When the rest of the team emerges from their time travel escapades successfully, Clint returns with the stone-but torn apart. She leaps off the cliff, sacrificing her life for the Soul Stone. Cut to black.Įventually, though, Natasha gets the upper hand on Clint for long enough to make her decision final, and go through with it. Yelena looks inside Val's folder, and sees a photo of Clint Barton/Hawkeye.
There, she meets with the shady (but certainly funny) Val (played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus), who tells her that she has a new target, and it's the person responsible for Natasha's death. While the main Black Widow storyline takes place between the events of Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Infinity War, the movie's credits scene jumps to the aftermath of Endgame, with Yelena visiting Natasha's grave. But Black Widow finally gives Natasha the solo hero journey that she's long deserved, while setting up her "sister," Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh) up for her own future across numerous MCU projects.
It was clear after Avengers: Endgame that Natasha (and Johansson) had limited time remaining in their MCU journeys after the character, you know, died. The following story contains spoilers for the MCU and Black Widow.īlack Widow is now finally out in theaters and on Disney+ (for those who feel like spending an additional $29.99), and that likely closes the book on Natasha Romanoff, the character played now in eight Marvel Cinematic Universe movies across an 11-year span by Scarlett Johansson.