It's a great buddy adventure team-up as Derek and John chat about What if 303, What If The Red Guardian Stopped The Winter Soldier. Really fun performances here, in particular from David Harbour and Sebastian Stan.

What If 303 What if The Red Guardian Stopped The Winter Soldier? Synopsis

Executive Produced by: Matthew Chauncey, Bryan Andrews and Brad Winderbaum with Kevin Fiege.

Head Writer: Matthew Chauncey

Written by: A.C. Bradley

Episode Directed By: Bryan Andrews

In 1991, Alexei Shostakov and Bucky Barnes are sent to recover a case of super-soldier serum from Howard and Maria Stark. 

The Red Guardian prevents The Winter Soldier from killing them and they only acquire one vial of the serum.

With no extraction, the duo tracks a spy called “The Rook" to Las Vegas for alternative transportation while evading a police officer Ranger Morales and a S.H.I.E.L.D. unit led by Bill Foster. 

Dreykov secretly orders Bucky to kill Alexei, who has become a liability. In Las Vegas, Shostakov and Barnes discover that the Rook is Obadiah Stane, who provided the Russians with information about the serum in order to eliminate the Starks from the market. 

Stane attacks the duo, but is killed by Barnes. As the authorities and a task force sent by the Red Room swarm the area, Barnes buys Alexei time to escape, who destroys the last vial of the serum. 

Some time later, Barnes is taken back to Hydra's base in Siberia, where he insists to Dreykov that The Red Guardian is dead. 

Meanwhile, Bill Foster approaches Shostakov and offers him a chance to help the United States once again. 21 years later, Shostakov is fighting alongside the Avengers in the Battle of New York.

Marvel's What If...? 303 Cast

• David Harbour as Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian, 
• Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier, 
• Laurence Fishburne as Bill Foster / Goliath, 
• America Ferrera as Ranger Morales, 
• Piotr Michael as Dreykov (Replacing Ray Winstone), 
• Gene Farber as Karpov
• Kiff VandenHeuvel as Obadiah Stane / "Rook"

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