Recaps

Luke returned to Asgard as Loki’s plans unraveled, but an attack by Thanos’s forces revealed that Loki had been manipulated and ended with Loki escaping. Odin and Thor fought off the invading ships while Luke realized Thanos had used the Mind Stone to control Asgardians and influence Loki.

• Luke watched Thor confront Loki after Loki killed Laufey and activated the Bifrost to attack Jotunheim.
• Loki attacked Luke and Thor with Gungnir and the Casket of Ancient Winters, but Luke resisted by drawing on the Shadow Dimension.
• A hidden attacker fired on the Bifrost, and Odin suppressed its surging energy before discovering the surrounding enemy spaceships.
• Luke recognized that Thanos was controlling Asgardian guards with the Mind Stone, while Odin and Thor fought the enemy fleet and aircraft.
• Loki used illusions to evade the Ninja Soldiers, disguised himself as a guard, and escaped aboard a strange aircraft.
• Luke destroyed the pursuing aircraft but saw Loki’s ship warp away, and concluded that Thanos had manipulated Loki’s actions.

Odin repelled the attack on Asgard and learned from Luke that Thanos had used the Mind Stone to control the attackers, prompting Odin to prepare to strike back. Luke returned to his Shadow World, strengthened his legion and physique, then moved the dimension’s coordinates and discovered he could no longer find the Marvel World.

• Odin destroyed the attacking warships and aircraft, then vowed to hunt down whoever had taken Loki.
• Thanos told Ebony Maw that the Space Stone was on Earth and planned to send Proxima Midnight and Corvus Glaive there with Loki to retrieve it.
• Luke told Odin that Thanos possessed the Mind Stone, and Odin decided to gather information before attacking him.
• Luke upgraded his physique, conquered two Lesser Dimensions, and bought seven thousand Ninja Soldiers with his accumulated energy.
• Luke learned that he could move the Shadow World’s coordinates, but after roaming through Dimensional Space, he could not find the Marvel World again.

Unable to return to the Marvel World, Luke entered an unclaimed dimension through a spatial rift and discovered a pyramid on a technologically advanced planet. He encountered Transformers and realized he had arrived in their world.

• Luke sent the Ancient One 1.1 million dark energy as a distress signal, while the Ancient One released the excess energy to avoid being overwhelmed.
• Luke explored an ownerless lesser dimension, found a spatial rift, and crossed it to a machine that had been using dark energy to keep the rift open.
• Luke absorbed the lesser dimension’s energy and emerged from a pyramid into a desert, then flew into space and spotted a group of moving meteors.
• Luke followed the meteors to Earth and met Jazz, who explained that he and his companions were searching for something they had lost.
• Optimus Prime ordered the Transformers to regroup, and Luke followed Jazz to a car dealership, where Jazz transformed into a sports car.

Luke rode with Jazz and met the Autobots, then joined them and Sam and Mikaela in their effort to find the AllSpark before Megatron could use it to conquer Earth. After learning that Sam’s great-grandfather recorded the AllSpark’s location on his glasses, the group headed to Sam’s house to retrieve them.

• Luke asked Jazz to send a Morse-code message to the Ancient One, but she expelled the energy he transmitted without responding.
• Jazz brought Luke to the Autobots, where Optimus Prime introduced the Cybertronian team to Sam and Mikaela.
• Luke revealed that he came from another world and displayed his unusual shape-shifting abilities.
• Optimus Prime explained the Autobots’ history and told Sam that his great-grandfather had found Megatron and recorded the AllSpark’s location on his glasses.
• After Ratchet warned that the Decepticons could use the AllSpark to create an army and conquer Earth, Sam said the glasses were at his house.
• The Autobots transformed, and Luke climbed into Optimus Prime as Bumblebee led the group toward Sam’s house.

Luke and the Autobots reached Sam’s house, where Luke amused himself while Sam searched for his backpack. The Autobots hid after causing an earthquake, and Sam’s parents arrived at his locked bedroom door with Luke and Mikaela concealed inside.

