WARNING: The following contains spoilers for WandaVision Episode 5, "On a Very Special Episode...," now streaming on Disney+.
The latest episode of WandaVision dropped plenty of new information about the mysteries at the heart of the series, and it's only worked to thicken the plot. In "On a Very Special Episode...," the forces of S.W.O.R.D. attack Wanda, and she is forced to step outside of Westview to retaliate and to warn the agency to stay away from her. S.W.O.R.D., however, has no intention of backing down -- least of all acting director Tyler Hayward.
The episode may have toed the line between the agency and Wanda, but the new clues it has dropped has us wondering if perhaps the two sides are even more connected than it appears. In fact, it seems possible that S.W.O.R.D. is actually behind the creation of Westview.
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When Vision finally becomes uncertain of his reality in the series' latest episode, he confronts Wanda about the nature of their home. She explains that while she is in control of some things, she isn't in control of everyone at Westview. She's not pulling all of the strings, and, more importantly, she says that she has no idea how any of this started. This means that it's more than likely Wanda didn't create the alternate reality at the heart of Westview.
So, while there are theories that Wanda is being manipulated by Agnes or even Mephisto, what if it's actually S.W.O.R.D. After several hints that the organization was monitoring the situation in Westview in the series' first three episodes, "We Interrupt This Program" took fans out into the real world, after S.W.O.R.D. agent Monica Rambeau was brought back to life following the Blip and returned to work for her agency. When she met with acting director Hayward, Monica learned that the organization's focus wasn't in space anymore -- it was sentient weapons.
The term "sentient weapons" is vague, to say the least, but it makes more sense when it's revealed in "On a Very Special Episode..." that it was S.W.O.R.D. who had Vision's body -- and they appeared to be studying it. It's possible the organization planned on using Vision's body to create something new, as part of their new mission statement. Since the agency is now in the business of building technological weapons, then perhaps whatever created the reality of Westview is their doing. After all, the biggest clue that fuels this theory is the barrier that separates the sitcom reality from the real world. Viewers have seen this warped wall on several occasions, and what is perhaps most noteworthy about it is that it hums with energy that appears to be born from technology -- not magic.
In fact, when Wanda faces Hayward, Monica, and the rest of S.W.O.R.D.'s forces just outside of the barrier, she has to use her powers to breach through the wall. The red glow of her abilities clashes with the blue, purplish barrier, which may reveal that this wall is not of her own making. What's more, it's clear that the entirety of Westview is contained in a hexagon, a geometrical shape that appears to be calculated, which could be further proof that the barrier itself comes from a technological source.
But if that's the case, the reason S.W.O.R.D. create a weapon that alters reality and the identity of those contained within a certain perimeter remains a mystery. Fortunately, the answer to that may be found in the comics. In 2016's Avengers: Standoff! crossover event, it was revealed that S.H.I.E.L.D. had created an entire town that was populated by villains. This Pleasant Hill was actually a prison where all of these supervillains were given new identities and memories by a sentient Cosmic Cube named Kobik.
In their mission to create sentient weapons that could respond to super-threats, S.W.O.R.D. could have created something similar to Pleasant Hill. Westview could be a trial run, and the unknowing Monica Rambeau could have been dispatched by Hayward to find out what went wrong with their experiment. This remains just a theory for now, but there is so much fans still don't know about S.W.O.R.D. -- and for the time being, they can't be certain they aren't behind all of this.
Written by Jac Schaeffer and directed by Matt Shakman, WandaVision stars Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch, Paul Bettany as Vision, Randall Park as Agent Jimmy Woo, Kat Dennings as Darcy Lewis, Teyonah Parris as Monica Rambeau and Kathryn Hahn as Agnes. New episodes air Fridays on Disney+.
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