SPOILERS FOR LOVE AND THUNDER AHEAD!

Over the past 14 years, apart from from the VFX and the action, the post-credits scenes have been one of the most highly anticipated elements of every Marvel Cinematic Universe film.

Since Iron Man introduced the idea in 2008 with a cameo by Nick Fury, almost every movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe has had one or maybe more post-credits scenes.

This legacy is proceeded in Thor: Love and Thunder.

Chris Hemsworth reprises his role as the central hero in Taika Waititi’s fourth solo adventure for Thor in the Marvel cinematic universe, titled Love and Thunder.

Christian Bale plays the antagonist Gorr the God Butcher, and it also features Tessa Thompson, Natalie Portman, and Christian Bale.

The movie has two post-credits scenes that continue the plot: one during the mid- credits and one after it.

In one scene, Thor, Jane (Natalie), Valkyrie (Tessa), and Korg (Taika) visit to Omnipotence City to ask other Gods to unite an army to defeat Gorr. But after Zeus (Russell Crowe), the ruler of the gods, declines assistance and threatens to seize the heroes, things get ugly.

This causes a fight, which ends with Zeus being struck in the heart by Thor’s thunderbolt, that seemingly killing him. Then, in order to aid them in their fight against Gorr, Thor and others take Zeus’ thunderbolt with them.

The mid- credits scene discloses that Zeus is still alive but severely injured. As women tend to his wound, he delivers a monologue on how gods were formerly feared but are now disregarded.

He goes on a prolonged rant about what really signifies to be a god and ends it by predicting that when “Thor Odinson falls,” people will once again fear gods.

After that, the camera pans to reveal that Zeus was actually speaking to his son Hercules (Brett Goldstein in a cameo). Hercules responds that he does understand when Zeus asks if he does.

This interaction might pave the way for a future fight among both Thor and Hercules, which might bring Chris Hemsworth back.

Love and Thunder’s promotion left the impression—repeatedly—that this might be Chris’ last Marvel movie. He had mentioned that, after 11 years in the position, his enthusiasm was waning.

Chris would go back though, as Zeus had given Hercules the task of taking revenge on Thor. This might very well imply that Chris will only make a brief cameo and then be killed by Hercules.

This would accomplish two goals: it would allow the series to continue by finding a new Thor to take up the mantle, and it would develop Hercules as a formidable threat.