• Luke asked the Autobots about their equipment and claimed he could defeat Megatron and make him his mount.
• At Sam’s house, Luke charged his phone from Optimus Prime and considered shrinking the Autobots with Pym Particles.
• Luke and Mikaela climbed through Sam’s window with Bumblebee’s help, and Luke photographed Bumblebee being lifted by Troll Soldiers.
• Ironhide mistook Sam’s Chihuahua for a threat, then Sam brought the dog inside and searched for his backpack with Luke and Mikaela.
• Optimus Prime led the Autobots out of Sam’s yard, where Ironhide hit power lines and caused an earthquake.
• When Sam’s parents came to his locked bedroom door, Luke hid in the shadows and Mikaela hid behind a chair.

Luke and the Autobots followed Sam and Mikaela after government agents detained them over the car theft, but helicopters soon captured Bumblebee while Optimus Prime chose to prioritize finding the AllSpark. Disgusted by Optimus Prime’s decision to leave Bumblebee behind, Luke called on his Shadow Legion to free his friends.

• Sam’s parents misunderstood Sam and Mikaela’s situation, then government agents arrived and took them away to investigate the reported car theft.
• Luke boarded the convoy, freed Sam and Mikaela from their handcuffs, and used Troll Soldiers to stop the vehicles and detain the agents.
• Optimus Prime and the Autobots arrived, but helicopters forced them to flee; Luke remembered Bumblebee would soon be captured and questioned Optimus Prime’s reluctance to fight.
• Bumblebee rescued Sam and Mikaela from a fall, but the humans captured him while Optimus Prime stayed hidden and focused on the AllSpark.
• Optimus Prime admitted he would rescue Bumblebee if he survived, while Luke criticized his choice and jumped down to confront the humans with the Shadow Legion.

Luke and the Autobots rescued Bumblebee, then went to Hoover Dam to retrieve the AllSpark and stop the Decepticons. When the Decepticons attacked the base, Luke headed outside to confront them while Bumblebee retrieved the cube.

• Luke used the Shadow Army to defeat Simmons's agents, free Bumblebee, and reunite him with the Autobots.
• Luke and Optimus Prime agreed to retrieve the AllSpark, while Luke spared Simmons and brought him along as their guide.
• At Hoover Dam, Simmons led Luke and the Autobots inside, where they found Megatron frozen and the AllSpark stored in the base.
• Ratchet explained that appliances built with Megatron's technology could inherit Decepticon traits, alarming Simmons and Optimus Prime.
• The Decepticons attacked the base, so Optimus Prime led the Autobots outside while Bumblebee retrieved the AllSpark.
• Luke went outside to fight the Decepticons as Simmons and Captain William gathered heavy weapons.

Luke unleashed his Shadow Energy against the Decepticons at Hoover Dam, destroying most of their force and subduing Starscream and two others. After Megatron and Devastator were captured, Luke took possession of the AllSpark, which a fleeing Decepticon had brought straight to him.

• Optimus Prime led the Autobots and human soldiers in a defensive stand inside Hoover Dam while Bumblebee secured the AllSpark.
• Luke opened a portal to the Shadow Dimension and sent a vast torrent of Dark Energy outside, wiping out most of the Decepticon army and forcing the survivors to choose between submission and destruction.
• Brawl attacked Luke and was destroyed, while Starscream tried to flee and was absorbed into the Dark Energy; Luke spared two other Decepticons and claimed them as subordinates.
• Luke returned to the dam with Optimus Prime's group and learned that Devastator had dug into the structure and was pinned down by Troll Soldiers.
• A Decepticon carrying the AllSpark was captured by Luke's Ninja Soldiers, and Luke took the cube.

Luke freed the Autobots from their confinement, brought them to his homeland, and persuaded Optimus Prime to seek a partnership there. After the leaders welcomed the Autobots, Luke arranged a formal meeting and group photo.

