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What If...? – Season 1, Episode 5 What If... Zombies!?

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When The Avengers are infected by a zombie plague, surviving heroes search for a cure.
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What If...? — Season 1, Episode 5

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Branyan Towe Loud and Clear Reviews 07/30/2024
If the episode’s writer Matthew Chauncey had cut back on the jokes even a little bit, I think it would’ve helped make the episode more terrifying and as dark as you’d expect a zombie apocalypse story to be Go to Full Review Karen Rought Hypable 01/13/2022
4/5
Not only was this week's episode a cool thought experiment, but it offered a lot of insight into several other characters, including Hope, Bucky, and Peter. Go to Full Review Kaitlyn Booth Bleeding Cool 10/10/2021
6/10
What If...? episode 5 falls into the cliche of ripping off every zombie movie that you've seen in the last twenty years while having Peter Parker offer snarky commentary about the zombie that feels straight out of Scream. Go to Full Review Tessa Smith Mama's Geeky 09/16/2021
5/5
What more do I have to say than Marvel Zombies. Go to Full Review Jeffrey Lyles Lyles' Movie Files 09/08/2021
10/10
At risk of sounding predictably redundant it was another excellent episode that embraced the zombie genre tropes in a fresh way for the MCU. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Episode Info

Synopsis When The Avengers are infected by a zombie plague, surviving heroes search for a cure.
Director
Bryan Andrews
Executive Producer
A.C. Bradley, Kevin Feige, Bryan Andrews, Victoria Alonso, Louis D'Esposito, Brad Winderbaum
Screenwriter
A.C. Bradley
Network
Disney+
Rating
TV-14
Genre
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Animation
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 8, 2021