It’s finally over…but what does it all mean? 

WandaVision, created by Jac Schaeffer, was Marvel’s first television series airing on Disney+, (and in case you aren’t caught up) just aired its series finale for fans to enjoy…and again, spoilers ahead.

At the end of the last episode, Wanda had to fight her former friend and neighbor Agnes, (Kathryn Hahn) who turned out to be witch Agatha Harkness, as comic book fans will recognize from Marvel’s Scarlet Witch series.

Over the course of the series and during the final fight with Agatha, Wanda realizes that her illusions are hurting the other people around her. She needed to accept that fact to find the strength to overcome her illusions and save everyone.

But this victory came at the cost of her illusion children, and the version of Vision she created. After she dismantles the illusions and completely frees everyone, she runs away and is shown (in the final post-credits sequence) studying Agatha’s spell book in her full Scarlet Witch regalia. (Agatha was the first person during all of Wanda’s MCU appearances to call her by that name.)

Now going forward, there is a very real possibility that the Scarlet Witch could be the MCU’s newest villain, given all she did to the unsuspecting people of Westview during her grief-stricken eleven day reign of terror.

(End spoilers.) If you haven’t started the show, now is a great time to binge the whole thing, rather than waiting a week between new episodes like many viewers did. The show was a marvelously constructed departure from the really big stories we were getting from the Marvel movies.

The series began in a rather quirky manner, especially if you’re used to the other products in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. A black and white sitcom-style direction starts reminiscent of I Love Lucy or The Dick Van Dyke Show kicks off Wanda and Vision’s story in this show, but there wass certainly something mysterious going on behind this facade.      

Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany (Wanda Maximoff and The Vision respectively) got more time to work together on screen, displaying an enjoyable chemistry in a variety of different contexts and tones. They both attempt to live a ‘non-avenging’ lifestyle while the world begins to reveal itself to the audience. All the while, on the outside world, a government agency named S.W.O.R.D begins to analyze the goings on of Wanda’s peculiar situation.     

Within this new agency were some new and familiar faces to fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Teyonah Parris starred as Captain Monica Rambeau of S.W.O.R.D, the character the audience follows on this side of the story. The same character appears as a child in Captain Marvel (2019), being the daughter of one of Carol Danvers’ closest friends. Additionally Randall Park reprises his role of Jimmy Woo, an FBI agent investigating alongside Monica. Park previously appeared in Antman & The Wasp (2018).     

This series, while not as action-packed as the main Marvel Cinematic Universe, did have its fair share of exciting high points. This series has some interesting styles – most episodes were homages to classic sitcoms from other eras – and writing methods used in creative ways to make each episode feel fresh. In addition to great directing and visual design, a slow burning mystery and dramatic twists.

Observant fans will have noticed a number of easter eggs sprinkled throughout the series, for fans of many different varieties, but we won’t spoil these here.    

WandaVision has nine total episodes available to watch on Disney+ and its characters and story will eventually rejoin the main Marvel Cinematic Universe with Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Madness. If you enjoy WandaVision, you should look out for Marvel’s next upcoming Disney+ series, including those such as The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Loki, What if…?, Hawkeye, Ms. Marvel, Ironheart and She-Hulk.