AnyaLijah

## Universe

***AnyaLijah*** is a story based on superheroes Anya Maximoff and Elijah Mikaelson. The series is a sequel to *Avengers: Endgame*. It is a part of Phase Four and The Multiverse Saga.

## Episode 1: *Filmed Before a Live Studio Audience*

*"We are an unusual couple, you know."
"Oh, I don't think that was ever in question."*
―Anya Maximoff and Elijah MikaelsonAnya and Elijah struggle to conceal with their powers during dinner with Elijah's boss and his wife.

### Plot

In a 1950s setting, the seemingly newlywed couple of Anya Maximoff and Elijah Mikaelson arrive in the suburban town of Westview. Both try to live as normal a life as possible, with Elijah hiding his vampire nature under a human appearance while Maximoff limits her powers.

One day, the two puzzle over the significance of a mysterious heart on their kitchen calendar. Neither of them can remember the occasion, so they decide they are celebrating something special together. As Elijah leaves the house for work, Anya points out he has forgotten to clean the blood off of his face, which he does before heading out. Not long after, Anya meets next-door neighbor "Agnes" and gets caught off guard when she cannot answer how long she and Elijah have been together or where their wedding rings are. She then proclaims she and Elijah are celebrating their anniversary, to which Agnes promptly offers to help plan the special night.

At Computational Services Inc. Headquarters, Elijah's coworker Norm marvels at how fast he works and jokes that he has like been around for thousands of years, which Eliajh denies. His inability to understand the significance of what today is resolved when he remembers that he is hosting his boss, Mr. Hart, and his wife, Mrs. Hart for dinner. Mr. Hart, who is looking forward to the evening, explains the importance of the dinner, pointing to former employee Phil Jones, who is leaving because the dinner he hosted was not to Mr. Hart's liking. Elijah then calls Anya, and the two talk about their plans for the night without ever specifying the occasion they think they are celebrating.

Later that night, Anya sneaks up behind Mr. Hart, mistaking him for Elijah, and gives him the old “guess who.” Elijah scrambles to explain that Anya is from Sokovia and lies that this is the customary Sokovia way of greeting guests. The Harts without much hassle accept the explanation.

Eventually, Elijah and Anya retreat to the kitchen where Elijah explains that the heart on the calendar represents his boss’ visit. Wanda snaps herself into a new dress and begins going to work on cooking a home-cooked meal.

Elijah speaks with his boss about work and again tries to get more information about what his company actually does. Agnes arrives in the kitchen using the house's back door to help Anya prepare dinner but she drops a pot in the process. The crash in the kitchen is loud enough that Mrs. Hart chooses to offer her help. But Elijah is able to stop her. Inside the kitchen, Anya hurries Agnes out of their home and begins going to work using her powers but ends up causing another crash. As Mrs. Hart makes another attempt to help in the kitchen, Elijah distracts her by singing “Yakety Yak”, catching everyone off guard.

Anya struggles to make dinner, burning the chicken to a crisp at first and then turning a chicken into a basket of eggs while Elijah continues to distract the Harts with a sing-along. Unfortunately, as the night wears on, The Harts begin to grow impatient and just as Mr. Hart begins to scold Elijah, Anya quickly lays out their dinner and they all sit down to eat some breakfast for dinner.

Mrs. Hart asks Anya about their story, which neither she nor Elijah can come up with. Mr. Hart begins to demand answers until he accidentaly cuts his throat with a knife. Anya looks panicked for a bit before finally telling Vision to save Mr. Hart. Elijah feeda his boss’ his blood, healing him instantly and saving his life in the process, which prompts an end to their visit. Surprisingly, the Harts are pleased and Mr. Hart promises to talk with Elijah about a promotion on Monday morning.

After their guests leave, Anya points out that she and Elijah have no anniversary, song, or wedding rings. Elijah decides that today will be their anniversary, and their song will be "Yakety Yak," after which Anya conjures wedding rings for them both. As they share a kiss and the "episode" comes to an end, a mysterious figure observes the strange sitcom from an unknown location, writing down observations in a notebook bearing the S.W.O.R.D. insignia.

### Characters in Episode

* Anya Maximoff
* Elijah Mikaelson
* Mrs. Hart
* Arthur Hart
* Agnes
* Norm
* Phil Jones
* Commercial Man
* Commercial Woman
* Dennis the Mailman
* Darcy Lewis (partially on camera)

## Episode 2: *Don't Touch That Dial*

*"I don't know what I was so worried about. It wasn't so hard to fit in after all. And all we had to do was be ourselves."
 "Well, with a few modifications."
 "And it was all for the children."*
―Anya Maximoff and Elijah MikaelsonIn order to fit in, Anya and Elijah perform a magic act in their community talent show.

### Plot

Now in a 1960s setting, Anya Maximoff and Elijah Mikaelson are in bed and begin to hear strange noises outside their house. The loud sound startles Anya awake and eventually Elijah checks the window to see what caused it and assures Anya there is nothing to worry about before the sound scares him back into his bed. Elijah points out that his coworkers were talking about some suspicious individuals in town and Anya insinuates that they were talking about them. As Elijah cowers in his bed, Anya eventually discovers that the cause of the sound was a tree branch hitting the side of their house because of the wind.

The next morning, Elijah is practicing a magic routine for a talent show fundraiser. Anya serves as his assistant who he makes disappear. As Elijah worries about their routine, Anya explains that she just wants this to serve as a way to fit in with their neighbors at Westview.

Anya explains that she is heading to a planning committee meeting while Elijah is off to a meeting of the town watch. However, Anya doesn't make it far because she hears a crash in her front yard and goes to investigate. She finds a toy helicopter that has crashed into one of her bushes, but unlike the rest of the world, the toy is bright red and yellow when its surroundings are in black and white. She stares at it confused before Agnes startles her by saying “look, it’s the star of the show!”

Agnes and Anya head off to the planning committee meeting as Agnes warns Anya of Dottie Jones, the head of the committee. She points out that getting in with Jones could make Anya's life in this town much easier. At the meeting, Anya sees how demanding Jones can be. She also meets Geraldine, who points out that she does not know what she is doing there, to which Maximoff agrees; feeling just as out of place.

Meanwhile, Vision finds the neighborhood watch meeting at the local library. They explain to him that it's a member's only event and attempt to exclude him. He hangs around however, asking a slew of questions about their policies. When offered a Danish, he lets it slip that he does not eat food but quickly covers his mistake. He does however accept a stick of gum after the group allows him to join them. As he awkwardly chews, one of his new friends pats his back, causing him to swallow the gum, which unintentionally causes some major issues for his inner workings.

