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The fifth episode just launched is 38 minutes, the plot has not been pulled down at all, and it continues to be high-energy!
The IMDB rating for the latest episode is as high as 9.6 so far!
This episode finally has a direct interaction between the sitcom Wanda is in and the real world outside the barrier.
1. Opening song
The fifth episode of the sitcom took place in the 1980s, and the title song pays tribute to "Growing Pains", which is another American drama about a happy family.
"Growing Pains" (Growing Pains) is a sitcom filmed by ABC in the United States.
The show focuses on the daily life of The Seaver's, a family living in Long Island, New York. Xiao Lizi also acted!
2. Timeline
At the beginning of the fourth episode, Monica Rambo returned from the flashback, connecting the plot of "Avengers 4: Endgame", Hulk snapped his fingers with the Infinity Stones to bring back the previous people.
In 2023, the Hulk snapped his fingers again and brought back the ashes.
Three weeks later, Monica Rambo returned to work at the Tianjian Bureau and met Taylor Hayward, the acting director at this time.
And "Spider-Man: Far From Home"'s timeline is 8 months after everyone returned from the flash.
In other words, "Wanda Vision" took place after "Avengers 4" and before "Spider-Man: Far From Home", and there must be a lot of big things happening in between.
Marvel's creators have made it clear that the ending of "Wanda Vision" will be directly related to the subsequent independent films of Spider-Man and Doctor Strange, and it is currently widely speculated that the MCU will open the multiverse from this show.
In this episode, Hayward, the acting director of the Tianjian Bureau, said that 9 days ago, Wanda broke in and took away Vision's body.
That is to say, the current plot is more than a month after "Blinking Off".
3. The time of two worlds
The timing of the two worlds is very clearly at odds.
In the previous plot, when Wanda knocked Monica Rambo away, it was daytime in Westview Town, but after the barrier was out, the real world was night.
In this episode, when Wanda went out to look for a dog, it was also daytime in Xijing Town, and he went out with his feet to make a fuss, and the outside world was also night.
Wanda was confused about the time in Xijing Town. The twins said it was Saturday, and Wanda said it was Monday, but through expressions and dialogues, Wanda remembered it wrong.
4. Director Hayward and Tianjian Bureau
In the fourth episode, director Tyler Hayward was suspected by fans as a malicious and potential villain as soon as he appeared.
There is speculation that he may be a Skrull, which leads to the comic book event "Secret Invasion"; there is also speculation that he may have made a deal with the devil.
Of course, it may also be an ordinary person who wants to keep his position, because Monica is back, and he is worried that it will affect his position.
When he introduced Monica Rambo's current main research direction, he mentioned "robots, nanotechnology and artificial intelligence", isn't this the technology that makes up the vision.
In an interview with Vision's actor Paul Bettany, he mentioned that there was a small easter egg at the end of the Avengers movie, that is, his body was carried away in a body bag.
As revealed by Paul Bettany, there was a plan to show Vision's corpse in a "sort of body bag drawer," but before they could move forward with this, Kevin Feige opted against it, which disappointed the actor.
This scrapped scene would've foreshadowed the most shocking moment in WandaVision episode 4.
With that said, everything is connected.
Vision died after the gem was detained by Thanos alive, and the body was recycled by the Tianjian Bureau for scientific research.
The full name of the Tianjian Bureau has changed from the previous "Intelligent World Observation and Response Department" to "Intelligent Weapon Observation and Response Department", and the "world" to "weapon", which may also mean a change in its research direction. The corpse plays a vital role in this transformation.
You have no heart in the Tianjian Bureau, no wonder Wanda will "go crazy", and he has to go hard to get his partner's body back, and no one can stand it!
5. From Wanda to the Scarlet Witch
In this episode, Wanda's age has been officially clarified. If she was born in 1989, then she is 34 years old at this time (if the period of shimmering is directly counted).
The director of the Tianjian Bureau asked Agent Wu if Wanda had any other nicknames, and he said no.
Wanda is known as the Scarlet/Scarlet Witch in the comics, and its abilities are also stronger (and more unstable in spirit), an omega-level mutant who can PK with the power of the phoenix.
In this play, Wanda's ability at this time seems to be more impressive than in the movie. The discussion of the trio confirms the improvement of her ability. Maybe this is her journey to win the name, from Wanda Scarlet Witch.
