WANDAVISION: What's the Point? | EVERYTHING Explained + Full Marvel Series BREAKDOWN 

What's the point of WandaVision?

The stages of grief is simple enough, but pairing it with the evolution of TV from idealism to realism is brilliant. Best analysis of the overall plot I've seen on RU-vid.

Can we just agree that without Agatha pushing Wanda into "therapy", she wouldn't solve her trauma and would still be in the hex?

I lost two family members last year within a month and a half, sadly I was unable to attend both funerals due to covid restriction, and when I watch the last episode it reminds me how it feels to lose someone you truly love and care, and how you won't able to see them again, it really does hurt a lot, even when I'm typing this I cry like a baby.

First off it showed how talented both Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany are. It took such an unusual premise and made it work. Oh and It built up the backstory of Wanda which was needed and it provided insight into her grief and love. We also got some unforgettable Vision quotes. Everything else is just gravy.

I just wanted to take a moment to gush over the wigs they used. They were the best I’ve ever seen. I didn’t even know they were wigs. The usual ones are noticeable and pull me out of the story. Well done Wandavision.

I had no clue the series structure was based on the stages of grief - great stuff!

the point, like everything else Marvel, is to get you excited to watch the next Marvel thing... and I loved every second of it.

Best character study in the MCU so far

“What is grief if not love persevering”

Fridays are just not the same anymore.... 😢

"For the Children" seems to be the town agreeing to not fight back against Wanda because she has all the children held hostage somewhere.

What's the point? To cure my sanity from being in quarantine without being able to watch a Marvel movie like the before times.

such a great analysis! if anyone has not yet I totally recommend The Making of WandaVision. It took me forever to locate; Disney has it listed under 'Live Action Series and Specials" > 'Assembled' It was so great to know that even the production was period accurate. The magic in the first episode was all practical and in front of a live audience. it adds so much to just the experience of watching at home.

i totally get the appeal of the classic sitcoms, though. because no matter how deep they dig themselves, they always manage to rectify everything by episode's end. it's a perpetual reminder that as long as we do our best, everything will work out in the end

The point was to get us to care about a character that we were luke warm about because her significance is about to skyrocket, and btw, big time success at doing so

I just got to binge the entire series last night and here I am watching this, fully intending to watch your entire series on the title. Not only was that one of the most incredible series I have ever seen in so many ways, but the premise actually closely mimics a scenario I wrote into stories as a kid in what I had actually named the predicament "hex".

This series was so sad, so dramatic, so well written, so creative, so philosophical and so funny... you wouldn't expect something like this from a blockbuster studio like Marvel. What a masterpiece

I just binge watched WandaVision and loved it. It took me a few episodes to get that it was Wanda only doing everything, not someone else (like Agatha) controlling Wanda against her will. And the use of American sitcoms, particularly the 80s and 2000s sitcoms, was too fun. I will say that as I watched Wanda walk through the crowd of towns folk in her hoodie after they were all freed in the final episode, I felt so much anger and frustration on behalf of the people because there would be no justice for them, like jail time for Wanda, for being held against their will. After realizing what she’d done, I was at first thinking that her walk through town was her walking towards her punishment. Anyone else feel or think this way?

I feel like wandavision was made to expand their audience. That’s why they went with the decade by decade sitcom and threw in a bunch of easter eggs and room for viewers to theorize.

I never really got what the big deal was with this show but now that you've explained what everything represents I have a way better understanding. THANK YOU SO MUCH

I think it was definitely more focused on the journey than the destination. It seems like it wouldn't make sense for Marvel to put too many crucial story points for the next phase into something that not all theater-going audiences would get to see before the next movies come out. But by putting in so many fake-out Easter eggs and sticking to the weekly format, they created tons of water-cooler hype around the show to garner more subscribers.

Wanda: "I trapped hundreds of people in a nightmare existence and tortured them for weeks. It helped me learn to love myself again." Agnes: "I bit a kid once."

Honestly did not think that the MCU could even pull off such a good character study. Good job i hope whoever that was behind this gets to do more stuff.

Well I don't know about y'all - but I would love to see wanda and vision HAVE their happily ever after with the boys... call me sentimental.

i never really looked at WANDAVISION this way, thanks Ryan

Ryan - this is outstanding. First, the genius within the narrative arcs that the showrunners crafted - and second, your deconstruction and analysis. I would only add that THIS explanation of everything demonstrates why we didn’t need a Big Bad reveal, or a direct tie into something next. This is a self-contained journey, that ties up the loose ends of Wanda and Vision’s story, and gives her the resolution her tragedy demands.

I think this analysis is the most accurate one I’ve seen on RU-vid by far.

was that assistant Manager Doug on your lap in your home? inappropriate, someone should alert H.R.

