This is the second of three Reel Deep Dive episodes covering WandaVision. Feel free to scroll down and click on the preceding installment if you'd like to listen to us cover episodes 1-3.
For this installment, Ryan is joined by Sarah and Nicole as he deconstructs the middle segment of Wanda and Vision's story-arc. This covers the period where Wanda's sitcom reality warp are being monitored by government agencies in the outside world. Certain elements of Wanda's trauma are explored more deeply, the Vision's suspicions of his wife are agitated, and "special guest stars" complicate matters further.
Thematic subtext discussed in this episode includes how the creators use music throughout the program, the show's curious decision to avoid direct references to Full House, and WandaVision's parallels to pandemic quarantine. There's also a brief explanation of the comics origins of the two main characters and how that contrasts with how they're depicted in the MCU.
Sylvan also makes a brief cameo to tease Sarah about her Green Lantern fandom.