As Maximoff cleans up after the meeting for Jones, she tries to get on the good side of the head of the committee. Jones explains though that she has heard some things about Maximoff and Vision but before she can explain anything a garbled voice comes over the radio. As it becomes more clear, the voice can be heard saying, “Who is doing this to you, Wanda?” The radio short circuits and a glass in Jones’ hand shatters, cutting her hand which becomes covered in red blood. Jones is seemingly unphased by the incident and makes a joke about getting blood stains out of white linen before heading away.

Later, Maximoff panics backstage at the talent show while she waits for Vision to show up. He finally staggers up to the stage, seemingly intoxicated. Maximoff takes the stage and introduces Vision, who stumbles on his way out. He bumbles his way through a magic routine, using his powers to shock and amaze the audience. Trying to keep them from being discovered, Maximoff uses her own powers to create practical explanations for his tricks as the audience bursts into laughter. During their big finale, they make Geraldine appear in the cabinet which was supposed to be used to make Maximoff disappear. Geraldine is understandably confused but the audience is delighted.

As they go backstage, Maximoff discovers the gum in Vision's system and corrects the problem. The now sober Vision tosses the gum away and the couple tries to sneak away. Jones spots them, however, and demands they stop. While Maximoff and Vision expect to be scolded, Jones instead presents them with an award for the best comedy performance. Maximoff brings Geraldine on stage to take a bow with them. The confused stagehand asks how they did their trick but of course they refuse to answer, saying that a magician never reveals their secrets.

Back home, the couple celebrates their performance and their day of fitting in. As Maximoff starts to head to the kitchen, Vision calls her back. As she turns around, it is revealed that she is pregnant. Maximoff asks if this is really happening and they are quickly interrupted by a sound outside. They head out to find a man climbing out of the sewer in a beekeeper's outfit, surrounded by bees.

When the man turns to face them, Maximoff simply utters "no," and things begin to rewind, bringing things back to the point of Maximoff asking if her pregnancy is really happening. This time, instead of hearing the sound, Vision assures her it's really happening and the two kiss. Maximoff notices Vision's face is now in color, and marvels as she and the environment around her become colorized. They kiss again and the camera begins to pull out, all while a voice from the radio once again is heard asking "Who is doing this to you, Wanda?"

### Characters in Episode

* Anya Maximoff
* Elijah Mikaelson
* Geraldine
* Mrs. Hart
* Agnes
* Marcel Gerard (voice)
* Norm
* Dottie Jones
* Beverly
* Dennis the Mailman
* Herb
* Phil Jones
* Beekeeper
* Commercial Woman
* Commercial Man
* Strücker Watch Ad Narrator (voice)

## Episode 3: *Now in Color*

*"With all the close calls we've been having, it seems the people of Westview are always on the verge of discovering our secret."
"Yes, I know what you mean. But it’s more than that, isn't it? Mr. and Mrs. Hart, dinner. Outside with Herb. I think something's wrong here, Anya."*
―Anya Maximoff and Elijah MikaelsonAnya's pregnancy fritzes her powers as she and Elijah prepare for an accelerated delivery.

### Plot

In a 1970s setting, Wanda Maximoff and Vision are inside their home with Dr. Stan Nielson, the town's obstetrician, paying the couple a visit. A panicked Vision asks questions about the pregnancy, which confuses Dr. Nielson a bit. Maximoff continuously covers for him as Dr. Nielson points out that she looks to be about four months pregnant, despite the fact that in reality it's only been twelve hours.

As Vision walks Dr. Nielson out, he asks him to keep Maximoff's pregnancy a secret. Dr. Nielson agrees and takes his leave, while Vision greets his neighbor Herb. Vision looks back at his neighbor perplexed as Herb is using a hedge trimmer to cut into the cinderblock wall lining their driveway. As Vision points out his mistake, Herb thanks him but in spite of this, continues to cut into the wall with a smile.

Vision heads back inside to inform Maximoff of the strange occurrence but quickly becomes distracted when he notices that Maximoff's pregnant stomach is even bigger now. Later that day, Maximoff is preparing the baby's nursery with Vision by her side. She begins to feel kicking, which causes her to inadvertently use her powers to bring some paper butterflies to life. Surprised, she even goes as far to explain that she didn't do any of this on purpose.

As the two continue their conversation, Vision proposes the name Sammy for a boy. Maximoff counters that suggestion with Henry and the two playfully and briefly argue over what to name their future child. Maximoff then uses her powers to paint a stork on the wall while Vision does the math to figure out that at this rate, their baby should be due in just three days' time.

Still at home, the two continue to prepare for the arrival of their child, with Vision practicing changing a doll's diaper while Maximoff times him. Their preparations are subsequently interrupted when Maximoff experiences false labor. Unfortunately, the experience causes her to lose control of her powers again as all of the appliances start to go crazy. Eventually, they lose power altogether and Vision learns that the same has happened on the whole block.

Maximoff points out that if this is what happens during false labor, she is afraid to know what will happen during the real thing. She shares her worry of her neighbors discovering their secret and Vision begins to point out that something is very wrong. However, Wanda alters the reality again, and this time all Vision simply does is to comfort his wife.

As they begin to relax, Maximoff is once again overcome with labor pains, only this time it is the real thing. The couple try out some breathing exercises to calm her but it more accurately helps Vision to calm down. Everything is fine for a second before water begins to rain from their ceiling and Maximoff tells her husband that her water just broke. Due to the indoor downpour, Maximoff and Vision hide under the table from the indoor rain. After a few seconds, it stops and Maximoff uses her powers to blow dry their home. She once again feels the labor pains and Vision runs off to find Dr. Nielson using his super speed.

Maximoff tries to push through another contraction when she hears a strange sound coming from the nursery. As she goes to investigate, she is startled by her doorbell. Trying to keep her pregnancy a secret, she grabs a large coat to throw on herself before answering the door. She opens the door to find Geraldine, who has come to borrow a bucket because all of the pipes in her ceiling burst. As she goes to grab a bucket, Maximoff feels several more contractions, each one changing the jacket she's wearing.

Seemingly unaware of the craziness that is currently going on in Maximoff's home, Geraldine begins to tell a story about work when Maximoff notices a live stork walking around her living room. Maximoff tries to keep her neighbor from noticing the bird walking around her home but she can't seem to use her powers to get rid of it. Geraldine eventually heads into the nursery and the bird hides perfectly matched up with the painting on the wall. Geraldine notices the crib and discovers that Maximoff is pregnant as she starts going into labor. Meanwhile, Vision arrives at the doctor's home, throws him on his back, and speeds away.

