7 MCU shows that Marvel has cancelled (too soon)

7. What If...?

Technically What If...? is ending on its own terms but one still can't help but feel like it's concluding way too early. In fact, never mind one, because all you have to do is look on social media to see the fan reaction to its impending conclusion. They are not happy about it.

Marvel Studios' first ever animated series is based on the comic series of the same name, which reimagines how the events of the Marvel Universe would play out if certain variables were different; some differences are major, some are small, but all are, well, different. The Disney Plus series does the same, using the MCU as its foundation upon which it has fun swapping elements around.

While each of the episodes are different, there is an overarching storyline in each season as The Watcher usually turns to Captain Carter and some of the other Guardians of the Multiverse for help. This produces some great results, but fans have always felt that What If...? was only scratching the surface of what it could accomplish. And honestly, it's hard to argue with that.

With season 3 being described as the conclusion to that trilogy, there will be more overarching narratives and story continuations. That's a good thing, for sure, but it also robs the show of the chance to just completely throw caution to the wind and do the most random and out of this world things imaginable.

This is one show that would have benefitted from a season of completely standalone adventure-of-the-week episodes, because even though it mostly does that anyway, the overarching storyline prevents it from going too far outside the box. With a show like What If...?, the potential is limitless, so to end it after just three seasons when it could be doing so much more just feels like a bit of a missed opportunity.