Recaps

Sean recovered from his battle with Thanos, settled in with Wanda and Pietro, and used the Mind Stone while Hydra’s experiments advanced. He helped Tony uncover Killian’s plot, defeated the Mandarin, and then began moving against Nick Fury as Hydra’s attack on Project Insight unfolded.

• Sean returned to life with the Void’s power, defeated Thanos, and destroyed the planet with him as he declared, “I am—nothingness!”
• Jane briefed White House officials about Asgard, while Odin urged Thor to establish new ties with the outside world.
• Sean woke in Sokovia with Wanda and Pietro, discovered his connection to the Mind Stone, and stayed to protect the siblings from Strucker’s experiments.
• Sean studied the Mind Stone, investigated its effects on Wanda and Pietro, and left to find Tony after Tony asked for help.
• Sean helped Tony uncover Killian’s role in the Extremis bombings and the Mandarin plot, while Tony pursued Killian and Sean protected President Ellis.
• Sean defeated the real Mandarin, took the ten rings, and expanded Umbrella while making plans for a Mutant settlement.
• Sean prepared to target Nick Fury over Project Insight, while Fury survived an ambush before a masked attacker captured him.
• Hill told Steve that Fury had vanished and explained Project Insight and the Winter Soldier, prompting Steve to gather the Avengers and go after the assassin.

Sean manipulated the Hydra crisis and the Registration Act to reshape S.H.I.E.L.D. and draw Tony toward cooperation, while Steve and Sam were imprisoned with Bucky. As Thor sought ties with Earth, Sean claimed the Aether, awakening Malekith’s forces and bringing the Dark Elves’ attack to Manhattan.

• Pierce declared Steve a fugitive, ordered Maria Hill arrested, and saw the Winter Soldier kill him before revealing his face to the cameras.
• Steve and Natasha traced Fury’s USB drive to Lehigh Training Camp, where Zola exposed Hydra’s infiltration of S.H.I.E.L.D. before a missile buried them in the server room.
• Sean framed Fury as a Hydra traitor, helped General Ross take control of S.H.I.E.L.D., and persuaded Tony to consider joining Ultron with Project Insight.
• Steve learned that Bucky was the Winter Soldier, but Tony attacked Bucky over his parents’ deaths, and Steve intervened to protect him.
• The Hellfire Squad captured Bucky, Steve, and Sam, and Sean brought them to Isolated Island Prison while promising Tony that Bucky would receive a fair trial.
• Sean urged Earth to negotiate with Asgard from a position of strength, then Jane vanished through a spatial passage in an abandoned London factory.
• Sean found Jane on a barren planet and absorbed the Aether into his gauntlet, awakening Malekith and the Dark Elves.
• The Dark Elves attacked London and Manhattan, and Thor flew out to confront their warship as S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Sky Carrier destroyed their destroyers and fired on the ship.

Sean used Wakanda’s conflict with the United States to bring the country under his influence, expose T’Chaka’s killing of N’Jobu, and install Killmonger as a challenger for the throne. After consolidating control of Wakanda, Sean met the Ancient One, who proposed a new partnership as Doctor Stephen Strange began his path toward Kamar-Taj.

• S.H.I.E.L.D., Umbrella, and the heroes defeated the Dark Elves, and Sean accepted Odin’s proposal for a united Nine Realms alliance against Thanos.
• Sean urged Steve Rogers to abandon his mission and Captain America identity, then offered Mystique Raven a path into politics and the presidency.
• Sean and General Ross arranged a confrontation over the energy crisis by sending John and Bobby to Wakanda with Magneto, Ulysses Klaw, and Killmonger.
• T’Challa captured Klaw during a raid, but Magneto’s forces captured T’Challa and Nakia, prompting the United States to launch an invasion of Wakanda.
• Wakanda repelled General Mattis’s forces until Ross deployed Mutants and Super Soldiers, and Skynet disabled Wakanda’s energy shield.
• Sean vetoed Ross’s proposed treaty, demanded T’Challa’s release and the withdrawal of NATO forces, then exposed T’Chaka’s killing of N’Jobu and backed Killmonger’s challenge for the throne.
• Killmonger defeated T’Challa and took the throne, while Sean punished him for killing Zuri and made clear that he controlled Wakanda’s future.
• Stephen Strange crashed his car after hearing an indistinct voice, while Sean learned more about emerging Mutants and received a visit from the Ancient One, who proposed a partnership.

Sean confronted Kaecilius and Dormammu while helping the Ancient One protect Earth’s Sanctums. The Ancient One took control of the Dark Dimension, passed the Eye of Agamotto to Sean, and Sean used the Time Stone to sever his future across parallel worlds.

• Sean defeated Magneto in Wakanda, then reunited with Wanda and learned that she could not explain why she had come to North America.
• Sean revealed to Professor Charles that David Haller was his son, then helped David defeat the Shadow King inside his mind.
• Sean traveled to Latveria and joined Doctor Doom in drawing Kaecilius out, then killed Kaecilius after learning that New York was the real target.
• Sean and Strange reached the New York Sanctum as the Ancient One fought Hell’s rulers, and Sean battled Blackheart and Dormammu’s forces.
• Sean entered the Dark Dimension and rejected Dormammu’s offer, then fought him with the power of three Infinity Stones.
• The Ancient One used Sean’s help to seize control of the Dark Dimension and told him that she and Dormammu would struggle over it for thousands of years.
• The Ancient One gave Sean the Eye of Agamotto, and Sean shattered its casing to perceive time before erasing his past selves and severing his future across parallel worlds.