IMPORTANT: I did watch the first credits scene of Episode 9 but I must have accidentally edited it out of this reaction - my bad! My reaction to it was literally just me yelling "NICK FURY!!!" 😂😂 Anyway, what a phenomenal series this was, holy cow. I can't WAIT to rewatch this one and look out for all the small details leading up to Episode 7. The visuals, the dialogue, the acting - it was all superb. Please remember not to spoil anything coming up in future MCU shows and films. And thank you so much for watching! Get all of my watchalongs to WandaVision here: patreon.com/kaiielle/shop/9489 (or by becoming a member) Suggest Movies & TV Shows here: forms.gle/XZVvZhfhwFzsDpRU9 Join my Discord server: discord.gg/4KQXhXJQVU My website for links to all reactions and more: kaiielle.com
Elizabeth Olsen is one of the best actors of this age and this show prooves it. Her ability to sell humor as a sitcom housewife, intimidation as a menacing presence, in combination with her grief, anger, and pain for the loss of a loved one is incredible. I was flabbergasted when I heard that studios weren't hiring her because of a stigma against actors in superhero projects
"What is grief, if not love persevering?" I've never had a single, simple line like that hit me like a TRAIN. The first time I watched it, I was an absolute *mess*.
When Wanda releases the totality of her grief, she expresses all of our own losses, heartaches, betrayals, and aloneness. We understand because her human side is our own. Exceptional performances from Elizabeth Olsen. Thank you for WandaVision. Marvel. ❤
As much as I loved the love persevering line, I also love how Wanda describes grief. It really is a wave that keeps crashing into you and when you think that it's over, a new wave hits you. We never really remove ourselves from the waves but eventually, the waves become smaller. It's always there but it doesn't hurt as much. And to those that feel like they are being swept away by the waves, keep fighting.
This series came out shortly after my mother passed away, and my sister and I had a similar reaction to Vision's insight into grieving. Everyone processes grief in their own way, but what appears to remain common to grief is that it cannot exist absent love.
Episode 8 is some of my favorite material in the MCU period. I particularly love how it reframed all of the sitcom stuff- the sitcoms are Wanda’s coping mechanism, but they’re also inescapably attached to the trauma she’s trying to bury. The image of the tv playing next to the bomb is burned into my brain. That image is the entire show in microcosm.
Fun fact: Monica used the name Captain Marvel in the comics before Carol did. Carol went by Ms. Marvel for decades before becoming Captain Marvel about 15 years ago.
Simply put, episode 8 is one of the best episodes of television ever made. Elizabeth Olsen just shows what a gifted actress she is, and it was no doubt this episode that scored her the Emmy nomination. Just an actress at the height of her powers doing her thing.
Wanda has been my favourite MCU character since she was introduced, and WandaVision (which I've now watched 4-5 times) completely solidified how at the heart of it all she's dealing with deep trauma from so many parts of her life and is simply Trying Her Best but not in conventional ways. I cry at the end of this show every time lol I feel her grief so personally even though I cannot relate to her life at all. Grief does crazy things to you and I think WV shows it in a really metaphorical way ❤
a lot of people get mad about marvel never killing people, and reviving people after they die, and vision is a common argument for that idea. but in my opinion visions "resurrection story" was really well done. i dont think its bad to bring a character back if you do it in an interesting way, especially if it gives a new perspective on the character.
Hia! In the end scene credits, you can subtly hear Dr. Strange's music playing. She was projecting herself into the spirit dimension, as Strange did when he slept. Up until now, everything that Wanda has done has come naturally to her, with no formal education on magic like Strange had. Now she has the book of the damned.
The last episode is where the MCU started its drop in writing quality. Without going into spoilers, it's plain that there is no longer significant oversight over the bigger story.
The thing is, grief isn't a thing that happens and then you're healed. It's always there. It might be less strong and you don't feel it as often, but it never fully goes away
This finale really made my heart break for Wanda. She deserved so much better of a life than she got. But yeah, the whole "Agness all along" was one heck of a twist, and so amazingly well executed! Glad you enjoyed it! Now, onto Falcon and The Winter Soldier, Loki... oh, and What If...? Can't forget that one.
A beautifully iconic moment from the comics is the Vision shedding a tear. I've been waiting for that moment for years and to see it be used in the final episode was perfect. So an android can cry...
