WandaVision Episode 6 Brings Us Closer to the Real Villain of Westview
The show continues its descent into Wanda s madness, but don t mistake her for the show s ultimate threat. Nor, maybe, it s true hero.
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WandaVision Explained is our ongoing series that keeps tabs on Marvel Studios’ sitcom saga about TV’s happiest tragic couple. In this entry, we turn our channel to WandaVision Episode 6 and contemplate an impending heroic rescue. Yes, prepare for SPOILERS.
Westview is in trouble. More so than we possibly imagined. Its citizens are not merely caught in some superhero psychotherapy. They’re trapped in a catatonic state, free to move only when in the vicinity of Wanda (
So far, WandaVision has been one wild ride. At the tail end of Episode 5, we’re hit with a shocking surprise cameo from Wanda’s brother Pietro AKA Quicksilver. What makes this appearance so uncanny is that Pietro isn t portrayed by his MCU actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson, but his
X-Men counterpart Evan Peters. But why?
As Darcy (Kat Dennings) puts it, it s a “recast” in the squeaky clean suburbia of Wanda s imaginings. Speaking with Marvel.com, showrunner Jac Schaeffer explained the thought process behind bringing Quicksilver who previously perished in
Avengers:
Age of Ultron to the Disney+ show. “We were like, how in the world are we going to make this make logical sense?” Schaeffer said. “Because that s the thing, you can hatch a million great ideas, but to make them land, to make them be grounded, to make them feel organic to the larger story.”
Updated
Feb 05, 2021
The Marvel show just introduced a very X-citing character.
X-Men, assemble?
In addition to wild reveals, aging twins and dead dogs, the overloaded fifth episode of “WandaVision” may have just dropped one of the biggest moments in the Marvel Cinematic Universe: the arrival of mutants.
In the waning moments of the episode, Vision (Paul Bettany) finally catches on that he’s in a fake reality and argues with Wanda (Elizabeth Olsen), who claims she’s not actually behind everything in the sitcom world. But the pair are interrupted by a ring at the door.
Wanda goes to answer, and the camera reveals none other than Wanda’s supposedly dead brother, Pietro. But it’s not Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who played Pietro/Quicksilver in “Avengers: Age of Ultron.” It’s Evan Peters, aka the Quicksilver from Fox’s “X-Men” movies.