Eleven years after Scarlett Johansson’s debut as Natasha Romanoff in Iron Man 2 and finding herself as one of the most relatively famous and relatable characters in the MCU because she doesn’t have any superpower, she finally has her own solo movie.
In this video, we’ll be talking about the events that took place in Scar Jo’s Black Widow and pinpoint their places in the MCU timeline to help guide wondering fans. Keep in mind, however, that we will be discussing details in the film, which means there will be spoilers.
1995 – Natasha’s Childhood
We start off the movie in 1995, where we see a young Natasha Romanoff living in Ohio with Yelena Belova, her adoptive sister, and her adoptive parents; undercover Russian agent Alexei Shostakov, a super-soldier, and Melina Vostokoff, a black widow. We see a rough start in her childhood, establishing that Natasha never had a normal one.
The family finishes their mission to steal S.H.I.E.L.D intel and proceed to escape to Cuba and meet up with their boss, General Dreykov. After meeting up, Natasha and Yelena are sent to the Red Room for training. During this time in the MCU Timeline, there wasn’t really a lot yet going on with our familiar characters except Captain Marvel returning to earth.
The early 2000s – The Budapest Operation
Years after training with the Red Room and becoming a full-blown Black Widow like her adoptive mother, Natasha decides to defect to S.H.I.E.L.D asks her to bomb General Dreykov’s office in Budapest in exchange for the freedom provided by S.H.I.E.L.D. This was during the operation referred to as the Budapest Operation that should have finally ended the Red Room program.
Having been referenced in the first Avengers movie by both Clint and Natasha, the Budapest Operation was believed to have been the first time the two have met. It’s also believed to be their first mission together, even believed to have spent days together up in vents during the mission.
2016 – Sokovia Accords
The film then transitions to Romanoff in 2016, on the run as a fugitive for violating the Sokovia Accords, one of the bigger deals in Captain America: Civil War. Of course, this part of the movie, which happens to be the majority of the film, takes place during and after Civil War and just before the events of Avengers: Infinity War and Ant-man and the Wasp.
Natasha Romanoff flees to a safehouse in Norway, where she hides away from the U.S. Secretary of State. During this time of hiding, her past comes knocking back with the introduction of a lot of characters she had known back during her Black Widow days. Yelena Belova sends Natasha antidote vials that we’re able to neutralize the Red Room’s mind-controlling agent, which would have been able to effectively end the still active Red Room Romanoff believed she put an end to years ago.
After a spur of events and a lot of action, the sisters end up reuniting in Budapest, where Natasha learns that Dreykov is still alive and that the Red Room is still active. Together, they travel to a farm outside of Saint Petersburg, where they meet up with Vostokoff, who then reveals their locations to Dreykov, and they end up being captured and taken to the Red Room.
Two Weeks Later, we see a blond and short-haired Natasha, donning the same look we see in Avengers: Infinity War. She decides that she would then find a way to free the imprisoned Avengers like Sam Wilson and Scott Lang and ends up finding a way to do it alongside Captain America, which we see in the post-credit scene in Civil War.
Post-credit Scene
With regards to post-credit scenes, it’s important to also include the post-credit scene that this movie has. In the one-and-a-half-minute clip, we see Yelena visiting Natasha’s grave. The scene would tell us that this happened sometime in the future after the events of Endgame. Also, probably around the time of the series’ Falcon and the Winter Soldier, WandaVision, and Spider-man: Far From Home.
This scene is an important scene for setting up Phase 5 of the MCU as she meets Valentina Allegra de Fontaine at the grave, who insinuates trouble by telling her that it was Clint that was responsible for her beloved sister’s death.
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