All of the Westview stuff, children and all, were one complex spell. If she cast an entierly new spell trapping Agatha it wouldn't be dependent on the Westview hex and Agatha sharing some knowledge earlier enabled her to do that. Thanks for a great reaction! I'm a guy and I cried in the end as well. So good.
Wanda isn't being set up as a villain, she is the villain here and has been from the series start. We can feel sympathy for her in her grief, but grief doesn't give her an excuse to hurt the people of Westview. Wanda doesn't even apologise to the residents.
@@johnniequinn3215 First comic book appearance of Carl Danvers was 1968 her first issue as Ms. Mavel was 1977. Monica Rambeau 's first appearance as Captain Marvel was 1982. 2012 Carol assumes the mantle of Captain Marvel. What's in a name.
Thank you for this reaction. This may be my favourite Marvel production ever. 🧙♀️ You mentioned the 5 stages of grief - some people consider there to be 7 stages. When you rewatch, I really recommend having the list of 7 stages handy because there is pretty much one episode for each stage 🙂
I would gladly watch you watch this again. It'd be so fun to see you catching things you may have missed the first time through. This show had so much to enjoy: The sitcom vibes, the wonderful acting (especially from Olsen and Hahn....both simply amazing), some of the dialogue ("What is grief, if not love persevering?"), the Vision vs Vision philosophy-battle....just an absolute pleasure. And it's perfectly structured to break down the way you did too (1-3 etc) as - if i'm not mistaken - 1-3 you get almost pure sitcom with some "what's going on here?" moments; 4-6 you get the real world outside the Hex sprinkled in, and ep 7 onward you get "The Age of Agatha" (
Yeah, your explanation of grief made a lot of sense. I used to think my lack of grief was just my brains way of blocking the trauma so I didn't go insane. Now I think I just may be an unfeeling sociopath. No but seriously, I get it. The closest to you pass, you feel it. I actively tried to stop making friendships in my life because the less people you have close, the less you have to hurt and go through that. But that will make losing the ones closest to you almost impossibly unbearable... And you don't realize until it's too late. So it's very cool to hear that commentary. Very encouraging.
I loved your interpretation about Agatha in the end of episode 7, it could easily go through that way and still would make a lot of sense. As a Marvel comics reader, my mind didn't even crossed that possibility, it's nice to see the conclusions and theories you formulate based solely on what was presented to you. What a great reaction
Vision isn’t wrong, tho. If you love someone or something, you’ll feel grief when they’re gone. Grieving, even if you’re not showing it on the outside, is love persevering.
"I feel this is it for Vision, unless Wanda recreates him." I think you forgot that White Vision got all of Visions memories, and is essentially the original Vision (minus the Mind Stone.) So he could easily be brought back to the MCU without Wanda's help.
I always understood it as him having his mom's power to read thoughts, but Agnes was blocking it. When she captures Wanda, she says "My thoughts are not available to you, toots. They never were." So I just assumed it was the same with Wanda's son. It's noisy everywhere else because he can hear other people's thoughts, but Agnes is "quiet on the inside"
I agree he had Wanda’s powers and it’s possible her head was just shut to them but I always thought he meant the other people in town had loud thoughts because they were trapped in their own heads whereas Agatha’s would be quiet because she was never under Wanda’s control.
Everybody says The Office or Modern Family for the intro to the 2000's sitcom show, but if you ever saw a show called "Happy Endings", that intro is ripped straight from Happy Endings. Super funny, underrated show. Highly recommend it to anybody that needs a funny show to watch. Adam Pally, Casey Wilson, Damon Wayans Jr, and so on. The writing is super clever. It might have been more successful on NBC, because if you like The Office, Community, Parks & Rec, you'll love Happy Endings.
