According to the GamesRadar+ article, the Avengers: Endgame Encore release includes an extra scene that alters the film’s original ending. Instead of the credits rolling as Steve Rogers and Peggy Carter dance, the new footage depicts Loki arriving at their home. Peggy asks him, “Can I help you?” before Loki, identified as a TVA agent, replies, “No, but I can help you, both of you.” The article notes that this exchange occurs after Steve hides around the corner, keeping him out of Loki’s immediate sight. At a Q&A in New York after a screening of the Encore, co‑director Anthony Russo was asked whether any moment in Endgame has changed for him now that he is working on Avengers: Doomsday. Russo responded, “Well, I mean, you all just saw Endgame Encore, and there’s certainly a pivotal moment in that film at the end, where the moment has a different meaning. You know, we sort of play one beat past where Steve Rogers’ story ended with Peggy Carter, and in that moment, that’s where Doomsday is born.” He did not elaborate further, but the article suggests that this beat will be a key element in how Steve and Peggy are positioned for the upcoming sequel. The piece also connects the scene to the post‑credits sequence shown in the Encore, which is set at the TVA and depicts thousands of incursions occurring. Given that Loki’s role in season two of his own series involved holding the multiverse together, the article speculates that he may have been dispatched from that duty to assist Steve and Peggy if their universe is affected by an incursion. This theory is supported by the Avengers: Doomsday trailer, where Steve is seen holding a TVA card bearing the Yggdrasil tree—a symbol associated with post‑Loki season 2. The article posits that the card could have been given to Steve by Loki during the encounter at the Peggy and Steve residence. Because Russo describes the moment as the birth of Doomsday, the article concludes that it will likely serve as an early narrative beat in the December 16 (UK) and December 18 (US) release of Avengers: Doomsday. No additional details about the plot were disclosed in the source.
