1 00:00:13,791 --> 00:00:15,541 PEGGY: Commander, do you have eyes on the target? 2 00:00:15,625 --> 00:00:17,249 PILOT: Barely. It's moving fast. 3 00:00:17,333 --> 00:00:20,416 PEGGY: You are free to engage. We cannot allow it to enter U.S. airspace. 4 00:00:20,500 --> 00:00:21,874 PILOT: Copy that. Weapons hot. 5 00:00:21,958 --> 00:00:23,125 - Fire at will. - (DEVICE BEEPING) 6 00:00:30,625 --> 00:00:32,749 PILOT: Contact! The object's hit. It's going down. 7 00:00:32,833 --> 00:00:33,832 PEGGY: Where? 8 00:00:33,916 --> 00:00:34,916 (POP SONG PLAYING) 9 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:36,582 Waiting for a star to fall 10 00:00:36,666 --> 00:00:37,666 (EXPLOSION) 11 00:00:37,750 --> 00:00:39,999 And carry your heart into my arms 12 00:00:40,083 --> 00:00:41,999 That's where you belong 13 00:00:42,083 --> 00:00:43,583 (LOUD WHIRRING) 14 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:48,125 (LOUD RUMBLING) 15 00:00:54,208 --> 00:00:56,041 (SIRENS BLARING) 16 00:01:02,625 --> 00:01:04,458 (EERIE MUSIC PLAYING) 17 00:01:06,833 --> 00:01:07,999 OFFICER: What the... 18 00:01:08,083 --> 00:01:09,749 Is that a kid? 19 00:01:09,833 --> 00:01:12,582 Not just any kid, but Peter Quill. 20 00:01:12,666 --> 00:01:16,374 A son of Earth and the stars whose pain and loss 21 00:01:16,458 --> 00:01:20,499 now threatens to destroy the very world he once called home. 22 00:01:20,583 --> 00:01:23,583 And the entire universe along with it. 23 00:01:35,083 --> 00:01:36,083 THE WATCHER: Time. 24 00:01:39,500 --> 00:01:40,500 Space. 25 00:01:42,250 --> 00:01:43,250 Reality. 26 00:01:46,166 --> 00:01:47,916 It's more than a linear path. 27 00:01:52,750 --> 00:01:57,291 It's a prism of endless possibility, 28 00:01:59,708 --> 00:02:03,333 where a single choice can branch out into infinite realities, 29 00:02:06,041 --> 00:02:08,958 creating alternate worlds from the ones you know. 30 00:02:12,916 --> 00:02:14,166 I am the Watcher. 31 00:02:16,416 --> 00:02:19,500 I am your guide through these vast new realities. 32 00:02:21,041 --> 00:02:24,708 Follow me and ponder the question... 33 00:02:28,250 --> 00:02:29,666 "What if?" 34 00:02:35,875 --> 00:02:37,207 Six months earlier, 35 00:02:37,291 --> 00:02:42,083 the Ravagers were dispatched to abduct Peter Quill from his home world. 36 00:02:43,791 --> 00:02:47,124 But young Quill's captor couldn't bring himself to turn him over 37 00:02:47,208 --> 00:02:49,874 and chose to raise him as his own. 38 00:02:49,958 --> 00:02:53,000 At least, that's how the story often goes. 39 00:02:53,541 --> 00:02:57,916 But in this universe, Yondu never had his change of heart. 40 00:02:58,291 --> 00:03:04,666 So he turned Peter over to his father, the Celestial being known as Ego. 41 00:03:04,750 --> 00:03:07,833 (CHUCKLES) Well, you won't be needing these anymore, Peter. 42 00:03:12,916 --> 00:03:16,582 Not when there's so much more for you to play with. 43 00:03:16,666 --> 00:03:18,541 THE WATCHER: Ego called it the Expansion, 44 00:03:18,625 --> 00:03:22,999 a long-held dream to remake the universe in his image. 45 00:03:23,083 --> 00:03:25,082 And with his son now at his side, 46 00:03:25,166 --> 00:03:28,916 he had all the power he needed to bring it to fruition. 47 00:03:33,125 --> 00:03:35,499 PEGGY: Orbital Intelligence has retraced his steps 48 00:03:35,583 --> 00:03:37,416 across dozens of nearby solar systems, 49 00:03:37,500 --> 00:03:40,957 all destroyed, consumed by a wave of cosmic radiation 50 00:03:41,041 --> 00:03:42,499 within 24 hours of his arrival. 51 00:03:42,583 --> 00:03:44,332 And I thought my kid was a pain in the ass. 52 00:03:44,416 --> 00:03:45,457 Tony has spunk. 53 00:03:45,541 --> 00:03:49,082 This kid has an entire nuclear arsenal coursing through his veins. 54 00:03:49,166 --> 00:03:50,541 HOWARD: With that kind of firepower, 55 00:03:50,625 --> 00:03:53,166 I don't know that there's a person on Earth who can stop him. 56 00:03:53,250 --> 00:03:55,416 Not one person working alone, but a team, 57 00:03:55,500 --> 00:03:57,957 made up of the best our little planet has to offer. 58 00:03:58,041 --> 00:04:00,041 You forgetting we're in the middle of a Cold War? 59 00:04:00,125 --> 00:04:04,916 All that We Are the World garbage doesn't really play outside of MTV. 60 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:07,416 This boy has already torn through midtown Manhattan 61 00:04:07,500 --> 00:04:08,832 in a matter of minutes, Howard. 