“On A Very Special Episode”
It’s called the “terrible twos” for a reason, but it looks like Tommy and Billy, Wanda’s miracle children, will be mischievous far beyond their toddler years. After aging forward five years on command, maintaining their cover as enhanced individuals no longer appears to be a priority. After the arrival and unfortunate departure of the family dog, Wanda tells the children, “We can’t reverse death, no matter how sad it makes us,” which are words to live by, or at least they should be.
Following the flicker of horror from episode four, and further explanation by the agents at S.W.O.R.D., Wanda’s hypocrisy becomes increasingly evident. Security footage showed Wanda breaking into the government facility housing Vision’s dismembered body.
Paul Bettany, the actor portraying Vision, can also be seen glancing directly at the camera, breaking the fourth wall between the audience and the sitcom style reality. Additionally, he discovers he’s able to free the townspeople from Wanda’s grasp, uncovering the searing mental anguish she’s putting them through.
Despite her ability to rewrite reality — like when she turned kevlar armor into ’80s style clothing — the depth of her real power isn’t shown until the closing scene, when she might’ve broken the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Quicksilver has existed in both the MCU and the X-Men films, but the long-awaited crossover might have finally happened. Wanda’s inability to process her brother’s death has led her to “pull” X-Men’s Quicksilver into the fold, “recasting” her own brother in the sitcom. Audiences had mixed reactions to seeing Evan Peters being put in the iconic film franchise, but many were still trying to process the two universes coming together and what this could mean moving forward.
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