WandaVision
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Taken as a whole,WandaVisionis a boldly innovative piece of entertainment.
But I would contend that we shouldnt take it as a whole.
However, it can just as easily turn out to be something youll want to spit out.
And thats just about the emptiest, most patronizing way to keep people coming back to something.
But what weve seen so far is concerning to me.
Im not getting my hopes up, but I am prepared to be pleasantly surprised.
Vision munches some fruit (ah?
We then see various other folks in Westview experiencing blackouts.
Is Wanda doing that?
Is something rattling the simulation they might be in?
I think my water just broke, Wanda remarks, prompting guffaws from the studio audience.
Find the goddess within!
is the slogan, which may allude to the godlike (even reality-warping?)
powers Wanda may possess.
She tries to discreetly make it disappear in a poof of scarlet smoke, but it doesnt work.
She then assaults the bird with you guessed it fruit.
But unfortunately for our heroine, Monica then enters the baby room by accident, learning the big secret.
The house starts to go crazy again as Wanda contracts, and this time its the Big One.
The studio audience is suddenly gone, and serious, non-sitcom music starts to swell.
Wanda screams again and another baby pops out.
Billy and Tommy, welcome to the MCU.
Vision looks confused and then sees Herb and Agnes talking to each other conspiratorially.
Monica looks confused and concerned, then says, He was killed by Ultron, wasnt he?
(He was.)
Its then Wandas turn to look confused and reply, What did you say?
A single tear rolls down her face, and she asks Monica to leave.
Its then that she sees the SWORD logo on Monicas pendant.
Outside, Agnes and Herb remark that Monica has no family, no husband, and no home.
Agnes starts to panic and tells Herb to knock it off.
Vision runs back in with his robot face on, and Wanda says, ominously, that Monica/Geraldine left.
We see a beat-up sign reading Welcome to Westview.
Trucks and SUVs and helicopters appear all around her, and men with guns emerge to make contact.
The Monkees Daydream Believer starts to play as the pixelated credits roll once again.
As it fades out, one final lyric can be heard: A daydream believer and a homecoming queen.
Might that be a poetic and perhaps prophetic reference to our heroes?
Are these odd developments somewhat intriguing?
Will the next episode be set in the 80s?
Will the shows mysterious threads weave together to form an interesting tapestry or a dull one?
Well see, I guess!