62 00:04:08,916 --> 00:04:13,291 At the rate he's going, our planet won't last a day. We need help. 63 00:04:13,375 --> 00:04:14,832 (SIGHS) 64 00:04:14,916 --> 00:04:17,166 Okay. Who's on our roster? 65 00:04:19,375 --> 00:04:22,624 Um, there's no vegetable. 66 00:04:22,708 --> 00:04:25,750 (SIGHS) The potato chips are the vegetable. 67 00:04:26,625 --> 00:04:27,625 Seriously? 68 00:04:28,125 --> 00:04:29,124 (SIGHS) 69 00:04:29,208 --> 00:04:33,833 - And you're supposed to be a scientist? - And you're supposed to like potato chips. 70 00:04:35,083 --> 00:04:36,375 (SIGHS) 71 00:04:39,208 --> 00:04:41,541 (PHONE RINGING) 72 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:46,833 HOWARD: Hank, please don't hang up. 73 00:04:49,458 --> 00:04:51,750 (PHONE RINGING) 74 00:04:52,250 --> 00:04:55,332 You know, for a genius, Stark, you're pretty slow on the take. 75 00:04:55,416 --> 00:04:57,582 Listen, if you don't wanna talk to me, that's fine. 76 00:04:57,666 --> 00:04:59,958 Just do one thing. Turn on the TV. 77 00:05:00,083 --> 00:05:02,707 - What? - Dad? You should see this. 78 00:05:02,791 --> 00:05:04,916 REPORTER: ...Grand Central Terminal and parts of Midtown. 79 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:06,375 The aircraft's occupant was seen... 80 00:05:07,125 --> 00:05:08,541 Send the plane. 81 00:05:08,625 --> 00:05:10,207 HOWARD: One step ahead of you. 82 00:05:10,291 --> 00:05:12,166 (PLANE ENGINE ROARING) 83 00:05:12,250 --> 00:05:14,208 (SCOFFS) Typical. 84 00:05:14,875 --> 00:05:17,333 Hey, honey. You wanna go to work with Dad? 85 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:23,916 Whoa! This is where you work? 86 00:05:24,041 --> 00:05:28,625 HANK: (CHUCKLING) No, no. Used to work, sweetie. Not anymore. 87 00:05:30,458 --> 00:05:32,374 This is so cool. 88 00:05:32,458 --> 00:05:35,124 Things must be real bad if they had the balls to call us in. 89 00:05:35,208 --> 00:05:38,874 Foster. Great. Now I know it's a disaster. 90 00:05:38,958 --> 00:05:41,916 Always a pleasure. What's the matter? Didn't wanna spring for a sitter? 91 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:46,499 You know damn well I don't have anyone to leave her with, thanks to this place. 92 00:05:46,583 --> 00:05:49,041 Let's save the fighting for the battlefield, shall we? 93 00:05:49,125 --> 00:05:51,082 Wow. Who's the guy in the armor? 94 00:05:51,166 --> 00:05:54,082 PEGGY: King T'Chaka of the African kingdom of Wakanda. 95 00:05:54,166 --> 00:05:57,082 They don't typically involve themselves in global affairs, but... 96 00:05:57,166 --> 00:05:59,416 - HOPE: Aliens? - Yes, aliens. 97 00:05:59,500 --> 00:06:01,332 Your Highness, it's a pleasure. 98 00:06:01,416 --> 00:06:03,582 Your father was a great ally to us during the war. 99 00:06:03,666 --> 00:06:07,332 Yes, I understand he even donated some Vibranium to your efforts. 100 00:06:07,416 --> 00:06:09,707 We made a shield out of it and lost it in the Arctic. 101 00:06:09,791 --> 00:06:11,999 But other than that, things turned out pretty well. 102 00:06:12,083 --> 00:06:13,791 Hey, how'd the Commies snag an invite? 103 00:06:13,875 --> 00:06:17,249 Gorbachev wanted the target contained before he reaches Moscow. 104 00:06:17,333 --> 00:06:21,916 So he sent the Winter Soldier, the world's most deadly assassin. 105 00:06:26,958 --> 00:06:31,749 (GASPS) It looks just like him, Howard. Just like Bucky. 106 00:06:31,833 --> 00:06:32,999 I'd heard the rumors. 107 00:06:33,083 --> 00:06:37,082 But even if they're true, the man we knew is long gone, Peg. 108 00:06:37,166 --> 00:06:38,791 And we have bigger fish to fry. 109 00:06:43,583 --> 00:06:46,457 Satellites indicate an alarming rate of cosmic radiation 110 00:06:46,541 --> 00:06:48,416 emanating from the hostile's path. 111 00:06:48,500 --> 00:06:50,749 He's on the move, heading towards Coney Island. 112 00:06:50,833 --> 00:06:52,832 And if we don't get there and take him out now, 113 00:06:52,916 --> 00:06:56,082 the entire Eastern Seaboard won't be inhabitable for the next half century. 114 00:06:56,166 --> 00:06:58,374 Are we even gonna be able to intercept him in time? 115 00:06:58,458 --> 00:07:00,707 New York's a long way from the Mojave Desert. 116 00:07:00,791 --> 00:07:04,249 - Not in my ride. - Dr. Wendy Lawson, U.S. Air Force. 117 00:07:04,333 --> 00:07:06,957 She's spearheading our joint research into the Tesseract. 118 00:07:07,041 --> 00:07:09,999 That uniform doesn't really look like air force. 