WandaVision: What’s hidden in plain sight in Episode 5

There’s more going on with WandaVision’s fifth episode than you may imagine, including that very surprising and baffling ending.

Fittingly titled, “On A Very Special Episode…,” the fifth episode of Disney+‘s WandaVision  took inspiration from those 1980s sitcoms which blended drama with its comedy, particularly Family Ties. Not only does the “casting” of Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision’s (Paul Bettany) boys, but the heroic couple’s first marital fight, all result in Vision starting to question his reality. It also had one of the biggest surprise endings thus far, one that seems to potentially change the landscape of the Marvel Cinematic Universe forever.

Yet within its messages about (literally) growing up way too fast, dealing with death and loss, secrets and lies, and that new fangled thing called “email,” the miniseries continued dropping clues and hints to its greater and hidden storyline. And as we’ve seen so far, there’s more to them than what they first appear to be.

There’s plenty to decipher here, so be ready for some potential SPOILERS as we take a deeper look at what’s happening inside the “Hex” (fitting name), especially when it comes to that ending.

“Let’s…take it from the top?” in WandaVision

We’ve bandied about a lot of theories of what’s really been going on in WandaVision, and this episode appeared to confirm a few of them.

Thanks to Monica (Teyonah Parris) shooting the groovy ’70s outfit she wore while inside Westview and discovering it was made from her kevlar vest, we know Wanda is changing and altering pre-existing matter, not creating it out of (pardon the pun) whole cloth. We also know that Wanda stole Vision’s body from a S.W.O.R.D. facility, and if you read last week’s article, you may also suspect why the organization with the phrase “Sentient Weapon” in their name really had it (hint: Wanda isn’t the one trying to revive Vision to make him into a weapon).

Yet the biggest confirmation we got from this episode is that Agnes (Kathryn Hahn) is fully aware that she, Wanda, Vision, and the people of Westview are trapped in a sitcom. If anything, she, not Wanda, might be the real “director” of the show within the show.

The moment in which Vision briefly restores Norm’s (Asif Ali) memory, and his trapped colleague tells him, “You have to stop her”? We’re meant to think he’s talking about Wanda, but what if it’s Agnes? What if she, not Wanda, is the one reprogramming the citizens of Westview? After all, Wanda does tell Vision she has no control over what everyone in Westview does in their spare time.

In addition, notice that anytime that Tommy (Gavin Borders and Jett Kylne) and Billy (Baylen D. Bielitz and Jullian Hillard) age, Agnes just so happens to be around? Of course, seeing as we suspect Agnes is actually Agatha Harkness, this definitely tracks. Incidentally, that lavender perfume she sprays on the twins? In both witchcraft, aromatherapy, homeopathic medicine, lavender and lavender oils weren’t only used for relaxation but also for treating infertility. Rather telling, then, Agnes uses it “every night” when she’s with her husband “Ralph.”

Speaking of other residents in Westview whom Wanda has no control over…