WARNING: The following contains spoilers for WandaVision Episode 7, "Breaking the Fourth Wall," now streaming on Disney+.
A lot happened in last week's WandaVision, including the twins coming into their powers, Vision's attempting to escape the Westview anomaly and Wanda expanding said anomaly to protect her family. And though the sitcom reality of the Hex continues to move forward in time, now having reached the mockumentary period of the 2000s, reality is beginning to fall apart around the Scarlet Witch in many different ways.
At the start of "Breaking the Fourth Wall," a light ditty wakes us up alongside Wanda (Elizabeth Olsen), who does not find Vision next to her in bed. True to the title of the episode, we cut to a talking head of her as she ruminates over the end of the previous episode, where she expanded the Westview anomaly to save her husband. As "punishment" for her actions, she's taking a self-inflicted staycation, a full 24 hours just to herself.
As Wanda comes downstairs, ignoring the fighting of her sons, Billy and Tommy (Julian Hilliard and Jett Klyne), she finds that elements around her seem to be traveling through time. All of the product placement food around her transforms, like a milk carton warping into an old-fashioned milk bottle. We're then taken to an opening credits straight out of The Office, with various images of Wanda's name. Some noteworthy visuals stick out, including a series of letters spelling out "I know what you did, Wanda," and a calendar with a heart around the date of Friday the 10th, evoking WandaVision's very first episode.
From there, the episode cuts to eight miles outside Westview, as S.W.O.R.D. and Tyler Hayward (Josh Stamberg) set up a new base of operations to continue their mission. The director is more committed than ever to launch as soon as possible. Meanwhile, Vision (Paul Bettany) wakes up in front of a circus, the results of S.W.O.R.D. and its agents being transformed by the anomaly expansion. The synthezoid is mistaken for a clown and partnered with the escape artist Darcy Lewis (Kat Dennings). Though Vision has memory of seeing her during his escape attempt the previous night, she knows nothing of it, and rebuffs him, thinking he's hitting on her.
Surprisingly, Wanda is casual about Vision's disappearance, musing, "If he doesn't wanna be here, there's nothing I can do about it." The twins bring up what Pietro said in the previous episode about Vision's previous death. Wanda responds that he is not their uncle, admitting that she has no answers and "everything is meaningless." Her malaise is interrupted by Agnes (Kathryn Hahn), who shuffles the boys off to help "save" Wanda. Though Wanda is now alone, her staycation is far from relaxing as things continue to transform around her. Despite how much she may tell the camera, she is far from fine.
Back outside Westview, Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris) and Agent Woo (Randall Park) are heading to meet Monica's contact. Woo receives the intel Darcy found last episode about a S.W.O.R.D. project called "Cataract" that was meant to not decommission Vision, but actually bring him back online. The mission of the organization is clear now: They want their sentient weapon back. The two meet up with the Army, who bring in a giant rover that can hopefully penetrate "The Hex."
At the circus, Darcy continues to deny Vision's pleas for help, until he's forced to use his powers to bring her old self back. The two escape the sideshow, hijacking a food truck. Meanwhile, Wanda's house begins to buzz, as it redecorates itself. Wanda laments to the camera about being unable to fix things, when an off-screen interviewer surprisingly replies, "Do you think maybe this is what you deserve?" It's become abundantly clear: Wanda is losing control of her reality.
WandaVision's commercial this week takes us into a dreary antidepressant commercial for Nexus, a red-and-yellow pill that "anchors you back to your reality, or the reality of your choice." At Agnes' house, Billy celebrates the fact that things are quiet, including Agnes. Though the neighbor is perturbed by that observation, she assures the boys that their mother is alright.
Monica suits up in full astronaut regalia, ready to go in and get Darcy back. She rams the rover into the anomaly at full force, only for the Hex to hit right back. Monica is able to get out just before the rover gets partially rewritten into a van and spat back out. Despite the setback, Monica is confident she can get through.
We then get a trippy sequence of her walking through the Hex, as many time period-appropriate versions of her walk alongside her. With the words of her mother, Nick Fury, and Captain Marvel echoing in her head, her eyes suddenly glow blue, and she passes through to the other side. Her new eyes give her a different view of the world, as she sees energy pulsing off the nearby power lines.
In the food truck, Darcy catches Vision up on birth from Avengers: Age of Ultron and his death from Avengers: Infinity War. The two hit a series of obstacles on the way home, which Vision feels are his wife's doing. Despite not having many answers, Darcy tells the synthezoid that the love he and Wanda have is real and undeniable.
Monica finds Wanda at home, attempting to tell her what she just found out about S.W.O.R.D. But a furious Wanda interrupts her, holding her in the air. Monica surprisingly recovers from the fall, begging Wanda to not let Hayward make her the villain. She slowly approaches Wanda, sympathizing over losing the person closest to her. But unlike the Scarlet Witch, she doesn't want to change or undo the pain, "because it's my truth." Just when it feels like Monica is making a breakthrough, Agnes interrupts the conversation, ushering Wanda off.
As Darcy and Vision continue to wait for passing workers and schoolchildren, the latter interrupts the proceedings, realizing he can simply fly off back to his family. Agnes sits Wanda down at her house, where she observes some off-putting images, including a fly on the curtain and Yo Gabba Gabba! on the TV. She heads down to the dark basement to look for the boys, instead finding a passageway overgrown with vines. It leads to a chamber that contains bone-filled cabinets, as well as a gold-covered book.
Agnes then enters, malevolently stroking her rabbit and touting her powers. Then she finally reveals her true name: Agatha Harkness. We then get a sequence, complete with theme song, called "Agatha All Along." It turns out she was behind several events from the series, including the events of the magic show from Episode 2, neighbor Herb's oddness in Episode 3, the dog Sparky's death, and Pietro's appearance in the world. She's even the director behind the camera for this episode.
For the first time in WandaVision, we go full Marvel Cinematic Universe and finish the episode with a post-credits scene. Monica investigates Agatha's house, only to open the cellar doors and find vines pulsing with purple magic. Suddenly, she's met by a wool cap-touting Pietro (Evan Peters), who tells her, "Snooper's gonna snoop." And with a caught-up Vision, newly-powered Monica, magical puppet master Agnes, and S.W.O.R.D. encroaching on the anomaly, things are looking to be quite explosive for the final two episodes.
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+.