Hayward is DEFINITELY a villain.

TCTTS said:

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Hayward is DEFINITELY a villain.

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Here's the thing... I don't think so now... to a certain extent... episodes 1-5 and the start of this one... my initial thought was he is an obvious dick... and he was trying to stop Wanda... and because he didn't, knowing well what she's capable of doing... that aftermath happens... the BIGGEST thing I feel is it's all misdirection... they want us to hate him... hell, they even bring in the character Woo who learns misdirection from Ant Man.... we as the viewers behind the 4th wall can see ourself in Darcy, woo and Rambone... and that 4th wall just broke...

DEMON SPAWN, they ****ing said it

Also very interesting that we saw Xmen Pietro with the Marvel Peitro bullets.

Agnes seemed fully under control of Wanda

Very Malcom in the Middle Vibes

Definitely setting up Monica as Photon from the comics.

Also the Kick-ass reference considering Aaron Taylor Johnson was on the nose and perfect

TCTTS said:

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Gotcha, thanks. Figured it had to be during one of his quick spiels. And yeah, Hexed Darcy should be fun. Trying to think of the docu-comedy character type she could play...

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We are getting the 2 Broke Girls Wandavision crossover no one wanted

Great episode, especially the parts inside Westview.

But the pacing and the storyline outside the hex during the first half was just all sorts of rushed. Hayward going full villain in 2 seconds flat, the trio taking out soldiers then sneaking back in, Darcy being able to hack military network security. That part was all a bit eye rolling and cliche, something we have not really had much of in all of the MCU.

1. Project cataracts - because cataracts impair Vision.
2a. The growing hex rewriting genetic code - creating mutants eventually? So a reverse House of M.
2b. Monica blowing off the whole impact to her cells was very off. Especially with her mom having died of cancer. that just seemed... very detached.
3a. Still cannot figure out the association with the commercial. The two actors were not in it, of course. Something feeding off magic is the best i can come up with. So it creates a world where Wanda is content so that the Big Bad can feed on her powers?
3b. Vampire reference for Pietro, feeding off someone else, kind of like the commercial, draining the child?
4. Lots of hell, demons, etc references this episode (NJ charming a s hell, reference to the kids being demon spawn or something like that. Guess we are getting Mephisto.
5. A Vision based weapon could be a precuror to Sentinels (for general purpose use, later for mutants).
6. Herb knew things were going to happen before they did. Who was telegraphing it to him? Also he mentioned changing things like Agnes did last episode.
7. Yeah, the person has got to be Reed Richards now as well.

At the start, Agnes booty says Naughty on it... I had to slow it down to read what was on it in case it was a secret meaning

Mr. Robot is the only mainstream show (or movie) to accurately depict hacking on screen, and make it legit suspenseful. It proved that we can move past all the silly, uber-slick folder and pop-up window nonsense. Just seeing the actual, raw code, and filming it in a cool/suspenseful way (close-ups on the code being written, close-ups on the hacker, cutting back and forth between the impending/approaching figurative ticking time bomb), is so much more effective than all the glossy, overly-designed, computer graphic bullsh*t like we saw tonight (my only complaint in an otherwise stellar episode).