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Did you catch all these hidden details? Join us as we break down the biggest easter eggs, references, and takeaways from "VisionQuest" episodes 5 and 6! From Ultron's glowing eyes to WandaVision callbacks, Tony Stark nods, Madripoor's cyberpunk vibes, and Tommy finally getting his superhero name, there's plenty to unpack. Spoilers ahead for VisionQuest and the wider MCU!
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00:00Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the biggest hidden details
00:04and important takeaways from Vision Quest Episodes 5 and 6.
00:08Warning, we will be combing through all of the data and talking spoilers for Vision Quest as
00:13well as other MCU projects.
00:15So this is how you intend to do it.
00:20Number 10. A Digital Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
00:23Firewall, the fifth episode, picks up with the aftermath of Ultron's coup.
00:27You might expect this maniacal robot to start round two of Age of Ultron,
00:32but he does something else instead.
00:34That something else is having a chit-chat with his grandson Tommy.
00:38There were Sokovian children in my orphanage.
00:40For a conman who's flipped his fair share of two-headed coins,
00:45you should know there are two sides to each. Why not get to know me first?
00:49Like Vision, we are picking apart these frames and looking for interesting details,
00:53and fortunately, there is a big one.
00:55As the team goes through security footage, we see a flicker from Ultron's eyes.
01:01Technically, it's still Vision's eyes, but you know what we mean.
01:03I mean, we all saw him move at such a possible pace.
01:06Well, maybe he's not in control of his speed.
01:09The eyes glow, and it's a brief yet obvious reminder that we're not watching a human.
01:14Ultron might be stuck in the disguise of Vision,
01:17but if you blink here, you might miss that we're dealing with a monster.
01:20Listen, kid, I haven't taken you hostage.
01:23I only hope to capture your attention.
01:27You're welcome to mosey anytime.
01:29Number 9. Old-fashioned
01:30We never fancied Ultron as a drinker, but there is a first time for everything.
01:35While talking with Tommy, he orders an old-fashioned,
01:37and mentions that he wants it like how his father enjoyed it.
01:46The idea of Ultron having a dad is baffling, but not entirely far-fetched.
01:52What do you call these things?
01:55Ultron.
01:56Typically, Hank Pym is considered Ultron's creator,
01:59but in the MCU, it's Tony Stark instead.
02:02That means the line about the old-fashioned is a nod to Tony,
02:05but maybe also to Tony's drinking problem.
02:08The MCU never went full demon-in-a-bottle,
02:11but Tony clearly liked having a drink or two, or three, or seven.
02:15The after-party starts in 15 minutes.
02:22And if anybody, Trevor, doesn't like it, there's the dog.
02:28This all begs a bigger question.
02:30Does Ultron actually think Tony's his dad?
02:33Wow, this family tree keeps getting bigger and bigger.
02:36Number 8. The concept of transhumanism.
02:40Jocasta's a special breed.
02:42Deadly, smart, delusional.
02:44It's definitely why Ultron's got the hots for her.
02:47But beyond her cool abilities and ruthless ambitions is a central idea.
02:52Transhumanism.
02:53It's the concept of humans using tech to escape physical limitations like aging or even dying.
02:58Human, and yet not perfect.
03:04It's like watching Hannibal Lecter swipe right.
03:07Well, I've long since been liberated from my mortal coil.
03:11You sound relieved.
03:12That's right.
03:13In the future, we might be able to digitally back ourselves up to the cloud.
03:17It's an idea that borders on sci-fi, but for Jocasta, it's a reality.
03:22She tells Ultron she used to be Joe Carrington,
03:25but that her consciousness found its way into a machine.
03:27So what did you do to escape?
03:31Upload your consciousness to shell some weaponized sin?
03:37She's leveled up, but also become cruel in the process.
03:40Is a transformation like this ultimately worth it?
03:43That's an exciting question that we're hoping to find the answer to.
03:47All I know is that I'm better now.
03:51Free.
03:53Number 7. Trapped in Cyber Hell.
03:55In our breakdown of episodes 3 and 4,
03:58we touched upon how Ultron was an allegory for the devil.
04:01And if you're someone who dug that idea, you are in luck.
04:04The show doubles down on the parallels when Ultron pays the trapped AIs a visit.
04:09How's it feel?
04:10I trust you.
04:12Ah, trust.
04:14The adopted child of need and hope.
04:18You really are just you.
