The final installment of the WandaVision/Westview trilogy has begun. VisionQuest follows Vision (Paul Bettany, Avengers: Age of Ultron) after the events of WandaVision. Fans who attended Marvel Studios’ television panel at New York Comic Con 2026 received a special screening of episode one: “No Strings.”
The first episode features Vision attempting to regain his sense of self while relying on the other AI personas to help him through his journey. Meanwhile, a mysterious man known as the Paladin (Todd Stashwick, Gotham, “The Mask“) is hired by an unknown foe to hunt Vision down. Paladin seeks out Tommy Shepherd (Ruaridh Mollica, Witness Number 3), a young conman plagued by glimpses of a past he assumes is false, to help him capture Vision.
Funnily enough, Episode 1 feels like it’s designed to be watched at Comic Con. The introduction of each of the characters in Vision’s psyche creates the perfect space for audience applause. It is only slightly less awkward to watch at home. Of course, the cheesy sitcom vibe the episode starts with is a nod to WandaVision’s style, but VisionQuest refuses to commit to it the same way.
Tommy’s plotline is quite strong in the first episode and is fleshed out even more in the second, where viewers see him meeting his accomplice Lisa (Lauren Morais, The Crow Girl) in a flashback. Mollica does a great job so far portraying Tommy as he still gets used to powers he can’t explain. While Tommy isn’t in the most delightful situations, Mollica still adds playfulness to the character in flashbacks.
The second episode has the same issue as the first: The two plotlines are strong on their own but contrast too much. Whereas WandaVision and Agatha All Along have unique gimmicks — Wanda Maximoff’s (Elizabeth Olsen, Eternity) sitcoms and the trials of Agatha Harkness’ (Kathryn Hahn, What If…?) — VisionQuest only has Vision and the AIs for half the episode and is tonally disconnected from the scenes with Tommy. VisionQuest also jumped straight into the action, as opposed to the other two shows’ slow burn into the premise.
This show is promising, despite the comparisons to Schaeffer’s other work with Marvel. The visual design is spectacular, and the inclusion of Tommy could lead to many possibilities with the Maximoff family. While VisionQuest is so far the weakest of this witchy trilogy, it’s still worth waiting around to see the result of this unconventional father-son reunion.
