WARNING: The following contains spoilers for WandaVision Episode 5, "On a Very Special Episode...," now streaming on Disney+.
WandaVision is a series built on mystery. Ever since the Disney+ series' first episode, viewers have been analyzing potential clues in every scene in order to try and figure out what, exactly, is happening in the sitcom reality of Westview. In fact, one of the series' bigger mysteries has been its curious use of hexagons. The shape was used to frame Wanda and Vision at the end of their episodes, and the warped reality of the town of Westview is also contained in a hexagonal shape.
Countless theories were born as a result to explain the presence of these hexagons on the series, ranging from the resurgence of Iron Man 3 villains A.I.M. to the Devil of the Marvel Universe himself, Mephisto. However, in the series' latest episode, WandaVision may have finally explained its hexagons -- and it's not what anyone expected.
After last week's "We Interrupt This Broadcast," Wandavision's newest episode hops between Wanda and Vision's sitcom reality and the real world just outside of Westview, which is being monitored by S.W.O.R.D. and its many agents. When Jimmy Woo first began to address the mysteries of Wanda's reality, he wrote down several questions, one of which was why was the town trapped in a hexagonal shape.
As it turns out, the agency's monitoring of Westview revealed that the sitcom reality was contained inside a perfect hexagonal shape. This was no accident, considering that hexagons also appeared at the end of Wanda and Vision's sitcom episodes as the shape that centered around them to frame the happy couple.
But now, "On a Very Special Episode..." explains the use of the series' hexagons. When referring to the sitcom reality at the heart of Westview, Darcy Lewis refers to it as "the Hex," given its hexagonal shape. While the Marvel Cinematic Universe has yet to go into detail about the nature of the Scarlet Witch's abilities, in the comics, her powers are known as "hex magic."
Therefore, the presence of hexagonal shapes in WandaVision may simply be a way to work this hex magic into the series while having it make sense. Of course, it's always possible that there could be a bigger meaning behind the hexagons, but sometimes, the simplest explanation is the one that makes the most sense.
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+.