While the change in color scheme (black and white to RBG) and time period are a huge factor in this episode, what's worth noting is that while we've leaped from the '60s to the '70s, from the perspective of Wanda ( Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision ( Paul Bettany) only hours have passed from Episode 2. Of course, WandaVision stayed true to form, giving us the major story-advancing nugget at the end.It's not the only trope the episode deals with, so let's dig in. Instead of a sitcom for the first 4/5ths of WandaVision episode 4, we got a mystery/procedural drama. I wanted a less formulaic episode, and I (kinda) got one. She might just think she has it all under control. The idea of Wanda controlling all of this is one of the major fan theories, but it doesn't necessarily have to be true. I loved that ending, with the reveal that WandaVision is a Wanda Maximoff Production. If that wasn't obvious enough, Vision grimaces, and on the outside reality, Monica says three simple words: "It's all Wanda." WandaVision episode 4 review After Wanda processes this vision, they have a conversation that seems to tell us everything we need to know about this Westview: In the most unsettling moment of episode 4, we then see Vision as we saw him in Avengers: Infinity War - dying, but talking to Wanda. Wanda's powers are on full display and she rebuilds the broken walls that Geraldine was shot through. Then, we see the full action shot of Wanda blasting Geraldine out of Westview, and Geraldine becomes Monica again. Darcy and Jimmy witness Geraldine/Monica get ejected from the show, but to "viewers" of the "show" it just looks like she was edited out in post-production. Much like the episodes before it, we get the big plot advance at the end. Then they're utterly confused when Geraldine/Monica mentions Ultron. Yes, we're tying up another loose end, as he emerges in a beekeeper suit.ĭarcy and Jimmy have an emotional reaction to the sight of Wanda giving birth to twins. Watching the situation in Westview, Darcy and Jimmy are confused about Monica's mental state and why she's seemingly another person.Īll the while, a man in a hazmat suit crawls through the tunnels to Westview. I’m working with the same scarcity of intel," which is clearly intended to make the audience feel as if it's OK to be confused. Still, confusion surrounds everyone, and Darcy tells Hayward "It’s a sitcom. That's the same message we heard coming out of the radio. Next, much as we saw Monica send that drone in, Jimmy and Darcy use a broadcasting device to send a message in, to try and talk to Wanda. Before you know it, she pulls out a physioscope to visualize the signal from Westview, and sees a blurry version of episode 1 of WandaVision.ĭarcy is confused about Vision's appearance, exclaiming "He's dead, not blipped." She then goes on to ask a lot of the questions we've been asking, including “Did the universe create a sitcom starring two Avengers?”ĭarcy and Jimmy soon figure out that the cast members of WandaVision are people from real life, under different names. She scans the area to notice that the cosmic microwave background radiation is off the charts and tries to explain things to Hayward. Of course, the wisecracking Darcy pieces it together faster than anyone else. is calling in, and Darcy quickly realizes that S.W.O.R.D. She's in a truck with a bunch of other experts whom S.W.O.R.D. Darcy Lewis (Kat Dennings) from the Thor movies. Jump-cut to 24 hours later, and we have our third MCU return: Dr. Then Westview's force field drags Monica into the town to the shock of Jimmy. If you're thinking that's the same drone Wanda found, you're not wrong. drone, which gets swallowed up by an invisible force field. We get another piece of the WandaVision puzzle figured out as we watch Monica send in a S.W.O.R.D. (Image credit: Marvel Studios via Twitter) Woo also doesn't want to go into Westview because he has a feeling that Westview doesn't want him. (hey, we know that place) that the local cops doesn't believe exists. Woo is dealing with not just a missing-persons case, but also a perplexing puzzle about Westview, N.J. Jump cut to another returning MCU character: FBI agent Jimmy Woo (Randall Park), whom we first met in the Ant-Man movies. Hayward then asks Monica to take on a missing-persons case that the FBI is working on, and his use of pronouns suggests they're trying to find a man. Technically, he was in Project Centipede, a part of Hydra - but now we know to suspect Tyler Hayward of being more than meets the eye. While he's never been in a Marvel property before, there was a Brian Hayward who was Hydra -affiliated. So much for any hopes of seeing Abigail Brand, commander of S.W.O.R.D. in this reality, building it from the ground up. Hayward reveals that Maria Rambeau started S.W.O.R.D. (Image credit: Disney Plus/Marvel Studios)
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