So Wanda is walking around Vision's reanimated corpse? damn that shit is dark for Marvel lol
A sudden change into the more standard Marvel fare that many were expecting this to be at the start, but honestly the groundwork laid by the first three episodes made this all the more worth it. And like the best of the MCU, it's grounded in character work first and foremost, with exposition coming second. The cold open is one of the best sequences in the show yet, showcasing the effects of The Blip in more detail and expanding on what Spider-Man: Far From Home only hinted at, leaving Monica as the heart of this episode and making a hell of an impression.
And of course, as a Marvel fan, it was really nice seeing the little things back again. Jimmy's little card trick, Darcy's direct knowledge of CBM, S.W.O.R.D. itself - it rewards longtime fans while also endearing us to these characters again. And when the curtain is pulled back here, Marvel jumps into straight psychological horror again and it's done very well here. Looking forward to even more.
FINALLY!! THIS is what I've been hoping for. Now, how do they plan on bringing back Coulson? After those first three episodes, they had better bring back Coulson...
Oh, we're finally getting to the good stuff!!!
Now, we are getting somewhere.
The 1st episode of this show that I really liked.
For the love if shit, people. Without the first 3 episodes we wouldn't have this episode. Without the first 3 episodes this one wouldn't be as impactful. It's storytelling and all part of a larger whole. Stop saying, "finally we're getting somewhere," or "this is what the show should have been from the start." Its a journey. Just sit back and enjoy the ride. Holy shit.
Now it's getting typical Marvel meh. I liked the first 2-3 episode thought.
This episode was a let-down for me. I've been really digging the old school sitcom vibe and while I knew it had to end eventually, I'm sad that this wasn't reserved for the end of the series. Personally, I don't want all the answers - I love to theorize and to try and come up with what's going on, and this episode spoiled too many of the questions I had and confirmed too many of my suspicions. I really hope it goes back to the sitcom stuff next episode!
What is this boring Marvel crap I was told there would be sitcoms
I started watching WandaVision because I am a fan of Paul Bettany since A Knight's Tale and A Beautiful Mind. I am impressed with the talent of Elisabeth Olsen too, I haven't watched many movies with her, but I knew she was good too.
I am probably beyond the age to appreciate series and movies based on comics, that's my limit, but even if the show is becoming more interesting, we are starting to see something we see in EVERY American series these days: people full of themselves hating each other for no particular reason. And I can't stand these scenes anymore, it's like they are written by the same writers for every series.
Monica Rambeau: "Hi, good morning, I work here, and..."
"If you did, your badge would work"
"I'm a chemical engineer"
Dr. Darcy Lewis: "No one cares"
I know it may sound stupid, but that's what I didn't like about the episode. Even the scenes with the FBI look like the same from other movies and shows. The story can be interesting, but I hope to see different relationship between characters.
well... I actually think the idea of Wanda and Vision trapped inside a sitcom and the mystery around it was far better without this episode. Now it's just another marvel movie/series. not complaining about it because we all know why we came here for, but they were taking a risk in storytelling for the first time with something out of the ordinary and now... it's just the same as ever. I can't understand people who complain about the first episodes. The thing that made this show great was, for me, how it differentiates from everything else, but people seem to think that is quite the opposite. What a pity.
Now we're talkin. Those first 3 episodes led up to this moment so damn well. Never doubt Marvel's brilliance. All these dots connecting has been fanfuckingtastic to watch. If only the episodes weren't so short because I desperately need more. My heart breaks for Wanda and horrifying me with that reality check of Vision seriously made me feel like I was watching a horror movie. Well done.
This episode was too obvious and the characters too dumb - I mean, they should have guessed what is happening as soon as they saw vision.
Psychotic breaks in different forms aren't really that uncommon if a loved one is murdered in front of you.
And what Wanda saw would break most people.
So of course its her. The only question is: Was she aware of it from the start or is it more like a dream she chose to stay in after realizing what is happening.
It kind of should be the second, since she only recognizes Monica as an Outsider after the name Ultron is dropped.
