WandaVision Episode 5 I First Time Watching I MCU Review & Commentary

[@c-mc]

The recasting was intentional to the "show" itself cause this actor played Quicksilver in the X-Men movies, so it's kind of a meta commentary in a sense

[@TheKillaShow]

It was trolling by Feige.

[@reactswithjax]

That's really cool! I'm just watching the X-Men movies now, so hopefully I will see his character soon!

[@kratosGOW]

@@reactswithjax Oh… you won’t see his until you get to the newer ones with Mcavoy as Xavier.

[@kenschortgenjr7540]

@@reactswithjax Ironically, Quicksilver (Peter Maximoff) doesn't show up UNTIL the semi-reboot of the X-Men movies. Ie... the 5th movie in the series called Days of Future Past.

[@Karvan420]

Multiverse is happening and has been happening though. @@StopReadingMyNameOrElse

[@calibadgerdude6082]

This is what makes Wanda one of the most terrifying characters in the marvel universe as a whole. It’s not that she’s a bad person, she’s not, it’s that she’s got an insane level of power of the very fabric of reality and has suffered so much physical and emotional trauma that she’s no longer mentally stable. She can literally rewrite reality to suit her purposes and doesn’t have the wherewithal to know whether what she’s doing is right or wrong.

[@reactswithjax]

That's a great explanation of what is going on!

[@iCyberDev]

@@reactswithjax honestly though, I'd be more scared of someone who has unimaginable power and dont know what they're doing, or think they're doing "the right thing" (when it isn't), than a person with even more power that knows exactly what they want to do: Because the randomness and chaos or righteousness of that psyche may be impossible to reason with,

[@richardscanlon4210]

In the comics Wanda simply stated "no more mutants" and 91% of the mutant population lost their powers overnight. Wanda in the comics and the MCU is incredibly powerful.

[@DC_Prox]

She drops her Sekovian accent inside the Hex because it's an American sitcom.

[@chriscarpenter1920]

Elizabeth Olsen (who plays Wanda) is the younger sister of the also famous twins Mary-Kate and Ashley, the stars of 'Full House", which is referenced in this episode.

[@reactswithjax]

What a great reference! I loved full house when I was little.

[@markcruz359]

That commercial was actually a reference to the beginning of Civil War where Wanda accidentally blew up that office building in Lagos, Africa

[@reactswithjax]

Thanks for pointing that out!

[@fzoid3534]

Her brother's recast was done intentionally. It will make sense later why it is another actor. It's a chef's kiss to all the fans why exactly they chose that specific actor. He plays the same character "Quicksilver" in the X-Men movies.

[@markcruz359]

I honestly wanted to see her reaction when she gets up to Days of future past

[@wobaguk]

Im pretty sure they would have used the original actor if they could, but spun the recasting in a clever way in the context of the story

[@c-mc]

@@wobaguk Jax finished the show already so she knows what's up

[@reactswithjax]

I'm looking forward to seeing this version of Quicksilver in the X-Men movies!

[@EmanueleCorsi]

@@reactswithjax you can imagine that, at the time, EVERYBODY was freaking out thinking of a cross-over with the X-Men cinematic universe...

[@beezyqueen]

i think wanda is a good example of what happens when a generally “good” character doesn’t have the proper life lessons or support system to help them make the “right” choices in morally complicated situations. like not only was she raised in unsafe situations, but she has continuously so far depended on a singular person for all of her emotional support. without that person she feels completely alone. it’s not an ideal situation for someone to be in so i think it’s nice to show the nuances of that a bit, because there are a lot of people in the real world who behave “badly” for similar reasons and may benefit more from a supportive approach than from a combative one.

[@reactswithjax]

That's a really good point. She really didn't have any support system around her for so long. It wasn't until Clint had that epic conversation with her at the end of AoU that she got on board with the Avengers. We need Clint to come and help her again!

[@JaggerG]

⁠@@reactswithjax I love Clint's miniseries, too, it's so cute!

[@jen4532]

And I mean, she wasn't even making the "wrong choices" in the first place, she was actually unable to control it in the longer run. It all started by her trying to do things the right way. She went to SWORD to get Vision's body and bury him, like he wanted. Not even after the shock of seeing him all dismembered and being kinda pushed by Hayward she changed her mind and stole him or tried to get him back to life. She didn't put any fight, she just left, heartbroken. Then she went to the plot of land and only then she had a breakdown and exploded and her powers completely took over. She didn't need to be told what the right thing to do was. Thats why I believe it was an extreme situation where the alternative was basically death for her. And in order to prevent that, to keep her alive, her magic took over and "gave her" this reality. Her moral dilemma, and the moment she starts struggling to make the right choices is when when she starts waking up but she resists and doesnt want to see how it affects the people around her.

