WEBVTT 00:42.125 --> 00:43.833 WATCHER: Time. 00:46.541 --> 00:47.875 Space. 00:49.333 --> 00:50.541 Reality. 00:53.291 --> 00:55.541 It's more than a linear path. 00:59.833 --> 01:04.541 It's a prism of endless possibility, 01:06.916 --> 01:10.625 where a single choice can branch out into infinite realities, 01:13.166 --> 01:16.208 creating alternate worlds from the ones you know. 01:20.000 --> 01:21.750 I am the Watcher. 01:23.500 --> 01:26.666 I am your guide through these vast new realities. 01:28.291 --> 01:31.958 Follow me and ponder the question... 01:35.375 --> 01:37.166 "What if?" 01:46.125 --> 01:49.375 There was an idea to bring together a group of-- 01:49.458 --> 01:50.500 ROMANOFF: Remarkable people? 01:50.583 --> 01:52.500 To see if they could become something more? 01:52.583 --> 01:54.041 I know. I've heard the speech. 01:54.125 --> 01:55.583 Then you realize what's at stake. 01:55.666 --> 01:57.708 Which is why I'm surprised you'd wanna bet 01:57.791 --> 02:00.833 the future of the Avengers Initiative on that. 02:04.041 --> 02:06.916 Stark may be eccentric, but he's got potential. 02:07.000 --> 02:08.416 What he's got is a hangover. 02:08.500 --> 02:10.916 Did I ever tell you about this one time 02:11.000 --> 02:15.166 I actually recruited a Russian assassin to join my American covert ops team? 02:15.250 --> 02:16.541 Vaguely rings a bell. 02:16.625 --> 02:19.333 Then you should know, I'm not afraid of a big swing. 02:20.500 --> 02:24.583 Sir, I'm going to have to ask you to exit the donut. 02:24.666 --> 02:27.375 I told you I don't wanna join your super-secret boyband. 02:27.458 --> 02:31.291 No, no, no. See, I remember, you do everything yourself. 02:31.375 --> 02:33.916 -How's that working out for you? -I've been worse. 02:34.000 --> 02:37.375 You've become a problem, a problem I have to deal with. 02:37.458 --> 02:41.208 Contrary to your belief, you are not the center of my universe. 02:41.291 --> 02:43.083 -STARK: I get it. -Hit him. 02:43.166 --> 02:44.625 (SCREAMS) God. What'd she just do to me? 02:44.708 --> 02:46.833 What did we just do for you? 02:46.916 --> 02:49.625 That's lithium dioxide. It's gonna take the edge off. 02:49.708 --> 02:53.958 It's not a cure, it just abates the symptoms? 02:54.041 --> 02:55.416 Stark! You okay? 02:57.916 --> 02:59.833 -FURY: Stark! -ROMANOFF: Tony. Tony! 03:04.750 --> 03:05.958 He's dead. 03:08.250 --> 03:12.416 WATCHER: Humanity, so eager, so willing to face the impossible, 03:12.500 --> 03:14.833 yet blind to the bigger picture. 03:14.916 --> 03:19.250 Inside one week, three strange and separate stories unfolded. 03:19.333 --> 03:23.541 A genius battled his demons both inside and out, 03:24.583 --> 03:28.041 while the world met the monster hiding in the man. 03:29.333 --> 03:32.041 And a godly prince fell to Earth. 03:33.166 --> 03:34.625 I am the Watcher. 03:34.708 --> 03:36.625 And where humans see chaos, 03:36.708 --> 03:39.041 I see the crucible that would transform 03:39.125 --> 03:43.000 this collection of individuals into a team of heroes. 03:44.375 --> 03:47.333 At least, that's how things played out in one universe. 03:48.125 --> 03:49.541 But in this one... 03:59.416 --> 04:01.208 Sir, we found it. 04:01.291 --> 04:03.500 Kind of in the middle of something here, Coulson. 04:03.583 --> 04:06.958 COULSON: Not sure it can wait, sir. Locals are getting curious. 