• Luke kept repairing Megatron with the AllSpark while beating him and trying to force him to submit, then opened a portal to take the Autobots away from their confinement.
• Optimus Prime agreed to seek refuge and allies in the country Luke recommended, and Luke brought the Autobots to a pyramid while arranging for them to broadcast footage of their fight against the Decepticons.
• Luke traveled to his homeland and proposed cooperation between its leaders and the Autobots, including studying their technology and using the AllSpark to create new allies.
• The leaders welcomed Optimus Prime and the other Autobots, and Luke took a group photo to mark their meeting.

Luke discovered that the AllSpark absorbed dark energy and transformed it into powerful, stable crystals, then learned from Megatron that the crystals had once strengthened Cybertronians. He returned the AllSpark to the Shadow Dimension and messaged the Ancient One, who planned to bring him back and make him rebuild Kamar-Taj.

• Optimus Prime entrusted the AllSpark to Luke so he could take it to another world and keep it from the Decepticons.
• Luke fed dark energy to the AllSpark in the Shadow Dimension, where it absorbed millions of energy and produced black crystals that stored vast amounts of stable energy.
• Luke recreated a crystal shell himself and considered carrying energy-filled crystals to use his Shadow Dimension strength in the Marvel World.
• Luke showed Megatron a crystal, and Megatron explained that the AllSpark created Cybertronian life and that energy crystals could make Cybertronians stronger, though the crystal Luke brought was unsafe for them to use.
• Luke left Megatron, retrieved the AllSpark, messaged the Ancient One, and resumed refining his flying camera orb.
• The Ancient One tried to locate Luke with the Time Stone and planned to confine him until he learned cross-dimensional communication spells and rebuilt Kamar-Taj.

Luke built a small octopus-shaped dark-energy drone, but soldiers shot it down, prompting the Ancient One to arrive and take him and the Decepticons back to Kamar-Taj. There, Luke learned his earlier energy transfer had wrecked the tearoom, so the Ancient One ordered him to study Kamar-Taj’s spellbooks and rebuild the grounds.

• Luke refined his dark-energy device into a fast, remotely controlled octopus drone and sent it flying outside.
• Soldiers mistook the drone for an enemy and shot it down, leaving Jazz with its Energy Crystal.
• The Ancient One arrived through a massive magic array, explained that she had found Luke with the Time Stone, and warned that they needed to return quickly.
• Luke said goodbye to Optimus Prime and the soldiers, while the Ancient One shrank Megatron and the Decepticons before bringing them through a portal.
• Back at Kamar-Taj, Luke discovered that his earlier energy transfer had wrecked the tearoom, and the Ancient One ordered him to read the spellbooks and rebuild Kamar-Taj.
• Luke asked Mordo for a topographic map, then entered the library to begin searching through the spellbook catalog.

Luke spent six months studying Kamar-Taj’s spellbooks, helping rebuild the sanctuary, and expanding his Shadow Legion before the Ancient One allowed him to leave. Back home, he updated his blog, and Tony immediately messaged him asking if he had finally left Kamar-Taj.

• Luke had Decepticons translate Kamar-Taj’s spellbooks and signed contracts with dozens of high-level mages; Megatron also asked for a contract so he could gain dark energy and seek a future for Cybertron.
• Luke agreed to sign with Megatron on the condition that he become his lackey, while Kaecilius grew furious at being excluded and went to complain to the Ancient One.
• Over the next six months, Luke read more than nine thousand books, helped transform Kamar-Taj, and expanded his Shadow Legion with fifty thousand Ninja Soldiers, Blade Soldiers, Troll Soldiers, and Night Bats.
• Luke finished his work and asked the Ancient One if he could leave; she agreed, and he returned home through a portal.
• Luke updated his blog status from “In seclusion” to “Eating, drinking, and having fun,” and Tony messaged him to ask whether he had finally left Kamar-Taj.

Luke reunited with Tony and Pepper at Stark Tower, where they celebrated its opening with snacks and food from Luke’s home. Coulson arrived with urgent Avengers-related work, and Pepper left for Washington after learning she was needed, while Luke planned to join Tony the next day.