[@InterdimensionalCowlick]

The inclusion of Quicksilver, not from the MCU but from the X-Men movies, was a brilliant stroke of metawriting that put the audience in the exact same position as Wanda, bargaining with herself, one of the stages of grief. Knowing that this isn't exactly her brother, not knowing why, but strongly motivated to believe it is (because the fandom was thinking they were getting the alternate universe story they had been eagerly awaiting, but not sure about). Hats off to the writing team and to whoever came up with this concept.

[@reactswithjax]

That was such a great twist! I am looking forward to seeing this actor in the X-Men movies.

[@ian3314]

I think Wanda is top 3 favorite characters for me. I love that she inheritantly a good person, just very susceptible to being controlled by her emotions without rational thought.

[@utcomgrad92]

Wandavision is a very complex story. Every bit of your analysis is right on. There is no one way to classify Wanda's character and that is what, I feel, was the writers intention. The best characters and stories are complex and do not fit neatly into a category or box.

[@reactswithjax]

I agree that the writers intended for it to be this way. It's such a great story!

[@prashantrajput9329]

15:04 - this is the orignal quicksilver from the x-men universe from the 20 century fox studio , marvel did this to goosebumps fans , and also poke fans for making theories of multiverse they predict for future wars in comics of marvels vs x-men comics.

[@victore6242]

You should check out the therapist reacts to One division. You both come up with the same points

[@OneVoiceMore]

Fun fact: Both actors who play Quicksilver are also Heroes in Kick-Ass. The play on their names was Quick-Ass. In the second Kick-Ass, the X-verse Quicksilver actor was replaced.... and ended up in the MCU as a complete head-fake.

[@Ahjusshi_Brown]

Wanda’s complexity is why I love her and this show so much. It’s a level of intellectual and moral stimulation that we rarely get in media nowadays so I eat it up when it graces my screen.

[@iamredoctober]

It may be premature to share this, but in my opinion, this is one of the very best TV shows that Disney has recently produced in the Marvel and Star Wars universe. I appreciate the originality and taking a creative chance.

[@testfire3000]

Very daring! 100% my favorite Disney+ series.

[@Cyrinil142]

I remember years ago, in the comics, a number of big brains from the comics; Stark, Dr Strange, Proffessor X etc. getting together and having a very serious conversation about whether Wanda Maximoff is simply too powerful to live and if they should do something about it. Like, it's nothing personal but she is ridiculously dangerous and not exactly the most emotionally stable person in the world so there were quiet talks about whether they should find a way to put a bullet in the back of her head before something dramatic like this happens. Pretty cold blooded but, in their defence, when Wanda eventually does do something like this in the comics, it's on a MUCH larger scale than in Wandavision... like, global.

[@reactswithjax]

Wow! The comics do not shy away from intense conversations!

[@JaggerG]

@@reactswithjax Yeah, I just talked to someone today that talked about having training that could save someone's life, but being in a terrifying position of having to face some deep personal trauma if she had to. She luckily didn't, but it's the kind of subject Marvel brings up sometimes. It's possible that sacrificing mental and emotional stability to save others might not necessarily be the right thing to do, because it's "choosing" to harm oneself, basically because they're externally pressured to.

[@Cyrinil142]

Also, for what it's worth, if you're going to have a discussion about maybe putting a stop to someone because their emotional issues might endanger the planet, Tony Stark is throwing stones while living in a glass, Malibu mansion.

[@Belhade]

iirc those chucklefucks are also the ones who decided that the best way to deal with a disagreeable Hulk was to yeet him into outer space.

[@camannwordsmith]

"do you guys like this?" I think it's rhe best thing the MCU has ever done.

[@testfire3000]

100% WandaVision was when Marvel & Disney+ hit their peak.

[@penguincgm489]

Agree!