Geraldine tries to get Maximoff ready to give birth and notices things around their home going haywire once again, but says to herself that she is sure there is a perfectly logical explanation for all of this. Eventually, Geraldine delivers Maximoff's baby boy and hands him over to the happy new mother. Vision and Dr. Nielson come in a moment later, and Vision meets his son. With Geraldine and the doctor in the other room, Vision transforms into his natural synthezoid state and holds the baby, calling him Henry. As the couple share a smile, Maximoff begins to go into labor again and Vision realizes that another baby, Sammy, is coming.

Later, all four adults are in the living room with Vision and Dr. Nielson holding Henry and Sammy. Vision walks Dr. Nielson out, who mentions his planned vacation to Bermuda will not be happening after all. Dr. Nielson explains that he thinks he will not be taking his trip because small towns can be hard to escape. A puzzled Vision then finds Agnes and Herb gossiping in the yard. Intrigued, he approaches them to find out what they're discussing. Agnes asks if Geraldine is inside with Maximoff.

Back inside, Maximoff reveals to Geraldine that she herself is a twin. She appears overcome with emotion as she brings up Pietro Maximoff before singing to her newborn babies a Sokovian lullaby. Geraldine is visibly confused and reminds Maximoff that Pietro was killed by Ultron during the Battle of Sokovia. The remark sets Maximoff back and she quickly grows angry and confrontational.

Outside, Herb and Agnes explain to Vision that Geraldine is new to town and has no family, husband or even a home. Vision clearly finds that strange. Back inside, Maximoff asks Geraldine to repeat what she said. The neighbor offers to take a shift rocking the babies and Maximoff instead asks her to leave as she notices a strange S.W.O.R.D. necklace she is wearing.

Vision tries to get more information from his neighbors and Herb begins to explain why Geraldine came to their town. Inside, Maximoff once again questions Geraldine about the symbol on her necklace and asks who she really is. Agnes cuts off Herb, telling him to stop while looking scared. As Maximoff continues to ask Geraldine who she is, the neighbor in question becomes visibly flustered and can not answer any of Maximoff's questions. Outside, Agnes runs off with a smile and Herb says goodbye to Vision as well.

When Vision heads back inside, he finds Maximoff standing alone over the babies. He asks where Geraldine is and an eerily stoic Maximoff explains that she had to rush home. In reality, Geraldine is ejected out of Westview, and is surrounded by the S.W.O.R.D. agents.

### Characters in Episode

* Anya Maximoff
* Elijah Mikaelson
* Monica Rambeau/Geraldine
* Agnes
* Dottie Jones
* Herb
* Phil Jones
* Doctor Stan Nielson
* Mrs. Nielson
* Commercial Man
* Commercial Boy
* Commercial Girl
* Commercial Woman
* Henry Maximoff (Baby)
* Sammy Maximoff (Baby)

## Episode 4: *We Interrupt This Program*

*"Entwined was a broadcast frequency. So I had your goons pick me up a sweet vintage TV. And when I plug this bad boy in, voilà, sound and picture."
"So you're saying the universe created a sitcom starring two Avengers?"*
―Darcy Lewis and Jimmy WooMonica Rambeau, tasked with a special assignment regarding sentient weapons, goes missing.

### Plot

Monica Rambeau is brought back to life in the Blip, only to find that her mother had succumbed to her cancer three years prior. Three weeks later, Rambeau returns to work at S.W.O.R.D., meeting Acting Director Tyler Hayward, who assigns her to accompany Jimmy Woo on the FBI investigation of a mass disappearance of people in the town of Westview, New Jersey. Two police officers at the scene claim that the town does not exist. With Woo unable to enter the town due to a mysterious force, Rambeau attempts to fly a drone into Westview, but it vanishes after it crosses a forcefield enveloping the town. Rambeau approaches the forcefield and attempts to examine its qualities, only to be dragged inside.

Within 24 hours, S.W.O.R.D. assembles a base outside Westview in response to Rambeau's disappearance. Darcy Lewis, who was summoned to the site, discovers broadcast signals embedded within the CMBR emitted from the forcefield. Using an old television set, she successfully taps into the *WandaVision* program, where they observe Wanda Maximoff and Vision living happily inside the suburbs. Lewis comments on Vision's presence inside the show, noting he was not a victim of the Snap, but was a direct victim of Thanos.

As the case was originally missing persons, Woo leads his group in identifying the various residents "cast" as *WandaVision* characters. During the second episode, Lewis discovers Rambeau inside the show, cast as "Geraldine". Getting the idea to contact Maximoff through a radio that only appears once per episode, Lewis leads Woo in an attempt to establish a communication, but the program is spliced to omit their interference. In the sewers, a S.W.O.R.D. agent crosses the forcefield, transmuting his hazmat suit into a beekeeper outfit and severing his tether outside. He encounters Maximoff and Vision before the former rewinds time.

After Rambeau mentions Ultron to Maximoff, subsequent footage is removed from the broadcast and replaced with the credits sequence without Rambeau. In Westview, she is violently expelled from the town by Maximoff for breaking her reality. Outside, Rambeau informs the arriving S.W.O.R.D. personnel that Maximoff was the one running the show. As Maximoff greets her husband back home, she is horrified when she briefly sees him as a gray shell with the Mind Stone pried out. When Vision asks her about moving elsewhere, Maximoff assures him that she has "everything under control".

### Characters in Episode

* Anya Maximoff
* Elijah Mikaelson
* Monica Rambeau/Geraldine
* Jimmy Woo
* Darcy Lewis
* Marcel Gerard
* Rebekah Mikaelson
* Niklaus Mikaelson
* Kol Mikaelson
* Freya Mikaelson
* Hope Mikaelson
* Davina Mikaelson
* Wanda Maximoff
* Vision
* Agnes
* Sharon Davis/Mrs. Hart
* Todd Davis/Arthur Hart
* Director Tyler Hayward
* Agent Monti
* Agent Rodriguez
* Doctor Highland
* Sheriff Miller
* Agent Franklin
* Man in Van #1
* Man in Van #2
* Woman in Van
* Henry Maximoff (baby)
* Sammy Maximoff (baby)
* Abilash Tandon/Norm
* Dottie Jones
* Isabel Matsueda/Beverly
* Commercial Man
* Commercial Woman

## Episode 5: *On a Very Special Episode...*

*"All of this is for us. So let me handle it."
"What is outside of Westview?"
"You don't wanna know, I promise you."
 "You don't get to make that choice for me, Anya!"*
―Anya Maximoff and Elijah MikaelsonAnya addresses Elijah's worries when he grows suspicious of the neighbors' strange behavior.

