Hey everyone welcome back to Silver Screen Spectacle! Today we’re continuing our weekly series discussing my thoughts and theories on the latest episode of WandaVision. This article contains spoilers for all episodes up to this point and possibly future episodes if my theories are correct.
I’m continually impressed by this show’s ability to surprise me. So I guess last week was a mix of the 80s and 90s because this was clearly Malcolm in the Middle which started airing in the early 2000s. They shocked me by actually showing Aaron Taylor Johnson’s Quicksilver from Age of Ultron in the recap after editing him out of shots in the last episode. I loved the opening credits, though the lyrics were strangely ominous. The mentions of things like it’s all an illusion or we’ll keep going through each distorted day caught my attention. Just like the show, this episode got inspired by, the kids can break the 4th wall as they narrate the opening. The addition of cutaway gags while losing the laugh track feels spot-on for the era. The first one with Tommy and Billy playing a Dance Dance Dance Esque game made me laugh but also feel nostalgic. I grew up in the years they’re parodying here, so I really appreciated a lot of the smaller details. Evan Peters fits in perfectly with this cast and it’s delightful to watch them interact, which makes it even more heartbreaking that I’m not so sure that’s actually Pietro anymore. All the character’s Halloween costumes are their old-school comic book costumes, which was a really cool idea for hardcore fans. Speaking of costumes in the flashback to Wanda and Pietro’s childhood, they are dressed as Nick Fury and Black Widow. Vision is 100% sure there is something wrong here at this point and he thinks it’s Wanda, but he’s looking for proof. My guess is he doesn’t make a big deal out of things to not worry the kids. Wanda clearly isn’t happy about this though as she almost says that’s not what Vision was supposed to do because he’s going off-script.
As we cut back to SWORD, they introduce an idea and propose a very interesting question. Hayward reveals his hatred of super-powered individuals but is that just because of the snap or does he have much more sinister motivations. I loved getting to see Jimmy Woo finally kick some butt. Please Disney give us a Jimmy, Darcy, and Monica SWORD show. Wanda is obviously suspicious of why her brother looks different but has his memories. Now for most of this episode, I assumed he actually was Pietro except for one crucial detail. He knows Vision is dead, if he only has Ultron Quicksilver memories he should have no clue that Vision is dead. The “Kick-Ass” reference was a clever joke as Aaron Taylor Johnson and Evan Peters were both in the “Kick-Ass” films. We finally saw Herb again who I love, though he knows more than we thought too, apparently. He asks Wanda if she wants anything changed after seeing her unhappy that Vision lied to her. My favorite joke of the episode was easily Quicksilver with the kids wreaking havoc as Herb said what he heard over his earpiece. In terms of Vision exploring town looking for clues and what he sees with the outer residents of the town, I assume it’s like a video game. They do nothing unless Wanda needs them for her episode, as she doesn’t have enough power to control everyone at once.
Now it’s time to discuss the strangest commercial yet, as we see an ad for feasting on a yogurt called yo magic. The kid isn’t able to open it and dies in such a shockingly disturbing way for this show. My theory is that someone is feasting on Wanda’s magic to live. I’m honestly not sure who, though. The twins finally have their comic powers mirroring Wanda and Pietro, though Billy’s energy is blue, not red. So we now learn Hayward is tracking Vison, not Wanda. Now I have a totally bizarre theory. What if Hayward wants to use Vision to create the MCU’s version of Sentinels to eliminate all super-powered people? Vision supposedly unearths Agnes’s actual personality, but I still suspect something is up with her character she acted too staged compared to Norm’s sheer panic. They still won’t reveal who Monica’s contact is, which makes me think it’s a big name. I’m still hoping for a Reed Richards’ surprise now that we know Fantastic Four is coming. Darcy tells Monica about how going in and out of the hex is rewriting her DNA. In the comics, Monica has superpowers, so I assume this is how she gets them by her DNA getting rewritten over and over. Darcy uncovers a secret file of Hayward’s called operation Cataract and emails it to Jimmy Woo before noticing that Vision is trying to exit the barrier. Speaking of that scene, talk about a gut punch but why Vision was always worthy of Thor’s hammer. He is literally falling to pieces as he leaves the barrier, but his most important thing is getting help to the people inside. Darcy tried to help him, but Sword handcuffed her to a car. Billy aka Wiccan finally gets his powers and he hears Vision screaming for help. Wanda reveals just how much power she has over this world as she freezes everything and expands her barrier saving Vision. In the process though, she took in Darcy and all of Sword except Hayward, Monica, and Jimmy. I’m so curious to see what Darcy’s role in Wanda’s world will be. If Vision can find her, he can free her mind and she’ll be a tremendous help.
Ok so this happened earlier in the episode but I wanted to save this for last. I am almost certain it heads the story in a certain direction after this episode based on comic knowledge and some line of dialogue in this episode. If you don’t want to know potentially huge spoilers for the ending of this show, if I’m right, skip this paragraph. So in the comics Tommy and Billy are real, but their souls were created from a fragmented demon soul and they die as the demon reabsorbs those parts of his soul. They came back as teenagers later, though. This drives Wanda crazy, and she utters the iconic line “No More Mutants”. This killed every single mutant in the comics. Now in the MCU obviously mutants do not exist yet since Disney only recently gained the rights. Now early in the season, there were quite a few subtle devil references which made me suspect a villain known as Mephisto, which is the MCU’s version of the devil was behind all this. The show then dropped this and went hard on everything being Wanda, so I dropped my theory. Well now, I’m bringing it back I think Quicksilver is a minion of either Mephisto or Nightmare. He tells the twins when they go trick or treating to “unleash hell, demon spawns”. Considering that’s literally what the children are, I don’t think that’s a coincidence. Pietro also tells Wanda that “Westview is as charming as Hell.” While I may be totally off my suspicion is the kids will die when Mephisto or Nightmare reabsorbs their souls and instead of No More Mutants, Wanda will say something of the lines of No More Avengers.
So guys, that’s it for this week’s in-depth look into the latest episode of WandaVison. If you enjoyed the article, give it a share and I’ll be back with this series next week. See you guys tomorrow.
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