However, they managed to make it so entertaining, that I wasn't skipping through the dumb stuff (and most of it was cute dumb) so I'll still give it a 7/10. Not that it matters much, I'll continue watching this unteil it stops airing because of Elizabeth Olsens portrait of Wanda alone. She makes it seem amazingly real (and it is really hard to wave your hands around an imaginary lighteffect while making a believable non-dumb face.
She has been my favourite character ever since she first appeared (the name recognition doesn't hurt either, since I grew up with her Sisters Movies, which they apparantly didn't make, since they aren't actresses according to their own statements...)
I can’t help but feel as though this is the easiest way to get to this conclusion. There wasn’t ever a second when I didn’t immediately assume what’s happening is happening in the prior episodes, so the reveal in this episode is pretty lackluster for me.
I would have been much more interested in this show revealing all information within the realm of the sitcom episodes. It would have created more of a challenging project with more inventive writing. This episode functions as exposition dump as it is now.
And that’s still all besides the fact that I made a movie very similar to this in 2019.
Again, Legion and Doom Patrol have done this WAY better.
It's sad how low people's standards are just because Marvel/Disney's name is behind this pathetic show.
holy shit vision’s dead body at the end freaked me out my god wanda wtf
I got to enjoy three episodes before it de-evolved into the worst story telling known to man, aka Marvel Storytelling. Why did they have to ruin the show with this garbage. Walks into bosses office, boss explains the plot in a conversation that would never happen in real life… and people shit on the first 3 episodes? Went from great to mediocre.
Well, as it turns out, this series finally got to where all the MCU fans wanted it to go, even though it needed the first three episodes to get there. The funny thing is after I finished watching this, I can remember more about the first three sitcom episodes.
I hope we don't have to tolerate the astrophysicist character for the rest of the story. What a snarky, wiseass. She burns bridges before she starts working a job. Smart.
OMG!!! These 30 minute episodes are killing me!!! I need thirty more minutes!!! Lol
such a massive departure from the other episodes, which definitely works in its favor
sure it's much more typical "marvel" but yeah it works
This is by far the best episode so far! Now we're finally talking :)
A lot of things make much more sense now but Westview is still completely crazy ("So you're saying the universe created a sitcom starring two Avengers?"). I'd've never expected to see doctor Darcy Lewis in this show (I barely remembered her face from Thor and had to look her up to be sure). Sentient Weapon Observation Response Division (S.W.O.R.D.) certainly explains the symbol from the previous episode but I have no idea who/what they are and how they fit into the MCU (it looks like they're completely independent of S.H.I.E.L.D. but IMO that doesn't make sense, at least not yet - and in any case they'd have to at least know each other).
I loved so much the first three episodes, especially cause I grew up watching I dream of Jeannie, Bewitched, Alf, Addams Family and those type of shows on nick@nite so I don’t have any complaints and they were so fun and clever.
And when it comes to this episode, especially the first few minutes I’m so shocked, I feel like more than elevating the show, it elevates the whole universe, that hospital scene is what I’ve wanted to see since endgame! I feel like there’s so much about the snap/blip to be explored so I’m glad they are finally doing it! And that’s why I feel like spiderman: far from home is kinda a weak follow up from endgame, it’s not a bad movie at all, but you have this mind blowing unprecedented amazing situation and your best idea of a follow up is to have all the teens from the same group of friends disappear and return like nothing happened and the only acknowledgement was that a former preteen is now a full teen and he’s hot. So that scene is so so so good! I wish marvel would do a movie like The Leftovers!
So I just wanted to say that the first 3 episodes were awesome, this episode was also awesome and that hospital scene is just awesome x 10.
I had followed through on my promise (to myself) to drop this mess when some folks I trust convinced me that this episode puts things on a track that I would enjoy -- and one that I'd been expecting all along. And boy, did it! I'm glad that they talked me into giving the show a second chance, and it was great to see some familiar MCU faces and names and callbacks. I hope that we see a LOT more of THIS type of episode and a lot less of the sitcom nonsense in the future.
Damn, that opening scene. This episode shows us what it's like on the outside for the first time and it's pretty cool. I never hated the sitcom stuff, but by episode three it was getting old, so I'm glad things are changing.
