Ever since Disney+ was created to store all of Disney’s movies and TV shows, the MCU has branched out into creating TV shows alongside their movies. It’s given the writers more leeway than a typical movie length could, and it’s also helped give more time to introduce some newer heroes that hadn’t appeared yet and aren’t as well-known as the other heroes populating the MCU.

As we work further into the recently announced Multiverse Saga, some questions do rise. Some of the new TV shows are standing on their own while others are bridging the gap between the last movies and another movie to come after its release. Others, however, are these new introductions, and some of them rarely mention anything else going on in the rest of the MCU, making it unclear where they stand among everything else. For the most part, you can assume almost all of them are happening after Avengers: Endgame and the end of the Infinity Saga, but you can get more specific for many of them.

I Am Groot

One of the newest series, I Am Groot is the only MCU show that actually happens during the Infinity Saga. This series of shorts features the titular character in a lot of wacky scenarios, and it seems most of them don’t have a specific correlation to the MCU. However, thanks to the official MCU in timeline order that you can find on Disney+, it seems that these shorts actually happen in and around the first two Guardians of the Galaxy movies. Considering they used the popular baby Groot design instead of teenage Groot, who we actually do see in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, it does make sense that these happen earlier than any of the other TV series they’ve made.

Since not all the episodes happen around the same time, let’s break it down. After Guardians of the Galaxy, when Groot is destroyed, we see a new Groot being made from the twigs Rocket picked up. After that movie would be the episode Groot’s First Steps, which then leads directly into Guardians of the Galaxy Volume Two. The rest of the episodes follow after the movie and before the Guardians return in Avengers: Infinity War, showing us some of what Groot was up to in the meantime.

Loki

Loki may come after Avengers: Endgame, but not in a typical fashion. Instead of picking up from the end of it, season one actually picks up in the middle, during the time heist. When the Avengers go back in time to retrieve the infinity stones, they accidentally create a new branching timeline in which Loki managed to escape their custody with the tesseract. The show picks up as soon as Loki escapes, showing him trying to convince a small human town to bow down to him. However, he’s quickly captured, and the timeline is reset, bringing the rest of the show outside of time itself.

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While in the TVA, they exist outside of time, monitoring all the branching timelines and trying to keep everything from getting too far out of hand. They also jump around in time, but not to any time in the MCU — they either visited events far in the past, like Pompeii, or disasters far in the future that have yet to come. So, it’s safe to say that while some of what Loki is doing will affect the MCU, like introducing Kane the Conqueror, the next big bad, the series mostly exists outside the actual timeline. Of course, with a promised season two coming, that could easily change.

What If…?

Marvel’s What If is the hardest of all the shows to place into the timeline. This animated series explores the ins and outs of the multiverse, showing us the heroes we know in different scenarios that all pose the question ‘what if?’ All the episodes tie together at the end, too, bringing a cohesive story together as The Watcher realizes he can no longer sit and watch, or else every universe will be destroyed. However, there is little to no reference to the current MCU aside from the way these ‘what if’ questions are phrased.

Despite this, on the official MCU timeline on Disney+, it places What If right here, directly between these two TV shows. In movie terms, it places it after Avengers: Endgame but before Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. This is a conscious choice, as some of the older Marvel TV shows, like those that were on Netflix and ABC, are not in the timeline at all. This means that we may see the Watcher return in the MCU, or at the very least, possibly expect season two to tie into the Multiverse Saga somehow.

WandaVision

One of the easiest shows to place in the timeline is definitely WandaVision, as they have clearly set up what came before and what came after it. When Wanda was brought back from The Blip and Vision was still dead, she immediately went looking for his body, as she wished to give him a proper burial. In her grief over his loss and her return, her magic lashed out and created the Hex, giving her a chance to live the life she always wanted while trapping the town’s residents to do her bidding.

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This directly leads into Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Wanda coming to realize what she was doing was a bad thing and subsequently losing the family she created for herself was another devastating blow for her, and, taking the Darkhold from Agatha, she began to study it and found a way to give her the family she had always wanted. All of WandaVision is the reason for her actions in that Doctor Strange sequel. We’ll also see tie-ins from WandaVision in The Marvels, where Monica Rambeau is set to return. A spin-off is also planned, set to feature Agatha Harkness.