04:07.041 --> 04:09.500 Set up a perimeter and tell the team I'm en route. 04:10.666 --> 04:13.708 I may not have been a fan of Tony Stark, but I didn't kill him. 04:13.791 --> 04:15.333 Save your spin for Pierce. 04:15.416 --> 04:17.916 He wants you in New York first thing for questioning. 04:18.500 --> 04:19.625 Wanna give us a minute? 04:21.166 --> 04:22.333 This wasn't me. 04:22.416 --> 04:25.291 I know that, but S.H.I.E.L.D. has protocols, 04:25.375 --> 04:27.791 so my hands, like yours, are tied. 04:27.875 --> 04:30.708 -You know these won't hold me. -Oh, I'm counting on it. 04:30.791 --> 04:33.958 Someone inside S.H.I.E.L.D. compromised Stark's antidote. 04:34.041 --> 04:37.083 I need someone on the outside to find out who. 04:37.166 --> 04:39.333 Sure you wanna take another big swing on me, boss? 04:39.416 --> 04:41.125 Safest bet I'll ever make. 04:58.166 --> 05:00.333 Wow. So serious. 05:02.333 --> 05:04.625 Maybe we should get some tunes going. 05:06.125 --> 05:07.708 Lighten the mood. 05:09.916 --> 05:12.625 You guys are no fun. Here. Mind holding these for me? 05:12.708 --> 05:14.166 Of course. Uh... What? 05:18.041 --> 05:19.875 I never did get what he sees in her. 05:19.958 --> 05:23.291 Sure, she can land a punch, but only 'cause people don't expect it. 05:31.750 --> 05:34.291 What? Stop! Stop the truck! 05:39.000 --> 05:40.291 No, no, no, no, no, no, no. 05:43.416 --> 05:45.833 Oh! Come on! 05:54.916 --> 05:59.083 BARTON: Best we can tell, it's extremely powerful and not from around here. 05:59.666 --> 06:03.125 Electromagnetic, neutron, vita radiations, all off the charts. 06:09.208 --> 06:11.041 Well, that doesn't sound ominous at all. 06:11.125 --> 06:12.916 It's been happening all night. 06:13.000 --> 06:15.041 The artifact has a bit of an attitude. 06:15.125 --> 06:17.125 Also, no one can lift it. 06:17.208 --> 06:19.291 Not even Jackson and he does CrossFit. 06:19.375 --> 06:23.291 Something that powerful goes missing, someone always comes looking. 06:25.833 --> 06:29.375 We just have to cross our fingers that someone is an ally. 06:36.875 --> 06:38.041 So, what's the move? 06:38.125 --> 06:42.041 Same as always. Hope for the best, prepare for the worst. 06:44.708 --> 06:46.666 We got a man down. Sound the alarms. 06:48.958 --> 06:50.875 I think the worst just got here. 06:52.166 --> 06:53.708 FURY: Coulson, talk to me. 06:53.791 --> 06:56.750 We got a perimeter breach. Multiple agents down and... 06:58.875 --> 07:00.166 Whoa. 07:00.250 --> 07:02.416 I got visual on the intruder. 07:03.458 --> 07:06.500 He's a Caucasian male, mid-twenties with... 07:08.083 --> 07:09.750 really great hair. 07:10.583 --> 07:11.666 Excuse me? 07:11.750 --> 07:14.833 COULSON: It's an accurate description. Sir, he's gorgeous. 07:14.916 --> 07:17.833 -I need eyes in the sky. Barton. -BARTON: Already on it. 07:19.916 --> 07:21.625 He's making a move on the hammer. 07:21.708 --> 07:24.125 One shot, one kill, sir. Just say the word. 07:25.333 --> 07:27.625 FURY: Hold your fire. I wanna see this. 07:32.541 --> 07:36.375 Whoa. Coulson wasn't lying about the hair. That's nice. 07:38.833 --> 07:40.166 Fury, now or never. 07:40.291 --> 07:42.208 -(THOR GRUNTS) -FURY: Hold your-- 07:47.375 --> 07:50.041 Damn it, Barton. I told you to stand down. 07:50.125 --> 07:52.500 I did! Wasn't me! I didn't shoot! 07:53.916 --> 07:55.166 GUARD 2: Drop your weapon! 