### Plot

The 1980s come around as Wanda Maximoff and Vision struggle to put their newborn sons Sammy and Henry to sleep. When Agnes arrives, they awkwardly allow her to supervise the children, but Vision takes issue on how their neighbor looks at him, particularly when Agnes seemingly asks Wanda permission to do an interaction over. Wanda assures him that Agnes was only playing along as a friendly neighbor. Sammy and Henry soon fall silent, although not because of sleep-- but that they have aged themselves to five years old.

Sammy and Henry find a stray dog and hide him in the sink, which Wanda later discovers. As Vision raises his suspicions about Westview to his wife, Agnes names the pet Sparky when he causes an electric discharge. Because raising a pet is a huge responsibility, she and Vision decline to adopt him until the children are at least ten years of age. To counteract this, they age themselves further up to ten.

Meanwhile, Monica Rambeau undergoes examination after emerging from Westview. Speaking to Tyler Hayward, she recalls a sense of immense grief plaguing her while she was under Maximoff's enthrallment. As Jimmy Woo and Darcy Lewis meet up with her, Rambeau's bodily scans are revealed to be obscured by a blinding light emanating from her. At a briefing, Hayward uses Rambeau's first-person intel to declare Maximoff as the sole assailant in the Westview Anomaly case. Rambeau reveals her belief that Maximoff's takeover of the town was not premeditated, leading Hayward to share that she had invaded S.W.O.R.D. Headquarters nine days prior to steal Vision's corpse.

Rambeau begins to plot a way to safely reenter Westview, contacting an aerospace engineer to supply her with a vehicle capable of executing the task. When Woo and Lewis suspect the Maximoff twins of being mere illusions, she takes them to the ballistics lab where her '70s outfit from the town is being held. She demonstrates that the outfit is actually her bulletproof uniform, leading them to conclude that Maximoff is capable of warping reality.

At work, Vision receives an email from Lewis regarding the Westview Anomaly. When his coworkers share a laugh in reaction to the ominous message, Vision taps into the mind of one of them and releases him from Wanda's control, who desperately pleads for Vision to stop her before he places him back under enthrallment. Despite this, the synthezoid remains disturbed at his discovery. As Wanda and her boys are playing with Sparky, they encounter a S.W.O.R.D. drone outside their home, which successfully entered the town due to being made from the 1980s. Hayward orders Rambeau to assassinate her using the drone, but Wanda destroys it, hauling it outside to warn Hayward not to interfere with her perfect reality again.

To reinforce the statement, Maximoff uses her telekinesis to briefly turn the S.W.O.R.D. gunmen against Hayward before returning to Westview, strengthening the barrier in the process. Back home, the Maximoff family finds Agnes holding Sparky's deceased body, claiming he died by eating poisonous leaves. When asked by her boys, Wanda reveals that she cannot reverse death in any way. Later in the evening, Vision confronts Wanda about how she's keeping the entirety of Westview hostage, which she denies. The confrontation between husband and wife grows into an argument when she attempts to subvert the conversation by initiating the credits sequence early.

Vision exclaims that he does not remember his life prior to moving into Westview. Suddenly, Wanda is forced to answer the door again. To her surprise, it is her brother Pietro. As the two siblings embrace, Lewis notes on his radically changed appearance, seeing it as a "recast".

### Characters in Episode

* Anya Maximoff
* Elijah Mikaelson
* Monica Rambeau
* Jimmy Woo
* Darcy Lewis
* Marcel Gerard
* Rebekah Mikaelson
* Niklaus Mikaelson
* Kol Mikaelson
* Freya Mikaelson
* Hope Mikaelson
* Davina Mikaelson
* Wanda Maximoff
* Vision
* Agnes
* "Pietro Maximoff"
* Henry Maximoff (baby)
* Henry Maximoff (5 years old)
* Henry Maximoff (10 years old)
* Sammy Maximoff (baby)
* Sammy Maximoff (5 years old)
* Sammy Maximoff (10 years old)
* Director Tyler Hayward
* Dennis the Mailman
* Abilash Tandon/Norm
* Agent Monti
* Agent Rodriguez
* Commercial Announcer (voice)
* Commercial Woman
* Commercial Man
* Commercial Girl
* Commercial Boy

## Episode 6: *All-New Halloween Spooktacular!*

*"Halloween's a magical holiday. All about family, friends, and the thrill of getting to be someone else for a day."
 "Wrong! Halloween's about candy. And scaring people, but mostly candy."*
―Sammy Mikaelson and Henry MikaelsonDisturbances on Halloween separate Anya from Elijah, who looks into anomalous activity in Westview.

### Plot

The late 1990s arrive as the Halloween season dominates the atmosphere. In the Maximoff household, Sammy and Henry goof around with their uncle "Pietro" as the family prepare to spend the day trick-or-treating together for the first time. However, Vision suddenly leaves on his own accord to attend a "community watch", leaving Wanda and "Pietro" to take care of the twins. Outside, Pietro and Henry engage in reckless behavior, such as pumpkin smashing and candy stealing. Wanda finds Herb, who informs her that he had not seen Vision on patrol. In another part of town, Vision wanders into an area where he finds neighbors eerily suspended in motion.

Meanwhile, Tyler Hayward prepares S.W.O.R.D. for a war with Wanda Maximoff, aiming to assassinate her to free Westview of her spell. Monica Rambeau objects to the extremist approach, wishing to negotiate with Maximoff. However, Hayward orders her, Jimmy Woo, and Darcy Lewis off the base in a move that oversteps his provisional authority. Before the three can be transported out of the base, Rambeau and Woo overpower their captors and disguise themselves to stealthily return to the facility. Inside, Lewis hacks into Hayward's files and discovers he was secretly tracking Vision through his vibranium signature.

Later that night, Wanda forces Pietro and Henry to return the candy. Henry soon discovers he shares his uncle's super-speed power; Wanda advises him to take his brother along should he continue zipping at high speeds. As they leave, Wanda reminds them not to go past Ellis Avenue. Further in the town centre, Pietro suddenly asks his sister about her involvement with the sudden appearance of Westview's children and the handling of the townsfolk; she only recalls feeling completely empty, not knowing how the Anomaly came to be. Looking back at Pietro, Wanda briefly sees him as a bullet-ridden corpse, horrifying her.

