Impending Doomsday - Avengers Endgame "Who Is the Variant of Who?"

Kevin Feige's first ending for Avengers: Endgame put all six original Avengers in a furnace together. Toy Story 3, but with Hawkeye. The Russos talked him out of it. That is the least strange thing in this episode. Marvel named fifteen things to watch before Avengers: Doomsday. This is number six, the three-hour victory lap, and it comes with homework: the Encore re-release and its new stingers. The back matter first. Katherine Langford's cut scene as grown-up Morgan Stark. "I am Iron Man," found in the edit room after a version where Tony said nothing at all, and the producer who talked Downey into going back to shoot it. Joe Russo casting himself as the grieving man in Cap's support group. The re-release that chased down Avatar, and an Oscar campaign in twelve categories that came back with one nomination. Then the whole movie, from the Barton farm to the lake house, with a stop to give the rat that saved the universe the statue Marvel never will. Then the Encore. Loki knocking on Peggy's door. Doom collecting the Hulk. The TVA watching universes fire on each other until three are left. Tony in the cave, hammering out a mask that turns out to be Doom's. Jason has two theories about what that means, and the second one is that Tony Stark was never the original. He was the variant. Next week on Impending Doomsday: Loki, seasons one and two. X-Ray Vision is Jason Concepcion and Rosie Knight. Three episodes a week, news on Saturdays, from iHeart Podcasts. CHAPTERS 0:00 Cold open: Jason has a theory 0:27 Spoiler warning, and welcome back 0:54 Impending Doomsday, six of fifteen 2:01 Kevin Feige's first pitch killed all six Avengers 2:51 Who sent Steve back to Peggy 3:17 Katherine Langford's cut scene as adult Morgan 4:11 "I am Iron Man" was found in the edit 6:06 Where did old Steve Rogers live? 8:25 Joe Russo cast himself 9:32 The re-release and the Avatar record 12:16 Twelve Oscar campaigns, one nomination 15:57 The recap 18:37 Tony and Nebula adrift 21:18 Back at the compound 27:17 The Garden 30:34 Five years later 32:07 The rat that saved the universe 34:22 Nat's peanut butter sandwich 39:33 Scott Lang has an idea 40:29 Tony's cabin 43:01 Professor Hulk 44:19 Tony invents time travel 47:28 Audi, presented by Audi 51:42 New Asgard and Thor 52:57 Does the Thor fat suit hold up? 54:36 Ronin in Tokyo 57:14 The rules of time travel 58:19 Planning the Time Heist 1:00:37 New York, 2012 1:02:15 Asgard, 2013 1:02:57 Morag, and a Nebula problem 1:05:35 Loki takes the Tesseract 1:07:16 Cap vs. Cap 1:09:19 Frigga's pep talk 1:11:25 Camp Lehigh, 1970 1:13:17 Vormir 1:13:35 Should it have been Clint? 1:15:44 The new gauntlet, and Banner snaps 1:17:03 Thanos hits the compound 1:18:19 Gamora switches sides 1:20:49 The Big Three vs. Thanos 1:23:16 Cap lifts Mjolnir 1:24:08 "On your left" 1:28:45 The A-Force moment 1:30:17 "I am Iron Man" 1:32:31 Tony's funeral 1:33:47 Cap's last dance 1:35:18 The Encore stingers 1:36:19 Doom collects the Hulk 1:36:55 The TVA and the incursions 1:38:15 Doom's mask 1:38:39 Theory one: is old Cap really Loki? 1:39:43 Theory two: Tony Stark is the variant 1:43:23 What does Doom want with Hulk? 1:44:25 Maestro? 1:47:11 Strange as Doom's inside man 1:47:35 The Beyonder and Kang 1:49:04 Is Thanos coming back? 1:52:14 Doom is always number two 1:54:48 Is Thor's daughter missing? 1:55:23 Doom's power stew 1:57:19 Next time: Loki