The Fantastic Four: First Steps really is...well, fantastic! And it's ending had us all in our feels as we saw our favorite family get together to protect their Earth. With Galactus set on going after them or Franklin, it was time for them to figure out how to save both before it was too late. So were they successful? Or did they lose out on this fight and changed their world forever?
Here's the ultimate break down of The Fantastic Four: First Steps.
So, Glactus is getting closer...
And there are only two options: give up the world or give up Franklin. Of course, The Fantastic Four refuses to do either so they try to come up with a plan to save both. Reed comes up with a plan to try and move the Earth the same way that he moved the egg, but it's thwarted when Shalla-Bal comes and destroys all of the transporters around the world excerpt for the one in Times Square.
Johnny follows her there and stops her from destroying the final pillar by playing messages from her planet that she saved by sacrificing herself as Galactus' helper in finding other planets to consume. He reveals that he knows her true story after studying her language and asks her to help spare their Earth as well. When she refuses, he starts to play messages from other planets that we destroyed, showing her the damage that she has done. She immediately runs away, leaving Johnny alone in Times Square the team wondering what they should do next.
There's a plan B, right?
Reed immediately comes up with another plan, but after his conversation with Sue about sometimes coming up with the harshest ideas, he knows that she won't like it. They decide to use the final portal in Times Square to transport Galactus far away from their planet and any others. However, it also involves them using Franklin as bait in order to lure Galactus to the transporter.
The team agrees that it is the best way and they even create a special baby carrier that would be able to withstand multiple attacks. Galactus arrives to Earth and immediately spots Franklin in Times Square, causing him to walk from Battery Park where he landed to the middle of the city. However, before he gets to the baby, the team distract him and Johnny hurts his eyes, blinding him while they swap Franklin for an empty carrier. Johnny takes him to the Baxter Building for safekeeping where he is protected by the building's strong forces and H.E.R.B.I.E.
Galactus soon realizes that the carrier is empty before he event steps into the transporter and immediately turns away to head over to the Baxter Building. He is successfully able to grab Franklin and takes him away to eat him.
Oh, no! Franklin!
Sue, immediately seeing that her baby was taken, jumps into action and uses her powers to push Galactus to the Times Square portal. Reed and the other members of the team try to stop her before she pushes herself too much, but she does not listen as she attempts to save her baby. Reed, Johnny, and Ben all join in and Reed is successful in grabbing Franklin as Johnny starts up the transporter. They seemingly push Galactus through the portal, saving the day that is...
Until he starts to pull himself out as the portal is still open. Johnny then decides to sacrifice himself in order to push him through the portal again, but he is then pushed away by none other than Shalla-Bal, who successfully pushes Galactus through the portal as it finally closes.
While Earth is seemingly saved, we realize that Sue has been out cold on the ground and the rest of the team immediately go to her.
Is Sue okay?!
Unfortunately, Sue pushed herself too hard and she died trying to save her baby. Reed and the rest of the team start to mourn her. As Reed hovers over her body, Franklin is placed on her chest where he shocks everyone by using his powers to revive her.
With the world saved, the team can finally enjoy being together as a new family! That is...until something mysterious pops up in the mid-credits scene...
Also, we've already seen what happens next to them in the post-credit scene for Thunderbolts* so we know that this is not the end of their story. Here's to looking forward to the rest of phase 6!
