The eighth and final episode of VisionQuest has sparked several questions in fans’ minds, one of which concerns a moment involving Billy and Tommy Maximoff. After a long wait, the two brothers finally found a way to communicate and save Vision together, but a particular detail caught the attention of the most observant: in one scene, Billy seems to be speaking to someone who is not visible. Who could it be? And what might the showrunner have said about that see-no-evil cameo?
Warning: what follows will reference what happened in the eighth and final episode of VisionQuest, so we recommend continuing only after you’ve finished watching to avoid spoilers.
VisionQuest, with whom is Billy Maximoff speaking in that key scene? The explanation of the cameo also comes from the showrunner
The Maximoff family has returned in the last episode of VisionQuest. To save Vision from the clutches of Virgil Horton, Tommy finds a way to contact his brother Billy, and he succeeds. In the reunion scene, after hugs and emotion, as the two brothers converse to save Vision, Billy seems to address someone present in the same room, but invisible. Who is it?
Anyone up to date with the Wanda Trilogy has probably arrived at the conclusion on their own: Billy would be talking to the ghost of Agatha Harkness, the witch who tormented Wanda in WandaVision and who then pushed her to become Scarlet Witch and the star of Agatha All Along. It is precisely in this TV series that Agatha meets the young Billy, but only after traversing the Witch’s Road does she discover that the adolescent is the reincarnation of Wanda and Vision. The series ends with Agatha’s death and her return as a ghost, who decides to follow Billy in his mission to reunite with his brother Tommy. It seems she kept her word, because in that poignant scene she is also present.
But why didn’t they involve Agatha physically? The showrunner, Terry Matalas, offered a concrete answer: “We knew Billy was out there looking for Tommy. It was only a matter of when. We had thought of showing him earlier in a dream sequence, but then I felt it would deprive us of the satisfaction of earning that moment when the two finally reunite at the finale, which I believe is exactly what the audience hoped for. I was lucky to direct those scenes myself. We’ll also have some cut scenes with a bit of back-and-forth… We felt this family had to come back together before the end. It had to happen at the right moment, in the most emotionally impactful moment… [Billy] is a kid who has just discovered he has magical powers, but isn’t yet great at using them. He has Agatha as a guide, but will he ever manage to get from New Jersey to London in a couple of hours? It’s a detail that slips your mind, so when he really does reappear in the end, we hope it gives you chills.”
The absence of Kathryn Hahn? Budget reasons, apparently. The showrunner told Entertainment Weekly that the production “couldn’t afford” the physical cameo of the actress: “It was never really an option.” But that didn’t stop Matalas: the scene in which Billy dialogues with someone off-screen fully captures their bond, given that both have magical powers unlike Tommy: “I simply thought it would be funny. Tommy had already seen Vision speak with invisible people, and to me it was pretty clear that he wouldn’t be able to see Agatha. So the idea that Billy did the same seemed like a great joke.”
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