New characters? Let's go! Darcey is fine. Jimmy Woo and her have good chemistry, though. I don't like S.W.O.R.D.'s leader, and I think that's the point.
Vision's small blip is haunting.
TECHNICAL SCORE: 7/10
ENJOYMENT SCORE: 7.5/10
Now I have to watch the age of ultron again
Showed a lot but still revealed little. At first I thought of an alternate universe/timeline (no MCU expert). Wanda controls all this and she might be the only thing real in Westview.
Very interesting plot.
Now we are finally getting somewhere. Wish we can just binge the whole season. This whole one episode at a time is killing me.
It's the culmination comic fans expected but it was done super well. Great to see some returning faces from the MCU as well (and I see Agent Woo finally perfected that slight of hand magic).
Love seeing more about the blip and how it affected people. Really all round great episode.
Now we are cooking with grease. Awesome episode.
This is the best episode so far! Wow
Fav quote: “What? I’m invested!”
I’ve shed a tear pretty often, and, just like the show’s “audience” I feel an, “Awww!” whenever they kiss.
I’m sure everyone here can admit (and, obv Wanda agrees): Wanda & Vision’s love story ended too soon! Frickin tragedy in the truest sense.
Oh, there we go. Finally something.
Aaaah! Literally was telling my friend last week how I hoped that Maria Rambeau's daughter would return to the MCU in Captain Marvel 2... Looks like we didn't have to wait that long! And I thought that Vision looked weird in the back of that shot before they revealed the vision of dead Vision (heh). Super creepy! I'm really glad we finally got some explanations as to what might be going on, while still keeping us mostly in the dark.
However, some of the dialogue felt stilted, and the character interactions felt off. As cool as the reveals were, the weird dialogue kind of pulls it down a step for me.
It's sad that some people jumped off after watching the first episode of this, only because it wasn't an action packed epic. Things are finally starting to make sense, and I'm really liking the direction the show is taking.
Finally!
A proper, interesting episode!
Last 3 episodes could be squeezed in one or half an episode, but again marvel is treating these episodes like parts of a movie. So...
I was apprehensive of this show to begin with. Sure, the concept was at least creative, but I wasn't sure if I just wanted a show that hopped through different eras of sitcoms. Either way, this episode revealed a bit more to the purpose of Wandavision and now I'm definitely interested.
Daamn I wasn't expecting to see vision like that. It hit me so hard :sob::sob:
So, if it's all Wanda why are we seeing Hydra's product? isn't that weird? or am I missing something? and Jimmy's questions have really got me! why sitcoms? and why it's a hexagon? vision is clearly dead, and Wanda - or whoever's helping her- has kidnapped a whole town just to live a life she always dreamt of! Wow.... just wow.
[7.6/10] One of the things that impresses me most about this episode is it’s brilliant timing in the season. Three episodes in is the perfect time to finally pull the curtain back a little bit, and indicate more directly what’s happening on WandaVision (at least as far as the Feds know about it). There’s a thrill to, as my wife put it, getting to see things from the other side of the looking glass for an episode.
We know why Wanda found a little RC plane in her yard -- a Sword drone sent to scope out the situation. We learn what the voice coming through the radio at the swim party was -- an FBI agent trying to make contact. And we even learn what the beekeeper who popped out of the sewer was -- a Sword agent trying to reach Westfield from underground.
It’s a particularly nice touch to see how everything is made to conform to the “production design” of the world the second it crosses into Wanda’s threshold, with a hazmat suit turning into a beekeeper outfit, replete with a jump rope replacing his tether. More pieces of the puzzle are falling into place, and the show earns the coolness of those reveals.
Even better though, is getting to know some actual characters on the other side of that bubble. First and foremost is the now-confirmed Monica Rambeau (previously Geraldine). She’s the most fascinating character here, someone who was snapped away by Thanos, came back, and found the entire world turned upside down. She was and is an Agent of Sword, uneasily finding her way back at the agency (with some coded racism in the response) and trying to get out from under the shadow of her mom, who built Sword and has a picture on the wall. Her boldness in ending up in the bubble and being, wittingly or not, Sword’s agent on the inside, makes her a unique presence, especially when she’s still processing a loss of her own.
