The Enchantress offers Loki a chance at redemption and a chance at getting revenge on Thor for preventing Ragnarok. Meanwhile, The Avengers are rendered powerless and have to fight for their lives with only Hawkeye by their side.
The fact that this show is getting cancelled is an extreme bummer as Christopher Yost is really dishing out new characters and quality show episodes. Not only has this season introduced The Fantastic Four, Surtur, The Vision, The Skrulls, Ronan the Accuser and Spider-Man but it has also created unique stories around them. This story is no different. The Wrecking Crew is introduced and they are created in a way that makes me want to read comic books about them.
The episode focuses around a team of four – Thor, Captain America, Iron Man and Hawkeye – as they go on a mission to stop the Wrecking Crew when a mysterious event occurs where The Avengers are reverted back to a state or point where they were once powerless. Although it goes unsaid, I believe that Thor is at a point where he was once banished from Asgard and had to assume the Donald Blake identity. For example, Captain America is now Steve Rogers from before he had the Super Soldier Serum and Iron Man is wearing his Mark I armor and has no scientific intelligence. This was a challenge for Captain America’s voice actor as he had to heighten the pitch of Steve Rogers’ voice to make it sound somewhat like a teenager and less mature but he nailed it. If you are a fan of stories where the heroes win through perseverance, than this episode is definitely for you.
Hawkeye wasn’t affected by the mysterious event that caused the Avengers to go de-powered because he has never had powers before. This allowed for great, unique dialogue of Hawkeye thinking that he is the alpha male of the team over Thor, Captain America and Iron Man. He really doesn’t understand that they are now at his level, and not below. The enemy they face is something that had just debuted in the show and has been featured in Marvel media before. It’s powerful and could probably kill them all. However, despite not having powers or the ability to call for backup, the team and Hawkeye try their hardest to overcome the enemy that is even tougher than all the Wrecking Crew combined.
Nothing really ruined episode other than the fact that a lot of it was Thor centric. Thor realizes what it is like to be a mortal, what Tony and Hawkeye and Janet go through everyday and when he can no longer use Mjolinir, he kind of breaks down and wonders how the Avengers go through with crime fighting in their current state. Another thing I didn’t like was how Iron Man had no scientific memory, however he was in the Mark I armor which was made with a box of scraps in a cave. Tony had no recollection about using the armor and had to have Hawkeye hotwire a repulsor shot. Other than that nitpick, this episode was extremely well done.
A great episode focusing on the morality and the perseverance of The Avengers allows for great dialogue and storytelling.
Four out of Five Stars.