Happy New Year fellow Defenders we're back once again with our chat all about What If? 205 What if Captain Carter Fought The Hydra Stomper? One of the best episodes of the season so far. Marvel's What If? 205 What if Captain Carter Fought The Hydra Stomper? SynopsisExecutive Produced by: Bryan Andrews, A.C. Bradley, Brad Winderbaum with Kevin Feige Head Writer: A.C. Bradley Episode Written by: A.C. Bradley Episode Directed By: Bryan Andrews Following a mission to retake the Lemurian Star, Captain Peggy Carter and Natasha Romanoff find a still-alive Steve Rogers inside the Hydra Stomper armor. Rogers attacks them both before destroying the vessel.  A briefing with Nick Fury leads Romanoff to deduce that Rogers, who went missing in 1953, was brainwashed by agents of the Red Room. Carter and Romanoff help Brock Rumlow protect Bucky Barnes, who is Rogers' next target, before incapacitating Rogers and traveling to a secret hideout in Scotland.  Attempts to reboot the suit fail as it is keeping Rogers alive, though each activation reduces chances of survival. Rogers then offers to help Carter take down the Red Room in hopes of finding a cure before escorting her and Romanoff to a former KGB test site. The three survive an ambush by various automated drones before Rogers' brainwashing is reactivated by Melina Vostokoff, who admits to staging the earlier events.  Carter battles Rogers while Romanoff fends off Vostokoff's Black Widows. After Carter pleads with him to stop fighting, Rogers flies towards the Red Room and destroys it in spite of her protests. Noticing Rogers move, Romanoff fires her grappling hook to latch onto him and ties it to Vostokoff, who dies in the explosion. Sometime later, Carter, convinced Rogers is still alive, decides to find him. As she bids Romanoff farewell, a portal opens beneath Carter's feet and transports her to another universe, where she encounters medieval-era variants of Fury and Wanda Maximoff. Marvel's What If...? 205 CastThe Watcher played by Jeffrey WrightSamuel L. Jackson as Nick FuryHayley Atwell as Peggy Carter / Captain CarterLake Bell as Natasha Romanoff / Black WidowFrank Grillo as Brock RumlowJosh Keaton as Steve Rogers / Hydra StomperSebastian Stan as Bucky BarnesRachel Weisz as Melina Vostokoff,Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda-Merlin.A Return to DefendingAs 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 Feedback for What If?Once you've watched the episodes you can email us to [email protected], you can message us @TVPodIndustries on Twitter or join our Facebook group at https://facebook.com/groups/tvpodcastindustries and share your thoughts in our spoiler posts for each episode. Follow us and Subscribe to the PodcastIf you want to keep up with us and all of our podcasts, please subscribe to the podcast over at https://tvpodcastindustries.com. Where we will continue to podcast about multiple TV shows we hope you'll love. Next time on TV Podcast IndustriesThanks for joining us for our What If? season 2 episode 5 podcast. We'll be back next time with our chat about What If? Season 2 Episode 6 "What If Kahhori Reshaped The World?" We recorded many podcasts 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. Derek, Chris and John TV Podcast Industries All images and audio clips are copyright of Disney, Marvel and their respective copyright owners.