I swear that nick cage bees scene must be Ryan’s favourite thing ever

Thanks for watching with us. Best You Tube companion for this show. Some others went so far out, but you kept it simple

Where do you rank WandaVision among the other MCU stories?

It is a shame that not a lot of people watch this channel. I find the analysis much more deeper and from the heart than on any other channel out there. Eric, heavy spoilers, emergency awesome are all interesting in their own ways, but this channel does it better and still has less views.

Man, this was great, a deep breakdown of all the themes & tropes & the stages of grief. Such a cogent & thoughtful breakdown.

Holy Moly Ryan ! Big up yourself This is an astoundingly comprehensive and simply brilliant analysis. Thanks

Thanks for this video essay. Really well thought out and well written. Always look forward to your vids.

Wanda was using sitcoms based on what she watched when she was growing up for her grieving. While Wanda and Vision spend the early episodes trying to hide their abilities it was only a matter of time before they came realized to the town. I believe the beginning was Agatha testing Wanda’s powers.

The Pietro reveal makes sense. I don't think Agatha would be capable of pulling someone from a whole other reality, so it wouldn't make sense that she would be chasing Wanda's power if she could.

And now we have to wait another year for Multiverse of Madness. Come on!

Screen crush you have groomed me. Every time I hear the word bees on youtube I expect good old nick screaming "NOT THE BEES!!"

Wait... I've seen Black mirror and I'm just now realizing that a "black mirror" could be a T.V turned off.... woah

Setting up for the next Marvel movie, of course.

Just finished it. Absolutely loved it. So well made, clever and emotional. It's great they are daring to take the marvel universe into new directions with this and Loki. The future looks good.

I actually enjoyed it made me like Wanda even more

Ryan. Thank you sir. Your work is valued and you are appreciated.

So well put. I have enjoyed all these episodes along with WandaVision and the Mandalorian and I look forward to the next obsession!! 😅

To give Elizabeth Olsen the full experience of the big screen. I don't ever want it to end.

What a fantastic breakdown of the series. Your insights reminded me of my film theory class. Thanks for making this video!

apart from the fact that DVDs wasnt about until after the date in flashback lol they should have been vhs boxsets

There's a major bias here that's misinterpreting Wanda completely. Wanda clearly wants marriage and children. She was in a relationship with an artificial intelligence who is now dead. By the relationship's very nature (which is referenced in the nosy comments of being asked why they don't have children yet), they are biologically incompatible. He's not human. Do you understand why this desperation to follow the housewife emancipation narrative thus doesn't make sense? The show isn't making fun of housewives who want marriage, children and a normal life or telling them to give up wanting those things because academia has decided for women that a traditional family life with a nurturer and a provider is unfulfilling. It’s also not making fun of historical time periods and their mindsets in a postmodern way (not the same criticism that Pleasantville made), but actually is looking back on those sitcoms and their tropes with a lot of love. The show creators actually had a sit-down with Dick van Dyke because they have affection for these shows and it showed in how accurate they got everything. At no point do they make fun of the eras or sitcoms of old, but rather reserve most of their poking fun (lovingly) at the characters themselves instead. Elizabeth Olsen herself is a sibling of sitcom royalty (the Olsen twins of Full House fame). Wanda herself has a lot of affection for those escapist shows that got her through hard times and she yearns for having a lot of the things depicted in them. Criticism of past media for not being currently relevant enough (this idea that the ‘50s sitcom world or even music of the era is creepy all on its own even before it unravels--sorry, but a lot of people still respect I Love Lucy, et al.) or of women who might actually yearn to imagine themselves into such a “normal” or “traditional” life with things they’ve always desired (yet are explicitly denied to them) or one free of tragic endings (yet at the same time acknowledging that we do suffer loss we have to accept) was completely the opposite of WandaVision's message. Wanda has been denied every single one of those things for her entire life and she's in mourning for the life she thinks she'll now never have because everyone she's ever loved is now dead. She desperately wants to have children, a husband and family, to the point where she still hasn't given up on creating them for real. And do note that she has to create them magically, whether Vision comes back or not. Before she even lost either of these Visions or her imaginary children, she had already lost her own parents, home and twin brother. She's been a young woman without family for years and Vision was the one being she had left (she didn't have many Avengers she was close to and one she spent her entire life blaming for killing her parents), as unusual a couple as they were, until he was taken from her, too. Hayward pushes her buttons constantly by using language that dehumanizes Vision (phrases like "back online", rather than "back to life") as he's being stripped for parts while she's using language describing a loved one she wants to give a human burial to. She has been judged for her choice in partner, just as the act of White Vision being stripped of Vision's memories that were wrapped up in falling in love instead of strict programming without distraction (Vision injured War Machine in an act of friendly fire because he was distracted by Wanda) is deemed by Hayward to be an improvement. He sees Vision as nothing more than a very expensive weapon to be used. He even puts a price tag on him. The relationship between Wanda and Vision with Vision being capable of having feelings or sentience at all is thus treated as a programming mistake. The denial of Vision’s personhood also mirrors Wanda’s own for years. Hydra and Ultron used her as a weapon, then the Avengers used her as a weapon until they spent more time treating her as a live nuke that needed to be guarded and imprisoned. It’s not much different than Wanda being told that Vision doesn’t even belong to her and even his own desires are irrelevant (he thus doesn’t even own himself); he’s mere property of an organization. The last thing Vision wanted to be was a weapon and it shows in how he doesn't defeat White Vision with a battle, but rather an existential philosophical debate. Consider this when you realize that Vision was ready to flee the Avengers completely with Wanda to go live in a suburban lot in New Jersey when they were pulled into the mess with Thanos. Their attachment was to each other during those stolen moments for two years, rather than to some greater duty. It was Vision who bought that empty lot and was talking about the two of them running away from everything and pretending to be a normal couple. It's the life that Vision was talking about in Infinity War that was taken from Wanda because he was attacked right after that scene and later died in that movie. Interesting thing to note about Infinity War is that Vision was using a human form at the beginning of the film even when there was nobody around (even alone in their hotel room and even when the Mind Stone is bothering him--he doesn't change form when she's connecting with the stone in his forehead either). Throughout WandaVision, Wanda is constantly asking Vision to remain in his true form with her, such as when meeting his children for the first time. It actually contradicts the real Vision that we saw at the start of Infinity War who seemed to be wanting to be seen as a man instead, even in only Wanda's presence alone.