[@youtpfpm6097]

For the moment, I totally agree. At least for tv shows. But Guardians of Galaxy 3 can be very close.😊

[@billbill6094]

No

[@youtpfpm6097]

@@billbill6094 I think he knows what he thinks better than you. 😁

[@Icelandchan]

Wanda is one of the most complex characters in the MCU. She has her good and bad sides. Even this situation isn't as simple as one might think. So let's continue watching :)

[@thereallyst]

-15:08 This is Pietro, but from the FOX X-Men movies. Oh, and not the Patrick Stewart ones, but the James McAvoy ones.....

[@sparkequinox]

As others have said, not only was it huge that they used the actor from the X-men series, it was also massive because Disney got the right to start using X-men in MCU which is massive game changer to future movies/tv shows by Disney. A similar thing occurred years back when Sony allowed Disney to use Spiderman (hence previous movies had different actors). So this was a huge thing and broke the internet for a while.

[@reactswithjax]

I can imagine that fans went crazy when they saw that!

[@thecartoonrobot]

She wasn’t saying “It was only a thousand people. She was trying to warn him just how dangerous she is and that right now, she is showing restraint. She wasn’t validating Wanda, she was trying to warn him he was poking at something he couldn’t handle and to not mistake her restraint for weakness.

[@andrewroberts9885]

Yes, It's a grief study - one of the best in my opinion. Top marks to all the actors and team involved, and nicely reviewed, Jax - thanks.

[@qjinx1]

Fun fact about the commercials, the hairdo on the woman is the hairdo Wanda was wearing in the comics through the decades, and the actress in those commercials sort of resembles Wanda in the comics (especially the 70's one). As for the Astrophysicist you were racking your brain over trying to remember if you knew anyone, so did the rest of the world when this was mentioned. This show was watercooler show personified. The theories the audience came up with on a week to week basis while we were all quarantining was half the experience of the show

[@DanFDTR]

The commercial was also a reference to Civil War. Lagos brand. For when you make a mess you didn't mean to. Referring to when she saved Cap from the bomb but in doing so killed civilians in the hotel. That was in Lagos.

[@kaharakahara]

the cool thing about the two quicksilver actors are they both played quicksilver, one in xmen and the other in avengers, then both played as superheroes kick-ass and ass-kicker.

[@terpcj]

I found it interesting how much you fixed on Wanda's mind control -- which is not an inconsiderable aspect to focus on. Personally, I sort of focused on Hayward's "Take the shot." What? Take the freakin' what? At this point, I view Hayward as...if not the villain, then certainly an antagonist. He's controlling, especially with the "non-compliant" women we've seen him interact with. The way he presented Wanda in the situation room makes it seem like he has his own agenda for whatever reason.

[@reactswithjax]

I agree that Hayward seems like he has his own agenda and isn't revealing all of his cards. I was hoping that, similar to Nick Fury, he had good intentions and his secrecy was for a reason.

[@MsSwordwolf]

I would add that Hayward firing on Wanda could have gotten a lot of people killed if she was as bad as he kept insisting she was. All those people living in Westview, the ones he was supposedly so concerned about? What did he think would happen if she got pissed off enough because he's shooting at her next to her kids, and even if the boys aren't real, Wanda thinks they are. "This will be your only warning." He's lucky she didn't pound him into the dirt like a tent peg.

[@That_OtherGuy95]

Wandavision is my favourite mcu show. I think that a lot of people can relate to wanda in some way and she's just an amazing character

[@reactswithjax]

She's such a great character!

[@Craigy2818]

Evan Peters played the FOX version of Pietro - Peter Maximoff - in the X-Men movies. It was a funny reference to make the audience suspicious.

[@reactswithjax]

They did a great job of surprising people!

[@ldkinbote]

@@reactswithjaxYeah, it was basically an Easter Egg for those who had seen those movies, but it is not necessary to have seen them since the point of it is they see it as Wanda recasting Pietro. Who the actor playing him is more something fun for the audience. Many reactors had not seen the old X-Men movies either.

[@ericgallini3988]

The show itself is SO layered, it's great!!!

[@reactswithjax]

Yes! It's a phenomenal show!

[@ericgallini3988]

@@reactswithjax Each show is SO different in tone and structure. Can't wait for you to continue!

[@VideoGameVillians]

This Pietro actor played the character in the X-Men movies and, at the time, Marvel had just recently bought Fox and thus just recently retained the rights to use the X-Men characters in the MCU so it was a very exciting reveal of the idea that this was them bringing in the X-Men but without anyone actually knowing for sure what's going on yet. Yes technically Disney bought Fox, but Disney own Marvel so for the purposes of these characters it's effectively the same thing.

