WandaVision Episode 4: 5 Biggest Talking Points
MCU's first Disney+ series poses some BIG questions for Scarlet Witch.
This week's instalment of WandaVision finally gave us our first proper look at the world outside of Westview. After three episodes, the wider MCU has arrived on our screens and we finally get to know what's happening in the main reality.
Is Wanda in total control of this sitcom-style reality? What connection do Jimmy Woo and Darcy Lewis have to this? Who is Ralph? Questions are forming with every single episode and we seem to be no closer to getting answers to most of them.
WandaVision has been an excellent example of how to entertain audiences while keeping them guessing at every turn. Each episode has felt original in its own right, with the latest one coming much closer to the familiar feel that we would recognise from an MCU blockbuster, rather than that of an episodic series.
There are some key points to take from this most recent episode of WandaVision, however, as we finally begin to unwrap the mystery of Westview and Wanda...
5. Characters That Were Snapped Phased Back In And Caused Chaos
After the Snap, the world changed drastically.
The director of S.H.I.E.L.D. was gone, as was his closest advisor. Our heroes were left stranded and uncertain of what to do next. The remaining population of Earth was forced to adapt and attempt to overcome the challenges they were left with. However, five years later, when the victims of Thanos' grand plan returned, the chaos caused was comparable to when they first phased out of existence.
The episode opened with a shot of Monica Rambeau returning from the 'Blip', seemingly unaware that she had ever been gone. It becomes clear from her conversation with a nurse at the hospital that Rambeau likely disappeared in her sleep, meaning she would have no idea that she was even gone.
Throughout the hospital, we see people begin to reappear in exactly the same places that they were in when they left. This havoc would obviously have left the planet in disarray, similar to the initial Snap.
This scene directly contrasts with the scene we saw in Spider-Man: Far From Home, which was presented in a more comedic style. The second Spidey movie in the MCU served as comic relief after the emotional rollercoaster that was Avengers: Endgame, almost "side-stepping" the psychological ramifications of the Snap itself.
In WandaVision the scene was given a darker style, with characters returning and panicking, as no one had an answer to what was happening. The contrast in styles between two identical situations demonstrates the key difference in theme.