• Luke traveled to Manhattan and photographed Tony as Stark Tower lit up for the first time.
• Luke brought snacks and dishes to Tony and Pepper, and the three shared a meal at the tower.
• JARVIS announced that Coulson had arrived with an urgent assignment, and Coulson presented Tony with the work.
• Tony analyzed the information and realized the assignment was connected to the Avengers Initiative.
• Pepper learned that she was needed in Washington and left with Coulson, while Luke said he would return the next day to accompany Tony.

Luke brought Decepticons and the AllSpark to Tony, who began studying the artifact and awakened his Mark 6 armor as Saturday. While Loki and his allies prepared to obtain iridium, Tony’s phone-tracking algorithm located their target, and Luke and Tony set out to act.

• Luke brought Barricade, Blackout, Megatron, and the AllSpark to Stark Tower, where Tony examined the Decepticons and agreed to study the artifact.
• Luke reviewed Tony’s mission intel and learned that General Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight had joined Loki’s mission.
• Loki argued with Corvus Glaive, then asked Doctor Erik Selvig and Hawkeye about the iridium needed to stabilize the portal.
• Tony used the AllSpark to awaken his Mark 6 armor, named Saturday, and created an algorithm that made phones sold by 67 Mobile Company search for Loki’s group.
• JARVIS located the target, and Tony and Luke prepared to leave, with Luke bringing Energy Crystals and his new leather shoes.

Luke and Tony raced to the gala where Loki had seized a crowd, and Luke’s Shadow Ninjas captured him before he could cause further harm. The group gathered aboard an aircraft, where Luke introduced the assembled heroes and aliens, then welcomed Thor through a portal.

• Luke enlarged Megatron while Tony flew ahead toward Loki’s location, and Luke caught up in a fighter jet.
• Fury’s team monitored Loki as he infiltrated a gala, stole a victim’s pupil data, and herded the crowd into a square.
• Luke and Tony coordinated with Natasha and Steve as Shadow Ninjas surrounded the square and restrained Loki, exposing his illusion.
• Luke captured a photo of Loki, calmed the crowd with Tony’s help, and brought Loki and Megatron aboard the aircraft.
• Luke introduced Steve, Megatron, and Tony’s newly sentient armor, Saturday, before Odin’s message prompted him to open a portal.
• Thor came through the portal, greeted Luke, and rushed to embrace Loki.

Luke was transformed by the Mind Stone into his true Dimensional Demon God Form, unleashing the Shadow Legion across the Helicarrier before regaining control. He returned to human form and handed the scepter to Natasha, while the Shadow Legion began repairing the damage.

• Corvus Glaive blamed Hawkeye for Loki's capture, but Hawkeye defended Loki's plan and warned that Earth held dangers they underestimated.
• Luke stopped Thor from taking Loki to Asgard and insisted that Loki answer for his crimes on Earth before revealing his allies' base and objective.
• Luke and the others landed on the Helicarrier, where Luke touched the Mind Stone and was overwhelmed by visions of the Shadow Legion.
• Shadow Ninjas and other soldiers erupted from Luke and restrained Tony, Steve, and the surrounding agents as Night Bats shot down incoming fighter jets.
• Luke transformed into a giant demon, then awakened and recalled the Shadow Legion after the Ancient One identified his form and urged him to change back.
• Luke returned to human form, gave the Mind Scepter to Natasha, and sent the Shadow Legion to clean up the Helicarrier deck.

Luke revealed to Fury that he came from a parallel world and had enough power to act without fearing the authorities, while the team learned Loki needed iridium to stabilize a portal for the Chitauri. Luke left the command center to prepare an ambush on the Helicarrier as dark figures spread from his shadow.

• Luke told Fury he came from a parallel world, and Megatron projected evidence of his own world; Fury worried about the secret leaking and the Shadow Legion’s power.
• Fury left to question Loki while Hill took Luke, Steve, and Banner to the command center, where Luke arranged massages and refreshments for them.
• Natasha showed Fury questioning Loki on a monitor, but Luke ended the feed when Loki began manipulating the conversation.
• Thor explained that Loki’s army was the Chitauri, who served Thanos, and Natasha and Tony identified iridium as the stabilizer Loki needed for a larger, longer-lasting portal.
• Luke sent Tony and Banner to the laboratory, then went to the deck to prepare an ambush as dark figures spread throughout the Helicarrier.