Elsewhere, Vision locates a lone car near the edge of town. He finds Agnes inside and taps into her mind to unlock her true personality, who reveals to the synthezoid that he was actually a deceased Avenger, and that Wanda wouldn't allow them to leave town. Vision is left dumbfounded at these revelations, so he places Agnes back under, leading her to drive away. As Rambeau and Woo prepare to meet her contact for a way back into Westview, Lewis informs her that her two passages through the barrier had rewritten her DNA each time. However, Rambeau remains determined to reach out to Wanda and help her. As the two leave, Lewis remains behind to crack Hayward's last firewall, which reveals Project Cataract. She forwards this discovery to Woo via email.

Vision ventures further past Ellis Avenue and finds the barrier separating Westview from the rest of town, leading Hayward to move his men and witness him emerge into the real world. But without the Anomaly's influence, Vision begins to crumble into pieces. As Hayward and S.W.O.R.D. observe, Lewis-- who also detected Vision's arrival-- attempts to help him, but she is handcuffed to a vehicle. Before dying, Vision tells the observers that Westview needs help. With Sammy sharing his mother's telekinetic powers, he is able to hear his father in pain, leading him and Henry to run and inform Wanda.

Pietro jokes about Vision's death, leading Wanda to blast him aside. Fearing for her husband's condition, she unleashes a blast of magic that causes the Anomaly's barriers to expand, which forces Hayward and his men to retreat. Lewis is left behind, leaving her, Vision and the S.W.O.R.D. base to be absorbed into Westview, transforming the area into a carnival. As Hayward desperately reaches out for assistance, Rambeau and Woo are also able to escape.

### Characters in Episode

* Anya Maximoff
* Elijah Mikaelson
* Monica Rambeau
* Jimmy Woo
* Darcy Lewis
* Marcel Gerard
* Rebekah Mikaelson
* Niklaus Mikaelson
* Kol Mikaelson
* Freya Mikaelson
* Hope Mikaelson
* Davina Mikaelson
* Wanda Maximoff
* Vision
* Agnes
* "Pietro Maximoff"
* Henry Maximoff
* Sammy Maximoff
* Director Tyler Hayward
* Agent Monti
* Agent Rodriguez
* John Collins/Herb
* Young Anya Maximoff
* Young Wanda Maximoff
* Young Pietro Maximoff
* Toothless Old Woman
* Commercial Shark (voice)
* Commercial Kid (voice)

## Episode 7: *Breaking the Fourth Wall*

*"I don't understand what's happening. Why it's... Why it's all falling apart and why... I can't fix it."
 "Do you think maybe this is what you deserve?"
 "What? You're not supposed to talk."*
―Anya Maximoff and "Cameraman"Monica plots her return, Anya navigates unsettling complications, and Elijah forms a new alliance.

### Plot

Wanda Maximoff wakes up without Vision by her side in the 2000s, still in her Halloween costume. With the borders of Westview extended beyond their previous boundaries, reality within the town becomes unstable, as various objects phase in-and-out of differing time periods. Having exiled "Pietro" from the family due to his joke about Vision's death while also feeling remorse for her actions on Halloween, Maximoff seeks to spend the day alone. Thus, she sends Sammy and Henry off with Agnes. While at her house, Sammy notes that he is unable to sense Agnes internally.

Elsewhere, Vision wakes up in the middle of a carnival. He recognizes Darcy Lewis from their encounter last night and releases her from Wanda's thrall. Hijacking a food truck to escape, Lewis reveals to Vision his past life, which includes his time as Tony Stark's personal AI J.A.R.V.I.S. and his two deaths to Thanos. As the synthezoid begins to doubt his existence, Lewis affirms to him that the two belong together. But as the two are on the way back home, various impediments block the road in front of them. Growing impatient, Vision leaves Lewis behind as he flies out of the truck to reach home faster.

Meanwhile, S.W.O.R.D. raises a new base eight miles outside Westview. As Tyler Hayward prepares to ready his men for an invasion, he is informed that *WandaVision* has ended its broadcast. In another area, Jimmy Woo receives Lewis' email regarding Project Cataract, learning that Hayward unsuccessfully attempted to bring Vision back online prior to Maximoff's theft of his corpse. They meet up with Aly Goodner, who supplies Rambeau with an armored rover theorized to be able to penetrate Westview's barrier safely. When Rambeau attempts to drive back into the town, the density of the barrier repels the rover and subjects it to the reality overwrite. With no other options left, she decides to use her body to push through, successfully making her way inside.

Fighting through Maximoff's influence, Rambeau's third passage through the Anomaly barrier renders her as a mutate with heightened sight and energy absorption. She heads to Maximoff's house to warn her of Hayward's impending assault, only to be met with an unwelcome attitude and an attack for mentioning his name. As Rambeau pleads for Maximoff to drop her false reality, Agnes intervenes and carries her neighbor off to her house. When Maximoff finds Sammy and Henry missing, Agnes refers her to the basement, where she finds a mystical book along with other magical paraphernalia.

Agnes locks the door to the gothic basement and reveals herself to Maximoff as the witch Agatha Harkness. Hitting her with a spell, Harkness showcases through her own theme song her meddling during their time in Westview, which include the talent show, Vision's suspicion-raising conversation with Herb, the impostor Pietro, and Sparky's murder. While this is happening, Rambeau finds an entrance to Harkness' basement with her heightened vision, only to encounter the Pietro impostor.

### Characters in Episode

* Anya Maximoff
* Elijah Mikaelson
* Monica Rambeau
* Jimmy Woo
* Darcy Lewis/Escape Artist #1
* Hope Mikaelson/Escape Artist #2
* Marcel Gerard
* Rebekah Mikaelson
* Niklaus Mikaelson
* Kol Mikaelson
* Freya Mikaelson
* Davina Mikaelson
* Wanda Maximoff
* Vision
* Sharon Davis/Mrs. Hart
* Agatha Harkness/Agnes
* Henry Maximoff
* Sammy Maximoff
* "Pietro Maximoff"
* Abilash Tandon/Norm
* Dennis the Mailman
* Dottie Jones
* Isabel Matsueda/Beverly
* John Collins/Herb
* Harold Proctor/Phil Jones
* Agent Monti/The Strongman
* Major Aly Goodner
* Commercial Woman
* Commercial Man
* Commercial Girl
* Commercial Boy

## Episode 8: *Previously On...*

*"It's been fun playing pretend for a while, hasn't it, Anya? But it's time to look at some real reruns."*
―Agatha Harkness to Anya MaximoffAnya embarks on a troubling journey revisiting her past for insight into her present and future.