07:55.250 --> 07:56.958 I swear, I didn't shoot. 07:58.833 --> 08:01.375 Your arrow would indicate otherwise. 08:05.500 --> 08:10.375 This doesn't make any sense. I don't slip. I don't misfire. 08:11.041 --> 08:13.500 -What's the word on our intruder? -Dead. 08:13.583 --> 08:15.541 And if his blood samples are to be believed, 08:15.625 --> 08:19.375 he's almost a thousand years old and not of this world. 08:19.458 --> 08:21.666 First Stark, now Muscle Beach. 08:21.750 --> 08:25.833 That's two high value S.H.I.E.L.D. targets killed by our own agents inside 24 hours. 08:25.916 --> 08:29.041 -Barton's sticking to his story? -He's pretty bent out of shape. 08:29.125 --> 08:31.208 -Won't talk to anyone. -He'll talk to me. 08:35.916 --> 08:37.916 Wake up, Sleeping Beauty. 08:39.083 --> 08:40.250 Barton. 08:43.041 --> 08:45.541 Barton. Coulson, get a medic. 08:45.625 --> 08:48.083 How could this... Who did you let in here? 08:48.166 --> 08:49.333 -No one. -COULSON: No one. 08:49.416 --> 08:52.083 Stay with me. Stay with me. 08:54.625 --> 08:57.750 We're running a tox screen to see if it was a cyanide capsule. 08:57.833 --> 08:59.333 Barton had a wife and kids. 08:59.416 --> 09:01.708 If he was gonna go, it wouldn't be willingly. 09:01.791 --> 09:02.958 You think he was murdered. 09:03.041 --> 09:07.166 If I had to guess, my money is on the same someone who killed Stark. 09:07.250 --> 09:09.375 But Barton was in a locked cell under observation. 09:09.458 --> 09:11.750 There was no sign of struggle, no entry wounds. 09:11.833 --> 09:14.625 It's weird, but I also have a space corpse 09:14.708 --> 09:17.958 that looks like a Chippendales dancer rotting on the next table over. 09:21.041 --> 09:22.666 Oh, wow. 09:22.750 --> 09:25.416 Even while rotting, he smells like lavender. 09:25.500 --> 09:27.333 Really? (SNIFFING) 09:28.291 --> 09:29.291 Mmm. 09:29.375 --> 09:31.916 Still, there's not a lot connecting a billionaire playboy 09:32.000 --> 09:35.041 and a S.H.I.E.L.D. assassin, unless you have any ideas. 09:35.958 --> 09:38.125 There was an idea. 09:52.208 --> 09:54.958 Dr. Ross. Not sure if you remember me, but-- 09:55.041 --> 09:57.208 (SIGHS) Oh, I remember. 09:57.291 --> 09:59.125 And I'll tell you the same thing I told you 09:59.208 --> 10:01.541 the last time S.H.I.E.L.D. came poking around. 10:01.625 --> 10:02.833 I haven't seen him. 10:02.916 --> 10:05.666 I'm not here about the green guy. 10:05.750 --> 10:10.583 His name is Dr. Bruce Banner. And I'm in a rush, Agent Romanoff. 10:10.666 --> 10:13.375 I'm here about Tony Stark. I believe he was murdered. 10:14.500 --> 10:16.500 What? By whom? 10:16.583 --> 10:21.250 Me. Or at least someone's trying to make it look that way, using this. 10:23.166 --> 10:25.625 So, why did you come to me? 10:25.708 --> 10:29.583 You're an expert in the tactical applications of cellular biology. 10:29.666 --> 10:33.041 There are plenty of others. Why did you really come here? 10:33.750 --> 10:35.916 I need to keep this off S.H.I.E.L.D.'s radar 10:36.458 --> 10:39.583 and you seem to have some experience in that department. 10:41.500 --> 10:45.000 Mmm. Well, your injector's clean 10:45.083 --> 10:48.791 and there's no traces of lethal pathogens of any kind. 10:48.875 --> 10:49.875 Then what killed him? 10:49.958 --> 10:52.791 BETTY: Whatever it was, it wasn't biological. 