![]() ![]() It’s also reasonable that she didn’t come to the firm conclusion that Wanda was indeed the Scarlet Witch until recently. ![]() (Side Note: We understand she needed to play it low key in Westview as she gathered more information on Wanda. Let’s dive into what worked and what didn’t. While “The Series Finale” elicited some well-earned tears with an emotional core that remained sturdy throughout the show’s run, the final episode still teetered as a generic CGI light show. We’ve more than enjoyed the ride and Marvel has proven that Disney+ is a platform ripe with opportunities for the MCU.īut, in all fairness, that doesn’t mean WandaVision necessarily stuck the landing. That doesn’t show up doesn’t mean the past nine weeks of communal monoculture viewing and conversation are wiped away like the memories of Westview citizens. WandaVision, nor any TV series, is constructed to live up to the very specific idea fans build up in their heads. All of our rabid speculation, conspiratorial dot-connecting, and over-obsessive sleuthing held the same effect as bullets bouncing off Hulk. In its final episode, Marvel’s WandaVision lived up to director Matt Shakman’s warning that none of our fan theories would matter in the end. Nia DaCosta ( Candyman) is directing Captain Marvel 2, and filming is due to begin this year in anticipation of a Novemrelease date.What the WandaVision finale means for the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. We don’t yet have closure on that Skrulls storyline that was set up in Captain Marvel, but we do know that Parris is signed on to play Monica Rambeau in the feature film sequel Captain Marvel 2, which finds Larson returning and will co-star Iman Vellani as the young Ms. Last we saw Talos, he was impersonating Fury on Earth in Spider-Man: Far from Home while Fury was seen on some enormous Skrull spaceship, investigating… something. The scene ends there, but we can probably guess that this friend of Maria’s is either the aforementioned Talos or Fury. In the WandaVision finale post-credits scene, this Skrull tells Monica that she was sent by an old friend of her mother’s, an unnamed male character who “heard you’ve been grounded” and would like to meet with her. Jackson and Ben Mendelsohn Is a Disney+ Series and Not a Movie RELATED: Marvel's Kevin Feige Explains Why 'Secret Invasion' Starring Samuel L. ![]() Jackson) to defend the Skrull people from their alien rivals the Kree. You may or may not remember that the Skrulls – an alien race with the power of shapeshifting – were central to the storyline of Captain Marvel, as Larson’s character and Maria Rambeau teamed up with a Skrull named Talos ( Ben Mendelsohn) and Nick Fury ( Samuel L. At the end of Episode 9, Monica is led into an empty theater in Westview by an FBI agent who turns out to be a Skrull in disguise. Monica’s grief story dovetailed quite nicely with Wanda’s as WandaVision, at heart, was a story about grief and loss.īut back to the credits scene at hand. But we also learn in WandaVision that Monica was a victim of Thanos’ snap, and during the four years she was gone her mother passed away. and focused on investigating abnormalities above the stratosphere. ![]() In WandaVision, we learn that Monica followed in her mother’s footsteps and took on a high-level job at S.W.O.R.D., which is basically a space version of S.H.I.E.L.D. Monica was first introduced as a child in the 90s-set MCU movie Captain Marvel, as her mother Maria ( Lashana Lynch) was an Air Force pilot and one of Carol Danvers’ ( Brie Larson) BFFs. The first WandaVision finale credits scene gives us some closure on the story of Monica Rambeau ( Teyonah Parris). ![]()
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