[@reactswithjax]

That's really cool that they started to incorporate a crossover from X-Men into the MCU.

[@antdag0d]

​@@reactswithjaxbut that's the thing. It's not technically a crossover. The X-Men are already Marvel characters. MCU just couldn't use them in their movies because they licensed off the movie rights years ago. But that doesn't mean that Marvel no longer owned the characters. Overall, all these characters were under the Marvel umbrella which is why they were never separated in the comics.

[@nitaallensong1014]

I was looking for this about 12 hours ago, or one hour before it was uploaded. It must’ve been a psychic premonition because I’ve been waiting for this. ❤😊🎉

[@ronaldbeasley7384]

I can’t wait to see your reactions moving forward with Wanda. Not to give too much away but it is definitely a emotional roller coaster. You have no idea.

[@joshuacampbell7493]

Awesome two Marvel reactions in one day 😄.

[@reactswithjax]

I'm glad you're excited for the reactions!! ❤🐑

[@omalor]

The writers wanted to paint Wanda as a sympathetic tragic villain, with Monica, Woo, and Darcy as her supporters, and Director Hayward as a bad guy, but I agree with you that Wanda is being a villain here, and should have been treated as such. Hayward was not wrong here.

[@chadbailey7038]

So fun to watch this journey with you!

[@kyleterrell6842]

It's funny because you're only at x2. And Evan Peter's plays quicksilver in days of future past

[@Rob_F8F]

On the original airing of the series, there was speculation that the "astrophysicist" Rambo knows was Reed Richards of the Fantastic Four.

[@neospock5034]

Yeah there was speculation of both Reed Richards and Adam Brashear (another superhero that Monica is linked to in the comics)

[@reactswithjax]

Oooh! I was wondering about that! I haven't seen that movie.

[@Rob_F8F]

@@reactswithjax We are all going to have to wait on that as they have just announced the cast and filming of the new MCU Fantastic Four has not begun yet. 😁

[@py16667]

I love the show, it really has a surreal psychological horror vibe to it

[@KCG7]

Thanos said it best. “Reality is often disappointing.”

[@andyk446]

Just thought it was cool they did the 80s bc of who her real life sisters are and how it reminded me of their show

[@queenchels7669]

It’s always easy to be on the outside of someone’s grief looking in and make judgments on how they should or shouldn’t handle something. I remember going through a horribly traumatic experience and grieving the loss of someone I thought I would grow old with. Never felt like anyone understood me until I watched WandaVision, hear me clearly when I say I would have done ANYTHING to be with them again. I relate to Wanda so much it’s scary. So please don’t be so judgmental especially if you’ve never been there.

[@DarthRayj]

To me, it seems like the way the show presents it is as she initially did it unconsciously and then it kind of spiraled from there, at first she didn't know she was doing it, later she started to figure it out on some level but wanted to keep pretending things were okay, and we'll see what direction that goes from here. In the comics she's always been highly unstable and can be one of the most powerful forces for good or can really mess things up when she's not in control of herself (which is a massive understatement, as those who know the comic storylines are well aware).

[@minervaannmcgonagall]

I’m really loving your reactions! You should definitely watch the Percy Jackson Disney+ show next! Not the movies, the movies suck! Zeus is played by the late Lance Reddick, Dionysus is played by Jason Mantzoukas, and my favorite, Poseidon, is played by Toby Stephens (Captain Flint from Black Sails and the irl son of Professor McGonagall).

[@lukasismael430]

The actor who played Pietro and showed up at the end of this episode was the actor that played Pietro in the X-men Fox franchise (not part of MCU). in the Fox franchise they only showed Pietro but not Wanda; and this version of him was very popular with audiences, that's probably why there was an applause track when he showed up in that scene. And since there was a Fox movie AND a Disney MCU version of Pietro is probably why the MCU version had to be killed off, both for copyright reasons and since the Fox version was already more popular.

[@tenmark7055]

The family cant live alone forever and it appears that her powers can shape other people but perhaps not create them from nothing. Even her twins were "born" from both parents, not created from nothing.

[@merchillio]

I really like listening to you trying to work out what is going on. Yes, Wanda is not a good person here, she’s someone incredibly powerful who’s trying to cope with the fact that she had to kill her love just to watch Thanos resurrect him and kill him again. The most difficult thing she ever had to do was for absolutely nothing. Can’t wait to see your next videos on the series

[@reactswithjax]

She's been through so much. She has a really sad story.

