VisionQuest - Episode 1

1. No Strings

White Vision (Paul Bettany) has been spending his time post-Westview in Edinburgh where his only social companion is the owner of a pub Vision and Wanda used to frequent. He lives mostly inside his head, though. Literally. He shares his Mindspace with human avatars of other AI from Stark Technologies such as: J.A.R.V.I.S. (James D’Arcy); E.D.I.T.H (Emily Hampshire); and F.R.I.D.A.Y. (Orla Brady) among others. There is another AI prisoner, however. Ultron (James Spader) is uploaded by Vision in hopes that he could learn more about mankind from him as he goes through the memories of dead Vision’s life. In the outside world, the other Vision’s past catches up with him as a bounty hunter named Paladin (Todd Stashwick) and his Assistant (Diane Morgan) try to catch him. They find out that Vision's and Wanda’s son in the Hex, Tommy, is somehow alive and HUMAN in London. Paladin kidnaps him and uses him to lure Vision out of hiding to capture him.

FINALLY, the third part of the WandaVision trilogy. What I love about this trilogy is how they explore the different sides of the MCU. Agatha All Along explored the magical side with Billy. And now we are given a deep dive into the techie side with Vision and Tommy. The MCU is full of artificial intelligence characters thanks to Tony Stark. In VisionQuest we get to see how they behave, or try to behave, in a human world. This show couldn’t have come at a more opportune time as the world as we know it continues to be ever-reliant on AI. Aside from being the continuation of a storyline most of us just couldn’t get enough of, it also doubles as a case study on how AI shapes our lives in this day and age. It’s amusing how Vision is trying to figure out what it means to be human, a question most of us also grapple with on a daily basis. But then again, we are actually human. Storylines like this are interesting because it poses the same questions, but from a non–human perspective. An outsider’s perspective.

“You don't have to tell me. I tried to kill them all... Look at their art, what do you see?.. You don't see the pain and confusion? Or the anger? Or grief? The things that motivate every aspect of their being. They're relentlessly aspirational, but at the same time, they wallow in their hardship and misery, guilt. They're grotesque... and yet lovely.”

–Ultron

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