WandaVision Episode 8 "Previously On" Review
Next week we reach the
finale of the first Disney+ MCU original series and what a series it has been
with a mix of classic sitcom and the magic of the MCU. Before we get to the
finale lets take a look back at episode 8 of WandaVision “Previously On”.
Now this episode picks up straight after the reveal that Agnus
is indeed Agatha Harkness and starts off with a great sequence involving Agatha
being restrained by a group of Witches in Salem and this is where we get our
first look at Agatha’s sheer power level as she drains the Witches of there
powers killing them in the process. It appears as the episode goes on that
Agatha is trying to understand Wanda and her own power levels which sends us on
a journey through Wanda’s past and her many traumas.
Honestly this episode really digs deep and gives us as the
audience members an insight in Wanda’s life from the missile strike that killed
her parents (previously mentioned in Avengers: Age of Ultron) to the
experimentation that Wanda went through in the hands of Hydra and the mind
stone, to the death of Pietro and Vision comforting her to finally the death of
Vision and Wanda’s discover of what had happened to Visions body during the 5
years since Avengers: Infinity War. Each of these moments gives us a
heart-breaking look into Wanda life and fleshes out the character much more
than her appearances in the MCU films. It is also great to see how some of the
sitcom elements that have been there throughout her life have influenced the
goings on in Westview during the events of WandaVision with a different era of
sitcom being shown and watched by Wanda in significant moments in her own life
and has acted as her comfort zone during these traumatic events. We also get
the reveal that Wanda had a connection to magic before her encounter with the
infinity stone, could this be a clever way to bring in the X-Men?...well we
will have to wait and see on that one.
Towards the end of the episode we also get the reveal of how
Wanda created the hex over Westview with the revelation that Vision had
purchased a plot of land in Westview for Vision and Wanda to grow old in, now
this certainly pulls at the heart strings but it is this moment where Wanda
finally breaks down and all those years of suffering finally comes out and
creates the hex over Westview and its inhabitants creating the sitcom that we
have seen previously in the series.
This episode is full of reveals and set up for what is going to
be a great finale, but the episode also gives us some reveals about Vision and
what Hayward was doing with Visions body. As it turns out Wanda didn’t steal
Visions body from S.W.O.R.D headquarters but went to see his body so she could
bury him, and after not being able to feel a connection with Vision she leaves
distraught. Hayward in fact lies about Wanda stealing the body and the Vision
we see in Westview was in fact created by Wanda herself when she created the
Hex. This plays into the episodes mid credit scene as we find out that Hayward
was actually trying to bring Vision back online and repair his body as we are
left with the image of an all-in white Vision coming online which looks
fantastic and leaves us speculating what this new Vision will be like and what
are S.W.O.R.D’s motivation with this new Vision.
All in all we are left with Agatha holding Tommy and Billy
hostage in front of Wanda, Vision on his way to Wanda and a new Vision outside
of Westview and of course there is still Monica and Pietro still in Westview so
it will be interesting to see how they are used in the final episode.
Oh and they finally refer to Wanda as the Scarlett
Witch…finally!!
Verdict: 4 / 5 stars
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