[@AkodoNoEyes]

What Monica Rambo was saying was that Wanda could have done worse, but she contained it subconsciously.

[@MrEddieG93]

That’s like saying to your spouse “I cheated on you with a thousand people, but it could have been more!” Jax was saying neither scenario is good. Both very bad lol

[@iamdeathiamentropyiamdarks3517]

Huhn, please stop defending that ridiculous line. There is far worse one at the end though

[@AkodoNoEyes]

@@iamdeathiamentropyiamdarks3517 I’m it defending anything I was simply explaining what was behind the line. Y’all people really get bent out of shape when someone has any opinion, eh?

[@JaggerG]

I suppose the argument is basically that trauma is causing this, not the person, and the person is doing their best to be a good person even though they're really, really struggling to. It's an almost radical argument, but it's also an almost radical argument that it's no excuse. If it is radical or not might just be a matter of the side of the fence you're on.

[@SilentBob731]

1:07 That's a spiffy mug, but I'll stick with my whiskey glass. 😉 Cheers, and Happy Weekend Jax. 🥃☮❤ 3:16 The combination of Family Ties and Growing Pains in this intro is my sitcom childhood. Too bad Mike Seaver turned out to be Jimmy Swaggart. 11:26 Also, while you were talking about Civil War, the commercial was for Lagos brand paper towels. Lagos was the setting for the opening fight scene in Civil War where Wanda diverted an explosion, with tragic results (not that it would've been better if Crossbones had exploded at ground level). That's an awesome coincidence. 👍

[@emilyckohl]

Just FYI- You don’t have to stop watching the MCU & watch a hundred hours of other movies to come back to this to appreciate it. It’s always the people watching someone’s content for free that feel like they can demand a person throw their work schedule out the window just for their own entertainment. It’s your journey, watch in whatever order you feel like honestly. The world will keep on spinning. ❤

[@reactswithjax]

I appreciate that. Thank you!❤

[@victore6242]

The writers of this show are brilliant

[@JerroldBaxter]

Another speculation about the astrophysicist that Captain Rambo knows is a character called Blue Marvel.

[@reactswithjax]

I hope we see the astrophysicist eventually!

[@Caseytify]

We need to look at Wanda's personal time line. First we have Age of Ultron, when Pietro died. Then we had Civil War, which couldn't have been much later as she was still being trained. Not much time to process Pietro's death. Then she went on the lam with Vision in Infinity War, at the end of which Vision died. After that she was snapped out of existence. After that she reappears during Endgame. Note how confusing it was for Monica and no sense of time having passed. This series was stated as starting less than a week after the Blip returned everyone, so from Wanda's POV, she's lost her brother, then lost her lover, and now it's a week after that. She's a mess.

[@MsSwordwolf]

You'll notice that when she turns to ash in Infinity War, she's clearly relieved to go, because that means it's over and whatever happens next, she won't have to deal with it. Coming back to find herself completely alone and without support was just the crap icing on an already lousy cake.

[@baeleth]

I love that you see Wanda is doing something terrible. So many people kind of ignored or at least forgave it a bit easily, in my mind. She can both be a sympathetic character while not being heroic. I think they do that well here.

[@crossbones13]

"If I think if I had a TV show I would have skipped through the 80's." *gasp* Them's fightin' words! (putting hands up in old timey boxing stance)...

[@Velociraptour]

Yup that's X-Men's Quicksilver but the in universe explanation is that they don't have Pietro's body so they "recast" him.

[@reactswithjax]

That makes sense!

[@peterkoester7358]

At this point in the series, yes - everything seemed to be pointing at Wanda as the "villain," but many of us watching still weren't entirely convinced. Fans with more knowledge of the Marvel comic universe still believed there was another antagonist - seen or unseen - pulling Wanda's strings. Heck, at this point, Hayward seemed like he could be the antagonist responsible for everything that was going on. Only continuing to watch would we receive the answers we craved!

[@reactswithjax]

Interesting! I didn't suspect any additional antagonist. Although, they do a great job with Hayward because he's not showing all of his cards.

[@peterkoester7358]

@@reactswithjax there is a KZbin channel that is infamous for spending weeks of analysis to conclude it was Mephisto behind it all. (Mephisto is the Marvel comics version of the Devil.)