10:52.875 --> 10:55.500 Your antidote didn't even make it out of the syringe. 10:55.583 --> 11:00.000 It looks to me like a tiny projectile of some kind was fired from the needle. 11:00.083 --> 11:02.000 You're thinking nanotech? 11:02.083 --> 11:05.125 I'm a biologist, not a ballistics expert. 11:05.208 --> 11:06.916 And I believe we're done here. 11:12.208 --> 11:14.541 Huh. You got a side job, Dr. Ross? 11:14.625 --> 11:16.416 What? I don't know. I... 11:16.500 --> 11:18.083 A student must have left it there. 11:22.250 --> 11:24.791 FURY: I got bad news and worse news. 11:24.875 --> 11:27.458 -You in a secure location? -Not currently. 11:28.708 --> 11:29.916 FURY: Barton's dead. 11:33.291 --> 11:34.958 FURY: I know what he meant to you. 11:41.833 --> 11:44.000 Who do I kill? 11:44.666 --> 11:47.291 FURY: Looks like his and Stark's murders are connected. 11:47.958 --> 11:50.791 -ROMANOFF: By what? -FURY: The Avengers Initiative. 11:50.875 --> 11:53.458 Seems our killer is going after the candidates. 11:53.541 --> 11:55.375 ROMANOFF: If someone wanted to kneecap S.H.I.E.L.D., 11:55.458 --> 11:56.666 that's a good place to start. 11:57.333 --> 11:58.625 Who else is on the list? 11:58.708 --> 12:02.541 FURY: That's the thing. Bruce Banner and you. 12:02.625 --> 12:06.500 ROMANOFF: Under different circumstances, I'd be flattered. So would Clint. 12:06.583 --> 12:10.250 FURY: You need to get yourself to ground. But first, find Banner. 12:10.333 --> 12:13.416 Funny thing, boss. Think I already have. 12:15.375 --> 12:17.833 I... I'm sorry, but I can't let you in there. 12:17.916 --> 12:20.208 Move, or I'll make you move. 12:21.250 --> 12:23.750 No need for violence, Agent Romanoff. 12:23.833 --> 12:26.875 That's probably not gonna work out. For anyone. 12:33.750 --> 12:35.500 What? What is it? 12:37.250 --> 12:39.083 We need to go. Now. 12:50.041 --> 12:51.541 FURY: What's your 20, Coulson? 12:51.625 --> 12:53.666 Coffee run. Needed a breather. 12:53.750 --> 12:56.458 Got you a double macchiato. Just how you like it. 13:00.041 --> 13:01.125 What the... 13:06.541 --> 13:10.083 Director, sensors are reporting a massive energy surge. 13:10.166 --> 13:13.583 -Seems like it came out of nowhere. -What are you seeing, Coulson? 13:13.666 --> 13:16.416 A meteorological phenomenon of some kind. 13:19.875 --> 13:23.250 Oh, boy. Whatever it is, it came with bogeys. 13:23.333 --> 13:25.916 -They look like they're from Earth? -COULSON: Maybe Middle-earth? 13:33.750 --> 13:35.083 Go get 'em, boss. 13:46.083 --> 13:49.708 Looking for directions, sir? Because you seem to have lost your way. 13:49.791 --> 13:54.041 (CHUCKLES) You would do best to kneel before a god. 13:54.125 --> 13:58.833 We don't really do that here. No matter who or what you are. 13:58.916 --> 14:03.041 -I am Loki, Crown Prince of Asgard. -(CELL PHONE RINGING) 14:03.125 --> 14:04.541 The rightful king of Jotun-- 14:06.375 --> 14:10.291 -(CLEARS THROAT) Jotunheim. And God of M-- -(CELL PHONE CONTINUES RINGING) 14:11.458 --> 14:14.375 Mischief. Are you gonna take that? I'm in the middle of something. 14:14.458 --> 14:15.750 Damn it, Fury! Pick up. 14:15.833 --> 14:19.416 Hey, I'm telling you, it's safer for everyone if I fend for myself. 14:20.000 --> 14:23.000 -I sort of can't die. -Then I guess you're in luck. 14:33.666 --> 14:35.041 Look alive, people. 