I absolutlely loved watching your reaction to this show😊i love the quote from episode 8 "What is grief if not love persevering"that line (chef kiss) but the finale is hands down my favourite for so many reasons but especially Wanda finally gaining her full power a d transforming into the Scarlet witch tied with the ship of Theseus conversation for me is some of the MCU's best writing seeing that logical side of Vision rather than brute force i felt like we hadn't really seen that for a while and off course the final moments with her kids,the fight for westview and Wanda and Visions final moments together in the Hex! "I wonder what he'll be next"😏
They may reveal more in the Agatha show coming but I'm pretty sure that house next to the empty lot was for sale which is why it was Agnes' house in the sitcom so it's probably Agatha's house now
I'm SO happy we made it to (and through) WandaVision! After originally seeing Infinity War and Endgame I remember thinking, "well, nothing in the MCU is going to approach how those movies made me feel". And then WandaVision came along and absolutely blew me away. Personally my favorite episode by far is Episode 8. (Episode 9 was fantastic as well but came close at times to that typical Marvel CGI third-act battle thing they get criticized for leaning on). The incredible treatise on grief that this entire series became is a stunning achievement. I'm so happy you loved it because it was a great tribute to my favorite character in the MCU. 🧙♀✨
Kaiielle, your reaction to WandaVision was a treat to watch. Heartfelt and sensitive, and with so much thoughtfulness to your comments (including those added during editing 😉). The comics-savvy among us had suspicions about Agnes from the start, which only got stronger as the series went on. Agatha Harkness was often associated with the Scarlet Witch in the original stories, although typically as a mentor and ally, not as an antagonist. We also assumed that Monica would gain super powers at some point during the show. At the same time, I imagine that very few of us guessed exactly how this series would end, especially with Vision. I know I was surprised by some of the story's twists and turns. And I cried at pretty much the same points you did. Speaking of Vision, Paul Bettany pranked the fans hard just prior to the finale. He tweeted that we'd see him opposite an actor with whom he'd always wanted to perform. As it turned out, he meant himself 😆 This series showcased such amazing creativity and talent from everyone involved: Recreating the sets, the filming conventions and the comedy style of multiple decades was no small feat, and the staff did an astonishing job. And it offered Elizabeth and Paul the opportunity to demonstrate just how much talent they have. It was delightful to watch them both do comedy so well, especially after watching them do superheroes together over the years. Only time will tell whether Wanda finds happiness in the end. And like you, I really hope she does.❤🧙♀
Thanks, Kaiielle. In episode 8 when the apartment gets destroyed I was kind of expecting it but it still made me jump. A very powerful scene (amongst many) and an excellent show. Looking forward to your upcoming MCU content. Stay safe.
So glad you finished so I can say things without spoiling it for you! A LOT of the source material for this miniseries was two back to back arcs in the West Coast Avengers comic from about 1989-1991 and the second Vision and Scarlet Witch maxiseries from 1985. In particular, the scene of Vision's dissected body is lifted almost directly from a double page spread in West Coast Avengers issue 43 -- it's ***SO*** comics accurate that despite the sadness of the scene I was cheering. The emotionless white Vision comes from that arc as well. I loved this series, not just because of the stellar acting and storytelling but because it so faithfully recreated a LOT of story beats of actual 1980s Marvel Comics (although it told the story in its own way, almost BETTER than the source material ... and the source material was by one of their best creators, John Byrne, which says a lot). That's all I'm going to say. I wanna say more about Monica, but I don't think I can talk about the comics version without spoiling. I guess I can say in the comics she has the same powers demonstrated in this series, but they came from a different source, not from Wanda. Comics Monica is definitely a fan favorite. Can't wait for Falcon & the Winter Soldier!!!!!
An interesting thing from when this show was originally airing, there were a LOT of theories over who Agnes was gonna be. The most predominant one was that Agnes was actually Mephisto, the Marvel comics version of the Devil basically. So many of us were convinced of it since in the comics Agatha always had a good relationship and was even a mentor to Wanda. So not a lot of people thought Agnes was going to be Agatha. GREAT reaction!!
btw in the End Credits both versions of Wanda ARE her. She's astral projecting, the same as Doctor Strange was in his film. The difference is her physical body doesn't have to sleep whilst she's astral projecting. She's that powerful. Strange was astral projecting while he was sleeping so he could get rest and study the mystic arts more.
Happy to see you needing to rewatch the series from the beginning. To be even more fun, I suggest you to rewatch all movies with Wanda and Vision: Ultron, Civil War, Infinity War and Endgame.
13:02 Such an awesome reveal, Kathryn Hahn is a treasure.😍 And this song is a banger. 🤘 27:40 That'll come back to make you cry. 😭 32:42 Vindication! 😁
My two biggest thoughts at the end of this series were, first, that Wanda hadn’t really atoned or been punished for all the pain she inflicted, and second, that I really, really wanted her to have a happy ending. When Agatha revealed her name at the end of episode 7, I gasped and jumped up and down, because I remembered the name from reading the Fantastic Four comics in the early 1970s. She was Reed & Sue Richard’s’ nanny, and she was revealed as a powerhouse when the Four were nearly defeated by an interdimensional baddy, & Agatha basically said, “I got this.” All over the internet, people have been quoting “Grief is love persevering” ever since this show came out.
