WandaVision episode 6 continues building out the world of Westview in very literal ways, sparking even more mysteries, questions, and theories for fan speculation. With only three episodes remaining the MCU’s first Disney+ series, the story of WandaVision seems to be building toward a climax. The beautiful illusion Scarlet Witch has constructed continues to fall apart in episode 6, leading to an ending that could have major ramifications.
Episode 6 makes another leap forward in WandaVision’s sitcom timeline, paying tribute to more recent classics like Malcolm in the Middle in a special Halloween-themed episode. The newly-revived Pietro Maximoff, aka Quicksilver (Evan Peters), continues to baffle with his very existence, while Wanda and Vision’s twin sons Billy and Tommy discover their own superpowers. The episode ends with Vision attempting to escape from Scarlet Witch’s hexagonal bubble, only to start dying as soon as he leaves its walls. In response, Wanda expands the bubble far beyond the borders of Westview, encompassing the SWORD camp and bringing even more people under her control.
At the same time that Wanda’s control over her perfect world is failing, her powers continue to grow. The source of those powers and how the Westview situation began still remain mysterious, however, as do many other aspects of WandaVision’s story. Here are some of the biggest questions and theories after episode 6.
WandaVision episode 6 features a lot of Evan Peters’s Quicksilver, but all that screen time only makes his return more confusing. The theory that this is actually the X-Men version of the character pulled in from another part of the multiverse seems to have been proved false by Pietro’s personal memories of being killed by Ultron, and the fact that his powers are visually more in line with Aaron Taylor-Johnson. Of course, nothing has been proven yet.
In episode 6, Pietro tells Wanda that he heard her calling to him, and that that’s why he appeared in Westview. However, Wanda clearly has no recollection of actively summoning him, and it’s unclear how she could have done so even if she wanted to. He could still be a spy serving some background villain (Mephisto? SWORD?), or he could be the byproduct of Wanda’s powers growing beyond her control. None of that explains why his face has changed, though, so a multiverse theory tying into Fox’s X-Men franchise is still a possibility, even if an unlikely one.
Wanda and Vision’s twin sons Tommy and Billy become even more central to the story in WandaVision episode 6, largely because they begin to unlock their own superpowers. They don variants of their comic book costumes for Halloween, foreshadowing their transformation into the young heroes Speed (Tommy) and Wiccan (Billy). Even after just a brief amount of time, the boys show incredible aptitude with their abilities – Tommy with his Quicksilver-esque super speed, and Billy with foresight and magical powers akin to those of his mother.
As both boys grow closer to their comic book counterparts, the question of their actual nature on WandaVision grows larger. In the comics, Speed and Wiccan are conceived by Scarlet Witch using power from Mephisto, essentially. They weren’t resurrected from the dead like Vision and (seemingly) Pietro, which suggests they might be more than just another part of the illusion. That theory is backed up by Billy and Tommy's powers as Wiccan and Speed, respectively, and by Wanda’s inability to control them with her own. It still looks like Wanda’s power is being amplified somehow, and the source of that amplification could also be what allowed Tommy and Billy to be created.
Vision finally gets to the border of Wanda’s Westview illusion at the end of WandaVision episode 6, but his attempt at escape doesn’t go well. He fights the barrier painfully, seemingly held back by its power, and when he finally manages to break through it, he quickly begins to disintegrate. Pieces of Vision’s vibranium body are ripped and torn off of him, flying back into the hex and leaving him convulsing on the ground, seemingly near death.
The most obvious explanation for why Vision immediately starts dying after leaving Westview is that Scarlet Witch’s powers are keeping him alive, and those powers only stretch to the borders of the bubble. If Vision is truly dead, it makes sense that he wouldn’t be able to continue without the sustenance Wanda provides. That theory also backs up the idea that there’s something about Westview specifically that is endowing Wanda with heightened powers. To save Vision, Wanda expands the barrier of the bubble to encompass him and the entire SWORD/FBI camp, which seems to heal him. It’s also possible that the barrier itself is what causes the damage – as no one has been seen leaving the bubble so far without Wanda’s permission – but that seems less likely.
While exploring the disturbing outer borders of Westview, inhabited by barely-animated people on the fringes of Scarlet Witch’s mind control power, Vision finds their neighbor Agnes frozen in a car, sitting at the intersection that marks the edge of Wanda’s power. Vision uses his abilities to temporarily free her mind from Wanda’s control, and she immediately recognizes him as one of the Avengers. Then she starts shouting at him that he’s dead, prompting him to re-block her brain and send her back into town.
This can all be pretty easily explained away via Wanda’s powers, but there are several clues Agnes’s case, in particular, might be a little different. For starters, how does she know where to go to get out and? How is she able to get there? No other repressed residents seem capable of getting anywhere near the barrier, but Vision finds Agnes incredibly close. A running theory is that Agnes is actually the witch Agatha Harkness from the comics, a theory that’s further supported by her witch Halloween costume. Agnes hasn’t been identified by SWORD yet, so there’s still plenty of reason to suspect her presence in Westview is different than that of the others.
SWORD director Hayward takes a few steps closer to villainy in WandaVision episode 6, and some fancy hacking from Dr. Darcy Lewis seems to reveal that there’s a lot going on with the organization that isn’t common knowledge. Darcy discovers a hidden file for a secret weapons project labeled “Cataract” – a medical condition that impairs a person’s vision. In all likelihood, the project was being conducted via research on Vision’s corpse until Wanda stole Vision's body from SWORD HQ before fleeing to Westview.
What exactly “Cataract” is remains unclear, but it could be a clue to SWORD’s real intentions. If they were doing important secret research and development using Vision’s body, their real mission might simply be to reclaim that body from Wanda. Earlier references to SWORD changing from a defense agency to a weapons developer also hint at a darker turn under Hayward’s leadership. Regardless of what actually happens, Hayward and SWORD have been positioned as clear antagonists after ousting Monica, Darcy and Jimmy, and the group's true goal may reveal itself in the next few episodes of WandaVision.
At one point in WandaVision episode 6, Pietro asks Wanda how she managed to create the WandaVision hex barrier and control everyone within, noting that it’s well beyond the abilities she’s shown previously. In response, Wanda responds with the same claim she made to Vision in episode 5 – that she doesn’t remember how it all started. She recalls feeling terribly depressed and alone, suggesting that the combination of repeated traumatic events and her own unstable powers launched her into some sort of volatile fugue state. But that still doesn’t explain the drastic increase in her own power level. The theory that something in the shadows of Westview is amplifying her remains highly likely, especially after her expansion of the hex at the end of episode 6. Will the bubble continue growing? Did she truly create life? These questions will surely be at the heart of WandaVision’s final three episodes.
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