyne understood that and she will never be forgotten. 387 00:26:17,958 --> 00:26:20,458 Then you honor her. 388 00:26:22,708 --> 00:26:24,250 Then honor her. 389 00:26:25,208 --> 00:26:28,375 Well, this was an absolute pleasure, Director Fury. 390 00:26:28,458 --> 00:26:31,167 Good. Now take your hammer and get off my planet. 391 00:26:31,250 --> 00:26:34,500 (CHUCKLES) About that, we should be allies. 392 00:26:34,583 --> 00:26:36,500 You know, I've just had an idea. 393 00:26:36,583 --> 00:26:39,833 I was thinking I might extend my stay here on Midgard. 394 00:26:40,500 --> 00:26:42,000 For how long? 395 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:51,000 (CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING) 396 00:26:55,125 --> 00:26:57,750 Good evening, my loyal subjects. 397 00:26:58,333 --> 00:27:01,750 It is with great pride that I stand before you today 398 00:27:01,833 --> 00:27:04,417 to announce that in just one day's time, 399 00:27:04,500 --> 00:27:08,083 the nations of Earth have put aside their differences 400 00:27:08,167 --> 00:27:11,417 and united under my command. 401 00:27:11,500 --> 00:27:15,417 It's the unspoken truth of humanity that you crave subjugation. 402 00:27:15,500 --> 00:27:20,000 The bright lure of freedom hobbles you, diminishes your life's joy. 403 00:27:20,083 --> 00:27:23,292 You were made to be ruled. 404 00:27:23,875 --> 00:27:30,125 So I have come to help you fulfill your destiny. 405 00:27:36,417 --> 00:27:39,458 The Avengers fell before they had a chance to rise. 406 00:27:39,542 --> 00:27:41,000 May they rest in peace. 407 00:27:41,083 --> 00:27:43,083 They can, but we won't. 408 00:27:44,208 --> 00:27:47,667 The Avengers were always meant to be more than a team. 409 00:27:47,750 --> 00:27:49,292 They were an idea, 410 00:27:49,375 --> 00:27:55,333 the affirmation of humanity's need to believe that in our darkest hour, 411 00:27:55,917 --> 00:27:58,583 we will find our heroes. 412 00:28:02,542 --> 00:28:06,667 I believe that in this universe, as in every other, hope never dies. 413 00:28:08,833 --> 00:28:12,833 As long as someone keeps their good eye on the bigger picture. 414 00:28:14,625 --> 00:28:15,833 Welcome back, Captain. 415 00:28:18,875 --> 00:28:20,542 So where's the fight? 416 00:28:21,667 --> 00:28:23,667 (THEME MUSIC PLAYING)