Vision Quest Ep 4 Easter Eggs — Full Breakdown & Transcript

[01:59] so excited about what this means for the future of the MCU. Welcome back, Screen the Easter eggs, references, and little things you might have missed in episode 4 of Vision Quest. Now, if you've not seen our episode 3 breakdown, it is live

[02:13] out. Come back and see us later. So, we begin at the hotel where Vision and Tommy are lying on their beds. Notice Tommy is covered up after Vision tucked him in last episode like a good dad. But Vision is upright and halflit in warm

[02:27] colors representing the physical world and blue representing the machine world. Tommy is also under a green blanket, the color of his suit in the comics. Now, killings. And notice how this item on the ticker says that more businesses are

[02:40] going cashless. It's subtle, but it shows how tech is slowly taking over our lives. The screen then flashes red. And like we pointed out last episode, this is similar to Wanda's chaos magic taking over a television. Then Vision's eyes

[02:52] glow red like the eyes of Ultron and Jakcasta as we go into his mind. This could also foreshadow Ultron's takeover of his body later in the episode. Now classic horror with Vision floating prone like Reagan and the Exorcist and

[03:05] Poltergeist. And then we see what's actually happening within his mind. He is locked out of his house. Notice this is the exterior because of the vines moving up the home at right angles. Then single spotlights light the path from

[03:18] the door to the TV. And this is similar to the table setting that we saw in episode two when the AIs were planning a course of action. In both cases, the led to a singular course of action. In this case, Vision has

[03:30] talk to Jakcasta on the TV. Here's Jakcasta. All right. Well, we did cover this in our last breakdown, but here's the TLDDR. In the comics, Jakcasta was created to be the bride of Ultron using the brain waves of his creator's wife,

[03:42] Janet Pim. now because she's kind of metaphorically his mother in a roundabout sense. He named her Jakcasta after the mother and lover of Edipus, right? It's a whole thing that does not matter for this show. Jakcasta

[03:54] eventually becomes an Avenger and in much later issues leads advocacy groups for AI rights organizations. So Vision speaks to her and she says they always make another. And in this episode, we also find out

[04:06] more about Jim Hammond, the first centid who died in fire. Rather than let stay a cautionary tale and not building more AI, humans continue to innovate and create more AI, more living machines. It speaks to the restless nature of

[04:19] humanity, the desire to always evolve. But as this episode shows us, we're also behaving irresponsibly. Humans created artificial intelligence, but they did a poor job of actually guiding it through life. Now, when he asked what she wants,

[04:31] we see a flash of a console, and this, I think, is Vision invading her mind, just like she invaded his. We also see ants eating flesh, which could be a metaphor destroying the human race, which was Ultron's goal in Age of Ultron. This is

[04:44] also similar to how the flock of these butcher birds move. They're separate but coordinated like a hive mind. And then she plays footage of the butcher birds, describes later. Called butcher birds for their habit of

[04:57] Called butcher birds for their habit of impaling their prey on barbs and thorns. were ravens. Yeah, I got bird blindness. I'm sorry about that. talking about all this, it's really important to maintain focus. And

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[06:44] saying. Now, this leads to Edith grabbing a programmer's Bible called The on the spine. Then, suddenly, she's dressed like Father Damian from The Exorcist as she begins to purge Jakcasta from their system. Wait, so she's like

[06:57] using god magic and stuff? No. So remember everything in the idea of what is happening. So metaphorically she metaphorically she is conducting an exorcism to purge this AI from vision's

[07:09] mind but you know using tech speak control alt delete thee from this place the power of code compels you which is lifted from the climax of the The power of Christ compels you. Now this all reminds me of how Thor

[07:23] Your ancestors called it magic and you call it science. Well, I come from a thing. We're seeing tech interpreted as magic, Jakcasta is threatening Vision by showing images of Tommy sleeping. Now,

[07:37] last episode, we saw how Tommy and the whole concept of family gives Vision strength. But just like Jarvis warned, emotions are also a weakness. In case, they're a way for Jakcasta to exploit Vision. And after the Purge, we

[07:49] see Mary McDonald, maybe best known as President Roslin from Battlestar look there. where she's being interviewed by Vision Quest showrunner Terry Mattalus. And this is not the first time that Mattalus has been

[08:01] planet in Star Trek named after him called Mattalus Prime called Mattalus Prime where a part of Bicard season 3 is set. Terry is also a huge fan of Battlestar Galactica. Now, that series is also in the DNA of Vision

[08:13] Quest. It is about a race of AI called the Sylons attempting to wipe out the human race. But over four seasons, it became a story about community and how AI was simply a new race that needed to be nurtured just like human beings.

