Yeahhh…
Couple of eps ago I praised them for featuring them as ‘speaking in couplespeak’…meaning they’d been together a long time and could just use shorthand.
And I didn’t say it, but I really liked how they avoided the ‘shrewish one at home chastising her husband.’
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So I feel like Jack might be the undercover one. It seemed like he didn’t “recognize” Clint until after Eleanor did-maybe he wanted to see how Clint wanted to play it?
The rooftop fight could have been better-four people in black, two of them dark-haired women, at night? I get putting Yelena in the hood, but…
And I’ll eat my words about Renner to an extent-he’s shown some decent acting chops in this.
Rather than giving up the spy life to become a stay-at-home mom, it’s possible that she was injured badly at some point, and had to retire because of it. Or went on medical leave, found out she was pregnant, and never went back.
Then again, it’s also possible that she has no training, but Clint taught her about his job enough that she kinda acts as his Oracle on occasion.
Sure, maybe, but then we’re back to the writers scripted events to get the female superspy becoming a stay-at-home mom while the male superspy continues his career outside the home.
I think that’s a much more interesting direction to go with the character, and I personally hope that’s what they’re doing.
Anyone married to an Avenger is going to be pretty clued in to what is going on and what their spouse is up to. There’s no way he would be able to keep a secret life that his wife knew nothing about when he is on the news saving the world.
She doesn’t need to be a super spy to be in the know and helping ones spouse doesn’t really need to be explained, it’s just what people do naturally. I’m not sure it needs to be overthought.
If only they would have named him Nick Furry instead of Lucky the Pizza Dog…
Plus, isn’t one of the points with this character that the whole “jet around the world” thing isn’t as glamorous or rewarding as it seems?
Something just occurred to me:
Could Laura Barton be the mysterious person in Witness Protection mentioned in WandaVision?
On the surface, that sounds implausible, especially since she’s married to an Avenger. But I’m sure more creative minds than mine could have a way for it to fit the dynamic.
I forget the context for that. Was that the person who supplied the drone?
FBI Agent Jimmy Woo originally came to Westview searching for someone in the Witness Protection Program* who the Feds had lost contact with. That witness is then…basically never mentioned again. The identity of that witness is a lingering mystery.
Unless the Barton farm is in Westview, NJ, though, it can’t be Laura Barton (unless she just happened to be passing through Westview when Wanda cast the Hex).
*In the real world, the Witness Protection Program is run by the U.S. Marshals Service not the FBI, but law enforcement agencies in the MCU tends to have pretty fuzzy jurisdictions.
I thought this was revealed to be ‘Pietro’ ?
That was my vague recollection as well, but multiple online sources agree, Ralph Bohner was established in dialogue as just some rando Westview resident, and the Witness was never identified on-screen.
Probably not an important one, though. Many ordinary crimes happen in the MCU which would be under the jurisdiction of the FBI in the MCU and of no interest to anyone in the super-hero world. It was just a way of calling the disappearance of Westview to the attention of the wider world.
That was certainly my impression. I assume the Witness was one of the Westview residents that was identified on SWORD’s board when Jimmy Woo was still part of their taskforce, and wasn’t mentioned because out-of-universe they were just a hook to get Jimmy Woo involved, and in-universe at that point it was clear to everyone that their presence was a complete coincidence.
Since WandaVision involved a lot of subtle clues and Easter Eggs, though, there’s been a fair amount of online speculation that the identity of the Witness is actually somehow important, and further speculation about who it could be. I personally don’t think the identity of the Witness was any more important than the true identity of the aerospace engineer who turned out to be some random Air Force Space Command officer or of “Pietro” who turned out to be some random Westview resident. I wouldn’t be surprised, though, if some MCU project at some point retcons the Witness into being someone significant.
I feel like there must be some comic somewhere about Uatu the Watcher being placed in Witness Protection.
New episode dropped today.
I enjoyed the conversation between Kate and Yelena. It wasn’t the most action-packed episode, but I’m really digging the series.
That final reveal was nicely handled, too.
This ep felt like it was necessary to tie up some loose ends. I think we now know who all the villains are and set up what needs to happen in the finale next week.
Ok, that WAS Vincent D’Onofrio right?
He’s listed in the credits, so yeah.
I’m glad they didn’t recast Vincent D’Onofrio. I was afraid there might since there was that thing about Disney/Marvel distancing themselves from the netflix TV shows, and not considering them canon.