[@benengle9621]

​@@peterkoester7358New Rockstars

[@jesse2535]

I'm currently feeling very sick from the common flu/cold but your videos brighten my day.

[@beezyqueen]

if i were in a sitcom i would want to be in reba and my life would be great thank u hahaha

[@reactswithjax]

I love that answer!!!

[@ChrisReise]

15:10 Recasting Evan Peters as Pietro Maximoff was 100% intentional...Evan Peters also plays Quicksilver in the X-Men Prequel film...whose REAL name is Peter Maximoff.

[@ProfJeffy]

"Does he have a mind?". I mean the stone in his head is called the Mind Stone. So I guess he does

[@livinginstereo]

This version of quicksilver I from the xmen universe like everyone has been saying but he's also more comic book accurate.

[@andrewrowland6086]

Ohhh Jax, your solution is great unless things are far more complicated than you think.

[@reactswithjax]

Haha! Things are usually way more complicated than I think.

[@jabecker21]

I think some fans forget that when people came back from being blipped they didn’t even know they had been gone. That means that when Wanda came back Vision had just died to her. I don’t know exactly how long this show is after Endgame, but I don’t think it’s that long. For her, Vision just died.

[@reactswithjax]

I just looked it up because I was curious. This show takes place 3 weeks after Endgame. She's still in the middle of intense grieving.

[@jabecker21]

@@reactswithjax thanks for looking that up. Love your reactions!

[@Seacub42]

The actor that played her brother in age of Ultron is being cast as Kraven the Hunter in the MCU.

[@BoboftheOldeWays]

No, not the MCU. The Sony movies are not in the MCU. They’re trying to do their own thing.

[@glennwelsh9784]

The actor playing the "recast" Pietro is the same one who played Pietro in the X-Men films. This got a lot of people SO hyped because it looked like the X-Men movies were finally crossing over with the MCU. Until 2019, the X-Men franchise was owned by Twentieth Century Fox, which prevented the X-Men from officially showing up in the MCU and meeting the Avengers. Wanda and Pietro's appearance in the MCU was a special case. In the comics, they're both mutants, which meant that they fell under the umbrella of X-Men characters owned by Fox. So in order for them to appear in the MCU, the origins of their powers had to change, and they could never be called by their mutant names Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver. Meanwhile, the X-Men series introduced their own version of Pietro/Quicksilver in X-Men: Days of Future Past. But Disney bought Marvel Studios in 2012 and then bought Fox in 2019, so they now own both and can do anything they want with the X-Men, including integrating them into the MCU.

[@elliott2501]

This reminds me, have you seen the WHIH News stories? Its a fake news network with the interviewer from Iron man One. They go over the events going on throughout phase 2 and 3. But marvel stopped making them for phase 4.

[@kristofferremmell]

The recasting was both intentional and a meta joke. More will be explained in later episodes. Those commercials are even deeper. The paper towel brand themed on cleaning up accidental mess is called Lagos, where Wanda accidentally caused those deaths from the bomb. All the commercials have been themed on trauma from Wanda’s life.

[@gchild1286]

Hey Jax!😉 Since Avengers: Endgame there has been 11 movies and 14 seasons of television/mini-series and feature shows released. WandaVision is still (arguably) my favorite entry since Endgame, (at least top 3), and you haven’t even gotten to what I think the best episode is!

[@aaronbenson2767]

Hey Jax, without jumping too far ahead, Google who plays Quicksilver in X-Men: Days of Future Past and X-Men: Apocalypse. That’ll wrinkle your brain 😏

[@markcruz359]

Shes currently at X2 googling that would be a spoiler

[@chayanbanik6277]

Absolutely Correct@@markcruz359

[@HeartzOfDiamondz]

I just wish you saw Quicksilver in Xmen first, then this moment would have made more sense. Especially if you knew the whole Fox and Disney merger. This moment is culmination of a lot of things coming together

[@steveg7820]

At this stage I was trying to work out what it meant that Wanda didn't seem to be able to remember and couldn't control everything. I was trying to work out if someone was controling Wanda and just how much she was to blame.

[@reactswithjax]

The writers did a great job of not revealing too much. I had just started to give up on the theory that Wanda was being controlled.

[@steveg7820]

@@reactswithjaxI think I was still in denial :)

[@TheViper4Life]

Ah man, I was was like "Why is Jax not more surprised by the Evan Peters reveal?". I forgot you're not quite there yet with the X-Men movies lol. This was pretty crazy moment for fans.