I loved how Wanda's Vision tries to prepare her to maybe meet White Vision in the future by listing his various forms and finishing with, "Who knows what I might be next?" And then he leads her with, "We have said good-bye before, so it stands to reason..." Which prompts her to add, "We'll say hello again." Vision was my favorite hero when I was reading my brother's Marvel comic collection back in the 1970s; it made me happy that they portrayed him well in the MCU.
Sh*t, I just now realized if Jet White Vision has all of original Vision's powers, he could have phased Wanda's brain clean out in one graphic and satisfying grim way. Remember I said if.
The question "What is grief...?" Hit me really hard. It was aired roughly 5 years after I lost my little sister and I still miss her and this question broke me into tiny pieces.
Vision isn't gone, though... It's the end of Wanda's version of Vision, but the physical form with restored memories, the white Vision, still exists in the world. He just flew off to think things over... I love that the fight between the Visions was resolved through philosophy and opening up memories... it is, like you said, very 'Vision' and subverts the usual tropes, but that this was just kind of left hanging was one of the big critiques of this episode for me. As for weather or not he'll come back, who knows... nothing to spoil there since nothing has been announced one way or the other, but the possibility exists. This follows similar events to the comics where the original Vision was killed, but he was rebuilt in white with no memories of his past self. The white Vision in the comics was more cold and calculating... more machine-like... but still a hero. From what I understand, this was done because the guy writing the comics at the time really didn't like the Wanda/Vision romance. He spent much of the 80s and 90s like this.
Well, don’t forget that Vision is still out there. The white Vision has his memories restored and then he flies off. No telling where he’s gotten off too.
Ah, the brilliant conclusion to the finest Marvel show (and a great show overall). After a fairly slow burn of confusion and illumination, these episodes are absolutely jam-packed with resolution, realization, horror, and grief. Good times! 😁
I think you're partially correct about grief, but I think it's us still holding on to someone or something that is gone. It's our dysfunction in not being able to detach and move past the actuality and pass into fond memories. Grief is our way of denial in not being about to let ourselves release the thing. Once we move past grief, we find a deeper and healthier love based on memories that can buttress us as we go about our lives, rather than holding us back.
@@kaiielle Right. But grief in itself is not wanting to let go, or badly wanting the thing to return (which is normal) and that's why it's the first stage and a lot of people (like Wanda) hold onto the denial or the next stage anger.
I remember that I was anxiously waiting for the week to pass to see the next chapter, no other series gave me that feeling, thank you for your reaction, you are very intuitive, even if you were wrong about Agatha☺
This show was great and also demonstrates while she's not physically the strongest Avenger (that's between Hulk, Thor and Captain Marvel) Wanda is BY FAR the most powerful Avenger. The crazy thing is we still haven't seen her full potential in the MCU. So well acted and written everything about it is top tier
Agatha is still in Westview but she is trapped inside her own body that's why Wanda said "not somewhere". We definitely haven't seen the last of her cause she will have her own series next year. The name keeps changing but atm it's just Agatha. Wanda is actually both in the last scene, she is drinking tea meanwhile astral projecting to read the book, kinda like Doctor Strange studying while sleeping on his first movie.
I have been enjoying your reactions. I love that you are coming into the marvel movies without the background of knowing the comics. I feel WandaVision is the biggest movie/tvshow that shows this. Agnes says Dottie is running the whole show. The Fans that knew the comics were thrown so hard by that misdirect. And yes, the fans saw Agatha-Agnes connection right away. But Your reaction shows, there was plenty of other things for a non-comic person to get and have fun with. Pietro from X-men movie, was a shock to us all. I look forward to your Falcon and Winter Soldier reaction especially since you have enjoyed the Captain America movies so much.
Marvel doesn't stay true to its comic book source material hardly at all if ever for these movies and shows anyway. So in my opinion nothing could really get spoiled for non comic book readers or fans when they watch these
Great reaction. So in the end credit scene Wanda was able to astral project so she was making tea while simultaneously reading the Darkhold. Remember Doctor Strange can do that and she’s prophesied to be more powerful than the sorcerer supreme. That line Vision said “But what is grief if not love persevering” hit me hard when this first came out because my mom passed the a year before this so that was close to home. And the grief Wanda showed as she created the town…you couldn’t help but feel it. If it wasn’t explained the commercials all were key to Wanda’s life. So the Nexus commercial is because she is a Nexus being. The Stark toaster was the missile that bombed their home. The Strucker watch was for the scientist in Age of Ultron that experimented on her and her brother and Lagos was where she accidentally destroyed the building in Captain America Civil War.