119 00:07:10,083 --> 00:07:12,166 It's not. It's Kree Starforce. 120 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:15,625 - What? - Long story. I'll explain on the way. 121 00:07:15,833 --> 00:07:18,749 - (ENGINE WHIRRING) - Great. We got a Cat Man. 122 00:07:18,833 --> 00:07:20,541 Space Broad, Giant Man. 123 00:07:20,625 --> 00:07:23,124 Silent But Deadly. Good to see you. 124 00:07:23,208 --> 00:07:26,457 - And you're gonna be the crusty guy. - I was just saying... 125 00:07:26,541 --> 00:07:29,625 Buckle up, Crusty. This bird's kind of a kick in the pants. 126 00:07:30,333 --> 00:07:31,583 (RUMBLING) 127 00:07:35,083 --> 00:07:38,707 (DISTANT EXPLOSIONS) 128 00:07:38,791 --> 00:07:40,875 This kid puts on quite a show. 129 00:07:43,458 --> 00:07:44,625 Hmm? 130 00:07:54,083 --> 00:07:56,875 ANIMATRONIC ATTENDANT: Dunk a duck, win a prize! 131 00:07:58,083 --> 00:08:00,124 Dunk a duck, win a prize! 132 00:08:00,208 --> 00:08:03,207 BLACK PANTHER: From my perch, he does not look all that threatening. 133 00:08:03,291 --> 00:08:04,957 LAWSON: Looks can be deceiving, Your Highness. 134 00:08:05,041 --> 00:08:07,208 BILL: You'd think the leader of a technological superpower 135 00:08:07,375 --> 00:08:10,166 that masquerades as a Third World country would appreciate that. 136 00:08:12,208 --> 00:08:13,749 BLACK PANTHER: I see your point. 137 00:08:13,833 --> 00:08:15,541 HANK: Lawson, how are we looking? 138 00:08:15,625 --> 00:08:19,041 I'm at the crash site. Moving in to secure the pod ship now. 139 00:08:19,125 --> 00:08:20,332 Everybody in position? 140 00:08:20,416 --> 00:08:22,333 Relax. I got the perimeter. 141 00:08:23,250 --> 00:08:24,916 HANK: You've been juicing, Foster? 142 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:27,749 I seem to remember you maxing out at 21 feet. 143 00:08:27,833 --> 00:08:30,832 BILL: I made some adjustments, Hank. I figured it's the end of the world. 144 00:08:30,916 --> 00:08:32,249 Go big or go home. 145 00:08:32,333 --> 00:08:34,874 BLACK PANTHER: If you two are finished measuring your statures, 146 00:08:34,958 --> 00:08:36,374 I have eyes on the target. 147 00:08:36,458 --> 00:08:39,582 He appears to be enjoying himself on this tilt-a-whirl. 148 00:08:39,666 --> 00:08:40,957 LAWSON: If you can isolate the kid, 149 00:08:41,041 --> 00:08:43,291 you should be able to trap him in the photon grid. 150 00:08:43,375 --> 00:08:45,999 HANK: You cover the trap. I'll handle the boy. 151 00:08:46,083 --> 00:08:48,207 BLACK PANTHER: Are you sure you do not want any backup? 152 00:08:48,291 --> 00:08:50,916 HANK: No. I'm great with kids. 153 00:08:51,125 --> 00:08:53,832 - (INSECTS TRILLING) - HANK: What's the matter, kid? 154 00:08:53,916 --> 00:08:56,416 - What? - HANK: Something bugging you? 155 00:08:57,083 --> 00:08:59,000 (GASPS, YELPS) 156 00:08:59,833 --> 00:09:01,000 (GRUNTS) 157 00:09:01,208 --> 00:09:03,749 BILL: Okay, show time. Panther, get ready with that tranquilizer. 158 00:09:03,833 --> 00:09:05,666 HANK: Luring him to your position now. 159 00:09:05,750 --> 00:09:07,582 I'll rendezvous as soon as I can. 160 00:09:07,666 --> 00:09:10,541 This tech's advanced. It's gonna take me a minute to crack it. 161 00:09:13,625 --> 00:09:14,916 (BULBS BREAKING) 162 00:09:17,125 --> 00:09:18,666 (PANTS, YELPS) 163 00:09:20,166 --> 00:09:22,916 (YELPING) 164 00:09:24,625 --> 00:09:26,625 (PANTING) 165 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:33,541 (DEVICE WHIRRING) 166 00:09:34,958 --> 00:09:36,457 - (LASER ZAPS) - (GASPS) 167 00:09:36,541 --> 00:09:38,333 (SIZZLES) 168 00:09:40,375 --> 00:09:44,249 BLACK PANTHER: Resistance will only make this more difficult, my young friend. 169 00:09:44,333 --> 00:09:45,958 (GROWLS) 170 00:09:51,208 --> 00:09:52,957 (GRUNTS, EXHALES) 171 00:09:53,041 --> 00:09:54,583 Well, that went poorly. 172 00:09:56,250 --> 00:09:57,541 (GRUNTING) 173 00:09:58,333 --> 00:09:59,332 BILL: I got him. 174 00:09:59,416 --> 00:10:01,582 (GASPS) Oh, no. No! 175 00:10:01,666 --> 00:10:03,207 (GRUNTS) Whoa! 176 00:10:03,291 --> 00:10:05,791 - Ha! - (GRUNTS) Ahhh! 177 00:10:07,541 --> 00:10:08,541 Little help here. 178 00:10:10,583 --> 00:10:11,957 (BEEPING) 179 00:10:12,041 --> 00:10:13,249 LAWSON: Pull back, Killer. 