But it’s also nice to see a few familiar faces as well. We have Agent Wu from the world of Ant-Man, and Darcy from the world of Thor, both investigating this weird phenomenon. I’ll admit, Darcy’s “quirky young scientist” routine started to run thin for me pretty quick, but I actually like the dynamic between her and Wu. The two of them discovering that Wanda is broadcasting these events, enveloping and “casting” real people in her fantasy world, noting discrepancies in the signal, and even getting invested in the storylines is a good beat for them.
(As an aside, this feels like the type of thing that Shield would be involved in, and the fact that they’re going with Sword instead is a nice was to at least leave open the possibility that parts of Agents of Shield could be incorporated into the mainline MCU canon.)
We also get to see what happened when Wanda confronted Monica in the last episode, showing a destructive force that was only implied last week. We get a confirmation that this is all happening post-Endgame, with a brief moment of Wanda seeing Vision in his mind stone-ripped, living dead guise, that is both disturbing and tragic.
It’s becoming more and more clear what’s going on here, that with Vision dead, Wanda is trying to use her reality-warping powers to create the life the two of them can never have together, cleansed and sitcom-ified to smooth over the rough reality that she’s still grieving. Her firmness about their having to stay here, that they can’t go elsewhere or do anything else, is the right balance of frightening and pitiable. There’s some real intriguing and complex work being done in her motivations and actions, and I like it.
Overall, WandaVision is four-for-four out of the gate, which is an impressive feat! I’m excited to see whether we end up with a 1980s sitcom world, more action on the other side, or a little bit of both!
So you mean to tell me I had to wade through 3 unfunny, painful to watch, cringe-filled episodes just to get to the part where they should've started the damn show off on top of the far more interesting story? That's what we call bad pacing and bad writing, folks. Bad, bad, bad. And poo poo on anyone who says otherwise, honestly. (In b4 people in my replies spam me with the same commentary of how "dumb" I am. Probably for the next week lbr)
Yet, I actually did enjoy this episode more for the most part. Imagine why lmao.
BECAUSE IT MIRACULOUSLY TAKES PLACE OUTSIDE OF THE SHITTY, UNFUNNY SITCOM GIMMICK. WOW. Amazing. It's almost like I was right about the most interesting part being anything but the unfunny sitcom land.
It starts off with people being brought back from the Snap, I thought that was a great touch. And vastly would've preferred THAT as the beginning of the show. It was chaotic, dramatic, and just good to see since it's only implied in Endgame for the rest of the world that doesn't just portal over to fight Thanos.
I love the tie back to Captain Marvel since so many people wanted to hate on that movie and I actually thought it was better than people claimed. Sad af about Maria (like did we ever get a reunion for her and Carol beyond the film?) but I stan her building the S.W.O.R.D to Peggy's S.H.I.E.L.D. I see that shit, Marvel.
And Monica and Jimmy are the best characters we have in this. I hope they keep Jimmy around for the rest of the show.
And for the other gripes: I find it laughable Darcy is an astrophysicist now but fine whatever, Marvel. I just can't take that shit seriously. I also don't like this throw out exposition of "radiation" because I swear to fuck if this is how they try to shove mutants into the MCU I'm gonna be Pissed. And anyone with a decent knowledge of X-Men will know why. If you don't, don't fucking @ me about it.
And the implication now is that Wanda is basically doing this out of grief/trauma and I'm two ways about this. One, I don't think it's the only thing at play after hearing a theory about Agnes. And two, I don't trust Marvel to handle this kind of shit with any real nuance. I'm also so tired of the "mad woman" trope.
Also, not a fan of how the outside of this town reminds me of The Shimmer from Annihilation but whatever. Go watch that. It's a trip. The bear scene is some of the scariest and best shit you'll see.
All in all, an improvement from what I've seen thus far, but it's not getting a gold star from me just yet. It's got a LOT more work to do. We'll see where it goes.
All the people with the 5 minute attention span during the first 3 episodes can officially shut up now.
And honestly I think they should just not continue :) They gave up that easily, why should they enjoy this?
