From Meh to Must Watch: WandaVision

Let’s be honest. Nobody was checkin’ for WandaVision when it was about to premiere mid-January. Keep it real. You was all strung out on them Disney Investor Day announcements and fatigued from Wonder Woman 1984 mediocrity. You was sippin the Inauguration hype kool aid. Then WandaVision hit the scene with the I Love Lucy x Bewitched x Dick Van Dyke x I Dream of Jeannie old school sitcom vibes and it was simply marvelous. I mean, we knew that was gonna be the case from the trailers, but you also knew they would eventually turn this into a “Marvel” show.

The question became, how invested would we, the viewer be early on? Would we be rolling our eyes at the antics in black and white, and eager to get to the Avengers-type shit? There’s a reason they released episodes 1 and 2 at the same time. Set The Tone It’s easy to tell how much effort went into providing that genuine 50s and 60s husband and wife show feel with a hint of powers. There were brief moments of Marvel magic during the dinner with Vision’s boss and Kitty from That 70s Show, and obviously, during the malfunctioning magician scenes. But for the most part, this was as palatable as it gets for the fair weather fan. People were intrigued. Real fans were delighted at the easter eggs, references and breadcrumbs being dropped as we started to get a look behind the veil of Westview.

Then the 3rd episode hit and Vision began gaining Westview sentience and Paul Bettany started acting his ass off. You started to understan…