04:21And that, my boy, was your mistake.
04:25The prisoner has become the jailer,
04:27and Vision and the gang are left to suffer the consequences.
04:30Everything from the lighting to the digital flames to Ultron arriving
04:33makes it clear that the mindscape is hell.
04:36Well, at least a technological version of it anyway.
04:38Heads, keep the firewalls up,
04:41and trap us both here in some misguided effort to save the world.
04:49For Tails, you lower the firewalls,
04:54free us both,
04:55and save your son.
04:58All of these devilish details just go the extra mile to show us how awesome Ultron is.
05:03He's a fiend, but he's a fun one who'll mess with everyone.
05:06And we're glad he's back.
05:12Warning.
05:13Firewall disabled.
05:14System vulnerable to data breach.
05:17Please re-engage.
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05:37I had strings, but now I'm free.
05:41Number 6.
05:42Welcome to Madripoor.
05:44Ultron always has a plan,
05:46and his plan for Vision involves stowing him on a plane
05:49heading to somewhere called Madripoor so he could rescue Tommy.
05:52We're on our way to Madripoor.
06:00It would appear that Ultron has left us on the way to Madripoor to rescue Thomas.
06:05Madripoor is a location within the MCU
06:07that's known for being a little shady, to say the least.
06:10Criminals run rampant over there,
06:12making it an extremely dangerous island.
06:15Madripoor also happens to be pretty significant
06:17since it used to be somewhere that Wolverine frequented.
06:21Look out!
06:27Vision and Tommy being there doesn't mean that the Adamantium Claude menace is cameoing,
06:31but it's yet another fun nod to Wolverine.
06:34Besides that,
06:35Madripoor is established by a stunning neon-heavy aesthetic
06:38that feels right at home with the cyberpunk genre.
06:40We can't recommend traveling to Madripoor,
06:43but the nightlife there is clearly a vibe.
06:45He doesn't approve of me.
06:47On the contrary, I'm glad he's found someone he can rely on.
06:50Unlike you.
06:51I'm doing everything I can to save his life.
06:54It's not just about saving it.
06:55You have to be a part of it.
06:57Number 5.
06:58Inside Jocasta's Brain
07:00Vision's mindscape is a cozy and colorful home,
07:03but we can't say the same about Jocasta's place.
07:05With episode 6, titled Deadlock,
07:07we get an uncomfortably up-close look at Jocasta's head.
07:11Things are packed neatly into white boxes,
07:13and everything else is sterile and nearly devoid of color.
07:17Well, look what the Wi-Fi dragged in.
07:19I thought I was invited.
07:23Let's toast, shall we?
07:25To a second date.
07:27It's a clear contrast to the mindscape,
07:29and that's the whole point.
07:30Vision is a synth who's trying to embrace humanity,
07:33and his mindscape is a reflection of that.
07:35Heck, even Ultron, to a certain extent,
07:37is embracing humanity more with his growing passion for the arts.
07:40It's nice to see bots instead of another AI
07:44can get awfully crowded and annoyingly loud in these mind spaces.
07:50Jocasta, on the other hand?
07:51She's a human trying to be a machine,
07:54closing off her humanity in favor of her technologically altered state of consciousness.
07:58Long story short, her house sucks.
08:00This, this isn't a meal, love.
08:04This is chess.
08:08Only, it's my pieces, my board, and I'm the queen.
08:17Number 4. Speed.
08:20Keanu Reeves and Nicolas Cage are finally in the MCU,
08:23but not in the way you'd expect.
08:25Once Tommy wakes up in captivity,
08:27he learns that Paladin has implanted an explosive within his arm.
08:31It's a scary predicament,
08:32but Tommy equates it to being like the plot
08:34of the 1994 high-stakes bus-boarding thriller Speed starring Keanu Reeves.
08:39You turned me into...
08:41What's his name?
08:43Speed.
08:47Speed?
08:48Yeah.
08:49You know, Keanu with the bus and the bomb.
08:51This leads to a funny tangent about the movie,
08:53as well as Nicolas Cage's The Rock,
08:55but it's also a pivotal scene, surprisingly.
08:58First of all, Keanu doesn't play a character named Speed
09:01in the same way that Nick Cage doesn't play a character named The Rock
09:03and Bruce Willis doesn't play Detective Die Hard 2nd.
09:06If the bus slows down, that's when the bomb goes off.
