Series Phase 4 — Multiverse Opens (2024–2025)

Echo (Season 1)

Name: Echo (Season 1)
Released: 2024-01-09
Duration: 225 min
Cast: Alaqua Cox, Chaske Spencer, Tantoo Cardinal, Devery Jacobs, Cody Lightning

"No bad deed goes unpunished."

Released January 9, 2024 3h 45m ○ Optional

Pursued by Wilson Fisk's criminal empire, Maya's journey brings her home and she must confront her own family and legacy.

Watch note

Maya Lopez standalone. Kingpin reveals his political ambitions — Mayor of New York — which Born Again S1 and S2 directly continue.

Why It Matters in the MCU

Maya Lopez's solo series follows the Deaf Native American character from her Hawkeye introduction into her own street-level story in Oklahoma, and the series' willingness to foreground her cultural identity and disability as narrative strengths rather than simply as representation points is its most distinctive quality. The limited series format strips the superhero elements to their essentials, producing the MCU's most grounded live-action television since the Netflix era. Its release as a full-season Netflix-style drop rather than weekly episodes represented a new distribution experiment for the franchise.

Where It Fits in the MCU

Echo (Season 1) sits at position 106 of 133 in the MCU's story-chronological order, placing it within the Phase 4 — Multiverse Opens (2024–2025) era. It is rated Optional — can be skipped without losing the main thread. Watching in story-chronological order provides the most coherent character development experience — individual arcs build naturally toward the franchise's major crossover events, with each film's post-credits scenes carrying forward into what follows.