What If...? Episode 7: What If... Thor Was an Only Child? (Spoiler Free Review)

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This week's What If...? episode was considerably more fluff compared to the last week. It was a breath of fresh air compared to the doom and gloom of the wider MCU multiverse. In this 30 minute entry, we meet an alternate version of the God of Thunder himself where Odin never adopts Loki as Thor's brother. Without Loki in his life, Thor becomes the sole heir of the throne and never becomes the selfless hero he learns to be by the end of the first Thor film. He, instead, becomes Party Thor, who accidentally destroys planets by having the biggest parties and has a best-bro-like relationship with Loki for a change. 

A handful of returning actors reprises their live-action roles from the likes of Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, and Kat Dennings except for Carol Danvers who makes a memorable appearance in this episode. The voice acting proves itself way better compared to last week's abysmal 'Wakanda Forever' chant by Michael B. Jordan, whether intentional or not. 

Like I said earlier, this episode is much lighter compared to its predecessors. Apart from the epic showdown between Thor and Captain Marvel (spoiler alert), Marvel's experience in slapstick comedy really shows itself in all the right ways this time around, without any part of the episode feeling shortened, unnecessary or forced. However, this episode isn't the best thus far. Even if it is a fun episode, it's unfortunately forgettable. It's doesn't pack the punch it needed but did it need one? 

The fact that this episode almost strayed away from apocalyptic proportions seemed acceptable. We are so used to Marvel heroes dealing with cataclysmic end-of-the-world problems that it's hard not to appreciate the much quirkier events within this vast multiverse. I'm not saying that this episode is quieter in any sense of the word, but it's just nice to see elements from the Guardians of the Galaxy movies and Thor Ragnarok within this minisode, elements we haven't particularly since in full for a while now. 

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