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After several ambiguous episodes and much theorizing from the Marvel fandom, âWandaVisionâ has finally moved the curtain back. The newest episode of âWandaVisionâ has finally moved away from the sitcom narrative it has dedicated the first three episodes to â which, frankly, was quickly running its course. Episode four, titled âWe Interrupt This Program,â is chock full of answers and Marvel easter eggs that do an excellent job in progressing the show past the emptiness of the sitcom style and furthers the worldbuilding of a post-Infinity Saga Marvel.
Marvel has gone through various changes over the past decade as it has moved from Phase One to Phase Three. Phase One movies like âIron Manâ (2008) were based mostly in action with minimal character development; Phase Two moved away from solely telling standalone hero stories to ensemble epics with movies like âAvengers: Age of Ul
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Spoilers for anyone who hasn t yet finished the first four episodes of Disney+ s WandaVision. Beware!
In roughly two hours of total watch-time, Marvel s
WandaVision has delivered at least 4-6 hours of gonzo storytelling, interesting MCU references, suspicious characters, questionable situations, theory-spawning reveals, and everything in between. It s a wonder how creator Jac Schaeffer & Co. are going to deliver nine whole episodes that carry on at the same pace, but you can bet that I ll be right there watching and taking way too many notes. Because even though Episode 4 was kind enough to deliver some major answers, it certainly didn t explain
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After a trio of episodes that punctured parodies of bygone sitcoms with eerie nods to a dark force,
WandaVision catapulted us back into the real world with last week’s “We Interrupt This Program.” We now know that whatever world Wanda and Vision are living in is an “anomaly” that’s likely a manifestation of Wanda’s grief over the loss of her other half, and that the souls of S.W.O.R.D. are trying to pierce the bubble. Ahead of the limited series’ fifth episode, Disney has shared a trailer for its remaining episodes.
There’s plenty to chew on here, including parodies of what looks to be
WandaVision Easter Egg Could Reveal SWORD Is the Secret Villain
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WandaVision Episode 4 gave us a look at the real-world (real world of the Marvel Cinematic Universe at least) impact of Wanda s (Elizabeth Olsen) faux TV sitcom reality. That impact is being investigated and/or measured by the new S.W.O.R.D. organization (Sentient World Observation and Response Department), and the episode We Interrupt This Program, is all about them. However, while Marvel fans got a thrill out of seeing
Captian Marvel s Monica Rambeau,
Ant-Man s Jimmy Woo, and
Thor s Darcy Lewis to a minor Marvel team-up, the episode also contained an Easter egg hint that the MCU version of S.W.O.R.D. could actually be the true villain of
WandaVision Easter Egg Brings Back Marvel Group Introduced in The Incredible Hulk
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WandaVision returned this week with its fourth episode on Disney+. As the title implies, We Interrupt This Program breaks away from the sitcom-like fantasy that Scarlet Witch and Vision are inhabiting (which means no commercial this week) to show what s happening outside of the Westview community, confirming SWORD s involvement, Jimmy Woo as the voice on the radio, and Monica Rambeau all-grown-up. The episode also brings back a Marvel Cinematic Universe organization introduced in the 2008 film
The Incredible Hulk, and that has been featured in Marvel television shows across platforms. That organization is WHIH World News, a news network that has covered some of the MCU s most significant battles and events.