180 00:10:13,333 --> 00:10:16,166 If the Cube in that jet blows, there won't be a planet left to save. 181 00:10:16,250 --> 00:10:17,250 Hyah! 182 00:10:19,791 --> 00:10:21,250 (GRUNTS) 183 00:10:27,375 --> 00:10:29,208 (GASPS, GRUNTS) 184 00:10:29,875 --> 00:10:30,874 (GRUNTS) 185 00:10:30,958 --> 00:10:33,083 (COUGHS, GRUNTS) 186 00:10:33,625 --> 00:10:35,582 - Thanks, big guy. - Anytime. 187 00:10:35,666 --> 00:10:37,041 Whoa! 188 00:10:37,125 --> 00:10:39,374 Guys. Problem child, 12 o'clock. 189 00:10:39,458 --> 00:10:41,082 - (GRUNTS) - Oh, no! 190 00:10:41,166 --> 00:10:43,874 (COUGHS, GRUNTS) 191 00:10:43,958 --> 00:10:45,500 BLACK PANTHER: Does anyone have a plan? 192 00:10:46,875 --> 00:10:48,833 HANK: I've got a plan. Retreat. 193 00:10:49,916 --> 00:10:51,250 BILL: Come on, people. 194 00:10:57,166 --> 00:10:58,625 Okay, let's go. 195 00:11:02,875 --> 00:11:05,416 Whoa! Aw, come on! 196 00:11:09,583 --> 00:11:11,041 (THUNDERCLAPS) 197 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:17,208 ALL: Whoa! 198 00:11:23,666 --> 00:11:25,666 Who the hell is that guy? 199 00:11:26,625 --> 00:11:30,333 Wow. Is it really you? 200 00:11:30,500 --> 00:11:33,833 If you are referring to your doom, then yes. 201 00:11:34,208 --> 00:11:38,250 Bummer. I thought you were the dude from Van Halen. 202 00:11:40,166 --> 00:11:41,875 I'm... Van what? 203 00:11:43,541 --> 00:11:47,250 THOR: Jotunheim was the first to fall. Asgard soon thereafter. 204 00:11:48,041 --> 00:11:52,500 One by one, the armies of the Nine Realms perished at that boy's hands. 205 00:11:52,708 --> 00:11:56,291 Until this realm, Earth, was all that remained. 206 00:11:56,875 --> 00:11:59,832 Well, surely, if you've come all this way, you must have a plan in mind? 207 00:11:59,916 --> 00:12:01,250 The Celestial seedling. 208 00:12:01,416 --> 00:12:04,957 Ego has used them to implant his essence on planets across the universe. 209 00:12:05,041 --> 00:12:08,749 I recovered Earth's on my way here from a place called Missouri. 210 00:12:08,833 --> 00:12:11,999 So that's how he's doing it. He's consuming these planets. 211 00:12:12,083 --> 00:12:16,957 The seedlings are the fuse of Ego's Expansion, a fuse that must be lit. 212 00:12:17,041 --> 00:12:18,999 By the child. That is why he is here. 213 00:12:19,083 --> 00:12:22,791 So, why don't we just shove this thing down the garbage disposal? Problem solved. 214 00:12:22,875 --> 00:12:26,166 Wrong. The seedling is protected by a veil of cosmic energy. 215 00:12:26,250 --> 00:12:29,166 Only a being of Celestial origin can penetrate it. 216 00:12:29,250 --> 00:12:32,625 Well, lucky for us, we have one in custody. 217 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:38,166 - So if you're lost and on your own - (SINGING ALONG) 218 00:12:39,208 --> 00:12:42,999 You can never surrender 219 00:12:43,083 --> 00:12:47,874 And when the night is cold and dark 220 00:12:47,958 --> 00:12:51,833 - (MUSIC INAUDIBLE) - You can see... (SCATS) light 221 00:12:52,416 --> 00:12:53,583 Whoa! 222 00:12:55,500 --> 00:12:56,499 (HUMMING) 223 00:12:56,583 --> 00:12:57,874 - (MUSIC CONTINUES) - To fight and... 224 00:12:57,958 --> 00:12:58,957 You know it. 225 00:12:59,041 --> 00:13:00,624 To never surrender 226 00:13:00,708 --> 00:13:02,416 To never... 227 00:13:02,500 --> 00:13:03,583 Come on. (CHUCKLES) 228 00:13:04,833 --> 00:13:06,457 Nope? Just me? 229 00:13:06,541 --> 00:13:07,707 - (MUSIC STOPS) - (SIGHS) 230 00:13:07,791 --> 00:13:09,082 Kinda awkward. 231 00:13:09,166 --> 00:13:12,125 Cool song, though. It's always been one of my mom's favorites. 232 00:13:12,250 --> 00:13:14,416 Or at least it was. 233 00:13:14,625 --> 00:13:17,374 - My mom loved it too. - That her Walkman? 234 00:13:17,458 --> 00:13:18,499 Um... 235 00:13:18,583 --> 00:13:21,332 It's just, you're holding on to it pretty tight. 236 00:13:21,416 --> 00:13:25,083 I know if I still had mine, I'd probably be doing the same. 237 00:13:25,916 --> 00:13:30,832 You know, you don't seem so bad, given where you're from. 238 00:13:30,916 --> 00:13:32,332 Hey, what's wrong with Missouri? 239 00:13:32,416 --> 00:13:36,041 Missouri? My dad said you were an alien. 240 00:13:36,125 --> 00:13:39,166 Dude, feed me a corn dog and call me Springsteen, 241 00:13:39,250 --> 00:13:41,041 because I was born in the U.S.A. 242 00:13:41,125 --> 00:13:44,457 Why else do you think I'd fly 10,000 light-years to get here? 243 00:13:44,541 --> 00:13:49,166 In a ship, by the way, with no tape deck. I'm just trying to get home. 244 00:13:52,458 --> 00:13:53,666 (ALARM BLARING) 245 00:13:53,750 --> 00:13:56,125 Security breach in the detainment facility. 