Monica Rambo shot the clothes she wore in West View with a gun, unscathed, proving that it was a change from the body armor she was originally wearing, which confirmed that Wanda has the ability to rewrite reality.
At the same time, it shows that in Wanda's world, some items entered by the outside world cannot be completely changed.
In the first four episodes, Wanda mainly played tricks in sitcoms, occasionally using his abilities, and always showing a puzzled expression.
In this episode, the Scarlet Witch, who had beaten Thanos violently, put on her battle uniform again, and her aura was full, so sassy!
Monica Rambo piloted the drone to try to talk to Wanda, but did not expect the drone to be armed, and Director Hayward ordered the fire, a move that angered Wanda at once.
Wanda flew straight out of the barrier, telling them not to disturb him.
Through the dialogue between the two parties, it was directly pointed out that Wanda was indeed controlling the entire town, and Wanda showed the ability to manipulate people's hearts in person, and aimed all weapons at Director Hayward. Show or not!
I mentioned the barrier discoloration in the previous trailer analysis, and it did happen in this episode. It turned out that the barrier was transparent, and it could only be revealed when he put his hand on it, but after Wanda flew back to West View Town, the barrier turned red, which should be wrapped in Wanda's magical ability.
6. Twins
In this episode, the twins went from crying babies straight to five-year-olds.
In order to raise a dog, the twins became 10-year-old Xiao Zhengtai. This may prove that the twins grew up not under the control of Wanda, but the role of their own consciousness.
It is not clear whether they will grow up in the next plot? Anyway, I'm going to wait and watch "Young Avengers".
Billy, named by Vision, is known as Witchcraft in the Young Avengers. Witchcraft has powerful magic and abilities similar to Scarlet Witch.
He can perform reality warping, augmentation, perception, levitation, telepathy, astral projection, perspective, rapid healing, flight, and illusion through magic.
In the comics, the witch's two sons, Wiccan and Speed, are gay.
Because the works of Disney's father behind Marvel are all safety cards for family fun, I wonder if the love between Wiccan and Hulkling can be put on the screen! ?
Tommy, who was named by Wanda, was code-named Quick, and his abilities were similar to that of Wanda's younger brother, Quicksilver.
In the comics, Speed (Thomas "Tommy" Shepherd) is a mutant paired with fellow Young Avengers David Alleyne.
7. Evan Peters
In this episode, Evan Peters makes an appearance! Ah ah ah ah ah!
It is widely speculated that Evan Peters plays the hell lord Mephisto, and the plot may be based on the comic "M Family" (I have a detailed explanation of the comic plot in the previous film review , you can click the link to view), and now she is just dressed as Quicksilver Appearance to confuse Wanda.
There is also a speculation that Evan Peters himself, as the actor of Quicksilver in the X-Men, is also playing Quicksilver here, thereby opening the multiverse of the MCU. I personally hope this is the way to go.
8. Agnes and the Dog
When the twins were babies, Agnes came to help and said in the living room, "Should we do it all over again", like an actor doing a new one while acting, which also showed that she knew Wanda's ability to "restart".
The dog the twins wanted, 80 percent of the time was sent by Agnes! As soon as the twins picked up the dog, Agnes came with the dog cage, and she also came to help in a timely manner before. It is very likely that she has been monitoring Wanda's house.
The twins went directly from the baby to the age of five to the age of ten, Agnes was not surprised, she felt that she was about to say "no pretend, I'm a witch, I'm a showdown"!
When the drone invaded Wanda's world, the twins' dog ran out of the house and was found by Agnes, saying it was dead.
Then the twins want Wanda to bring back the dog's life, Agnes asks Wanda if you can really do that, which should be Agnes' purpose (one of), to bring back someone's life.
At this time, what Wanda said to the twins was too cruel.
Ao Mei's acting skills are getting better and better. In this drama, from funny to serious, she switches seamlessly between various emotions.
Agnes' husband has not appeared yet. Could her husband be the demon Mephisto, and she hopes to use Wanda's ability to bring Mephisto to the world?
Could it be said that the dog is Mephisto (big mistake, ah no)!
The name of the dog is a correspondence to the comics. In the comics, the dog that Vision raised when he formed his own biochemical family was called sparky, the master of Marvel's true details.