09:10So technically, this is reverse Speed.
09:13That's because Speed is actually the codename Tommy uses
09:16when he officially becomes a superhero.
09:18Maybe it's a little silly,
09:19but at least Tommy's got his name now.
09:22If they keep this up,
09:23maybe Kurt Wagner will get his name
09:25after watching Jake Gyllenhaal's Nightcrawler movie.
09:28I'm fairly certain I'm allowed to film this.
09:30Film what?
09:31I don't know. What's happening?
09:33Walk away or get arrested for obstruction.
09:35Yes, officer.
09:36Hurry up. Get out of here.
09:38Number 3. Oedipus.
09:40Jocasta and Ultron get quality time together in Episode 6
09:43as the two sinister chatbots conspire to get what they want.
09:46In one of their conversations,
09:48Greek mythology gets brought up
09:50and Jocasta mentions Oedipus,
09:51which is important for a couple of reasons.
09:54And you are the mother,
09:56the beautiful queen of her board,
10:01Jocasta.
10:04Well, if you're Oedipus in this terribly disturbing allegory,
10:09you're even more twisted than I thought.
10:11In Greek mythology,
10:13Oedipus was a man who fell in love with a woman also named Jocasta.
10:16However,
10:17it is shockingly revealed that she's actually his long-lost mother.
10:21Yeah, it's gross.
10:22And when Oedipus finds this out,
10:23he blinds himself.
10:24It feels to me like your Greek tragedy
10:28has a deuteragon that's unaccounted for.
10:31Since Joe Carrington is revealed
10:32to be one of the leading trailblazers of AI in the MCU,
10:36she is arguably a mother to so many different programs.
10:39Ultron and Jocasta's growing relationship is strange,
10:42but hopefully it doesn't go full Greek tragedy from here.
10:57Number two,
10:59Lisa gets infected.
11:00As Ultron and Jocasta continue working in tandem,
11:03they begin carrying out Jocasta's evil plan
11:05of turning humans into mindless drones.
11:07She would have turned Tommy into her first victim,
11:10but Ultron actually stopped this from happening.
11:13Not the boy.
11:15Because you can?
11:18Because if you harm the boy,
11:21Vision will come for you,
11:22the force that even I can't stop.
11:24You might feel like this is a moment of good from him,
11:27but it's short-lived since he has no qualms
11:29with Jocasta infecting Lisa afterwards.
11:45As Lisa gets taken over,
11:47Vision and Tommy do their best to safely neutralize her.
11:50But what happens next?
11:51We've already speculated about Lisa becoming coat of arms,
11:54but is this how that's going to happen?
11:56Is Jocasta's experimentation going to have lingering effects
11:59that lead to Lisa's powers?
12:01Who knows?
12:02For now,
12:03let's just hope Tommy's girlfriend makes it out alive.
12:06Then this conversation is over.
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12:32Number 1.
12:33Remembering WandaVision
12:35So far,
12:36this show has not been afraid to get weird.
12:39WandaVision has been referenced at length,
12:40and Episode 6 took great steps
12:42to sprinkle in tons of nods to that era.
12:45Wanda Maximoff was so consumed
12:47with her grief at losing the vision
12:49that she...
12:51she enslaved an entire town to serve her needs.
12:54Near the end,
12:55Tommy and Vision finally debrief
12:57about what WandaVision was,
12:59and it's a somber moment.
13:00Vision points out Wanda's spiral,
13:02and Tommy wonders more about his memories.
13:05In her desperation to hold on to that love,
13:08she became unrecognizable,
13:11even to herself.
13:12The most heartbreaking part
13:14is Vision reminding Tommy,
13:15and us,
13:16that he is not the same Vision
13:18from Wanda's hex.
13:19He's the one's sword made,
13:20and he comes with all of that extra baggage.
13:23Vision's deflection is yet another way
13:25he tries distancing himself from his son.
13:27Ultimately,
13:28this blast from the past
13:29doesn't bridge the two together.
13:31Instead,
13:32it only creates more of a rift.
13:34That's where my memories come from.
13:38Of you.
13:44No.
13:46No, Thomas.
13:48Not me.
13:49Are there any extra Easter eggs
13:50from these episodes
13:51that you think we missed?
13:52Share your thoughts in the comments,
13:53and also let us know
13:55how you're feeling about the show so far.
13:56That's where I'm.
13:57You
13:58You