### Plot

In 1693 Salem, Agatha Harkness is set to be executed by her mother and her coven for practicing dark witchcraft. But as they attempt to drain her life force, she reverses the effect and kills them all before fleeing. Back in the present day, Wanda Maximoff attacks Harkness, but finds her magic nullified by the presence of protection runes cast in the basement. Harkness taunts her for convincing herself that the impostor Pietro was her real deceased brother in her grief, allowing the witch to get closer to her. She also reveals her fascination with the Westview Anomaly Maximoff had created, which involves simultaneous mass usage of mind control and transmutation over an expansive radius.

Wanting to learn the origin of Maximoff's incredible magical abilities, Harkness opens a door to the past; 1999 Sokovia, when the Maximoff family gather to watch Wanda's favorite sitcom, *The Dick Van Dyke Show*. The idyllic suburban life featured in the show was what she enjoyed in contrast to the violence of a war occurring outside. But in the middle of their binge, the Maximoff parents are killed when their house is bombed by weapons made by Stark Industries. One Stark bomb lands in front of Wanda and Pietro, which appears to be defective when it fails to explode after two days. Harkness suggests Wanda had used her latent magic to cast a probability hex and neutralize the weapon.

Their next stop is at a facility where HYDRA was experimenting on various test subjects with the Mind Stone, usually with lethal results. But when the young Maximoff volunteers to enter the test chamber, the Mind Stone is drawn to her presence and explodes. In the blast, she sees an apparition of herself as a mythical being before collapsing; security footage is spliced to omit the explosion. Maximoff became the experiment's first survivor, and the Mind Stone's power amplified her abilities. Then, Harkness and Maximoff visit the Avengers Facility, where the latter and Vision would develop a blossoming romance spawned from their discussions about grief.

Finally, the two view Maximoff's arrival at S.W.O.R.D. Headquarters several days after attending Tony Stark's funeral, wanting to recover Vision's remains for a proper burial. She meets Tyler Hayward, who takes her to the operating room where Vision's corpse is being dismantled by S.W.O.R.D. personnel, much to her horror. Hayward also disallows her from retrieving the remains due to the valuation of Vision's vibranium body, leading Maximoff to break into the operating room and attempt to interact with her deceased lover. However, she is unable to feel him there, leading her to leave the facility without further incident. Driving to an empty lot purchased by her and Vision in Westview, Maximoff is overwhelmed with grief as she collapses to the ground in anguish, inadvertently unleashing a colossal amount of magic that manifests the house.

Maximoff then releases a second wave of magic, which transforms Westview into a sitcom suburb, form a barrier to isolate the town from the world, and create a new Vision out of thin air. As Maximoff sees herself settling with her Vision in her idyllic paradise, she also finds herself in a studio with Harkness in the audience, who applauds her before vanishing. Soon, Maximoff hears the cries of her children Sammy and Henry outside and discovers that Harkness had taken them hostage. Having deduced Maximoff's abilities as a manifestation of Chaos Magic, Harkness scolds her for using her powers for mundane purposes and informs her that she is the mythical Scarlet Witch.

Back at the S.W.O.R.D. base, Hayward activates White Vision: a successful reconstruction of the original Vision's body using Maximoff's chaos magic siphoned from the drone she had destroyed.

### Characters in Episode

* Anya Maximoff
* Elijah Mikaelson/GreyElijah
* Agatha Harkness
* Sharon Davis
* Henry Maximoff
* Sammy Maximoff
* Director Tyler Hayward
* John Collins
* Harold Proctor
* Pizza Delivery Guy
* Agent Rodriguez
* Evanora Harkness
* Iryna Maximoff
* Oleg Maximoff
* Young Anya Maximoff
* Young Wanda Maximoff
* Young Pietro Maximoff
* HYDRA Scientist
* HYDRA Tech
* Security Guard

## Episode 9: *The Series Finale*

*"The Azure Witch is not born; she is forged. She has no coven, no need for incantation."
 "I'm not a witch. I don't cast spells. No one taught me magic!"
"Your power exceeds that of the Sorcerer Supreme. It's your destiny to destroy the world."*
―Agatha Harkness and Anya MaximoffThe events of The Hex come to a head, and the destinies of all who took part are determined.

### Plot

Agatha Harkness holds Sammy and Henry Maximoff hostage, but Wanda Maximoff frees them and sends the two to their rooms. When she is attacked by Maximoff, Harkness absorbs her chaos magic and a sliver of her life essence. The witch offers to sustain the Westview Anomaly for Maximoff if she surrenders her magic, but is tossed aside instead. When the hostile White Vision lands in Westview, Maximoff mistakes him for her husband, who arrives in time to save her from the doppelgänger. Maximoff apologizes to Vision for not revealing the truth about Westview earlier, however he assures his understanding as to why she made her false world.

As their enemies reemerge, Vision ascends to the skies to fight his white counterpart while Maximoff chases Harkness down to the town center. There, Harkness informs her adversary about her depiction in the *Darkhold*: forged into reality with power exceeding those of the Sorcerer Supreme, the Scarlet Witch is destined to destroy the world. When Maximoff attempts to deny any correlation of legend to her, Harkness proceeds to gaslight her by releasing every Westview resident from her thrall, leading them to bombard their former captor with emotional pleas and haunting revelations. Overwhelmed, Maximoff inadvertently releases another burst of magic that nearly kills the civilians. At home, Sammy senses his mother's emotional turmoil, prompting him and Henry to come to her aid.

Meanwhile, "Pietro" has kept Monica Rambeau prisoner inside his house. She soon discovers Pietro's real identity as Ralph Bohner along with an enchanted necklace on him, which she removes to free Bohner from Harkness' control. At the S.W.O.R.D. base, Jimmy Woo is brought in handcuffs to Tyler Hayward, who remains keen on assassinating Maximoff and covering it up with a false narrative. But Woo manages to covertly steal a phone, later releasing himself from his binds and contact his FBI allies nearby.