246 00:13:58,166 --> 00:14:02,166 Where are my particles? And where's Hope? And where's my key card? 247 00:14:02,250 --> 00:14:03,791 (PANTING) 248 00:14:06,291 --> 00:14:07,291 Whoa! 249 00:14:11,250 --> 00:14:12,291 (CHUCKLES SOFTLY) 250 00:14:13,875 --> 00:14:16,041 And thank you, Dad. 251 00:14:17,583 --> 00:14:19,791 - Whoa! That was crazy. - (GIGGLES) 252 00:14:19,875 --> 00:14:24,000 I noticed a bus stop about a mile out. It should get you to where you need to go. 253 00:14:24,208 --> 00:14:28,666 - And here. I want you to have this. - What? No way. This was your mom's. 254 00:14:28,750 --> 00:14:34,166 Look, it's a long ride to Missouri, and she'd be glad to know I'm sharing. 255 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:36,583 Thanks, Hope. 256 00:14:37,583 --> 00:14:38,582 I owe you one. 257 00:14:38,666 --> 00:14:41,583 HANK: Hope! Come on. I think they're down here. 258 00:14:42,041 --> 00:14:47,332 Oh! Hope. Thank God. You okay, sweetie? Did he hurt you? 259 00:14:47,416 --> 00:14:50,375 Hurt me? Peter? He's a kid, like me, Dad. 260 00:14:50,875 --> 00:14:52,957 I was just trying to help him get home. 261 00:14:53,041 --> 00:14:57,166 - Home? Like his home world? - No, like Missouri. 262 00:14:57,916 --> 00:15:02,083 You guys are making a mistake. Peter's not behind all this. It's his dad. 263 00:15:02,333 --> 00:15:05,874 He says he's, like, a weird alien space god or something. 264 00:15:05,958 --> 00:15:09,749 Yeah. Great. Blame the absentee father. I get that enough from my own son. 265 00:15:09,833 --> 00:15:11,749 HANK: Sweetie, we really need to find your friend. 266 00:15:11,833 --> 00:15:15,249 Did he say anything more specific about where he might be headed? 267 00:15:15,333 --> 00:15:16,582 THOR: This is taking too long. 268 00:15:16,666 --> 00:15:19,541 I will find the boy and destroy him and the seedling myself. 269 00:15:19,625 --> 00:15:22,666 Hey, Lightning Boy, we kind of have a team thing going on here. 270 00:15:22,750 --> 00:15:25,666 And I have a duty thing going on here, Mustache Man. 271 00:15:25,750 --> 00:15:28,332 To see to it that the boy submits to Asgardian justice. 272 00:15:28,416 --> 00:15:30,749 Which entails what, exactly? 273 00:15:30,833 --> 00:15:33,666 Eternal flagellation, impalement, some light maiming. 274 00:15:33,750 --> 00:15:35,124 You know, standard stuff. 275 00:15:35,208 --> 00:15:37,582 We can't just let you take him. We need to study him. 276 00:15:37,666 --> 00:15:38,791 BUCKY: We need to kill him. 277 00:15:38,875 --> 00:15:39,874 (GASPS) 278 00:15:39,958 --> 00:15:43,541 - He's a threat, even without the seedling. - Well, what do you know? He speaks. 279 00:15:43,625 --> 00:15:46,041 And who would've thought? He's advocating murder. 280 00:15:46,125 --> 00:15:50,082 - It's a bit on the nose, if you ask me. - Nevertheless, his logic is sound. 281 00:15:50,166 --> 00:15:52,832 So long as the boy lives, this planet will never be safe. 282 00:15:52,916 --> 00:15:55,041 And is that not what we're here to ensure? 283 00:15:55,125 --> 00:15:56,125 That's right. 284 00:15:56,666 --> 00:15:58,874 You're here to do the right thing. 285 00:15:58,958 --> 00:16:01,625 And Peter deserves our help as much as anyone. 286 00:16:02,833 --> 00:16:04,541 You want me to tell you where he went? 287 00:16:04,625 --> 00:16:07,291 Then you have to promise me you'll help him. 288 00:16:07,833 --> 00:16:09,750 You know that's what Mom would've done. 289 00:16:12,750 --> 00:16:14,791 (SONG PLAYING) 290 00:16:15,333 --> 00:16:16,416 EGO: Peter. 291 00:16:17,166 --> 00:16:18,208 Peter. 292 00:16:20,250 --> 00:16:21,916 Why can't he hear me? 293 00:16:22,291 --> 00:16:24,832 Why can't I connect with my son? 294 00:16:24,916 --> 00:16:27,916 COMPUTER: According to his ship's logs, the vessel was compromised 295 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:32,333 by an enemy combatant before sustaining catastrophic damage. 296 00:16:32,916 --> 00:16:35,458 - EGO: Where? - Earth. 297 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:40,125 Well, then I guess I'll have to finish what he started myself. 298 00:16:42,500 --> 00:16:45,124 (PULSATING) 299 00:16:45,208 --> 00:16:47,916 Uh, Thunder Guy, is it supposed to be doing this? 300 00:16:48,416 --> 00:16:51,457 The seedling is awakening. Its master nears. 301 00:16:51,541 --> 00:16:52,541 (ALARM BLARING) 302 00:16:52,625 --> 00:16:57,499 We've got incoming. Another alien vessel about to make landfall, right outside. 