The MCU has finally returned with WANDAVISION! Will and Jes discuss the highly-anticipated premiere (episodes 1 & 2) with guest Ben Adelman.
Topics include:

General impressions, brief non-spoiler review.
SPOILERS BEGIN: ~16:54.
Which audiences WandaVision appeals to (and which it might not).
The many genres of WandaVision.
The central mysterty of the show.
Will we get "event fatigue?"
Thematic connections to the comics that inspired the show (House of M and The Vision).
Why the classic sitcom format was the perfect fit to illustrate how Wanda's trauma is affecting her.
Wanda's power level: MCU and the show vs. the comics.
Who could be manipulatiung Wanda.
Vision = Frodo Baggins?? 
How the comics inspiring the show point toward tragedy.
Elements from the comics in the show.
Agnes: victim, friend or foe?
Who created Wanda's alternate reality -- who manipulated her into it.
Clues in the show that tell us the extent of Wanda's control over her alternate reality.
Mephisto.
S.W.O.R.D.: what they're doing in the show.
Why the S.W.O.R.D. helicopter was toy-sized (and how the same principle could explain the beekeeper).
Balancing the narrative and the meta-narrative.
The Agent Coulson wager.
What happens (and the dangers of) when Wanda goes off-script.
How many of Agnes's lines can be read two ways, and what that implies about the mystery and her character.
Agnes's purpose in the Wanda's altered reality.
How Jes's kids reacted to the show.

Predictions/theories/hopes:

What Vision's calculations at work could mean.
Why S.W.O.R.D. might be involved with these events on Earth, rather than S.H.I.E.L.D.
The possible importance of the very first line of the show.
Which surprising characters might be a part of the show moving forwward.
A post-credits scene at the end of the series? What it could be.
Which character might has a chance of making a surprise camero appearance and make the fandom erupt with joy.

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