14:35.125 --> 14:38.666 I want strike teams locked, loaded, and ready to move in on my mark. 14:40.416 --> 14:41.958 I'm a little busy here, Widow. 14:42.041 --> 14:43.833 ROMANOFF: Oh, good. We'll start a support group. 14:43.916 --> 14:47.333 I've got General Ross, a dozen snipers and a few tanks. 14:47.416 --> 14:49.416 -What are you dealing with? -FURY: Space Vikings. 14:49.500 --> 14:52.000 -Show-off. -FURY: Handle it, then get to ground. 14:53.333 --> 14:54.375 Lady trouble? 14:54.458 --> 14:57.583 Well, what exactly is it that brought you here, Mr. Loki? 14:57.666 --> 14:59.000 Vengeance. 14:59.083 --> 15:04.416 An agent of this planet murdered Thor Odinson, the Crown Prince of Asgard. 15:05.000 --> 15:07.291 Natasha Romanoff, agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. 15:07.375 --> 15:11.000 I have Bruce Banner in my custody. You need to stand down. 15:13.083 --> 15:15.875 -Hey, hey! Don't shoot! -Who the hell opened fire? 15:15.958 --> 15:17.125 SOLDIER 3: Not us, sir. 15:17.208 --> 15:19.541 Bruce! It's okay. We're okay, right? 15:19.625 --> 15:21.708 I'll get you out of this. I swear on my life. 15:21.791 --> 15:25.875 Director Fury, you fail to comprehend the enormity of the situation. 15:25.958 --> 15:27.958 Oh, I'm comprehending, all right. 15:30.041 --> 15:34.708 Agent Romanoff, I think you might be better off getting out of here. 15:34.791 --> 15:37.750 Which is why I have to ask, what's in the box? 15:37.833 --> 15:39.125 Ooh. 15:39.208 --> 15:41.458 Such insolence will not be tolerated. 15:41.541 --> 15:44.958 And your planet will be taken as retribution. 15:57.000 --> 15:58.666 -Take it down! -(GUNS FIRING) 16:32.583 --> 16:34.708 Oh, you want some of this? Come on! 16:34.791 --> 16:38.041 Father! No! Stop! Stop, please! 16:39.041 --> 16:41.625 -(MAN SCREAMING) -(SOBBING) Stop! 16:42.708 --> 16:46.041 -There's nothing you can do. -That's my father. He'll listen to me. 16:46.125 --> 16:48.083 The General isn't the one who started this. 16:49.708 --> 16:50.833 Then who did? 16:57.333 --> 16:58.500 Bruce! 17:00.833 --> 17:02.083 Bruce! 17:10.958 --> 17:13.708 (SOBBING) No. No, no, no. Bruce. 17:13.791 --> 17:18.125 But he can't die. He can't die. 17:19.791 --> 17:21.166 He can't. 17:26.833 --> 17:32.083 Declaring war on this planet will not bring your prince back! 17:32.166 --> 17:33.291 SIF: Wait. 17:33.375 --> 17:37.166 He's not wrong. The All-Father would want us to listen. 17:40.250 --> 17:42.083 We have the same enemy here. 17:42.166 --> 17:45.208 The person who killed your brother also killed two of my people. 17:45.291 --> 17:48.291 Good people. We should be working together. 17:48.375 --> 17:50.500 We are not allies. 17:50.583 --> 17:52.458 Then let me help you. 17:52.541 --> 17:55.083 I promise, when I find your brother's killer, 17:55.166 --> 17:57.833 you will have your pound of flesh. 17:57.916 --> 18:00.166 What a fascinating choice of words. 18:01.166 --> 18:04.250 But I shall require the entire corpse. 18:05.083 --> 18:06.333 You need to give me time. 18:10.458 --> 18:11.500 Very well. 18:11.583 --> 18:16.750 You have until the next rise of Midgard's sun to deliver my brother's assassin, 18:16.833 --> 18:21.000 or I will reduce this planet to ash and ice. 18:33.291 --> 18:35.333 COULSON: (OVER PHONE) Why do you need my password? 18:35.458 --> 18:38.250 ROMANOFF: (SIGHS) I need to get into the Avengers Initiative files, 18:38.333 --> 18:42.041 but I'm locked out of the system and wanted for murder. 