303 00:16:57,583 --> 00:16:58,708 Oh, man. 304 00:17:03,500 --> 00:17:06,832 Well, guess that's the dad. The girl was right. 305 00:17:06,916 --> 00:17:09,374 (SCOFFS) Wouldn't I love to have that printed on a T-shirt. 306 00:17:09,458 --> 00:17:11,832 We have our hands full with just one of these Celestials. 307 00:17:11,916 --> 00:17:13,374 How are we gonna take on two? 308 00:17:13,458 --> 00:17:17,457 There is an ancient Wakandan proverb from the days before our tribes united. 309 00:17:17,541 --> 00:17:22,124 "One only wins a two-front war by getting out of your enemy's way." 310 00:17:22,208 --> 00:17:23,832 - Meaning? - If you can't fight 'em both, 311 00:17:23,916 --> 00:17:24,957 let 'em fight each other. 312 00:17:25,041 --> 00:17:27,041 Lawson, tell me you got eyes on that kid. 313 00:17:27,541 --> 00:17:31,124 LAWSON: Picking up some cosmic radiation that's definitely not of this world. 314 00:17:31,208 --> 00:17:33,916 HOWARD: You find him, you bring him in ready to suit up. 315 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:35,249 He may be our only hope 316 00:17:35,333 --> 00:17:36,582 - of stopping dear old dad. - (SIGHS) 317 00:17:36,666 --> 00:17:40,457 You really think a child is going to be so willing to fight his own father? 318 00:17:40,541 --> 00:17:41,541 - (CHUCKLES) - What? 319 00:17:41,625 --> 00:17:43,707 You're not a parent, are you, Wendy? 320 00:17:43,791 --> 00:17:45,791 (ENGINES WHIRRING) 321 00:17:52,166 --> 00:17:53,625 (BILL EXHALES) 322 00:18:07,708 --> 00:18:11,582 You've taken something from me. I'd like it back. 323 00:18:11,666 --> 00:18:15,708 Not so long as there is breath in my body. (GRUNTS) 324 00:18:17,791 --> 00:18:19,125 For Asgard! 325 00:18:21,958 --> 00:18:23,458 (GASPS, GRUNTS) 326 00:18:25,125 --> 00:18:26,583 (GRUNTS) 327 00:18:27,333 --> 00:18:30,124 BILL: (SCOFFS) You got any breath left in there, buddy? 328 00:18:30,208 --> 00:18:34,249 Hand over the seedling and this will all be over. 329 00:18:34,333 --> 00:18:36,458 PEGGY: All this, meaning us? (SCOFFS) 330 00:18:36,583 --> 00:18:39,749 Not gonna happen. So if you've come to destroy us, 331 00:18:39,833 --> 00:18:42,625 you're going to be leaving here very disappointed. 332 00:18:42,875 --> 00:18:46,875 Destroy you? No. No, no, no. I've come to save you. 333 00:18:47,583 --> 00:18:49,375 By growing and spreading. 334 00:18:49,541 --> 00:18:55,874 Covering all that exists, until every part of you is me. 335 00:18:55,958 --> 00:18:58,041 (RUMBLING) 336 00:19:03,666 --> 00:19:05,374 BLACK PANTHER: You don't see that every day. 337 00:19:05,458 --> 00:19:06,874 BILL: Great. 338 00:19:06,958 --> 00:19:10,750 EGO: And if you will not give us back what is ours... 339 00:19:12,125 --> 00:19:14,458 We will take it from you! 340 00:19:17,625 --> 00:19:18,666 Fire! 341 00:19:22,500 --> 00:19:23,541 BILL: Let's dance. 342 00:19:24,125 --> 00:19:25,499 Whoa! 343 00:19:25,583 --> 00:19:26,750 (GRUNTS) 344 00:19:36,083 --> 00:19:37,208 PEGGY: Incoming! 345 00:19:41,916 --> 00:19:43,916 (METAL RINGING) 346 00:19:46,666 --> 00:19:47,750 (LAUGHS) 347 00:19:55,500 --> 00:19:57,041 (RUMBLING) 348 00:19:57,125 --> 00:19:59,458 - BLACK PANTHER: What? - By Odin's beard! 349 00:20:06,125 --> 00:20:08,708 - BILL: Oh, I gotta go bigger. - Take him out! 350 00:20:10,750 --> 00:20:13,791 We'll hold them off for as long as we can, but Ego's forces are coming. 351 00:20:13,875 --> 00:20:15,666 You need to get that seedling out of there. 352 00:20:15,750 --> 00:20:17,749 Sounds like a job for our resident Terminator. 353 00:20:17,833 --> 00:20:19,791 Home Plate to Winter Soldier. Do you copy? 354 00:20:19,875 --> 00:20:21,207 (RADIO STATIC BUZZES) 355 00:20:21,291 --> 00:20:24,916 - Winter Soldier, do you copy? - (RADIO STATIC BUZZING) 356 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:29,999 LAWSON: Okay, Hank, look. 357 00:20:30,083 --> 00:20:32,749 I can use this gravitational control to hold him down, 358 00:20:32,833 --> 00:20:34,207 but I'll need you to subdue him. 359 00:20:34,291 --> 00:20:36,499 We're dealing with an 8-year-old here, Lawson. 360 00:20:36,583 --> 00:20:39,583 We want him to help, we have to make him want to. 361 00:20:40,083 --> 00:20:41,916 BUCKY: The Americans have located the target. 