WandaVision Episode 9: The Series Finale Review

For our review of the last episode of WandaVision, click here.

Let’s just face it, with the influx of speculation and fan theories developed over the course of its previous 8 episodes, not to mention the speculation on how it would set up this latest phase of the MCU, the finale of WandaVision was sure to not satisfy everyone. To its credit, this finale had quite the work to do in terms of wrapping up the series in enough of a satisfying way and it did. It certainly had a lot going for it and a little bit for everyone but despite this, it stayed true to the characters and their story. While there was action, there was drama, and there was humor, it still had the one constant that has remained true throughout the series which was great performances across the board. What more do Elizabeth Olsen and Kathryn Hahn have to do?

This episode started right where the last episode left off with Billy and Tommy in the clutches of Agatha. If it wasn’t already clear, she was goading Wanda into using her powers so she could absorb them. This was a cool fight that would go on longer but interrupting the proceedings was White Vision who was sent to kill Wanda. So the Visions paired up. It only took Vision to convince White Vision of being the real Vision to call him off.

As Wanda pursued Agatha, the latter pulled a nice trick by pinning the unchained and unhappy Westview residents against her. Wanda, as the Scarlet Witch, needed to come to terms with who she was and the prophecy that she would destroy the world. Instead, she saved the Westview residents by opening up the hex and allowing them to escape. This was just getting them out of the way for what was to come. However, the hex was not only keeping Vision alive but also Billy and Tommy.

Jimmy got caught by SWORD but Hayward was blinded by his confidence that his plan would work. His attempt at matching that confidence didn’t quite work, Escaping fake Pietro who was really the infamous Ralph, Monica joined the fray to protect the twins from Hayward (Darcy delivered some poetic justice). Meanwhile, Wanda finally got the upper hand on Agatha with some well-placed runes and took her power thus cementing herself as the Scarlet Witch, cool costume and all. For those speculating the fate of Agatha, she was spared and forced to live her life as Agnes in Westview.

At peace with their fates, the Maximoffs spent some time together as a family for the last time as the hex slowly shrunk onto itself. Those last moments between Wanda, Vision, and the twins and also between Wanda and Vision was truly some of the best work on the series as the latter pair’s goodbyes were truly emotional. Facing Monica and the residents of Westview one more time, she apologized before leaving Westview.

Of course it’s not over yet as Monica is reunited with her contact who was really a Skrull who had a message from someone up in space who was presumably Nick Fury who was in space the last time we saw him. Next, Wanda was in some remote cabin haven split herself in two to brush up on the infamous magical book to presumably find a way to free Billy and Tommy whose voices can be heard calling to their mother from inside the book.

Kudos to the series for not trying to be something more for the finale to appease all the theorists out there by staying true to the story it set out to tell and for the most part, it succeeded here and that should be good enough. For Marvel Studios’ first forray into television, WandaVision is an undisputed success, taking well-known characters in an original direction and blessing them with exceptional writing and creativity. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier has a lot to follow.

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Keith Noakes

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