Marvel Cinematic Universe · WandaVision: Season One

We Interrupt This Program — S01E04

Name: We Interrupt This Program
Released: 2021-01-29
Duration: 35 min

TV · 2021 · 35 minutes · Phase Four

The show breaks from its sitcom pastiche to reveal the outside-world perspective: S.W.O.R.D. agent Monica Rambeau, back from the Blip and reeling from her mother's death, is sent to investigate a missing-persons case in Westview and discovers a hexagonal energy barrier surrounding the town. Working with FBI agent Jimmy Woo and astrophysicist Darcy Lewis, she learns the barrier is broadcasting a sitcom in which ordinary residents have been "cast" as characters and a supposedly dead Vision is alive. When Monica breaches the barrier and mentions Ultron to Wanda, Wanda violently expels her, and Monica confirms to S.W.O.R.D. that Wanda herself is generating and controlling the entire reality.

Follows on from

Now in Color — S01E03
direct-sequel — Continues immediately from the sitcom-world events of episode 3, now shown from the outside S.W.O.R.D./Monica perspective occurring in parallel.
Avengers: Endgame
direct-sequel — Monica Rambeau's return from the five-year Blip and her mother Maria's death during that time, referenced directly in this episode, stem from the Blip and its undoing depicted in Avengers: Endgame.

Leads to

On a Very Special Episode... — S01E05
direct-sequel — Picks up immediately after Monica was expelled from the Hex and identified Wanda as the cause, as S.W.O.R.D. under Hayward escalates its response outside Westview.