WandaVision fans were probably wondering why there were no commercial break ads in Episode 4 of the series. These short adverts have become an expected part of the mystery over the first three installments of the series. However, “We Interrupt This Program” takes that ease of formula and turns [.]
Episode 4 of
According to an online fan theory, the threat was hiding in plain sight this week. Jan 30, 2021
After three truly puzzling weeks of sitcom shenanigans laid over a mounting sense of existential dread, the fourth episode of
WandaVision, entitled We Interrupt This Program, fully broke away from its established format for the first time to show viewers what s been going on outside of Westview all this time.
This meant confirming viewers suspicions that Geraldine, a.k.a. Monica Rambeau, was indeed an interloper, albeit an unwitting one, and that the voice on the radio was Jimmy Woo. We also got a fairly prosaic (and slightly underwhelming) explanation for that truly unsettling image of the beekeeper emerging from the sewers. And perhaps most significantly, we discovered that Wanda and Vision s neighbors, friends and coworkers in Westview are in fact the town s real-life inhabitants, who are all now being forced to play different roles in Wanda s fantasy.
I clearly remember the first time I saw
The Prisoner episode, “Living In Harmony.” The classic, world-building intro is gone and the story immediately begins with star Patrick McGoohan, dressed like a cowboy, riding a horse somewhere in the American West. I was intrigued, then increasingly frustrated, as it seemed liked the narrative would never return to what I’d expected. Indeed, all the standard trappings of the series The Village, the spy vs. spy plots were absent until the episode’s shocking climax, which remains one of my favorite moments in the entire series.
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“Living In Harmony” loomed large in my mind as I watched
Wandavision episode 4 teases the biggest problem facing the MCU
We could get used to this MCU; Teyonah Parris and Randall Park in Wandavision.
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It s official as of
Wandavision episode 4 on Disney+: Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) has created a pocket reality to live out her stolen life with Vision (Paul Bettany).
This episode didn t do more than confirm what we ve suspected since Scarlet Witch showed up in a 50s sitcom with her dead robot boyfriend, but it scratch the surface of a massive iceberg: the psychological repercussions of
Marvel and Disney+’s
WandaVision is, for the most part, a show about Wanda Maximoff, but as the series continues on, we get to see more of the women trying to tackle this world and what’s going on with Westview. So, let’s take a moment to explore Monica Rambeau, Darcy Lewis, and the other women trying to help/stop/trapped by Wanda Maximoff. Spoilers for the first four episodes of
WandaVision
lie within.
First, let’s talk about Monica Rambeau. We’ve seen her as “Geraldine” since “Don’t Touch That Dial,” and last week on “Now in Color,” we watched her break Wanda’s fourth wall and be thrown from the sitcom world that Wanda Maximoff was creating. This week though, “We Interrupt This Program” showed Monica’s return from the blipped world and what awaited her on the other side.