I love your fan theory about agatha! I think those pills were the ones from the advertisements. It is implied that Agatha sensed when wanda first made the hex. She said something like "when i came upon the after glow of so many spells cast at once" paraphrased
9:16 - 10:49 Monica basically just sprinted 5+ miles (from the expanded boundary to Wanda's house) in a matter of minutes. That's some serious cardio, or its part of her newly acquired powers.
You know, I kind of like your concept of Wanda inventing Agatha as a villain to take the blame away from her, I almost kind of wish that's what happened lol
Episode 8 is a lot, but in the best way. The origin story of Agnus aka Agatha Harkness and all the unseen parts of Wanda’s life we became privy to was great. Witnessing how Wanda accidentally allowed her grief to take over and rewrite reality and create a brand new Vision from scratch was very moving as well as astounding. There have been examples of Wanda functioning as if she is all 6 Infinity Stones: Mind-when she taps into Agatha’s mind and access her memory of the other witches Space- right before she did that she was in front of Agatha, snaps her fingers and is then behind her Reality & Time- Everything that happened in the “Hex” was an example of her rewriting reality and changing the time periods or rewinding time to fit her reality Power- anytime Wanda used her magic as a weapon or a projectile of actual physical force Soul- Creating the lives of Vision, Tommy and Billy You are, however, the first reactor I’ve seen so far, to hear the line, “…but what is grief, if not love persevering?” and have a intellectual response as opposed to an emotional one. Everyone else hears Vision say that and reacts with, “Wow” , “That’s deep”, “That’s so true”, or something along those lines. You went to, “Hmm, that reminds me of something else I read, interesting”. 🤔😁
Great reaction! I'd forgotten how emotional these last few episodes were. I do think Vision is in danger of becoming the MCU's version of Kenny from South Park though. This is the third time we've had to watch him die 😭🧙
55:00 it is her, the real body when she hold the tea, and reading the darkhold one is her astral projection like doctor strange do but in her case, she can wake and do something else with her real body, strange must in his sleep by doing that
This is one of my favorite shows. My interpretation was Agnes is now mind controlled by Wanda and lives in "normal" Westview. I agree og Vision probably won't come back, but White Vision could I guess. Can't wait for Loki!! 💖💖🧙♀🧙♀
I love love love this show and absolutely loved your reaction!! Going through the MCU again with you gives me such joy and reminds me of the first time watching it! 🧙🏻
Really great one! I’ve seen countless reactions and I never even picked up on the Ralph thing!!! You are so good at seeing the details especially without having the comic book knowledge!!
In the halloween episode, Billy, Wanda, Vision, Pietro (Ralph) and Tommy were dressed like her comic book counterparts. Agnes was dress like a witch but not like her comic book counterpart
someone else may have answered, but Wanda trapping Agatha as Agnes was a new, localized spell, unrelated to the Hex. Agatha was never really part of it - she cast her illusion to make it seems like she was part of it. Technically, she might have been able to recreate Vision and the kids as well, but it wouldn't be the same and Wanda would know that.
Agatha: "There's a whole chapter in this big evil book about how you are big and evil and gonna destroy the world." Wanda: "cool imma take this book and read it in a cabin while my eyes glow red." what could possibly go wrong.
I really loved the pacing of this series, the way it takes you on a ride and your wondering wtf is going on and then as u start to figure it out it hits the gas. The Agatha reveal was hilarious to me lol and ya totally caught me off guard. You mentioned the different stages of grief, if you remember back in Endgame when they all came back from getting the infinity stones after Natasha sacrificed herself, they're all standing around by the lake and professor Hulk throws bench, in that scene each character represents a different emotion and different stage of grief, I saw a good RU-vid video about it lol. But ya excellent series, I love Wanda, I love Elizabeth Olsen, and l guess I'll just say that we'll have to keep going on our marvel journey to see if and when we'll see her again 😜
When I first watched the first three episodes I nearly decided not to bother but now it’s my top favourite series. Risky move those first 3 episodes but worth it