Luke defended the Helicarrier from Loki’s attack, then fought Proxima Midnight and Corvus Glaive, defeating both Black Order generals while discovering Corvus Glaive might revive through his weapon. The Helicarrier suddenly tilted after the battle because the beam attack had destroyed its power lines and shut down two wings.

• Luke learned that the Shadow Ninjas could operate beyond his range and stationed thousands aboard the Helicarrier, including nearly a thousand around Loki.
• After Natasha warned that Loki was targeting Hulk, Luke spotted the attacking fighter jets, destroyed one, and joined Thor and Tony as the remaining jets attacked the Helicarrier.
• Luke sent Thor to help stabilize the damaged bridge and transformed into his Dimensional Demon God Form to fight Proxima Midnight and Corvus Glaive.
• Luke caught Corvus Glaive’s atom-splitting weapon, annihilated Corvus Glaive, and then tore Proxima Midnight apart after stopping her spear attack with Dark Energy.
• Luke discovered Corvus Glaive’s faint soul aura lingering by his weapon and had ninjas collect both generals’ weapons.
• The Helicarrier tilted, and Luke learned that the beams had destroyed its power supply lines and shut down two wings.

Luke tried to guide the damaged Helicarrier into a crash landing while Hulk broke free and fought Thor and Captain America. Loki escaped the frozen cell and fell from the carrier, pursued by Luke’s soldiers and Tony, whom Loki froze in midair.

• Luke formed a Shield of Seraphim beneath the Helicarrier and told Fury to shut down the main engines so he could attempt a crash landing.
• The Mind Scepter provoked Banner into transforming into Hulk, who smashed through Troll Soldiers before Thor and Captain America arrived to restrain him.
• Loki used the Casket of Ancient Winters to become a Frost Giant, break out of his cell, and escape by jumping after the falling cell as Shadow Ninjas and Night Bats pursued him.
• Fury asked for help chasing Loki, but Hulk pursued Thor, while Tony brought the recovered Hawkeye to Natasha, who had Loki’s Scepter.
• Tony attacked Loki with missiles during the pursuit, but Loki blasted him with freezing air and turned him into an ice sculpture.

Luke and the others prevent the Helicarrier from crashing, rescue its crew, and use the AllSpark to repair it, accidentally transforming it into a giant robot. Luke shrinks the new mechanical giant, while secretly planning to turn the other Helicarriers into a fleet and steal them.

• Megatron rescues Tony from his fall, while Luke and the clones slow the Helicarrier with spells and a giant Shadow Giant.
• Luke knocks Hulk and Banner’s souls out of their bodies, then sends them back into Banner.
• Luke dissolves Tony’s ice prison, gives him an Energy Crystal, and uses the AllSpark to repair Saturday.
• Fury taps the AllSpark against the Helicarrier, which repairs itself and transforms into a towering mechanical giant.
• Luke shrinks the giant to around ten meters, while planning to transform the other Helicarriers and secretly take them.

Luke and the Avengers prepared to stop Loki, but Loki lured them into a bomb trap before heading for the Stark Group’s old factory, where a powerful Arc Reactor could fuel the Tesseract. As a portal opened in the distance and black dots began flying out, Luke and the others rushed to respond.

• Tony used Saturday and global satellites to track Loki’s route to New York, and Luke led the group through a portal toward Stark Tower.
• Luke separated Banner and Hulk into two bodies, then brought both of them along to the fight.
• Tony used the AllSpark to activate his older Iron Man suits and assign them to Natasha, Hawkeye, and the others before arming up with Saturday.
• Luke’s group intercepted a convoy, but Hulk crushed the car they thought held Loki, revealing bombs and a tracker instead; Luke contained the explosion with dark energy.
• Banner reasoned that Loki would need a nearby energy source, and Tony identified the Stark Group’s old factory and its Arc Reactor as a likely target.
• A portal opened in the distance, and the Avengers saw black dots flying out as Luke urged everyone to hurry.

