Friday, March 5, 2021

New Streaming: WandaVision- Episode 8

 As the Series comes to end by the time you read this, let's look back (somewhat) at the last Episode to prep all of you late-viewers...

I will be very vague here, especially with how this Episode plays out.  I will avoid major SPOILERS for you.

Wanda is forced to relive her past, giving the Writers an excuse to fill in her origin.
We see key moments in her life and learn new revelations about her powers.

In a nutshell, her Comic Book-style powers are in effect.
The first ones, not the 42 other times they've been changed in some way.
In more flashbacks, we see the final moments that led up to the start of the Show, explaining what drove her away from the others.
It's a pretty sad Episode all around, but that climaxes when we see the reason why Westview is so important to Wanda.

One final snap (poor choice of words, admittedly) leaves us to where we started.

Some other stuff that involves a Witch, but, that's all I will say here.
A big Episode for many obvious reasons.  Without getting into SPOILERS, the Episode gives us alot of new information about Wanda.  We see her as a kid, giving us the big moment she mentioned in Age of Ultron.  Did Wanda first use her powers here?  If so, that means that the Stone didn't give her powers- it amplified them.  It would probably be worth confirming that about Quicksilver...once you dig him up.  Too soon?  We also learn more about her motivations leading up to AoU, which helps explain her transition to heroism.  She wasn't evil- just manipulated into acting for Hydra.  Of course, knowing more about her powers and motivations is key to explaining why and how she managed to do what she did in Westview.  It also opens all sorts of possibilities for her next appearance on Film.  Is she the ultimate Heroine or the ultimate weapon?  I guess we'll see soon enough.  Speaking of seeing, we also get the setup for a line back in Civil War...
Next time, we get the final Episode.  Will it be a big celebration of what we got or will it rip the MCU apart?  See you then...

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