By Declan Andrews, Staff Writer

Feb. 22, 2021

“WandaVision” has taken the internet by storm and every MCU fan by the throat as Disney dispenses a single new episode every week on a stagnated release schedule, leaving the viewers unsatisfied and begging for air. 

But is this torture worth it? 

So far, no. 

The premise of the show is new and obscure- picking up after the events of the Avengers: Endgame movie. It begins with Wanda Maximoff and Vision - two heroes from the action franchise - playing house in a sitcom style TV show; a style almost antithetical to the action-packed movies Marvel has come to be known for.

As the show progresses hints are dropped and actors break character as we come to realize this sitcom reality may be more sinister than it presents. It's an interesting premise, but the directors aren't giving us enough to work with and the slow burn is starting to hurt. 

The episodes run for about 25 minutes each and the first two episodes are just archaic sitcom episodes with a couple of hints towards the true plot mixed in, so unless you're a fan of the "Dick Van Dyke Show," strap in for a brutal 50 minutes. 

Well, perhaps you’re thinking that it's worth it for the mystery. Trying to pick up on the little clues as the overarching plot unfolds can be fun, right? Don't get your hopes up. The clues are painfully obvious and honestly hard to miss, almost comparable to Dora the explorer asking if you see the apparent and embolden clue right beside her head. 

Oftentimes these “hints” are so obvious that you figure out what's going to happen before it does, which can be fun but with hints like these, you don't feel like you earned it. 

At the end of episode three, it is revealed that Wanda Maximoff, one of the supposed heroes is actually the one creating the false reality, but even now I hesitate to say “revealed” because it was more - explicitly stated. Prior episodes had made the fact VERY clear, so clear in fact, I was shocked that It had to be said, especially in the dramatic manner it was.

And it only gets worse. After that disappointing Episode fans had to wait another week and were greeted with an even more disappointing episode 4.

Episode 4 was basically a recap of the previous episodes from the perspective of the people trying to fix the situation, a government agency called S.W.O.R.D.

The episode introduced some characters and brought back some old faces, but if you're not one to get clouded by nostalgia this episode had little more to offer you. 

And finally the newest episode. It was weird.

It continued with the steady pace of “hints” and “clues” and slow “reveals” that we’ve come to expect, but it hit us with a curveball. 

In the MCU Wanda Maximoff had a brother who died named Quicksilver. This character was used in a separate franchise of movies called the X-Men, being played by a different actor and the movies being produced by FOX, not Disney. 

Well, at the end of the episode Quicksilver appeared in Wanda's deranged reality, only it wasn’t the MCU’s Quicksilver. It was FOX’s Quicksilver.

With that, the episode ended and we all marked our calendars for next week's episode. I think it's too early to judge this development because frankly, I have no idea what they’re doing. Let’s just hope they do.