#9

WandaVision

The first Marvel Studios Disney + TV show is, arguably, the best of them all. WandaVision was not supposed to be the first Disney + show, but the schedule got messed up with Covid and this got moved into that spot.

WandaVision got more popular with each week, as the collected fanbase argued and debated about what was going on and what was going to happen.

WandaVision turned out to be a show about grief and loss, as Wanda had to deal with the loss of her great love, Vision. Of course, she does not deal with the loss well.

Elizabeth Olson and Paul Bettany were amazing in this show, both showing was top line actors they are. Their chemistry was great and their relationship carried the show.

There was also the strange format of the show. The first two episodes were shot in black and white and followed setup of classic sitcoms like MaryTyler Moore Show, I Love Lucy and Dick Van Dyke Show. Following episodes were based on Partridge Family, Brady Bunch, Full House, Modern Family among others. But it was not just the format of the show, it was part of the story.

WandaVision introduced us to the delicious Kathryn Hahn as Agatha Harkness and would spin her off into her own Disney + show, Agatha All Along.

WandaVision gave us one of the most memorable quotes in MCU history. Vision told Wandsa, who was grieving the loss of her brother Pietro, “What is grief, if not love perservering?”

WandaVision ran for nine episodes on Disney + and provided an amazing, self-contained series while still existing clearly in the MCU.

Flourish!