What. The. Fudge.

I wouldn’t say I knew everything that was going on by the end of Episode 5, but I at least was comfortable with the knowledge I DID have. Now I feel like Episode 6 just completely blew everything away and I have absolutely no answers for it.

To start off, let me just say, I was wrong. I will admit it. There is absolutely nothing accurate about the theories I had last week after this newest episode, but I definitely I have a slew of thoughts.

Last week, I was pretty adamant about Agnes being a part of this. This week said ‘sike’ and now we are back to square one. However, she still seemed off in the car and I do not take it as coincidence that she was dressed as a witch for Halloween. She is clearly very aware of what is going on and tried to leave the town, so I am unsure where that leaves us. She simply could still be playing a role very well or she truly has no idea what is going on. Either way, I am totally confused, like I am about many other things from this episode.

I also thought Ralph, Agnes’ husband may have been Mephisto, which would have made a lot of sense if she was playing the character from the comics that everyone assumed she was. However, last week I also said the S.W.O.R.D director seemed off and now my new theory is he is Mephisto. Here’s why. For one, S.W.O.R.D isn’t the first organization that we have seen *cough, cough, Shield* that acts on its’ own accord. What happened to Shield? Well of course we saw Hydra grow within it, therefore we know it is completely possible for these kinds of organizations to be corrupted. Their symbol is a sword, but a sword happens to also look like an upside down cross, a symbol of the devil. Then there’s the fact that he has now kicked the only three characters not completely under his control off of his base. I stand by him being super sketchy, but I have formed a habit of naming people Mephisto and then finding out they aren’t, so I’ll say I’m about 60% in on this theory.

To open the biggest can of worms yet, there’s the problem of Pietro as well. Nothing sits right with this guy, and obviously we are well aware he isn’t our Pietro from the MCU, but it is even more fascinating that all of the characters know as well. They would definitely not just bring Evan Peters in out of the blue unless it was for the multiverse, but his character doesn’t sit right with me at all. Not to mention, at the beginning of the episode we see a recap that includes the scene from Ultron where Wanda’s Pietro is shot and killed. This new Pietro is overly aware, while completely unaware at the same time. They don’t share all the same memories (which should’ve been obvious considering he isn’t from this version of the MCU), yet he knows his death and some other key details only Wanda’s real brother would know. My theory here is that he is the multiverse version and Wanda is able to only control his mind partially, allowing him to know his version’s backstory. However, he likely would not know this information outside of the Hex. Then there’s the whole bullet hole zombie scene that just doesn’t sit right either. And all the times he calls her out for her actions that no one else is aware she is doing, including the whole dead husband issue. He knows so much and almost breaks the wall completely between what the show and Wanda know and what we as an audience know. My best advice is to keep our eyes on him because I think he is more of a key player in what is supposed to be the explosive last few episodes than previously assumed.

Something else to quick touch on is the fact that we are seeing them in the 90s, yet there are clear modern day things going on in the background that show that Wanda is beginning to lose control over everything. For instance, we see a Creeper from Minecraft momentarily on a hat one of the twins are wearing and the movie theater in the background is showing a more recent movie. These small cuts within the Hex are interesting now that Wanda just expanded it.

Cue her becoming more villinous.

She has now sucked more people into it, along with Darcy, showing she is powerful enough to do more. But how much more? Controlling everything is clearly impossible as seen by the people at the edges of the Hex. The new question is how much can Wanda continue to control and exert her power on before something even worse happens?

I’ve been left with a lot of questions and I’m starting to realize this show is less likely to answer them each episode than it is to leave with more. Regardless, I’m excited to see what next week brings. As always, check back next week for my thoughts on that episode and comment your own thoughts down below!

Image: “WandaVision Episode 6”, Drew Auger, 6 News