[@tomkvideo]

Without spoiling much. This actor played Quicksilver/Pietro in the X-Men movies made by Fox. Quicksilver and Wanda are siblings of course, and this episode happened a few months after Disney bought Fox. People were freaking out because we thought we were getting the X-Men in the MCU and expected Hugh Jackman to show up next or something, lol.

[@calibadgerdude6082]

One of the biggest theories at this point was that Professor X was going to have to come in and help Wanda fix her mental issues. Everyone also thought the “aerospace engineer” was going to be Reed Richards. XD. The fan theories during this show were so much fun, and so frustrating at the same time.

[@beyo5]

Wanda and Pietro's parentage is pretty mixed up in the comics. One version they are the children of Magneto (in Xmen Universe). Since XMen and MCU aren't mixed in movie-land (because of different production company rights), they can play both versions this way.

[@carlgibson285]

They solved Wanda and Pietro's's parentage in the comics by revealing that the twins weren't really mutants and weren't related to Magneto, they were actually ordinary human babies who were experimented on by the High Evolutionary and were raised by Magneto who believed they were his children. It caused a bit of a stink at the time and comic fans hated it, but Marvel felt the need to retcon their origin because they couldn't use mutants in the MCU, and even though they now have the X-Men rights back, Wanda and Pietro's origin is still that they were never Magneto's kids.

[@robertsanssouci2093]

To answer your question; I do have a Marvel mug but I haven’t unpacked it from moving so I’ll wear my Avengers hoodie while watching this reaction 😊

[@reactswithjax]

Yay! I love that you are dressing for the occasion. I wish you luck in your unpacking and hope you like your new place!

[@sorrowschism]

Wanda learned to speak without an accent, with training from Natasha Romanoff, however she slips back into it when she is emotionally stressed. It is common for people who have learned a new accent to or language to slip back into their original one in stressfully or otherwise intense situations.

[@kenibnanak5554]

Wanda has taken Post Traumatic Stress to a whole new level, after the death of her brother and then Vision.

[@forallmankind_]

The actor who played Pietro, aka Quicksilver, in the X-Men universe 'can u watch x men first class-X-Men: Days of Future Past-X-Men: Apocalypse-Dark Phoenix ♥♥♥

[@robertsanssouci2093]

Yay! Two Jax reactions in one day?! Is this my Christmas?!?

[@reactswithjax]

❤🎉🐑

[@Kris-mq7be]

I am 100% on wandas side ... i will die on that hill...she is my favorite character ... and this is my favorite mcu show

[@reactswithjax]

I love your dedication to Wanda! She really is a great character.

[@peterbriggs6857]

Oh, my God! You didn't get the HUGE, HUGE, HUGE reveal at the end...because you haven't seen those movies! I was waiting for that moment, and then...realised you didn't have a frame of reference! That one had me screaming at the TV going "What...what...WHAT!?!?"

[@willjohnson8446]

For example, in the first couple of episodes, the film wasn’t black and white - Wanda changed everything and everyone to be black and white. It’s why Dottie’s blood showed up red in episode 2.

[@CaseyMcCormick-nd2ht]

Besides X-Men saga, other movies you might want to watch before too far into Phase 4 are the Ramini Spider-Man trilogy and Spectacular Spider-Man movies and Fantastic Four from the 2000s

[@d3nnykrucil789]

The guy cast Pietro is taken from XCU, you will see him in the next XCU movie

[@rajahkossuth]

Hey Jax, in regards to Pietro, have you not watched the X-Men First Class movies?I know you know she has a Speedy brother because you've seen the Avengers movies. Just so you know, the actor playing Pietro now is the one that played him in those X-Men movies.

[@davidstrangeDMC]

As a Person who collected comic's For years and watched all the Marvel Movies ( Good and Bad) I liked this Show because it was So different, Well written. ( The Show has a lot of Moving Parts . At it's Core it really Show's How Trauma and Mental Health can Make or Break a Person. as you Go along you will see what i mean) This Show is One were you will have More Questions and Theory's Every episode ( All the commercials Have to do with Wanda's Past Event's ) and you Wont get any real Answer's Until the Last Few episode's ( Even then i remember watching it 2 time's and still was catching New info.) When I First watched it. I had So many Theories each episode. I also agree the 4th episode Is better then the First Few! Yet, Without Episode 1 and 2 the rest would not be as good without all the Confusion In the beginning.