9. Vision's Memories
In the fourth episode, the agents conducted an investigation on the staff of West King Town, and the information sheet of Vision's colleague Norm wrote that he was awakened by Vision and became Norm again. This episode was played out.
But when Norm reverts back to his original identity, he says to Vision "you have to stop her, she's in my brain", without directly using a name.
In the first episode, Vision's boss and his wife came over and asked a series of questions, but Vision hesitated to answer.
Through this episode, we know that Vision couldn't answer at the time because he really had no memory of his previous time in Xijingzhen.
Vision received a letter from Darcy directly in the office, which made him curious about what happened to him and the outside world.
Therefore, the two confronted each other. It's understandable that Vision is so annoyed, and he can also feel that he's being manipulated. The conversation between the two was reasonable. I think there must be a reason why Wanda hides from Vision so much, and I hope I don't get slapped in the face later.
In the preview, he did have to force out the barrier. Then, he knelt on the ground.
10. The truth about Westview
Although the specific people behind the scenes are not completely determined, the general situation of Xijing Town being isolated by the barrier is enough to outline.
What happened in the real world, Wanda went to the headquarters of the Tianjian Bureau 9 days ago to retrieve the body of Vision that had been dismantled into eight pieces. After that, her memory was blurred.
As Vision said, Wanda didn't know what was going on at first, but now he realizes and chooses to continue to enjoy this false sweetness, and is still trying his best to maintain it.
For some reason, Wanda's ability has greatly increased now, and he does have the ability to maintain the general situation of Xijing Town, and has the ability to modify reality.
No matter what way, Wanda resurrected Vision in this world and came to live the happy life in her mind with her.
There is speculation that Wanda's resurrection may be a pact with the devil, in the form of monkey's paw, the same routine as DC's "Wonder Woman 2", where any wish comes with a price.
"Monkey's Paw" tells the story of a monkey's paw that can grant three wishes, but the wisher will pay a painful price for these wishes.
At first, Wanda was afraid that more people would be tempted to build a barrier, or maybe he was afraid of being disturbed. Now, she has a direct showdown externally; internally, she also confidently says that everything is under control.
Of course, behind Wanda, there are people in control of all this, I think Agnes is just an agent of the mastermind behind the scenes.
After the dog died, Wanda was educating the twins not to escape, that life has rules and that death cannot be reversed, which is obviously contrary to what she is doing so far.
Therefore, all this Wanda in Xijing Town may be the culprit.
11. Advertising
The ad in this episode is about Lagos kitchen towels. The slogan is more meaningful. The word used is "mess", which can also be interpreted as when you cause a problem, you can easily solve it at once. All right.
In the 2016 Marvel movie "Captain America 3: Civil War", in the opening battle, in order to protect the American team, Wanda used his mind to transfer the explosion to the building, causing most casualties. The location was in Lagos, Nigeria. .
Lagos (Lagos) is Nigeria's seaport and largest city belt, located in the southwest of the border, is also the largest city in Africa.
The casualty was condemned by nations and sparked a proposal for the superheroes to sign the Sokovia Accords, which eventually led to a civil war among the heroes, Nini agreed, but Captain America opposed the signing, causing the Avengers to split.
The Sokovia Accords are an agreement used to bind members of the Avengers.
After the Lagos bombings, the United Nations introduced the agreement, requiring members of the Avengers to be publicly identified and supervised, and to act only with the permission of ZF.
The Sokovia agreement was agreed to by 117 countries around the world, including Wakanda, home to the Black Panthers.
This, like the previous ad, also implies negative memories of Wanda.
12. Foreshadowing on Monica Rambo
After the doctor checked Monica's body, the machine's display was blank. This may imply that being hit by the barrier triggered her superpowers, in the comics her codename "Spectrum", who served as Captain Marvel.
Monica needs aerospace engineers to build a shield, so this may be an opportunity to introduce new characters.
Captain Marvel was mentioned during Agent Wu, Darcy and Monica Rambo discussing Wanda's abilities and the Infinity Stones.
But Monica obviously doesn't want to talk about Captain Marvel. From the point of view of the movie, the two of them have a good relationship, but this change may also be a foreshadowing of the next work.
A lot of speculation is that this may be a plot of Captain Marvel not around when Monica's mother is ill.