I loved following her through all of it

So glad somebody understood why the casting of Evan Peters had to happen

I've always liked Wanda. I had trouble accepting that she was capable of being so villainous and selfish after all this time. Granted it was unintentional but almost none of it was addressed in the end, and her character seems slightly more grey. It makes sense that there is still a dark and terrifying aspect of her power. But after being an Avenger for so long it's almost jarring. These people snapped out of it and were terrified of her. And her reflex was to accidentally strangle everyone. This was before she leveled up to become the Dark Phoenix. Oops I mean Scarlet Witch.

I think the 5 stages of grief have been moved around 1) anger - at losing Vision 2) depression - that she couldn’t see his body 3) anger - by going to Westview and trapping the entire town 4) bargaining- living her life through sitcoms 5) acceptance - realising that a fake family is not the solutions to her problems. Just a theory tho......

Woohoo, NEW VIDEO I LOVE MARVEL AND YOU HELP ME SOLVE MY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MOVIES/SERIES. keep up the amazing work

The ending of this video is some of your finest work, well done!

Interesting coming back to this after MoM. Contrary to the opinion of many, I believe the movie actually retroactively makes the show even better, in particular the season finale. And the way you've described the themes and the character arc thru the story of WandaVision really was leading to the events of MoM.

Wait, you watched WandaVision with your boss sitting on your lap? Is there anything you’d like to disclose to HR?

I find your well thought out breakdowns second to none with New Rockstars a close second. Thank you for your hard work

She finally achieved acceptance in grieving over pietro and vision & she fully became the Scarlet Witch! Does that spell it out for ya. Is that an answer! Stupid question.

4:27 Your editing of that scene with Wanda and Vision juxtaposed with Thanos and Vision while keeping the laugh track intact was freaking brilliant. This is one of the best breakdowns of WandaVision yet. It was something I sorely needed to come back to after watching Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

I very liked the show. For me, WandaVision is about loss and grief and how you deal with it. In the end, you have to go on, change and leave the past behind you. Elizabeth and Paul have awesome chemistry in front of the camera. And I don't want a standard superhero action series because we already have the movies, and WandaVision gave me a new perspective regarding the MCU. The end was a little bit weak but overall this was a very entertaining ride and I am very curious about the next instalments of the MCU, especially for Loki :)

I cannot stop watching your videos on analyzing these characters. They add more depth to super hero shows. 🙌🏽

I understand it all so clearly now... they made Wandavision so we could find this channel. Life has meaning again!

You literally have the best videos for Marvel content. I spent 20 minutes that I should’ve been using to get ready for work, to instead watch your, “what’s the point?” vid for the Loki series. Now I’ve done it again on this one. Now I’m 40 minutes late for work. Thanks Ryan Arey!❤️

The main reason i didn't like the quicksilver reveal was because it reminded me too much of the Mandarin twist in Iron Man 3, which was awful.

