After two weeks on Disney Plus, Ironheart aired its season finale throughout a three-episode drop on Tuesday night time. Although the present did not function a automobile for Riri Williams’ introduction into the Marvel universe, it is introduced in new and not-so-new characters that we acknowledge from the comedian books and better MCU — even when a few of them have been solely current in spirit.
The penultimate episode noticed Riri, Ezekiel/Joe and Parker confront their daddy points in their very own methods, with the latter placing a gun to his father’s head and seizing his residence and firm. Although he has Ezekiel beneath his thumb, he nonetheless does not know Riri is alive. She received busy working together with her household and Zelma Stanton to forge new armor produced from components of her stepfather’s automobile. Sadly for her, by the tip, she misplaced her bestie and AI assistant Natalie when magic was uploaded to her go well with. That is a double heartbreak over Natalie’s loss.
Magic has a worth, does not it? It is one thing we have seen with Physician Unusual, Agatha Harkness and Scarlet Witch.
Nonetheless, Riri put a plan in movement to tackle The Hood within the lead-up to the finale. She desires the cloak for her personal causes. I’ll break down what occurred within the finale episode, that being who confirmed up on the finish and what it may all imply for the MCU. If you have not watched the sequence or these final three episodes, don’t learn any additional. Spoilers forward.
Parker’s path to The Hood and his undoing
Opening this episode with Parker’s path to demonic deal-making helped viewers understand how he wound up with the hood and the markings on his physique. Previously, Sacha Baron Cohen’s Lucifer-like character (“What’s your best want?”) appeared with nefarious intentions, together with his insidious act of consuming pizza with a fork and knife. This is not aligned with how they meet within the Marvel comics, however we all know Parker mainly sells entry to his soul in change for cash and energy.
Anthony Ramos as The Hood (Parker Robbins) in Ironheart.
When Riri exhibits up on the pizza spot to battle The Hood, she has to get via Joe first, who’s magically programmed like a puppet to guard Parker in any respect prices. She figures out a artful solution to override his tech and shut him down. After this and the careless transfer Riri made that received Joe locked up, they don’t seem to be precisely associates however not raging enemies, both. “Joe’s gone. I’ve tens of millions of {dollars}’ price of weapons inside me, and no thought the place to place this anger.” He tells her to deal with Parker and lets her know that the 2 of them aren’t completed. What does that imply?
Parker/Hood is not too stunned when a totally alive Riri confronts him in his loft, however he is thrown off by her use of magic. They battle, his demon-esque aspect pops out, and he or she prompts her “emergency protocol” to forestall him from destroying them each. It seems like Riri’s blown up her go well with — and The Hood — as she crawls via items of scrap. Parker is okay, goals a gun at a teary-eyed Riri with the intention of capturing her “for John.” But it surely’s all a hologram!
She seems behind him, snatches the cloak off him and leaves him writhing on the ground in agony. “Do not you see what it is doing to you?” Now, this feels a bit hypocritical as a result of she desires the hood for her personal designs, however however, she leaves Parker begging for it again and walks out.
With nice pizza, comes the good Mephisto
Following her tussle with Parker, Riri takes the elevator downstairs to Desperito’s Pizza. That crafty fork-and-knife pizza-eating demon is ready on the desk. He snaps Riri out of her go well with and makes it vanish whereas imploring her to take a seat with him. She realizes he is the supply of Parker’s hood, and he begins his gross sales pitch about serving to her obtain her desires. “I have been watching you. Rooting for you. Wanting to satisfy you for a while now as a result of I really like the distinctive, the pushed, the dogged — somebody inquisitive and curious.”
Homing in on her underdog advanced, he affords to assist and lays it on thick by including that he is aided all 100 individuals on Forbes’ richest checklist. Then he hits her with a combo of telepathy and saying Riri’s personal phrases aloud of “constructing one thing iconic.” Her response? “Yeah, OK, Dormammu.”
A guttural chuckle indicators that is not who that is, and he tells her she will be able to name him Mephisto. Yeah, it is the Mephisto so a lot of you have got been ready for since WandaVision, Multiverse of Insanity and Agatha All Alongside. He is right here, and he is insulted that anybody would assume Dormammu is powering the cloak. How impolite of us.
Finally, he asks her what she desires, then reads her thoughts as she recollects her recollections with Natalie — the actual one and the AI model. He pushes her to just accept his assist, and assures her “the catch” is one thing “she will not miss.” The digicam cuts, ending their interplay earlier than we see her reply.
A brand new scene exhibits a desk coated with magical provides and candles, and Riri analyzing sorcerous seals and mathematical formulation. A voice calls her identify, she seems up, and it is Natalie. Riri says, “It labored?!” and rambles about her superior AI creation. However that is flesh-and-bone Natalie, introduced again from the useless, they usually’re each shocked and confused.
In a flashback, Riri did certainly shake arms with Mephisto, and that is confirmed once we see black strains crawl up her arm as she hugs Natalie.
Ironheart’s mid-credits scene
A short while after the credit roll, Parker seems and walks into Stanton’s store. His head is roofed, however there are traces of blackened strains on his face — so his demonic connection is clearly not damaged.
It is his and Zelma’s first assembly, however he wastes no time asking for magical assist. Uncertain that she’s able to greater than tips, he implies he desires to see “what’s within the again.” Zelma stares him down as he says, “I do know you do not know me, no less than not but. However should you’re up for it, how about a bit abracadabra?” She shrugs, and the scene cuts.
What does all this imply for the MCU?
Oh, Mephisto’s presence can go in a number of instructions, however bear in mind this sequence marks the tip of Part 5. Part 6 remains to be within the Multiverse Saga, so so far as realities and timelines go, there’s room for resurrections, shape-shifting, dimension hopping, actuality bending and extra drama within the cosmos. Mephisto’s comedian e-book entanglements have him concerned with Spider-Man, the Incredible 4, Silver Surfer, Loki, Victor Von Doom (aka Physician Doom) and a bunch of different heroes and villains (yeah, Moon Knight and Scarlet Witch, too).
It would not be utterly unattainable to see Mephisto making offers with Peter Parker or anybody else in Spider-Man: Model New Day, and positively do not be stunned if Marvel drops him into Avengers: Doomsday. This demon’s comedian storylines with the Avengers, Doc Doom, and even the Maximoff twins might be reworked for the large display in addition to upcoming TV exhibits like Surprise Man or Imaginative and prescient Quest. Nothing is confirmed, however it is time to get your fan theories popping.
