WandaVision Episodes 5 and 6
***SPOILERS AHEAD***
Y’all. I cannot even with this show anymore. How are we getting a thirty minute, MCU top notch quality movie every single week? What a time to be alive. On top of WandaVision being amazing in its own right, it has left me super stoked for the other upcoming MCU shows because if they are half as good as this one, they’ll be amazing.
Normally this is the time in a review when I would sum up the events of the show. But I don’t know that I can do that here. One, because I don’t want to spoil anything if you haven’t watched. Two, because I don’t know how to possibly sum up the events of the last two episodes. But I think the main thing to take away plot wise from these two episodes is that Vision is catching on and Wanda is about to lose it.
In episode five, Vision is starting to figure out that something is amiss. Wanda is doing something to the townspeople and the more he uncovers about it, the more disturbed he is by Wanda’s actions. It becomes clear that this is not just affecting the two of them and the kids in this fantasy bubble she’s created. There are real people suffering real consequences. And then of course, at the end of episode five is a major twist. A twist I didn’t fully have context for because I haven’t seen the latest X-Men movies. But when there is a knock at the door and Wanda opens it to find her brother, it is not the Pietro we know from Ultron, it is Peter from X-Men (Evan Peters). Since I am only studied in the MCU and have little knowledge of anything outside of it, I definitely wasn’t in on the joke (luckily Twitter explained it to me), but I am interested to see what they do with this new opportunity to bring in characters from all walks of Marvel.
In episode six, a couple of things became clear. Wanda knows exactly what she is doing. Wanda is way more powerful than we have even begun to fathom. Vision is not going to sit by while she hurts innocent people. Several of the townspeople are more aware than we think. The white dude running SWORD is going to fuck things up. Darcy, Monica, and Jimmy are going to be the ones who figure all of this out.
Honestly, I feel like each episode just gets better and better. And I know I have said this every time, but I really can’t wait to go back and watch all of the episodes in one big chunk once they are all released. But for now, I count down the days until Friday because I am on the edge of my seat waiting to see what happens next!
