WandaVision
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For the first time Im genuinely excited to learn what happens next onWandaVision.
hey respect my privacy at this difficult time.
That doesnt necessarily mean Im fully on board with the series, however.
For the first four episodes, it largely treaded water while establishing a basic conceptual framework.
Lets go through what happened and perhaps you’ve got the option to judge for yourself.
Wanda tries to do magic on the kids, but it wont shut them up.
Pacifiers dont do the trick, either.
Well figure it out, says Vizh; Wanda counters with, Or maybe we just need some help.
Now everyones confused, but then they start laughing uproariously, as does the studio audience.
Suddenly, the sound of crying disappears.
Have the twins gone to sleepyland?
Nope it turns out theyve aged up to being 5-year-olds.
Kids, heh, says Agnes.
Cant control em, no matter how much you try!
This is almost certainly foreshadowing.
Artistically, this is the most interesting part of the episode.
Cut to Monica in a hospital bed, being tested by some sort of unit.
Perhaps that angle will be explored more later in the series?
Why no one had discussed this pretty crucial development prior to this moment is not explained.
Maximoff, in her grief, disregarded his wishes, says Tyler.
Darcy ponders the Vision dilemma: What happens when he learns the truth?
But hey, in the words of Goat Boy: remember the 80s?
Were back there, where the twin boys are fretting over a dog theyre bathing in the kitchen sink.
Can we keep him?
they ask Wanda, who is initially reluctant but then seems charmed by the pup.
Sure enough, in charges Agnes with a conveniently existent dog house, which makes Vision even more suspicious.
What arent you telling me?
the husband asks of his wife.
Lets just hope this dog stays the same size, Agnes intones.
The name is left unsaid … whom from the MCU could it be?
Jimmy notes that they dont know who the twin boys were before Wanda showed up and seemingly took control.
Darcy notes that creating such matter and life would require an insane amount of power.
Could it be that someone else, someone more potent, is at least partially in control?
And she has an idea.
Monica fires a gun at the clothing and the bullets bounce off of it like its made of kevlar.
They pull up an email that says its from SWORD and all the employees start reading it in unison.
You have to stop her!
he says, panicking.
Shes in my head!
Norm replies, adding, Just make her stop!
Back at the hacienda, the boys are teaching the dog a trick and ask after their father.
Wanda says hes at the office, to which they confusedly reply that its Saturday.
Look, he just … he needed a distraction, says mama.
Sometimes, your dad and I arent on the same page, but thats just temporary.
One of the boys asks if Wanda, like them, has a brother.
I do, yeah, she says, looking glassy.
Hes far away from here and that makes me sad, sometimes.
The dog runs to the door and growls.
Somethings scaring him, one of the lads says.
They walk outside and we move to the perspective of a drone flying above Westview.
says Tyler and a projectile flies from the drone as the feed cuts out.
Everyone runs outside and trains their guns at the energy wall as a figure emerges.
Its Wanda in her old Avengers outfit, holding the destroyed drone.
This will be your only warning, she says.
Stay out of my home.
Whether thats deliberate or just poor acting on Olsens part is unclear.
Wanda says shes not the one with the guns and Monica replies, But youarethe one in control.
Im starting to suspect shes not the one in control!
What is outside of Westview?
he demands; You dont wanna know, I promise you!
Vision notes that there are no other children in town, which Ill confess I hadnt noticed yet.
Do you really think Im controlling everything?
Wanda asks him, adding that she cant make everyone in Westview do their daily tasks.
I dont know how any of this started in the first place!
Okay, yeah, I was almost certainly wrong last week about Wanda being the one in charge.
Wanda says she didnt do it.
She goes to the door tentatively, opens it, and we see shock on her face.
Cut to the base, where alarms start blaring.
Cut back to the house, where we see the signature frosted locks of Pietro from behind.
But then we see his face, and its …
… Evan Peters!
So this is the big twist, folks.
InAge of Ultron, Pietro was played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson.
Which is maybe whats happening here?
Darcy, watching this, asks, She recast Pietro?
Peters-Pietro sees Vision and asks, Whos the popsicle?, cueing the end credits.
So I guess the X-Men have finally arrived in the MCU!
But also… theres nothing particularlythematicallyinteresting here, just the giddiness of cheap nerd bait.
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