13. The pattern of the ending song
The pattern that appears at the end of each episode is composed of vertical bars or diamond patterns in three colors of red, green and blue.
It could be a moral to the TV show. Because for old-fashioned picture tube TVs, any color can be combined with the three primary colors of red, green and blue to produce basically the same visual effect color.
The human eye is most sensitive to red, green, and blue. The human eye is like a system of three-color receivers. Most colors can be synthesized by red, green, and blue in different proportions.
Similarly, the vast majority of monochromatic light can also be decomposed into three colors of light, red, green and blue. This is the most basic principle of chromaticity, also known as the principle of three primary colors. ——Source: Baidu Encyclopedia
These three colors represent Magneto's three children in the comics, Scarlet Witch is red, Quicksilver is blue, and North Star is green. I personally think that the chances of Polaris appearing are relatively small at present. But the representative color of vision is also green.
In the second season, the pattern of the shirt that Monica Rambo wore in West View is similar to this, but because it is a black and white picture, there is no way to judge whether the colors are the same.
In this episode, the coffee mug that Agent Wu brings has a similar pattern, but the colors are not consistent.
This point may be over-explained and not meaningful.
In the last episode, Darcy kept wanting to drink a cup of coffee but no one answered, but this episode, American Wang Yaoqing finally brought it to her.
14. Forecast analysis
According to the official trailer, the next episode is (hopefully) finally Halloween!
The entire town began to decorate houses, and one resident with tears on his face, Vision directly dressed up in his classic costume from the comics.
Halloween is also the plot of the first issue of the first volume of the comic "Vision and the Scarlet Witch 1982 1st Series".
Volume 1 synopsis: "Trick or Treat!"
Vision and Scarlet Witch have left the Avengers and purchased a home in Leonia, NJ with a view to creating a new life together! Accordingly, the first night in their new home was...Halloween!
After the sun goes down, strange things start to happen!
...
Magneto appears as the father of Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, and intends to abandon his previous claims.
According to the latest news, on the Halloween episode, the Twins will be donning their comic costumes.
There is a scene where Vision stands in front of the barrier, then tries to leave, and manages to get out but immediately kneels.
Wanda sits on the sofa as if giving an interview. There's also a scene where she's wearing the same outfit, but sitting on the living room sofa, and the house changes under her control.
The Tianjian Bureau began to attack Xijing Town. The truck was marked with the number 9219-R. I hope God can point out the meaning of the egg. The hood in front of this truck was made by Monica! ?
15. New characters appear
According to an interview with Vision's actor Paul Bettany, there will be new characters in the final episode, which are the kind of characters that let the audience emit OMG, and the actor Paul Bettany has always wanted to cooperate with.
Now the main guess on the Internet is that maybe, ah, I want to sell it, but the article can't come to stand still for a few seconds.
The main candidate is Tobey Maguire's old version of Spider-Man, which directly opens the multiverse.
Because Paul Bettany says the finale will give viewers a fresh perspective on the MCU and a deep understanding of its direction.
And "Spider-Man: Homecoming 3" to be released in 2021 and "Doctor Strange 2: The Multiverse of Madness" to be released in 2022 are directly related to Scarlet Witch. Obviously, this is talking about the opening of the multiverse!
There is also a popular saying that Magneto may be ushered in, which will rewrite Wanda's life experience and introduce the X-Men!
In my earliest drama review, I analyzed the trend of "Wanda Vision" and its significance for the next stage of Marvel in the future. It can be seen that the next decade of " Marvel, starting from "Wanda Vision" - Link to the drama review of "Background Analysis and Evaluation" .
The show is still scheduled for 9 episodes, and it is rumors that it is 10 episodes.
Welcome everyone to correct, supplement, and forward!
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Episode 2 Review: The Scarlet Witch Who Created the Pocket Universe - Episode 2 Easter Egg Combing
Episode 3 Commentary: In- depth analysis of the first three episodes and Easter egg combing in the third episode (in update)
Episode 4 Review: It turned out to be the Sokovians driving the corpse - Analysis of Episode 4 of "WandaVision"
Analysis of the latest trailer: Happy Pop! Episodes 5 and 6 are out this week! WandaVision's latest trailer analysis
Episode 6 Commentary: Is n't it good to stay in a sitcom family carnival?
Episode 7 Review: The mystery is finally revealed, and the characters reveal their true bodies
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