362 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:44,625 (KARPOV ON RADIO IN RUSSIAN) 363 00:20:45,708 --> 00:20:49,207 (IN ENGLISH) Hey there, kid. I'm Hank. Hope's dad. 364 00:20:49,291 --> 00:20:51,291 She has told me a lot about you. 365 00:20:51,375 --> 00:20:54,957 Everything that's happening, it's not me, it's him. 366 00:20:55,041 --> 00:20:58,458 He has this power to get inside my head. 367 00:21:01,458 --> 00:21:02,791 BILL: What you got? What you... 368 00:21:02,916 --> 00:21:05,000 Oh! (GRUNTS) 369 00:21:05,250 --> 00:21:07,375 I can't... (SCREAMS) 370 00:21:09,041 --> 00:21:11,375 Come on. Let's go. Yeah! 371 00:21:12,291 --> 00:21:13,666 (GRUNTING) 372 00:21:13,750 --> 00:21:15,291 BLACK PANTHER: (GRUNTS) Come on! 373 00:21:17,750 --> 00:21:21,791 I thought maybe if I came back here, I wouldn't feel so alone. 374 00:21:22,583 --> 00:21:27,583 But (SIGHS) without my mom, it doesn't even feel like home anymore. 375 00:21:28,041 --> 00:21:30,416 (KARPOV ON RADIO IN RUSSIAN) 376 00:21:33,250 --> 00:21:35,207 - HOWARD: (IN ENGLISH) Stand down, soldier. - Huh? 377 00:21:35,291 --> 00:21:37,291 I intercepted your handler's transmission. 378 00:21:37,666 --> 00:21:39,125 It's just you and me, pal. 379 00:21:39,416 --> 00:21:40,750 BUCKY: There is no me. 380 00:21:42,166 --> 00:21:45,166 PEGGY: Fall back! All units, all units, fall back! 381 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:47,291 (THOR GRUNTING) 382 00:21:47,375 --> 00:21:49,332 I know how you feel, Peter. 383 00:21:49,416 --> 00:21:53,082 Since we lost Hope's mom, our home hasn't felt the same either. 384 00:21:53,166 --> 00:21:55,791 And to be honest, neither have I. 385 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:59,999 The pain, the anger, the loneliness. 386 00:22:00,083 --> 00:22:03,332 I know it can feel like you're drowning in it, but I haven't, 387 00:22:03,416 --> 00:22:04,875 and you don't have to either, 388 00:22:05,250 --> 00:22:08,458 so long as you let the people around you pull you out. 389 00:22:08,833 --> 00:22:11,541 HOWARD: Bucky, when you see that kid, all you see is a target. 390 00:22:11,875 --> 00:22:15,832 But I see a future. The life he can lead, the good he can do. 391 00:22:15,916 --> 00:22:17,041 And I see it in you too. 392 00:22:17,458 --> 00:22:19,291 BUCKY: You don't know me. 393 00:22:19,375 --> 00:22:20,582 HOWARD: Steve Rogers did. 394 00:22:20,666 --> 00:22:25,416 And the man he knew, the friend he loved, would never take that shot. 395 00:22:29,083 --> 00:22:30,500 (BILL GROANING) 396 00:22:32,166 --> 00:22:33,625 We've got a big problem. 397 00:22:34,791 --> 00:22:35,832 (GRUNTS) 398 00:22:35,916 --> 00:22:37,041 (BLACK PANTHER GRUNTS) 399 00:22:37,125 --> 00:22:38,833 Stark, are you seeing this? 400 00:22:39,500 --> 00:22:41,458 Howard, you have hostiles inbound! 401 00:22:43,750 --> 00:22:46,874 Peter, come back with us. Please. 402 00:22:46,958 --> 00:22:49,750 - (SNIFFLES, SIGHS) - Come join our family. 403 00:22:52,041 --> 00:22:53,833 Bucky, please. 404 00:22:54,416 --> 00:22:56,833 Well, kid, what do you say? 405 00:22:59,250 --> 00:23:00,250 Bucky. 406 00:23:03,916 --> 00:23:05,250 (BUCKY GASPS SOFTLY) 407 00:23:11,166 --> 00:23:12,166 (SIGHS) 408 00:23:12,250 --> 00:23:14,249 HOWARD: Hank. Lawson. Did you get the kid? 409 00:23:14,333 --> 00:23:15,500 Yeah, we got him. 410 00:23:15,625 --> 00:23:17,916 - HOWARD: We need him back here now. - Roger that. 411 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:22,416 (CHUCKLES SOFTLY) Fifty years later, Captain America is still saving my ass. 412 00:23:22,500 --> 00:23:24,582 PEGGY OVER RADIO: Repeat, the base has been compromised. 413 00:23:24,666 --> 00:23:26,750 - Get out of there! - (BOTH GASP) 414 00:23:27,833 --> 00:23:29,916 (GASPS, GRUNTS) 415 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:32,500 No! The seedling! 416 00:23:33,875 --> 00:23:36,625 If someone doesn't stop that seedling, we are done for! 417 00:23:39,750 --> 00:23:42,333 - BLACK PANTHER: I can't break free. - (GRUNTS) No! 418 00:23:44,041 --> 00:23:45,541 BILL: We're not gonna make it. 419 00:23:45,625 --> 00:23:47,957 (ENERGY CRACKLING) 420 00:23:48,041 --> 00:23:49,249 (BLACK PANTHER SCREAMS) 421 00:23:49,333 --> 00:23:52,457 - Someone must stop it. - (SONIC BOOM) 422 00:23:52,541 --> 00:23:54,541 - (CHUCKLING) Yes! - BILL: Oh, yeah! 423 00:23:54,625 --> 00:23:58,208 - As if on cue, Wendy! - Crusty, jump. 424 00:24:07,416 --> 00:24:11,125 HANK: We got it! I hope you're right about this, kid. 425 00:24:23,333 --> 00:24:25,875 Peter. (CHUCKLES) You're alive! 