The Defenders return to the MCU for What If? Season 2 with Episode 1 "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, revealing that he and Nova Prime plan to give up Xandar to Ronan. Nebula survives an execution attempt by Nova Prime's men, subsequently enlisting casino owner Howard the Duck and his subordinates Groot and Korg to stop Nova Prime. 

During their fight, Nebula reveals she realized Nova Prime's defection when she assigned the mission to her and altered the code so that the shield would close again as the Dark Aster enters Xandar, destroying the ship and killing Ronan. 

Nova Prime tries to escape but ultimately falls to her death. The shield reopens as Nebula prepares to continue defending Xandar.

Marvel's What If? 201 Cast

The Watcher played by Jeffrey Wright

Karen Gillan as Nebula, 

Jude Law as Yon-Rogg, 

Michael Rooker as Yondu Udonta, 

Seth Green as Howard the Duck, 

Taika Waititi as Korg, 

Peter Serafinowicz as Garthan Saal, 

Julianne Grossman as Irani Rael / Nova Prime, 

Fred Tatasciore as Groot

A Return to Defending

As we are returning to the Marvel TV universe we are using the format of our former Marvel podcast, Defenders TV Podcast. We discuss: - What if we had a Top 3 points about the episode.

What have we seen before, What's the change, what does this mean for this episodes universe - Whether we each Defend the episode or not - Notes, Quotes and comic references

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Thanks for joining us for our What If? season 2 episode 1 podcast. We'll be back next time with our chat about What If? Season 2 Episode 2 "What if Peter Quill Attacked Earth's Mightiest Heroes?”"

We've been podcasting a lot in 2023 including Guardians of The Galaxy Vol 3, The Marvel, Loki and lots of non Marvel shows like The Last Of Us, The Wheel of Time Season 2. Invincible, The Boys spin off Gen V and much much more. Make sure to check out our full feed at https://tvpodcastindustries.com

Until then, Keep Watching, Keep Listening and Keep Defending.

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