Egged on by Harkness, Maximoff complies with the Westview residents' pleas for liberation, initializing the Anomaly's destruction. However, this causes her Vision and children to start disintegrating, forcing her to halt the process. As the barrier has partially opened during this, Hayward uses the opportunity to funnel his men into the town, who are then joined by White Vision and Harkness as they descend upon the family. The Maximoff boys disarm S.W.O.R.D., prompting Hayward to emerge with a firearm and attempt to kill them. He is stopped by Rambeau and Sammy, and his attempt to flee is thwarted by Darcy Lewis. Vision confronts his doppelgänger and leads him to contemplate his existence with a philosophy lecture, allowing him to restore the original memories inside White Vision.

White Vision flees, now aware of his past. As Vision reunites with his boys, Maximoff subjects Harkness to a hallucination which revisits her 1693 witch trial. But her attempt to torment Harkness with zombie witches backfires when they recognize her as the Scarlet Witch. Returning to reality, Maximoff repeatedly blasts Harkness with chaos magic, seemingly allowing her to absorb it all. This is revealed to be a ruse that gives Maximoff cover to cast protection runes within the Anomaly, rendering Harkness powerless. She subsequently reclaims her chaos magic, thus fully morphing into the Scarlet Witch. The defeated Harkness is then imprisoned within her "Agnes" persona by Maximoff as she reunites with her family, who recognize that Westview is no longer a place for them.

As the Anomaly begins to dissipate, the family returns home for a final time, where Maximoff bids goodbye to her boys in bed. She and Vision reflect on the history they have shared, embracing each other before the Anomaly is completely erased, taking the family with it. Maximoff returns to the town square and reconciles with Rambeau amid the scowls of her former thralls, before ultimately fleeing Westview. Later, the FBI arrive and arrest Hayward as Woo assumes authority, while Rambeau is summoned to outer space by an old friend of her mother's. Sometime later, Maximoff has settled in the wilderness and begun to study the *Darkhold* when she hears her boys crying out for help.

### Characters in Episode

* Anya Maximoff
* Elijah Mikaelson/GreyElijah
* Henry Maximoff
* Sammy Maximoff
* Agatha Harkness/Agnes
* Sharon Davis/Mrs. Hart
* Monica Rambeau
* Ralph Bohner/Pietro Maximoff
* Jimmy Woo
* Darcy Lewis
* Hope Mikaelson
* Marcel Gerard
* Rebekah Mikaelson
* Niklaus Mikaelson
* Kol Mikaelson
* Freya Mikaelson
* Davina Mikaelson
* Wanda Maximoff
* Vision
* Director Tyler Hayward
* Sarah Proctor/Dottie Jones
* Isabel Matsueda/Beverly
* John Collins/Herb
* Harold Proctor/Phil Jones
* Abilash Tandon/Norm
* Agent Rodriguez
* Dennis the Mailman
* Evanora Harkness
* FBI Skrull Agent

# Cast

Saoirse Ronan as Anya MaximoffDaniel Gillies as Elijah MikaelsonKathryn Hahn as Agatha Harkness/AgnesAsif Ali as Abilash Tandon/NormFred Melamed as Todd Davis/Author HartDavid Lengel as Harold Proctor/Phil JonesIthamar Enriquez as Commercial ManVictoria Blade as Commercial WomanDebra Jo Rupp as Sharon Davis/Mrs. HartAmos Glick as DennisEmma Caulfield as Sarah Proctor/Dottie UnderwoodJolene Purdy as Isabel Matsueda/BeverlyTeyonah Parris as Monica Rambeau/GeraldineDavid Payton as John Collins/HerbZac Henry as Agent Franklin/BeekeeperRandy Oglesby as Dr. NelsonSydney Thomas as Commercial GirlWesley Kimmel as Commercial BoyMrs. Nielsen as Mrs. NelsonYosef Friedman as Baby Henry MikaelsonAri Friedman as Baby Sammy MaximoffLana Young as Dr. HighlandBobby Hernandez as Security GuardJosh Stamberg as Director Tyler HaywardRandall Park as Agent Jimmy WooCharles Michael Davis as Agent Marcel GerardKat Dennings as Darcy LewisClaire Holt as Rebekah MikaelsonNathaniel Buzolic as Kol MikaelsonArchith Seshadri as Man in Van #1Michaela Cronan as Woman in VanVince Canlas as Man in Van #2Alan Heckner as Agent MontiSelena Anduze as Agent RodriguezJoseph Morgan as Niklaus MikaelsonElizabeth Olsen as Wanda MaximoffPaul Bettany as VisionDanielle Campbell as Davina ClaireDanielle Rose Russell as Hope MikaelsonRiley Voelkel as Freya MikaelsonGavin Borders as 5 years old Henry MikaelsonBaylen Bielitz as 5 years old Sammy MikaelsonJett Klyne as 10 years old Henry MikaelsonJulian Hilliard as 10 years old Sammy MikaelsonEven Peters as Ralph Bohner/Pietro (Fietro) MaximoffMckenna Grace as Young "Anya Maximoff"Sophia Gaidarova as Young "Wanda Maximoff"Joshua Begelman as Young "Pietro Maximoff"Kate Forbes as Evanora HarknessDaniyar as Oleg MaximoffIlana Kohanchi as Iryna MaximoffGabriel Gurevich as Young Pietro MaximoffMichaela Russell as Young Wanda MaximoffBrooklynn Prince as Young Anya MaximoffLori Livingston as FBI Skrull Agent
# Trivia

## Episode 1: *Filmed Before a Live Studio Audience*

* The episode title refers to a phrase that used to be said at the start of sitcoms, to inform the audience that the laughter was real. This phrase fell out of use as sitcoms started using canned laughter.
* This episode pays several homages to the "American Dream" style sitcoms of the 1950s, most notably *The Dick Van Dyke Show*.
* The fake closing credits seen on S.W.O.R.D.'s monitor lists Abe Brown as director. A character with the same name previously appeared in *Spider-Man: Homecoming*.
* The For Sale sign has a 732 area code which is for New Jersey.
* Anya's line “My husband and his indestructible form” references back to Infinity and how Thanos killed him 'permanently' by using the Power and Soul stones to rip out his heart.
* The toaster in the commercial references Stark Industries. When the toaster warms up it makes the sound of a repulser warning.
* Toaster light is red, first pop of color.
* The beeping of the toaster speeds up. This can reference either the time speeding up for Anya in the hex, or the bombing that killed the Maximoff parents and trapped the triplets for two days.
* Agnes's "this menu can be done in a snap" can reference the snaps of the infinity stones used to snap away and bring back half the universe as well as dust Thanos and his team.
* Anya's trouble with the eggs can represent her using her powers to kill (cook) Elijah and then Thanos rewound time to use him for a different purpose.
* The breakfast is the same on Anya offered at the beginning of the chapter.
* The wine title translates to 'House of Misery/Contempt'
* Agnes and Ralph's anniversary is the same date the salem witch trials started.