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

At the end of Avengers: Endgame, the Captain America shield is passed off to Sam Wilson, and he is expected to pick up and carry on the legacy. This leads into The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, a series made specifically to show the two titular characters not only learning how to adjust in this world with new weight on their shoulders, but also how to work together to save the day. It doesn’t take place too far after these events, presumably within the same year as The Blip is still a popular topic to talk about. The show brings back old faces and even introduces new ones, like John Walker, or the more mysterious Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, who seems to be working for a strange organization recruiting many individuals who are rather powerful.

The end of the show leaves us with a few cliffhangers. First, we still don’t know who Val works for or why she recruited John Walker. Second, we see Sam finally step up into the Captain America role, not only taking the shield but getting a newly styled wingsuit too so that he can keep the wings he is used to fighting with. The last, and perhaps most controversial, is the reveal that Sharon Carter is the Shadow Broker. We can expect some if not all of these storylines to come back in future shows and movies, including the coming Captain America: New World Order.

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law

The She-Hulk trailers alone had people confused as to where the show was going to be on the timeline. With shots of Bruce Banner both back in human form with his arm in a sling, as seen at the end of Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, and shots of him as Professor Hulk from Avengers: Endgame, no one was sure what exactly was going on. However, a recent TV Line interview with producer Jessica Gao informs us that the series is set not too long after the events of Shang Chi, which becomes more clear after episode two.

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Along with introducing She-Hulk to the MCU, the show brings a few others back to the table, like Emil Blonsky, also known as Abomination, returning from the depths of the often forgotten Incredible Hulk movie. Daredevil returns for the series too, first appearing in the MCU in a cameo role in Spider-Man: No Way Home as Peter Parker’s lawyer. It’s unclear where the series will head next as well, though the recently announced Avengers movie titles could potentially see her return.

Hawkeye

While it’s clear that Hawkeye happens around Christmas, the only other clue we have is that it is definitely after the events of Avengers: Endgame. The official timeline places it sometime after Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, which means there has been quite some time since Endgame, considering both Spider-Man: Far From Home and Spider-Man: No Way Home happen before Doctor Strange. It’s likely then that Hawkeye takes place that December, and after a full year of school for Peter Parker, it means it should be the year after the events of Endgame took place.


Though a lot happens in the series, it only takes place over the course of about a week as Clint tries to clear up some issues he indirectly caused that made Kate Bishop catch the attention of some local mobs. He wants to get it done before Christmas, so he can return home and spend it with his kids. It’s also unclear where this show leads to at the moment for its main characters, as the show did have a complete story. There could be a season two though, or these two could show up next in the Avengers movies. However, there is a spinoff coming called Echo, following Maya Lopez, the deaf leader of the tracksuit mafia.

Moon Knight

Though Moon Knight is on the official MCU timeline, we don’t see or hear any references to the MCU in it. No mention of the Blip, no talk about the other heroes that exist in the universe, and there isn’t even a subtle reference in the end credits to explain how this show ties into the rest. Since the show offers us no hints there, all we can take from it is what the official timeline tells us. Considering it is placed after Hawkeye and it’s definitely not winter still, we can assume we’re now at least two years after Avengers: Endgame. By this point, it would make sense that things have gone more or less back to normal since half the population was destroyed and then brought back.


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The end credits do hint at a possible second season due to the introduction of the third alter, Jake Lockley, who we find is still working for Khonshu. However, there is no confirmation of one yet. The only other hero introduction they had, Layla Abdallah El-Faouly, also known as the Scarlet Scarab, is directly related to Moon Knight since they are married. Otherwise, there are no planned spinoffs for her, and we can assume her next appearance will also be whenever we might see Moon Knight again.

Ms. Marvel

There are definitely Avengers references in Ms. Marvel, but they don’t help out as much as you’d think they would with finding where this show goes in the timeline. We know for sure that it happens after Avengers: Endgame, but not because of its relation to The Blip, which again is never mentioned. Instead, we know because of when Kamala sneaks away to Avenger Con, a convention celebrating the Avengers that also had a brief shot of a memorial for Iron Man, Captain America, and Black Widow, all of whom died in Endgame.

The official timeline places Ms. Marvel at the very end of what’s currently on the service, and if it comes after Moon Knight, then we can assume it’s also been at least two years since The Blip. We do know that this is tied into The Marvels, as her name is part of the title alongside Captain Marvel. Even if the namesake wasn’t obvious, the final end credits scene leaves us on a cliffhanger that is definitely going to have to be answered in the coming movie.