WandaVision has taken Marvel fans back to the Marvel Cinematic Universe for the first time since 2019's Spider-Man: Far From Home. This year-and-a-half gap may have rendered the Blip -- the moment the Hulk resurrected the victims of Thanos's snap -- a distant memory for many. However, for citizens of the MCU, the events of Avengers: Endgame are still recent, and WandaVision Episode 4, "We Interrupt This Program," finally revealed what that event was truly like.
Episode 4 opens with Monica Rambeau's resurrection at a hospital as she reappears alongside all of the others who were in the building five years ago. However, while this is a terrifying moment to watch unfold, WandaVision's portrayal of the Blip differs wildly from the one shown in Spider-Man: Far From Home.
In WandaVision, victims of the Snap return in much the same way they disappeared, reassembling from swirling clouds of dust in a reversal of Infinity War's disintegrations. People reappear gradually, one by one, patients and visitors disoriented and hospital staff overwhelmed. By contrast, in Far From Home, a school news report shows footage of a basketball game where snapped Midtown students suddenly reappear all at once in flashes of light. Unfortunately, the school's marching band had been playing during the Snap, leading to comedic collisions between basketball players and band members upon everyone's sudden reappearance.
The real reason for this difference is likely just an oversight by Marvel Studios, whether willing or unintentional. It makes sense that the priority for each scene would be to set the appropriate tone for the story. Far From Home offers a lighthearted look at the Blip from the students' perspective, while WandaVision, on the other hand, is kick-starting Monica's story with a sense of disorientation and tragedy.
Given the importance of cross-property continuity in the MCU, however, there could be an in-universe explanation for these differences. One possibility comes down to simple geography. Hulk snaps at the Avengers facility in Upstate New York, the same state as Peter Parker's school. The location of the hospital where Monica returns is not confirmed, but it could be assumed she is still based near her childhood home in Louisiana, as seen in Captain Marvel. If so, it's possible the Blip moved across the world, with Hulk at its epicenter, meaning those closest to the Avengers' facility may have seen people returning in a quick burst of energy, while those further away returned more gradually.
Applying this logic to the original Snap might also explain the pattern in people's disappearances. Bucky is the first character to disintegrate in Infinity War, just a few feet from where Thanos snapped his fingers, while Spider-Man is the last, all the way over on the distant world of Titan. Of course, Infinity War's post-credits scene then shows Nick Fury and Maria Hill vanishing, but this scene could have taken place earlier than the one on Titan. In fact, the Snap moving across the world gradually could explain why it occurred during the day in both Wakanda and the United States, two nations in very different time zones.
If geography wasn't involved, it may be that the power of the Infinity Stones is so difficult to control -- especially for Hulk, who is seen struggling far more than Thanos -- that the effects are a little varied and random. Either way, with things like The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and Spider-Man 3 on the horizon, it looks like the MCU will still be dealing with the fallout of Endgame for years to come.
Written by Jac Schaeffer and directed by Matt Shakman, WandaVision stars Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch, Paul Bettany as Vision, Randall Park as Agent Jimmy Woo, Kat Dennings as Darcy Lewis, Teyonah Parris as Monica Rambeau and Kathryn Hahn as Agnes. New episodes air Fridays on Disney+.