Dang. This breakdown was actually crazy and highlighted a lot of stuff I didn’t realize. Especially the connections between the older sitcoms, the show, and how they relate to everyday life for us as well. One of the few video essays that’s done right. Well done.

I enjoyed WandaVision. A very unique, powerful character wrapped in a really beautiful lady, but my heart really went out to Wanda. Considering everything she went through, it's no wonder she went nuts for awhile. What she created was cool, unless you count the terrified hostages.

Like the show, which kept us all guessing and entertained in a thoughtful way, I enjoyed this very much! Thank you!

We have watched many of your videos on wandavison, along with others and no one has called out Vision’s identical copy of Mr. Incredible’s TV interview in the opening credits. Spot on from the lav mic removal to bumping the boom mic.

This is my favourite place to get all my nerd info, thank you so much for inventing this channel

you got me in the last 20 seconds. "For the children"

“What is grief, if not love persevering.” Damn. Stellar writing and stellar delivery by Paul Bettany.

Yeah but I'd rather be upset about what the show wasn't intended to be.

The craftsmanship for this is superb, this is brilliant in so many ways, from the black and white to the cinema like color grading and aspect ratio, this reminds me of parallel themes and Tropes like The Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask for the stages of grieving and Superman for the man who has everything, for the beautiful lie aspect and the pain it gives to give up that perfect world for Reality.

If we are being honest Agatha was the “Endora” of the series!

You earned my subscription with that clip from The Network. I know a man of taste when I see him.

ScreenCrush: -Do it. Do it now. Me: I understood that reference.

Really lovely and insightful piece, thank you!

I just watched Age of Ultron again, Fury mentioned Nexus as the place where all data flows through. Does that have anything to do with the Nexus commercial in WandaVision? How comes no one talked about nexus when Age of Ultron came out?

Great video! One of the clips claimed that television lies to us. Romanticism isn't lies. It depicts the world as the artist thinks it SHOULD be, not as it is in the here and now. We're seeing the artists value judgments on display. Art is a way of bringing ideas on the conceptual level to the perceptual level. It's an amazing thing and gives us something to reach for. Art definitely does play a role in shifting culture towards new ideals, whether they be good or bad, as art comes from ideas, and it is ideas that ultimately shape a culture.

Great analysis

Fantastic breakdown of the series. Makes me appreciate its brilliance even more.

They cast the better Pietro for the role as simple as that.

It’s Friday night and there’s no new WandaVision episode to watch. Such an empty feeling😩 So I watched, and will continue to watch, the finale every Friday until Multiverse Of Madness drops. This is still my favorite Marvel storyline ever. Elizabeth is ethereal in the transformation scenes and I truly believe she was born to play Wanda. Man I wish we had at least one more season to hold us over. 😢

I don't understand how there was not 1 sitcom fan found that doll

Just one thing I want to point out. Wanda and Pietro were born in 89, their parents died in either 99 or early 2000, when they were 10. Malcom in the Middle didn't start airing until early 2000, and wasn't released on dvd until 02.

Main point seems to be to develop Wanda's character before Dr Strange, and to give a giant middle finger to all the long time marvel fans who like to discuss theories and/or make videos about them.

This kinda helped me through Depression ngl⛓🥀

Since Vision got his memory back I though he and Wanda would see each other and you know cry it out I really was hoping to see that but they never saw each other after he got his memory back. And I was hoping in any of those end credit scene's they would reunite but that was not the case....

the way he casually askes us to subscribe is so smooth.

I would not be surprised if a friends of humanity spinn off type group came out of New Jersey against wanda and all super powered individuals because of the snap

This was really a breakthrough for Marvel in storytelling, and it wasn't for everyone. But like big leaps like Winter Soldier and Eternals, its necessary.

I think for the children was actually the subconscious cries of the parents of Westview having to act along "for the children" the ones Wanda keeps locked away.

Very strange timing, my watching this. My friends were murdered a week ago, and this video is what finally allowed me to cry.

For the children!

West-View is also W.V. and TV is the middle two letters.....coincidence? I think not.

If you remember, Marvel Studios foreshadowed The Vision disintegrating into cubes, in Far From Home. In the tribute to the fallen heroes, The Vision is introduced with a crappy transition, which is cubes!

Fietro...love that! You're right about the twins surviving the collapse of the hex. They'll end up trapped by Mephisto along with Cynthia Von D. And Wanda will need to team up with Dr Doom to rescue them...Dr Strange will be against this idea.

I’m happy I started watching WandaVison after the first 5 episodes aired If I watched it the first week I would have been put off... I definitely liked the show more because I had very low expectations. I am excited for what’s next and will give the Falcon and winter soldier series a go (but maybe after a few episodes have aired)