[08:25] Remembrance Day, commemorating the battle of Sokovia from Age of Ultron. Mindstone to activate the Ultron artificial intelligence. After scanning the internet, he concluded that humanity was better off dead, which really is the

[08:39] Wells says that it was inevitable that a computer or AI would eventually be created, which goes back to what Ultron tried to accomplish in that movie. He human evolution by killing billions of people. She calls herself a

[08:53] people will evolve into robots, much like Jakcasta, but more on that in a created the killer, raising the obvious suspect, Sword, they are the government extraterrestrial threats and took apart Vision's body in Wanda Vision. And in

[09:09] sword could be a player here. They do have a Stark drone that is imbued with Wanda's chaos magic, which became the power source for the vision. And in the last episode, we saw that Jakcasta does have powers similar to Wanda's to read

[09:22] minds. So that same energy from the drone could be powering her robot body. butcher bird killer he's been watching on the news with the AI that just invaded Vision's body. Two of the victims beautifully and abstractly

[09:36] adorned with aven wings inspiring the media to give this predator socket butcher bird. And this all leads to them deciding to a threat to vision, but just because it's the right thing to do. Ultron says,

[09:50] it's the right thing to do. Ultron says, "I'm intrigued by a synthetic willing to Which, as I mentioned, is exactly what she does in the comics, advocating for the rights of synthetic beings. Back in the physical world, Vision tells Tommy

[10:03] superpowers aren't going to be in the way of the story. unfortunately, until I have time for significant repair. overpowered Avengers, so they always have to find ways to nerf

[10:15] In Infinity War, he was stabbed early by Corvvis Glaive, so he can no longer phase. And in Civil War, his feelings for Wanda made him unstable. And in this make Jakcasta more of a challenge for him. Still, I'm sure that as Vision goes

[10:28] eventually regain his full abilities for the final boss fight. Now, on the news, Age of Ultron. Now, it makes sense that we would see this particular image one of the people who were on the bus when he entered. Notice this headline,

[10:43] online shopping scam surge. Now, this is a problem in real life, and it's largely because of AI. Just another example of how tech is blurring the lines of objective reality. The TV makes Vision remember this kick-ass scene from Age of

[10:55] creators. They're doomed. lasts. Now, we only saw Vision destroy the last Ultron bot from a distance. So, this is probably when he brought Ultron into his

[11:07] mind. Well, like he said earlier, I don't want to kill Ultron. He's unique And then we see another shot of Vision and Tommy through the TV to show this moment they are both drowning in their emotions. It's interesting how

[11:19] characters through the lens of television. We saw this in episode three and four. This creates a feeling that they are being watched. For instance, earlier we saw vision through the images that Jakcasta was broadcasting, which

[11:32] televisions in 1984 that observe people through hidden cameras. This creates a sense of general unease, but also it creates emotional distance between the that we are not in the room with them. We are observing

[11:45] television. So, these shots are always occurring when characters themselves are feeling distant from one another, which means they feel distant from us. This is a great scene because it allows us to see how Skokovia affected real people

[11:59] across the world. Tommy recalls the refugee crisis that Ultron created. through the foster system, crying next to me in their sleep, all because of While Ultron casually reading his paper, remarks about himself.

[12:12] Bastard child of Banner and Stark. Poor fella. Lonely, angry, misunderstood, Then Tommy shows off this shirt. Get a grip. Don't believe the blip, which is a

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[13:20] like I can't unhear it now. Yeah, me neither. Now, let's talk about the other headlines on Ultron's paper. technology after Ultron. Has the world learned its lesson? I mean, clearly not, which is what this show is going to be about. We

[13:33] changed forever. Like, think about it. In one day, Ultron essentially erased a Winter Soldier, we saw that the crater is still there with just a monument to mark that this was once a place where people lived. No wonder this event

[13:48] sparked the Skovia Accords to reign in superheroes. Which leads us to the next headline, Skokovia Accord success or failure. I mean ultimately they were a them outright and then the Accords failed to protect Earth from

[14:00] the Accords were a success in the world superheroes would have been effectively he touched down in Wakanda. And then there's this curious headline. Wanda Maximoff powerhouse or pariah. Now remember this headline is not

[14:13] where she mind controlled a small town. As far as anyone in the outside world Avengers training exercise gone wrong. So, I think this headline is referring to the events of Captain America: Civil War, when Juan decided