WandaVision episode 5: Let’s figure out the Luke Skywalker-level cameo

WandaVision episode 5: Allow'due south figure out the Luke Skywalker-level cameo

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WandaVision episode 5 is about here and it'due south already leaking out its own spoilers, or at least teasing them. Big trailers are highlighting huge shifts, and the show's star is as well setting expectations extremely high for who is almost to join sitcom-similar earth.

So, let's take a close await at who may be joining the show side by side — based on the plot and leaks too. Plus. since Wanda can't stop changing the decade that she'southward experiencing, we're going to take a await at the most likely shows for WandaVision to pay homage to next.

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WandaVision'southward promising a big cameo

Every bit far back as summertime 2020, nosotros heard rumors that a huge MCU character would arrive in WandaVision. But those rumors pointed to a WandaVision show with a much more different story. Wanda, nosotros heard, was in French republic, living off the grid. That could be a plot point we observe later in the season, though.

But the big news is that Elizabeth Olsen told TVLine that WandaVision will deliver a major casting surprise. TVLine asked her if WandaVision would have annihilation similar to Luke Skywalker showing upwardly in The Mandalorian flavor 2, and she replied with a simple "Yeah." She declined to give specifics, but laughed and then said, "I'm actually excited."

WandaVision episode 5 and beyond — who's next? — (Paradigm credit: Disney Plus)

This makes us wonder who exactly is going to air current up in Westview (or outside in the real world). And since this grapheme could be at the level of Luke Skywalker — but for the Curiosity universe — it'south easy to speculate that we'll encounter a major Avenger.

One easy respond is Medico Strange, as nosotros've long heard WandaVision will necktie into Md Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (due in March 2022). Foreign's reality-warping powers would fit right in with WandaVision.

But, no boldness to Benedict Cumberbatch, his character would exist a disappointment when expectations are this high. Since Disney bought 20th Century Fox, it tin at present include the X-Men properties, so information technology's not difficult to guess that we could see Wanda finally reunite with her dear old dad Magneto. He could fifty-fifty play a similar role, as a deux-ex machina, who helps save Wanda from this earth she may be stuck in (voluntarily?).

WandaVision episode 5 and beyond — (Image credit: Chuck Zlotnick)

Since-deleted footage suggested that Evan Peters could appear every bit Quicksilver, only he'southward no Luke Skywalker, fifty-fifty if he can practically run on thin air. Some X-fans I've talked to have suggested Jean Gray and Wolverine every bit other possible cameo options, merely I'd expect the character to tie into Wanda'south life more closely, as the series is seemingly all near how she's handling the grief of Vision passing away.

WandaVision'southward headed to other shows

The first three episodes of WandaVision paralleled television sitcoms of the 1950s, '60s and '70s. Showtime came the blackness-and-white style found in classics like The Dick Van Dyke Show and I Honey Lucy, and so the show transitioned into colour during an episode reminiscent of Bewitched. Episode iii mimicked The Brady Agglomeration (right downward to the floating staircase).

While the quaternary installment took a hiatus from the sitcom surreality, we're heading back to Westview. Trailers and images indicate this calendar week's new WandaVision is totally '80s — Wanda is sporting big hair while Agnes is wearing a jazzercise outfit. The vibe reminds the states of Full House, while the set resembles that of Family Ties.

Standing through the decades means episode half dozen should take place in the '90s. The biggest show of that era was Friends, merely WandaVision has firmly focused on family unit sitcoms. And the nigh iconic family unit sitcom of the '90s was … The Simpsons. Will WandaVision go the animated road? There's been admittedly no hint of that in promos, but perhaps Curiosity is going to surprise the states. After all, The Simpsons is at present a Disney property (and the entire series is streaming on Disney Plus).

Afterward that comes the 2000s, which is another decade defined by comedies that focused less on family unit and more on workplaces — recall The Office and 30 Stone. Only perhaps WandaVision will accept a turn toward the zany and adopt the fashion of Malcolm in the Center (also a 20th Century Fox production).

The 2010s-themed episode is easier to judge, as we saw glimpses of information technology in the most contempo trailer. Wanda is talking straight to the camera, mockumentary fashion, a la Mod Family unit.

(Interestingly, ABC's award-winning striking evidence was also produced by 20th Century Fox only isn't streaming on Disney Plus. Instead, the entire serial is streaming on both Hulu and Peacock.)

And equally for the finale episode, we're guessing that the show-within-a-evidence format breaks down since it's reached "present" fourth dimension. After all, what is WandaVision if not the family unit sitcom for the streaming era?

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