WandaVision is shaping up to be just as good as its film predecessor.
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As Wandavision strips away the mystery, we find a sci-fi story tinged with horror. After a third episode of homages - this time to seventies shows like The Brady Bunch - Episode Four pulls back the curtain; set in the "real" world and revealing the conceit of the previous episodes. We see some old characters - Darcy Lewis from Thor and Jimmy Woo from Ant-Man - but also get a new eye in Monica Rambeau (pictured), who serves as the newcomer and audience surrogate. Marvel's mix of plot talk, character moments, and relatability is on point with her.
Monica (Teyonnah Paris) and Jimmy (Randall Park) contemplate the mystery.
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While little can be said without spoilers, the show is clearly building up to something, and is using its serialized form to build maximum suspense. Moments we couldn't bother with in film are drawn out to leave us guessing, and references to the wider world are thrown in like Easter eggs. The opening of Episode Four, in particular, gives us an on-the-ground perspective of a Marvel event that saddens and surprises, and the Wanda-centered main plot is slowly becoming gutting.
At almost halfway through its nine-episode run, WandaVision is shaping up to be just as good as its predecessors, and a good herald of what's to come.
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