The imagery of the beekeeper seems to be an amalgamation of a bunch of different ideas and characters from the comics. Who is the Creepy Guy in the Beekeeper Outfit? Hydra experimented on her and her brother, giving them these powers, and stripping away any chance at a normal life. Stark Industries weapons destroyed her city and killed her family. It could also be just a journey through the greatest hits of all the things that hurt Wanda. In Avengers: Age of Ultron, we learn that Wanda (and her brother Pietro) got their powers as a result of Baron Wolfgang von Strücker experiments with the Mind Stone. The second fake commercial in WandaVision is for a watch brand called Strücker which, like the commercial in the first episode, could be an allusion to Wanda’s origins in the MCU. And the number “57” on the side might be a reference to Avengers #57 which marked the first appearance of The Vision in the Marvel Universe.Īdvertisement What’s Up With That Fake Watch Ad? Damn you Hydra! When will we ever be rid of you? What Is Going on With the Toy Helicopter That Wanda Finds in Her Garden?Īlong with the voice on the radio, and the beekeeper at the end of the episode, the toy helicopter might be symbolic of attempts at the outside world trying to enter Wanda’s reality or communicate with her in some way. A fact mirrored at the end of this episode of WandaVision when everything finally shifts to colour. This episode of I Dream of Jeannie was also the final episode to be aired in black and white. In the I Dream of Jeannie episode “My Master, the Magician” (Season 1, Episode 29), there is a whole arc involving Jeannie and Tony, a NASA talent show, a levitation trick, and a magician who insists that it can only be done with a string connected to a mechanical device that lifts the person up.Īnd the similarities don’t end there. In the Bewitched episode “It’s Magic” (Season 1, Episode 16), Samantha uses her magic to make a broken down magician, Zeno, the hit of the Hospital Fund Auxiliary bazaar. With this episode channeling both Bewitched and I Dream of Jeannie, it’s no surprise that its narrative arc is also inspired by episodes from those two shows. Like in Episode 1 of WandaVision, the basic plot of Episode 2 also borrows from tried and tested sitcom tropes. (We’ll get into all of the Easter Eggs in this opening sequence at the end of this article.) It’s a Kind of Magic… Much like how the opening theme to Episode 1 paid homage to shows like The Donna Reed Show and The Patty Duke Show, Episode 2 lifts its animated opening sequence directly from the TV series Bewitched. Then again, at the end of the episode, when she says “NO!” and rewinds and resets her reality into something more pleasing, it appears like she does indeed have some control over what’s going on. Hearing the disembodied voice on the radio asking, “Who is doing this to you Wanda?” leads us to believe that there is some external force that is somehow manipulating her into creating this reality. Like Pleasantville and The Truman Show, elements from the outside world keep sneaking into Wanda’s “ideal” TV sitcom life, and threaten to upend the status quo. The only thing we know for sure after watching this episode is that there are two realities here: the real one and this manufactured one. In an effort to fit in, Wanda and Vision perform a magic act in their community talent show. Let’s get into it… Season 1 | Episode 2: “Don’t Touch That Dial” And a creepy guy in a beekeeper outfit climbed out of a manhole in the street. A disembodied voice reached out from inside a radio. We got a few more hints toward the bigger, darker mystery at the root of the series.
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