WandaVision
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Dammit.Dammit.Fine, I loved this episode!
It made me reevaluate everything aboutWandaVision!
I wasvery possibly wrong about this showat a fundamental level!
I concede!Are you happy now??
It doesnt work on everyone, of course, nor does it work with every MCU product.
Sure, a big portion of that success comes from the focus-grouped science of social engineering and attention manipulation.
But its not just science that has made Marvel the dominant force in global entertainment.
She waves her arms and they all collapse in death.
Mom rises into the air and fires a blue bolt of energy at Agatha.
But its no use Agatha overpowers her forebear and kills her, too.
She climbs off the platform, takes Moms brooch, and flies away.
Kathryn Hahn completely nails every second of this scene, it should be said.
Wanda demands to know who Agatha is.
the elder witch replies.
All those costumes and hairstyles?
I was so patient, waiting for you to reveal your true self.
She says she got so close with Fake Pietro Fietro, if you will but no dice.
But Wanda was so crippled by self-doubt that she believed in the illusion.
So I guess that means no X-Men crossover anytime soon.
Well, thats something special, baby.
(Wait, are we talking about Wanda or Kevin Feige?
Ya gotta respect the balls of such a metatextual self-congratulation!)
Agatha then demonstrates Wandas transmutation of Westview by turning the bug into a dove.
Magic on autopilot, Agatha croons.
Whats your secret, sister?
Wanda pleads that she didnt do anything, but gets tossed into a wall.
Mama … Papa … Wanda mutters in wonder; these are Olek and Irina Maximoff.
The parents ask where Wanda is.
Thats your cue, lady, Agatha says.
Wanda suddenly turns into a youth with brown hair and hugs her dad.
No one seems fazed and the family discusses the word shenanigans.
Dad defines it as a silly mischief that always becomes fine.
We see them watching the episode in montage while melancholy music drifts.
Suddenly, an explosion and a cut to black.
Wanda wakes up in rubble, Pietro runs to her, and they hide under a bed.
A bomb lands right next to them, one emblazoned with the logo for Stark Industries.
It blinks and beeps.
But it doesnt go off.
Wanda reaches out to the bomb, but is pulled away and becomes an adult again.
You used a probability hex to prevent the bomb from going off, Agatha tells her.
Wanda says it was just a dud, but Agatha is unconvinced.
And yet, you were safe as kittens the whole time.
It doesnt explain how she pulled off the Westview job.
She conjures a new door, one with the HYDRA logo.
The only way forward, Agatha says, is back.
Wanda walks through the threshold and is now seeing a stone chamber with scientific equipment in it.
Wanda takes a step and the Stone flies toward her, glowing and revolving in the air.
She touches it and it turns yellow, then explodes into a nova.
She has a theory, but needs more.
Wanda walks through and sees herself in the Avengers compound, watchingMalcolm in the Middleby herself.
She calls out Visions name and he phases through her wall in civilian clothing.
She beckons him to sit and he does.
They watch the show.
Wanda says the only thing that would comfort her would be seeing Pietro again.
It cant all be sorrow, can it?
But what is grief, he muses, if not love persevering.
(Sheesh, what a line.Goddamn it.)
Wanda says she wanted him back, walks through yet another door, and is in SWORD headquarters.
She tells a guy at the front desk that she wants to see Visions body.
He deserves a funeral, at least.
The guy gets a call from someone and tells her where to go.
She magics a door open and marches down the hall to Room 101, the directors office.
Sure enough, inside is Tyler Hayward.
Were dismantling the most sophisticated sentient weapon ever made, Hayward says.
Visions not a weapon, Wanda counters.
Wanda says thats not why shes here, cant do that, and wants to bury him.
Hayward says he cant let her just dispose of expensive vibranium and that he isnt yours.
She smashes the glass and flies to his body.
Hayward tells the guards to stand down.
She tries to do magic on Visions severed head, to no avail.
I cant feel you, she whispers.
A single tear runs down her cheek as she says again, I cant feel you.
(Olsen completely nails the delivery.
Im getting all teary-eyed just writing this!)
She starts the engine and sees an empty envelope in the passenger seat.
She gets to a plot of land and pulls up into a driveway.
It bears a little red heart in the middle with the text, To grow old in.
V. She looks again at the plot and starts weeping.
Hes dressed up in his 50s garb.
Wanda, he says.
Should we stay in tonight?
They sit on the couch and kiss.
Behind them is Present Wanda, in color.
She looks up and sees that shes on a soundstage.
We hear the sound of two hands clapping.
Its Agatha, sitting in one of the rows.
Bravo, she says, then disappears in smoke.
Shes wearing old-timey clothing, including her moms brooch.
I know what you are, she intones.
You have no idea how dangerous you are.
And that makes you … a pause for emphasis, then, … the Scarlet Witch.
Cut to the end credits.
But Im not one of those viewers and dammit, I loved it.)
But thats not all!
An underling says the team is ready to launch.
Hayward says its about time and walks into another room.
We then see that its a drone that is glowing with Wanda-power red light.
The viewer may be excused for thinking, Okay, who gives a crap?
This Vision opens his eyes and silently looks at his hand.
Roll the rest of the credits.
And I love this episode!
Next week: the big finale!