Luke and his allies fought Loki’s Chitauri army as the portal widened and enemy forces overwhelmed the battlefield. Luke summoned Shadowbane, whose devastating power incapacitated the Chitauri and was sent through the portal to attack their mothership, while the heroes prepared to close the portal; a group of people then appeared in an alley in the Big Apple.

• Luke unleashed the Shadow Legion against Loki’s Chitauri, and Loki expanded the portal to pour in far more troops.
• Luke split his allies between intercepting the incoming forces and attacking the Space Device, but the Chitauri pushed back and left Captain America’s group under heavy fire.
• Luke spent enormous energy creating magical duplicates and summoning Shadowbane, who destroyed Chitauri and absorbed their ships and energy.
• Shadowbane’s presence overwhelmed the Chitauri collective and knocked out Captain America and his companions, so Luke sent Shadowbane and the Shadow Legion through the portal to attack the Chitauri mothership.
• Captain America’s group woke up, and Luke returned with Tony and Thor to help close the portal; meanwhile, a group of people appeared in an alley in the Big Apple.

Luke and the Avengers stopped the Chitauri invasion, closed the portal, and claimed the Stones, while Luke unlocked a dimension-exploration module. After the battle, Luke hosted a barbecue, where he discovered the time-traveling Avengers watching them.

• Future Steve and Future Tony learned from elderly Steve that a new superhero had changed the timeline, then decided to continue their search for the Stones.
• Hulk beat Loki unconscious, and Luke arrived with Tony and the others to capture him and wake Doctor Selvig.
• Luke used the Mind Stone and dark energy to trigger Selvig’s failsafe, close the portal, and retrieve the Space Stone; touching it unlocked the Dimension Exploration Module.
• Luke returned the Space Stone to the Tesseract and gave it to Thor, then arranged a barbecue while S.H.I.E.L.D. prepared to clean up the invasion site.
• Luke spotted something suspicious in a group photo and sent shadows to investigate; nearby, Ninja Soldiers confronted Future Tony and Steve as the travelers watched the barbecue.

Luke captured the Avengers from a parallel future and explained that their world differed from his, while Ancient One arrived with Future Banner. The revelation that the Soul Stone required sacrificing a loved one shocked the visitors and Barton, and Ancient One questioned why Doctor Strange had surrendered the Time Stone.

• Luke brought the bound future Avengers to the banquet, where Future Tony explained that their failed time-travel attempt had brought them to a parallel world after Thanos erased half of life.
• Luke showed Tony Shadowbane destroying the Chitauri warship, discussed the differences between parallel worlds, and insisted that he was stronger than Thanos.
• Luke used his newly unlocked exploration system to conquer several lesser and micro dimensions, finding no equipment immune to dark-energy corruption.
• Ancient One arrived with Future Banner bound and lashed, while Scott, Future Tony, and Future Steve despaired that their mission could no longer succeed.
• Luke revealed that obtaining the Soul Stone required sacrificing a loved one, shocking the future Avengers and prompting Barton and Natasha to deny that they could make such a sacrifice for each other.
• Barton learned that his entire family had disappeared in the future, and Ancient One asked why Doctor Strange had handed over the Time Stone.

Luke agreed to help the future Avengers retrieve the Infinity Stones, while Shadowbane survived the destruction of his core and began evolving among the enemy fleet. As Luke relaxed at the gathering, his Night Bats captured an invisible woman who identified herself as Sylvie.

• The Ancient One agreed to lend the future Avengers the Infinity Stones on the condition that they return them within three days, and Tony asked whether technology could be used to cast magic.
• Shadowbane's core survived a direct hit, and his dark energy infiltrated the warships and instructed their systems to evolve and find Luke.
• Luke agreed to visit the future Avengers' world to collect the stones, but the Ancient One refused to bring the other Avengers to him.
• Luke noticed someone sneaking around and sent Night Bats to capture the invisible intruder.
• The Night Bats brought a struggling woman to Luke, and she introduced herself as Sylvie.