WandaVision What Sitcoms Episodes 1 & 2 Are Inspired By

WandaVision: What Sitcoms Episodes 1 & 2 Are Inspired By

As expected, WandaVision episodes 1 and 2 pay homage to a few beloved American sitcom like I Love Lucy, I Dreamed of Jeannie, and Bewitched.

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WandaVision What Sitcoms Episodes 1 & 2 Are Inspired By

As expected, WandaVision episodes 1 and 2 pay homage to a few beloved American sitcoms. The show plops MCU heroes Vision and the Scarlet Witch into the strange utopia of Westview, a seemingly normal world where the pair tasks themselves with blending in. The new Disney+ series cleverly plays with the traditions of past decades in television history to tell the story of Marvel’s oddest couple, obscuring the show’s darker mystery with familiar hilarity.

From the teaser trailers and interviews surrounding the production, it has been known that each episode of WandaVision will correspond to a particular decade of television – at least while the protagonists are still under Westview’s spell. Using classic TV tropes, practical effects, and characteristic canned laughter, the first two episodes of the Disney+ original series certainly point to the shows of the 1950s and 1960s, but which ones are most heavily referenced?

The first episode of WandaVision borrows from I Love Lucy and The Dick Van Dyke Show, a fact reinforced by using an identical font to the former series in its opening credits. Even layout of Wanda and Vision’s home resembles the Dick Van Dyke Show set, particularly the way in which the kitchen is partitioned with a window that peeks into the dining area. The over-the-top slapstick and broad performances share a similarly frantic energy with some of both shows’ most famous scenes – the classic chocolate factory scene or the “Lucy’s Schedule” episode, in which Lucy serves a farcical dinner of her own. And even The Dick Van Dyke Show’s first episode had Rob’s boss invite him to a dinner party. WandaVision episode 1 also manages to inject itself with another classic show, I Dreamed of Jeannie, particularly in its use of simple practical effects to show Wanda’s magic (objects float on invisible strings and quick cutaways are used to have things suddenly appear or disappear).

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WandaVision episode 2 begins with a clear Bewitched homage, playing a similarly animated sequence after a brief cold open scene. The 1960s fantasy sitcom certainly lends itself well to the episode’s central plot, as Bewitched follows Samantha, a witch who, like Wanda, attempts to hide her powers from the mortals around her. In Bewitched, Samantha’s husband Darrin is often seen behaving oddly (typically because of one of Samantha’s spells has taken hold of him) and Wanda’s desperate attempts to reign in a malfunctioning and drunk-acting Vision without the neighbors noticing is a nod to that tradition. And, as with so many Bewitched epilogues, WandaVision episode 2 concludes with a brief exchange and a close-up on a kiss.

The decision to have WandaVision’s first two episodes so closely adhere to such fluffy and broad sitcoms is an interesting choice, especially considering when viewers last saw the show’s titular heroes. Vision was last seen dead at the hands of Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War, leaving Wanda grief-stricken and at something of a crossroads in her incredibly traumatic life. Beginning in medias res, the couple, presented as newlyweds, simply drive into Westview with no explanation of what has come before, which only adds to the show’s central mystery. Of course, the spell is routinely broken when Wanda and Vision thanks to a few out-of-place arrivals – the red helicopter, the mysterious radio message, the strange beekeeper – but each of these developments, which surely tie into the show’s larger story, are quickly shaken off. The humor of WandaVision brilliantly lulls the audience into the illusion, breaking only long enough to realize that something is amiss, replicating the experience of the show’s central characters.

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Marvel Studios is off to a great and confident start with their first Disney+ series, creating something simultaneously fresh and familiar, allowing the Scarlet Witch and Vision – so often in the margins – to shine at last. We can expect to see coming episodes take inspiration from other decades, masking the looming creepiness and dread with discordantly hilarious hijinks. In its coming chapters, WandaVision’s unique format promises to add to the wild and trippy ride ahead.

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