18:42.125 --> 18:44.000 COULSON: I'm not telling you my password, Romanoff. 18:44.083 --> 18:45.958 -ROMANOFF: Why not? -COULSON: Because I'm not. 18:46.041 --> 18:48.875 ROMANOFF: Coulson. Clint was your friend, too. 18:50.666 --> 18:56.291 (SIGHS) Hashtag-Steve-Steve-Steve- I-heart-Steve-0-7-0-4. 18:56.375 --> 18:57.416 Wow. 18:57.500 --> 18:59.125 -Good one, Coulson. -What? 18:59.208 --> 19:01.375 No, nothing. That's great. Thank you. 19:28.666 --> 19:31.375 Huh. How did a woman who died two years ago 19:31.458 --> 19:33.125 access the database yesterday? 19:39.333 --> 19:44.541 You won't win. Not against me. Not against S.H.I.E.L.D. 19:52.958 --> 19:55.208 FURY: You found me. You know what to do. 20:03.750 --> 20:06.333 Fury, it's Hope! It's all about Hope! 20:22.625 --> 20:25.125 ROMANOFF: (OVER PHONE) It's Hope! It's all about Hope! 20:30.625 --> 20:32.875 It's Hope! It's all about Hope! 20:35.083 --> 20:37.666 It's Hope! It's all about Hope! 20:38.375 --> 20:39.916 COULSON: Four hours to sunup, sir. 20:40.833 --> 20:42.625 I haven't forgotten. 20:42.708 --> 20:46.250 Sir, I understand that this Prince Loki situation is the very reason 20:46.333 --> 20:48.291 you proposed the Avengers Initiative 20:48.375 --> 20:51.583 for a group of remarkable individuals to fight the battles we can't. 20:51.666 --> 20:52.750 I wrote the speech. 20:53.875 --> 20:55.583 There's still one name left, sir. 20:57.166 --> 20:58.208 Yours. 21:03.625 --> 21:05.416 I'm not the only Avenger left. 21:08.750 --> 21:10.125 What? 21:19.708 --> 21:22.083 COULSON: Is that a beeper from the '90s? 21:23.000 --> 21:24.583 Also our last hope. 21:25.875 --> 21:30.666 "Hope. It's all about Hope." 21:31.583 --> 21:33.416 (CHUCKLES) Widow. 21:37.041 --> 21:38.791 COULSON: Boss? 21:39.958 --> 21:42.541 -Where are you going? -Not sure. 21:42.625 --> 21:46.250 Either make a pact with a god or deal with a devil. 22:08.500 --> 22:09.833 You got a name, soldier? 22:13.791 --> 22:15.333 I'm here to see your boss. 22:35.333 --> 22:37.750 If it isn't Hank Pym. 22:37.833 --> 22:43.625 HANK: The balls you have to come here and stand over her grave. 22:43.708 --> 22:44.958 Oh, don't worry about her. 22:45.041 --> 22:47.625 I doubt she'd mind, considering she's dead. 22:47.708 --> 22:51.166 She died because S.H.I.E.L.D. killed her. 22:51.916 --> 22:53.375 She died because of you. 22:53.458 --> 22:58.958 Agent Hope Van Dyne was killed on a mission outside Odessa, Ukraine. 22:59.041 --> 23:00.291 Agent? 23:00.375 --> 23:03.375 She was my daughter! My little girl. 23:03.958 --> 23:06.750 She missed her mother and you exploited that! 23:06.833 --> 23:08.750 Her mother was an agent? 23:08.833 --> 23:11.583 Don't play the fool with me, Fury. 23:11.666 --> 23:17.500 You filled her head with nonsense about protecting humanity and saving the world. 23:17.583 --> 23:21.625 You just left out how she died the same way her mother did, 23:21.708 --> 23:23.666 doing S.H.I.E.L.D.'s dirty work! 23:23.750 --> 23:28.625 And that gave you permission to murder them? 23:28.708 --> 23:33.000 Anthony Stark? Clint Barton? Bruce Banner? Natasha Romanoff? 23:33.083 --> 23:36.083 You took everything from me. 23:39.083 --> 23:41.166 I wanted you to hurt. 23:42.875 --> 23:46.833 To witness everything you've ever worked for... 23:48.833 --> 23:50.416 fought for... 23:53.208 --> 23:54.666 hoped for... 23:57.708 --> 23:59.083 die. 23:59.666 --> 24:02.166 And what of Thor, Prince of Asgard? 