REVIEW: WandaVision, Season 1 Episode Three 'Now In Colour'

 REVIEW: WandaVision, Season 1 Episode Three 'Now In Colour'

With Marvel Studios' latest television project The Falcon And The Winter Soldier currently nearing the end of its run, I thought I'd take a look back at my thoughts on WandaVision's third episode 'Now In Colour', from the initial time of viewing.

If there's anything I have found most impressive in WandaVision's first three episodes, it's the sheer attention to detail on display. The attention to detail in this episode is absolutely staggering, as the show at this point moves on from the 60s to 70s. The way that the titles, costume, props, theme song even...are made to represent the period really shows the amount of thought and effort that has gone into this show. They have really gone to town to painstakingly recreate the look and feel of these different periods of sitcom history.

And as with the previous two episodes, the jokes really do land. I loved the one liner reference to Vision (Paul Bettany) being an android with the line about how he's all steel, the gag about Wanda's (Elizabeth Olsen) waters breaking whilst it rains indoors, the scene with the stork, the crude rebuttal about how babies are made to Vision's curiosity on how Wanda's pregnancy could be happening so quick... There are so many memorable moments that it would be impossible to list them all. It's an episode that plays fast and loose with the sitcom tropes, whilst also showing that there is this sinister underbelly underneath all of the domestic comedy shenanigans. WandaVision knows this isn't where we as the viewers expect Wanda to be, and it plays with that confusion to its advantage. It's also the episode that has the best unnerving teases for sure, which really dig into the idea that something isn't quite right. Vision realising something is up and Wanda rewinding him casting his doubts to her is genuinely quite unsettling, as is the scene at the end when Ultron is mentioned and Wanda's face just turns fierce. And that whole scene with Vision trying to get out the truth from Agnes (Kathryn Hahnn) and the neighbour Herb (David Payton) at the end...I could just go on and on about this episode.

Speaking of Kathryn Hahnn, she is an actor who is proving to be a real star of this show. Katheryn Hahhn conveys so much screen presence; whenever she appears, she dominates the screen, and gives so much life and character to the series that she stands toe-to-toe with Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany without breaking a sweat. She's a real tour de force of acting, and I cannot wait to see more of her later in the series.

I absolutely loved the Agents of SHIELD reference with the Hydra soap advert. It was great to finally see a Marvel Studios property acknowledge Agents of SHIELD after so long of the show being ignored, with a direct call-back to the Framework mini-arc from the programme's fourth season. Also: was it just me, or was that exotic setting in the advert a deliberate reference to 'Project TAHITI'? It reminded me a hell of a lot of Coulson's (played by Clark Gregg) 'magical place'.

Overall, 'Now In Colour' is an episode that demonstrates exactly why WandaVision works. It fully commits to its sitcom tropes, and displays a thrilling 70s aesthetic that evokes shows from that time period, all the while delivering these satisfyingly disconcerting moments demonstrating that something is afoot. Featuring a fun call-back to Agents of SHIELD and impressive acting from our two leads, this is a Marvel Studios instalment you really don't want to miss.

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