[@calebwilliams7659]

@Reacts_With_Jax, I mentioned in last week's comments that two actors have been cast as Quicksilver, one in the the Avengers series, and one in the X-Men series, and the latter one is the one we see here., which in a weird way is tying both those parts of the MCU together. The next episode is my fav of all of them.

[@thetimk4720]

If you have a chance, find a condensed video covering the House of M storyline. The MCU 19999 and Comics 616 aren't 1:1 but can lend some information as to how powerful Scarlet Witch really is.

[@PhysicalMediaPreventsWea-bx1zm]

By now Jax you've seen Days Of Future Past and you know about why that version of Quicksilver showed up on WandaVision. Did anyone ever explain why? Long story short after the film rights to all the Marvel characters were. Licensed to different studios there were only two that were allowed to be used by both Disney and Fox; Quicksilver and The Scarlet Witch. This was because of the strong connection they had with both the Avengers and the X-Men respectively. While Fox never had there own Wanda they did have the best version of Quicksilver!

[@Bigsteelguy4]

He's from the X-men movies Jax. I don't know if you seen them though. The prequel ones.

[@christievthomas3531]

@5:52 oh yeah Truman show👍

[@jayaramgandhiharibaskar4709]

That pietro maximoff is from X-Men universe. since you have not completed all the movies from x-men franchise you don't know that yet. same character but different universe, so different cast, just like spidermen.

[@reactswithjax]

Thank you! I'm looking forward to getting to the X-Men movie where he shows up!

[@ArianneMcD]

just to note here: the show starts in the 50's and yes it does go decade by decade.

[@MichaelJohnson-vi6eh]

Don't want to give any spoilers. This particular location is important, the TV show aspect is also critical. It's not some random thing she made up.

[@GRIZZLYSGEAR]

Vision had no choice but to put that guy back into the fantasy that Wanda is living, it would not have gone well to have him freaking out and upsetting Wanda at that point in time...

[@OneVoiceMore]

This has to be considered a new Vision. Much of his intellect was comprised of the Mind Stone.

[@k.delpino1124]

Wanda becoming the villain, i was sure that was it wasn't completely her fault. But she wasn't really hiding her feelings and trying to hold it together. Paul Bettany as Vision really shows more and more layers as much as in Infinity War. I imagined that he would not find out why things were so different till the end. Monica Rambeau slowly and surely becoming her comic counterpart was getting cool. S.W.O.R.D. (the team leader anyway) is just agents and soldiers compared to Wanda. No way they were a match, weather she was grieving or not. Going into the 1980s inside Westview did bring back memories. That was my era,The Cosby Show, Family Ties, Full House (Liz Olsen's twin sisters of course). Even Peters as the other Pietro Maximoff was a sucker punch. Marvel Studios & Fox had some crazy agreement back in the day pertaining to his screen availability.

[@mannygee005]

I have seen all of Jax's reactions 😊so this is not about spoiling... But as we find out later it is "magic on autopilot" and thus Wanda is not specifically controlling the whole town - it's magic on auto-pilot. Also she was not aware of what she did and how she did it, that's the story right? There are 3 camps... team Wanda who is a mystery, team SWORD and we don't know their true goal at this point, and team Agnes but we also are not aware of her minions at this time.

[@Uatu-the-Watcher]

“Aerospace engineer Aerospace engineer Aerospace engineer” Lol You’re a true fan. We all went through a week of speculation. lol

[@Belhade]

My guess was it was a Scottish lad, who had recently retired to be with his own family.

[@Uatu-the-Watcher]

@@Belhade ??

[@Belhade]

@@Uatu-the-Watcher spoiler alert: Agents of SHIELD Season 7 Fitz

[@aegon1targaryen208]

Always enjoy your reactions!!

[@reactswithjax]

Thank you so much!!!

[@kschneyer]

My sympathies were still with Wanda at this point: I understood the magnitude of the harm she was doing, but I took this to be a mostly (not entirely) involuntary result of severe trauma, like someone lashing out as part of PTSD. I took the scene-with-an-accent to be evidence of a compartmentalized personality, where one part of her knows what’s going on & another doesn’t. Between Monica & Hayward, I always trusted Monica more. The use of Evan Peters as Pietro utterly confused me. As to your proposed compromise . . . stay tuned.

[@roccoterzo]

it's the Pietro of the XMen Movies