{"id":14881,"date":"2022-05-05T17:59:21","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T15:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1639161"},"modified":"2022-05-05T18:31:12","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T16:31:12","slug":"doctor-strange-in-the-multiverse-of-madness-ending-explained-does-wanda-die","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/doctor-strange-in-the-multiverse-of-madness-ending-explained-does-wanda-die\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ending explained: Does Wanda die?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Huw Fullerton\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 05 May 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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After months of anticipation Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness<\/a> has finally come to cinemas, and fans around the world are already rushing to see what happens to Benedict Cumberbatch\u2019s superhero sorcerer as he travels to different universes.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re one of those people who\u2019s seen the film already but is still reeling from its final events then never fear \u2013 we\u2019ve broken down the main points of the ending for you, and what they might mean for the future of Marvel (or at least, the Doctor Strange franchise).<\/p>\n

Read on to see our take on Doctor Strange 2\u2019s ending, but watch out \u2013 we\u2019ll obviously be dealing in major spoilers from the off, so look away now if you haven\u2019t seen the film. We mean it!<\/p>\n

**Spoiler warning for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness**<\/strong><\/p>

Doctor Strange 2 ending explained<\/h2>\n

The final battle<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Elizabeth Olsen as Scarlet Witch in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness<\/span><\/figcaption> Marvel Studios<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Trapped in the \u2018Sinister\u2019 universe with an alternate version of Christine (Rachel McAdams), Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) makes a decision \u2013 he\u2019ll use that dimension\u2019s version of the Darkhold to \u201cdreamwalk\u201d into the main Marvel Cinematic Universe, fight Wanda (Elizabeth Olsen) and help rescue America Chavez (Xochitl Gomez).<\/p>\n

(For anyone who dozed off at the back, Wanda has spent the film cutting a swathe through the multiverse to steal America\u2019s ability to jump between dimensions, hoping to find a world where her sons from WandaVision are alive. OK, back we go.)<\/p>\n

Of course, Strange needs an alternate self to walk into \u2013 but luckily the corpse of his alternate \u2018Defender Strange\u2019 self is still buried in New York, so with even more forbidden magic he raises himself as a kind of zombie Strange and teleports to Wungadore, where Wanda is preparing to steal America\u2019s reality-jumping power for her own.<\/p>\n

Nasty-looking afterlife spirits attempt to drag Strange down, but he tames them and uses them to fly and battle Wanda. While he can\u2019t hold her off for long, he takes the time to help America, inspiring her to finally gain control over her powers. With them, she fights Wanda and eventually blasts her into the parallel world she previously dreamwalked into.<\/p>\n

Here, she confronts her alternate self \u2013 but she terrifies these versions of her children, who try to fight her off and then retreat, crying. Realising how monstrous she must seem to them, Wanda falls to her knees and is comforted by her alternate self.<\/p>\n

Is Wanda Maximoff dead at the end of Doctor Strange 2?<\/strong><\/h2>