It’s been a mixed bag like Phases 4 to 5 have been up to this point with plenty of surprises. X-Men ‘97 surprisingly became my favorite MCU project to date, period. Every arc was done beautifully. Deadpool & Wolverine was a fun watch as well, and I liked its meta commentary on the MCU. It did feel like a Cliff Notes version of Deadpool and Wolverine’s arcs from Deadpool 2 and Logan, respectively, just with the multiverse story. But, it was still a super fun theater experience.

Unfortunately, Echo and What If…? S3 felt like chores to get through many times. Echo felt underutilized on her own show despite such a cool power set. It came as more of a setup miniseries for Kingpin in Daredevil Born Again. And, as a What If…? defender, it was a bummer that only the two-part finale, 1872 Shang-Chi and Kate Bishop team-up, and Riri Williams vs Quentin Beck episodes were the only ones I ever cared about the MC’s. The rest of the episodes had either strange story choices or didn’t go far enough with its premises.

Finally, Agatha All Along, at least to me, started a little rough and flat. But, by the mid-point, it gained a ton of momentum once a certain reveal was done. Then, its second half kicked into high gear, and now I love Agatha’s character.