Meanwhile, Wanda is finally confronted with the mental trauma that her magic is inflicting on the residents of Westview when Agatha releases the townspeople from their spell. It is heartening to see that White Vision, memories fully restored, flies off into the unknown, leaving the door open for Paul Bettany to return to the MCU. The experiment in question, the Ship of Theseus, asks about whether an object is still the same after all of its parts have been replaced, thus concluding that neither and both of the Visions are simultaneously the real one. After the ‘what is grief, if not love persevering’ from the last episode, this week he faces off against himself (the cameo that Bettany talked about), and the Visions settle their feud in wholesome synthezoid style – referencing a good old thought experiment. Paul Bettany has been terrific as Vision, and as with every appearance of Vision in the MCU, he gets some deep lines to say in this episode as well. What a waste of a perfectly good Evan Peters. Really, Marvel? All this buildup and theorizing for a mere dirty joke? Yes, Ralph is the mysterious missing husband Agnes always referred to, so there is that connection, but casting Evan Peters as fake Pietro seems like a very deliberate choice by Marvel designed for shock value and to manipulate hype around the show. Speaking of disappointments, any last shred of hope for an X-Men crossover disintegrated with Evan Peters’ character confirmed to be…Ralph Bohner. But I was rooting for you and Darcy, Woo! Meanwhile, Jimmy Woo gets a chance to flex his magic tricks to his advantage (including a cute little ‘flourish!’ the same way an inebriated Vision did in Episode 2), and is in charge of things at the end of the show. We were always led to believe that her actions would have a greater deal of impact, especially in terms of returning Vision to Wanda, but now it looks like she was included in the show to fill in for the Snarky Sidekick character and possibly remind people of her existence before she shows up again in the next Thor movie. Speaking of Darcy, that one moment was the only thing that the finale gave her to do, which is a disappointment, because in retrospect it diminishes her role in the entire series as well. that seemed largely unnecessary for ‘The Series Finale’, and it largely consisted of Hayward breaking into Westview, being willing to fire at literal children, and getting his butt kicked by Darcy in her funnel cake truck. Your ex and your boyfriend together at the same party.’ Kathryn Hahn got a final zinger to declaim when the Visions first met – ‘Oh, this is awkward. There are a couple of clever references in the background though, like how the visual of shoes sticking out from under a car was a clear homage to the Wizard of Oz, with the Wicked Witch of the West’s legs poking out from under a house. The forty-minute episode does not spend a whole lot of time on fight scenes, but honestly every scene featuring generic Marvel punches and flashes of light seemed like a waste of precious time that could have been used to tie up the several loose threads that had been left hanging. More players are soon added into the mix, with both Visions showing up and zooming away for their own showdown. The show picks up right where we left it, with an Agatha/Wanda faceoff. Wanda’s Westview is no longer, and many inevitable goodbyes are finally said. ![]() The final episode of WandaVision sees Wanda reaching the culmination of the emotional journey that we were introduced to in Episode 1. ![]() ![]() ‘The Series Finale’ is finally here, and it is a lot to unpack.
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