Now things are getting exciting!
I have to say that I liked this episode. In my opinion the past episodes should have been summarized into only one.
I really liked Darcy's return as Doctor Lewis. Reference to people returning from the blip sets finally the timeline into this show fits. I really enjoyed it and this is what I was expecting from a Marvel show. This is an 8/10 hoping it will continue on this path.
This episode is for the people bitching that they needed answers “since episode 1.”
really gotta hand it to this episode for so skillfully draining every ounce of mystery, intrigue, tension, whimsy, and fun out of the show so far.
9/10
Superb
Now that is some solid
writing right there and
how they tie the season
so far in was flawless.
I absolutely love everything
about this show,
not one bad episode
very very slick indeed.
Now that's how you
Do It, Marvel sure
knows how to deliver
and knock it out the ball park
again and again and again.
This show is Awesome
Amazing and Elizabeth Olsen's
acting is off the charts,
give this woman an Emmy already.
This show is
Definitely in my top 3.
what utter joy and
Awesomness it is.
(Wow I got ChillBumps
with Agnus,
"Shall we take it from the top"
I loved that part, it was my
Second favourite part of the
episode only topped by
Wanda flexing and turning
the guns).
The first three episodes were fun, interesting and different. This one was predictable and boring.
1st play (14 March): English
2nd play (30 March): French Dub
3rd play: English Dub
4th play (12 June): Portuguese Dub
The episode that made the show better
Four episodes in and this show has gone from a fun idea to generic Marvel shite. Delightful.
Darcy! Yay, so glad to have her back. As fun as ever.
I fuckin loved this eppisode, when jimmy and darcy showed up I got so happy, I loved them in this episode. Also all we saw so far of the blip when they came back was in spiderman, I love how this show is adding to the mcu, I'm so glad they've decided to go in this direction, I was so excited for the mcu shows and this one is living up to my expectations which just makes me more excited for Loki and falcon and winter soldier. The mcu never disappoints. amazing.
bruuuuuuuuuuuhhhh this show man this SHOW
Amazing episode. Secrets are revealed although the mystery is not yet fully solved. Love all the connections to previous MCU films. Also it‘s so amazing that they brought back Kat Dennings.
Best episode finally some sense in this series. I still don't understand the almost 10 minutes credits at the end. And 5 minutes recap.
Very short episodes for a week of waiting. And the credits are so long.
It's getting betterrrr! Vision's body was creepy, he's been walking around Westview as a puppet, dead all the time... It's all Wanda, indeed!
This is the good shit
Yeah, you can have it as impactful without draging the gimmick. Sopranos is slow and impactful, even relevant and meaningful, where each episode just supports the big theme of the show. This is just your usual Marvel entertainment. Granted, this episode was more fun. I really wouldn't call it mind-blowing, unless you call that videos of illusions.
It was definitely a ramp-up but delivered a big pay-off. I do love Marvel and what they continue to deliver, sometimes unawaringly so until that instant where things all fall into place. Just wonderful, guys!!!
I'm not a Marvel fan and I'm usually not interested in superhero movies.
Seeing promos for this show made me wonder what the heck this was about, since it didn't look like the typical (or what I would expect) Marvel thing.
Getting the first "fillers" episodes (even though cringey unfunny) made me stay and watch because I STILL DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON.
And I knew something was up, it all smell fishy.
So there you have it: I don't want to leave now so well done!
NOW we're talking. No more sitcom sh*t, yay!
I have to say this, this is just a piece of clever film making,
Well this was not expected...
HELL YEAH that's some goooooooooooooooooooooooooooood stuff
What a start! I got shivers with the acting of Monica Rambeau... Still watching it but let's see what this chapter brings... Those who didn't like the sitcom style you can be happy, it's getting "real". Well, you know what i mean :grin:
whose doing this to you wanda, yep revelations.
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Although this episode showed what has happened in the real world, and it was cool, it was nothing really new because it was so obvious that it was happening this way. They should have showed something new about it. This was an ok episode, it should've 40 min long, or maybe disney should've aired 2 episodes per week instead of one that barely shows some progression to the plot.