Taking a page from comics Derek and John travel to the old west for What If 306 What If 1872? This adventure featuring Shang-Chi, Hawkeye and The Hood is a perfect entry into What If.

What If 306 What if 1872? Synopsis

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

Head Writer: Matthew Chauncey

Story by : Bryan Andrews, Matthew Chauncey, and Ryan Little

Teleplay by : Matthew Chauncey and Ryan Little

Episode Directed By: Stephan Franck and Bryan Andrews

In the 1860s, Xu Xialing fled to America for a better life only to fall victim to The Hood's plan to vilify Chinese immigrants in order to consolidate his power. 

In 1872, Shang-Chi is searching for his sister alongside Kate Bishop, who wants revenge on the Hood for killing her family. They find a decimated township and meet a boy, Kwai Jun-Fan, who claims the Hood attacked and left on a ghost train. 

Shang-Chi, Bishop, and Jun-Fan find and board the train, where they discover that the missing immigrants have been brainwashed by the Hood's enforcer Sonny Burch. 

The Watcher helps Jun-Fan survive while Shang-Chi and Bishop are taken to the Hood, revealed to be a corrupted Xialing, who killed the original Hood and stole his powers. 

Burch confesses to killing Bishop's parents and attempts to brainwash her, until Jun-Fan rings the bell, freeing the prisoners and allowing Kate to knock Burch out. Shang-Chi refuses to join or fight Xialing and Kate Bishop kills her. 

Later, the pair observe Jun-Fan telling his heroic story to the other immigrants and they ride off into the sunset.

Subsequently, the Watcher is confronted by three other Watchers for his interference and a few shards of their observatory spill into the multiverse.

Marvel's What If...? 306 Cast

• Simu Liu as Xu Shang-Chi
• Hailee Steinfeld as Kate Bishop
• Wyatt Russell as John Walker / U.S. Agent
• Meng'er Zhang as Xu Xialing / The Hood
• Walton Goggins as Sonny Burch
• Allen Deng as Kwai Jun-Fan
• Jason Isaacs as the Eminence.

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