426 00:24:26,250 --> 00:24:29,875 And you... Well, you seem to have fallen in with the wrong crowd. 427 00:24:30,083 --> 00:24:31,874 This is my home, Dad. 428 00:24:31,958 --> 00:24:35,457 This is my mom's home. And I can't just let you destroy it. 429 00:24:35,541 --> 00:24:37,499 That's the mortal in you, Peter. 430 00:24:37,583 --> 00:24:42,041 In time, though, you'll come to understand everything dies. 431 00:24:42,666 --> 00:24:44,291 Except us. 432 00:24:44,458 --> 00:24:48,541 How could you say that? My mother, you said you loved her. 433 00:24:48,625 --> 00:24:50,082 And that I did. 434 00:24:50,166 --> 00:24:52,707 But I knew if she were to live, the Expansion, 435 00:24:52,791 --> 00:24:57,000 the reason for our existence, would never come to pass. 436 00:24:57,916 --> 00:25:02,583 So I did what I had to do, as you must now, Peter. 437 00:25:02,791 --> 00:25:04,916 You killed my mother? 438 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:07,416 No, no, no, no. I get it. You're upset. 439 00:25:07,791 --> 00:25:11,791 (CHUCKLES) But you know you don't have the power to destroy me, Peter. 440 00:25:12,083 --> 00:25:15,207 - You're right. But you do. - Peter... 441 00:25:15,291 --> 00:25:19,083 And with this, a little bit of you will always live inside of me. 442 00:25:19,666 --> 00:25:22,416 (GRUNTS) Deep down, I guess I've always known 443 00:25:22,500 --> 00:25:24,624 you'd turn out to be a disappointment. 444 00:25:24,708 --> 00:25:26,750 You are human after all. 445 00:25:27,041 --> 00:25:31,083 Actually, old man, my mom says I'm a Star-Lord. 446 00:25:31,916 --> 00:25:33,500 EGO: Peter! 447 00:25:36,125 --> 00:25:37,750 (PETER SCREAMING) 448 00:25:39,958 --> 00:25:41,375 (EGO SCREAMS) 449 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:50,750 (GRUNTS) Yes! (LAUGHS) 450 00:25:55,541 --> 00:25:56,541 Peter? 451 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:06,833 (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING) 452 00:26:10,125 --> 00:26:12,916 It's a recipe, Hank. You're not splitting the atom. 453 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:16,249 To be honest, splitting the atom is a lot more intuitive. 454 00:26:16,333 --> 00:26:19,166 This American libation is surprisingly delicious. 455 00:26:19,250 --> 00:26:20,707 What do you call it? 456 00:26:20,791 --> 00:26:22,249 Uh, light beer? 457 00:26:22,333 --> 00:26:24,499 - (CHUCKLES) How exotic. Another! - (ALL LAUGHING) 458 00:26:24,583 --> 00:26:26,916 - And this little chicky's name is Goose. - (CHUCKLES) 459 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:28,874 I thought maybe you kids might like to have her. 460 00:26:28,958 --> 00:26:31,457 - Thanks, but I'm more a dog guy. - (CHUCKLES) 461 00:26:31,541 --> 00:26:34,707 - Peter, you don't say no to a free cat. - (PETER CHUCKLES) 462 00:26:34,791 --> 00:26:38,124 - Hey, any word on Silent But Deadly? - He's in the wind. 463 00:26:38,208 --> 00:26:41,000 - That mean we should lock our doors? - I don't think so. 464 00:26:41,250 --> 00:26:43,499 Something broke through that day in Missouri. 465 00:26:43,583 --> 00:26:45,416 The Winter Soldier may be out there, 466 00:26:45,500 --> 00:26:48,458 but I'm pretty sure Bucky Barnes is out there with him. 467 00:26:52,666 --> 00:26:54,374 BILL: Oh, that's funny. HOWARD: Yeah? 468 00:26:54,458 --> 00:26:55,957 HANK: In Asgard. BILL: Yeah, exactly. 469 00:26:56,041 --> 00:26:57,416 T'CHAKA: Do you have similar pajamas? 470 00:26:57,500 --> 00:27:00,041 - Or do you go to sleep in your armor? - THOR: And 53 gods is good. 471 00:27:00,125 --> 00:27:01,332 LAWSON: Okay, bucko. 472 00:27:01,416 --> 00:27:05,207 Many, many thanks to all of you for this fine victory banquet. 473 00:27:05,291 --> 00:27:07,416 But I am afraid I must bid thee farewell. 474 00:27:07,500 --> 00:27:10,332 Come on. What about dessert? Hank burnt a pie. 475 00:27:10,416 --> 00:27:13,374 The boy may have destroyed Ego's corporeal form, 476 00:27:13,458 --> 00:27:15,249 but his planet still lives. 477 00:27:15,333 --> 00:27:19,707 And the universe will not know peace until I have avenged the ones we've lost. 478 00:27:19,791 --> 00:27:22,416 So, what, Thunder brother? No invite? 479 00:27:22,500 --> 00:27:24,291 Perhaps you forgot, Goldilocks, 480 00:27:24,375 --> 00:27:27,583 we have sort of a team thing going on here. 481 00:27:27,750 --> 00:27:30,458 Then I suggest you suit up, team. 482 00:27:40,500 --> 00:27:42,500 (THEME MUSIC PLAYING)