“Wandavision” is quite different from the typical action packed Marvel movie like Infinity War or the Captain America movies. The show feels much slower in the beginning and the first few episodes are very confusing to the audience, obviously since Vision is supposed to be dead since he died earlier in the series and the show is supposed to take place after “Endgame.”
“Wandavision” features Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany) from the Marvel series as the main characters. There are nine episodes in the show and the length of the show itself is five hours and 50 minutes. There is currently only one season of “Wandavision” available to watch.
The first three episodes of “Wandavision” mimic TV shows from the past, like shows from the 50s, 60s, and 70s. These episodes do not make much sense to the audience. However, things start to hint that “Wandavision” is not just a TV show parody of shows from the past. In episodes four and five the plot and context becomes clearer so if you do end up watching it then give the show a chance past the first three to four episodes.
“Wandavision” is not shy of action either, despite the first three episodes being very strange and slow for the average Marvel enjoyer. The show explains the pain Wanda was going through after the death of lover, Vision. When things begin to advance storywise, we learn that Wanda has created an imaginary place and situation where she and Vision have a family together with two kids to cope with the pain she was feeling. Wanda also even recreates her dead brother Pietro into her fake world.
This display of emotion is actually kind of different from the typical Marvel movie, where when something tragic happens many of the characters are emotional for a few minutes and then get over it and get on with the task they are focused on. This show delves into the actual suffering that many of the Avengers had suffered, and it shows that although they are superheroes they were still people who could feel pain and emotion. “Wandavision” highlights how Wanda was experiencing so much grief that she did something that a villain would have done; and how grief can sometimes make people act irrationally.
“Wandavision” is slow paced and confusing at first, but it’s well worth the watch if you have seen previous Marvel movies. If you haven’t seen the previous movies I would recommend doing so because there are several references and characters from the older movies which may be important to understanding the storyline. The people that Wanda took advantage of in the show for her purposes see her as a monster for what she did, however Wanda sacrificed more than they could ever know, she sacrificed the life she had always wanted. She had Vision, her brother, neighbors, twin children, and even a home in a neighborhood like the neighborhoods she wished of dreaming in when she was younger. Overall, I think “Wandavision” is a refreshing and nice change from the typical Marvel action-focused movies; it highlights the grief that followed “Endgame,” but it still manages to have some exciting action, as well as teasing cliffhangers at the end of some episodes.