- As Monica materializes, we can hear Carol Danvers’ voice and her nickname “Lieutenant. Problems, ”a reminder of the bond the two shared in their time together at Captain Ma
- The drone Monica sends to Westview features Captain Marvel’s colors because of course it does. She introduced the hero’s color scheme to start!
- Is it possible that Monica was able to pass through Wanda’s energy field because of her latent powers? Monica’s powers in the comics allow her to transform into energy, and there are a lot of weird things about energy in this week’s episode.
- Monica wakes up from the blip in room 104 of the hospital. Room 104 has no meaning in Captain Marvel’s story, but Avengers # 104 is a potentially interesting connection. This problem has the Avengers and the X-Men teaming up to fight the mutant hunter Sentinels, who have tied Wanda to a machine that will cause a solar explosion that will … sterilize humans, allowing the Sentinels to reproduce genetic variation that causes the mutation. Weird.
MARIA RAMBEAU
- Maria Rambeau de Captain Marvel it is confirmed that he died of cancer between Infinite War and Endgame. Apparently, she worked for SWORD in a high-level position, possibly even founding the organization, probably inspired by the madness she witnessed in the 1990s, as depicted in Captain Marvel.
- During her time at SWORD, Maria kept the code “Photon”, one of the many codenames that Monica would use as a superhero in the comics.
SWORD
- Monica arriving at SWORD HQ is a bittersweet juxtaposition with news about “the celebrations continue” while people are reunited with their loved ones, as Maria has never seen her daughter return.
- SWORD director Tyler Hayward appears to be an entirely new MCU creation, but he shares the surname with a “Brian Hayward” who was a villain in the Marvel film SHIELD agents.
- Does anyone else think that the blue, black and white SWORD color scheme may be causing a Fantastic Four connection? Mainly because Hayward and Monica have a conversation about an “astronaut training program” that is apparently not going very well.
- Monica’s van number is S-8512. No, we didn’t find any meaning for that either. It has special government / SWORD signs that say ZB718. Drawing a blank space as well.
- The name of the SWORD agent with Darcy when she discovers the transmission is Agent Monti. Nor does any Marvel bell ring with us.
Westview
- As we suspect, Westview is actually in northern New Jersey, probably in Bergen County. If we’re right, the “Route 2” that Monica is driving to get to Westview (exit 32) no longer exists and may be what is known as Route 17, which runs through NJ and New York.
- The population of Westview is 3,892. Does anyone have anything in that number? March 8, 1992? August 3, 1992?
ARE YOU, MEPHISTO?
The Eastview sheriff’s vehicle number is 1966. This does not correspond to the years of Wanda, Vision, Jimmy or Monica’s first appearance. BUT … stay with us for a minute here …
If you look at these numbers closely, “9” and “6” don’t seem to be different numerals. And what is a “9” if not an inverted “6”, which means that this is a low tone, continuing the recurring motif “666” that keeps showing up on this show.
The sheriff’s representatives are from the city of “Eastview”. Mephisto is also known as Lucifer … as in Lucifer Morningstar, and The Satanic Bible says that, as one of the princes of Hell, the domain of Lucifer is “east”.
JIMMY WOO
Welcome back to the MCU, Jimmy Woo! Jimmy is one of the oldest characters in the entire MCU, believe it or not, before the Marvel Comics universe in several years, having first appeared in 1956. His MCU version made his first and only appearance (so far) in Ant-Man and the Wasp.
- Agent Woo pulling out his card with close-up magic was a fantastic return for the running gag of Ant-Man and the Wasp.
CMBR
The transmission of “Wandavision” hidden in the cosmic microwave background radiation seems like an indication of how serious Wanda’s powers are. CMBR is, as Jimmy says in the episode, the residual radiation from the first moments after the Big Bang. It is not a source of formative energy, but it is the residual product of a source of formative energy. Hiding a sign may indicate that some fundamental principles of reality are being altered.