24:02.250 --> 24:05.833 Goldilocks? You would have recruited him in a heartbeat. 24:05.916 --> 24:09.250 Sold him some malarkey about being a hero. 24:09.333 --> 24:12.708 That's what you do. What S.H.I.E.L.D. has always done. 24:12.791 --> 24:14.625 Find others to fight your battles. 24:14.708 --> 24:17.416 That's it? You murdered him because you could? 24:17.500 --> 24:21.125 His death was a favor. Yours will be a triumph. 24:34.791 --> 24:36.250 What the... 24:36.333 --> 24:39.875 You're still pretty spry for a guy with a corner office. 24:48.958 --> 24:50.750 You never cared about Hope. 24:50.833 --> 24:52.750 I don't give a damn about any of them. 25:01.500 --> 25:03.708 Fury! Come on. 25:03.791 --> 25:07.625 You're supposed to be a killer? Well, come on, then. Kill me. 25:10.375 --> 25:11.833 -(GASPS) -Ooh. 25:14.291 --> 25:16.375 HANK: How are you... 25:16.458 --> 25:19.041 -(FURY LAUGHING) -Stop moving, Fury. 25:19.125 --> 25:21.125 What are you doing? Let's go-- 25:21.208 --> 25:23.875 It's like you're everywhere. Aah! 25:51.208 --> 25:53.916 Uh, what's with the goth kid? 25:54.000 --> 25:56.416 Hello. Trickster God. Hi. 25:56.500 --> 25:58.791 S.H.I.E.L.D. is people, 25:58.875 --> 26:02.541 people willing to give their lives for something greater than themselves 26:02.625 --> 26:06.458 to save the world from men like you. 26:09.500 --> 26:14.375 Agent Hope Van Dyne understood that and she will never be forgotten. 26:14.958 --> 26:17.458 Then you honor her. 26:19.708 --> 26:21.250 Then honor her. 26:22.208 --> 26:25.375 Well, this was an absolute pleasure, Director Fury. 26:25.458 --> 26:28.166 Good. Now take your hammer and get off my planet. 26:28.250 --> 26:31.500 (CHUCKLES) About that, we should be allies. 26:31.583 --> 26:33.500 You know, I've just had an idea. 26:33.583 --> 26:36.833 I was thinking I might extend my stay here on Midgard. 26:37.500 --> 26:39.000 For how long? 26:52.125 --> 26:54.750 Good evening, my loyal subjects. 26:55.333 --> 26:58.750 It is with great pride that I stand before you today 26:58.833 --> 27:01.416 to announce that in just one day's time, 27:01.500 --> 27:05.083 the nations of Earth have put aside their differences 27:05.166 --> 27:08.416 and united under my command. 27:08.500 --> 27:12.416 It's the unspoken truth of humanity that you crave subjugation. 27:12.500 --> 27:17.000 The bright lure of freedom hobbles you, diminishes your life's joy. 27:17.083 --> 27:20.291 You were made to be ruled. 27:20.875 --> 27:27.125 So I have come to help you fulfill your destiny. 27:33.416 --> 27:36.458 The Avengers fell before they had a chance to rise. 27:36.541 --> 27:38.000 May they rest in peace. 27:38.083 --> 27:40.083 They can, but we won't. 27:41.208 --> 27:44.666 The Avengers were always meant to be more than a team. 27:44.750 --> 27:46.291 They were an idea, 27:46.375 --> 27:52.333 the affirmation of humanity's need to believe that in our darkest hour, 27:52.916 --> 27:55.583 we will find our heroes. 27:59.541 --> 28:03.666 I believe that in this universe, as in every other, hope never dies. 28:05.833 --> 28:09.833 As long as someone keeps their good eye on the bigger picture. 28:11.625 --> 28:12.833 Welcome back, Captain. 28:15.875 --> 28:17.541 So where's the fight?