## Episode 2: *Don't Touch That Dial*

* The episode title refers to an advertising phrase that was used to prevent audiences from changing the channel.
* This episode pays several homages to American fantasy-sitcoms of the 1960s, most notably *Bewitched*.
* Elijah mentions that the town is feeling threatened. Could possibly be SWORD settling outside.
* In the first scene, Elijah talks about Anya's Chionodoxa flowers. Chionodoxa, more commonly known as 'glory-of-the-snow', bloom when the snow starts to melt in the spring season. The flower contains both blue, the power of Anya's powers, and white, Elijah's favorite color as well as the color to symbolize purity, simplicity, and cleanliness, something Elijah valued in his life to keep control.
* The animated intro of the episode features many Easter eggs from the comics:
	+ The helmet of the Grim Reaper from the comics can be spotted.
	+ The "Eisenhardt Milk" sign is a reference to Magda Eisenhardt from the comics, the human wife to Max Eisenhardt/Lehnsherr and Anya's mother.
	+ The "Auntie A. Litter" sign is a reference to Agatha Harkness. The black cat on the logo is a reference to Harkness' mystical pet Ebony.
	+ There is a small statue of Robert Frank/Whizzer. In the comics, Whizzer was the American adoptive father of the Maximoff twins.
* The opening starts with stars twinkling in the shape of the hex.
* Elijah and Anya's stage names, "Illusion" and "Glamor", are a reference to Ilya and Glynis Zarkov, a couple of enhanced individuals who hide their superhuman abilities under the civilian disguises of stage magicians. The Zarkovs were residents of Leonia, New Jersey.
* The number 35 on the red-and-gold S.W.O.R.D. toy helicopter is a reference to *Marvel Mystery Comics* #35 , which marked the first comic book appearances of vampires.
* The use of element of color in a black-white environment is similar to the 1998 movie *Pleasantville*.
* The Hubba Bubba that Herb offers to Elijah was not officially sold until 1979.
* The thumps can represent SWORD trying to break in.
* The rabbit's name can be other names for the devil.
* All devil references can represent the character Mephisto from the comics coming in.
* Though they constantly say 'For the Children' though there are no children around.
* The radio incident shows that Anya is not in full control of Westview.
* The ticking of the watch speeds up. This can reference the time speeding up for Anya in the hex.
* In the watch is the name HYDRA and the logo.
* Agnes sits with Mrs. Hart but Mr. Hart is nowhere in sight.
* Beekeeper has the SWORD logo on the back.
* Both chapters end with a hexagon framing Anya and Elijah's faces.

## Episode 3: *Now in Color*

* This is the first MCU entry to mention Pietro Maximoff since his death in *Avengers: Age of Ultron*. The character was last referenced as a photo inside Anya Maximoff's room in *Captain America: Civil War*.
* This episode pays homages to American family sitcoms of the 1970s, most notably *The Brady Bunch*, while the intro text is inspired from *The Mary Tyler Moore Show*.
* This episode features the Hydra Soak, which bears a notable similarity to a HYDRA blue soap mentioned by Phil Coulson in the *Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.* episode *Identity and Change*, which was theorized to be used to insert false memories into people's brains and make them believe in their simulated reality.
* When Maximoff tries to hide her pregnancy from Geraldine, she holds a small basket of fruit in front of her stomach. This is likely a playful homage to all of the not-so-creative ways sitcoms have tried to hide actresses' pregnancies over the years.
* Henry Mikaelson, Anya and Elijah's first born twin, is named after Henrik Mikaelson. Henrik was Elijah's youngest brother/sibling and died when he and Klaus went out to see the werewolves transform. This event caused Mikael to ask his wife Esther to transform their children into the first vampires; never wanting to lose another child again.
* Blue hexagons continue to appear throughout.
* In the opening, Elijah runs past a movie theater promoting 'Oz the Great and Powerful' though it came out in 2013.
* Agnes continues to wear her bendent.
* Agnes stops Herb from revealing that they are all trapped, but she wishes to get Geraldine gone.
* Geraldines 70s clothes do not change once she leaves the town and Anya's control.

## Episode 4: *We Interrupt This Program*

* The episode title refers to a phrase that is said whenever a show was interrupted in favor of an emergency news bulletin.
* As *We Interrupt This Program* is not an episode of Anya Maximoff's in-universe sitcom, it is the first of the series not to contain a theme song or a commercial break.
* This events are shown to have unfolded concurrently with the first three chapters. With this, Darcy Lewis is revealed as the woman watching the sitcom in *Filmed Before a Live Studio Audience*, Marcel Gerard is revealed as the voice on the radio in *Don't Touch That Dial*, and Franklin is revealed as the mysterious beekeeper seen at the end of the same episode.
* When Jimmy Woo introduces himself to Monica Rambeau, he uses a card trick to show her his business card. This is the same card trick that he wanted to learn from Scott Lang in *Ant-Man and the Wasp*.
* When Marcel Gerard introduces he uses the middle initial M for Mikaelson.
* This is the first story to feature all of the Mikaelson family members at once.
* Begins with the moment the blip was reversed.
* SWORD stands for Sentient Weapon Overvation Response Division.
* Hayward mentions that SWORD was the organization funding Elijah's S.N.P (Supernatural Normality Program) program to help other supernatural beings.
* CMBR is the same radiation used for tv broadcasting, explaining the glitchy border. CMBR radiation is also the radiation that is in the infinity stones and therefore in Anya.
* The border is shaped in a hexagon.
* Darcy's comment suggest there are more episodes not scene.

## Episode 5: *On a Very Special Episode...*

* This episode pays homage to American family-sitcoms of the 1980s, most notably *Family Ties* and *Growing Pains*.
* The episode title refers to an advertising trope used in the 1980s for advertising sitcom episodes that dealt with controversial social issues such as drugs, racism, sexism, homosexuality, abuse, teenage pregnancy, or death.
* A commercial aired during the episode advertises Lagos paper towels, a nod to Anya and Wanda Maximoff's catastrophic accident during the Attack on the IFID Headquarters.
* Several of the newspaper articles detailing the Novi Grad Bombings feature real-life photographs of the Siege of Sarajevo.
* Evan Peters debuts in this episode as "Pietro Maximoff". The descriptive audio mentions that Peters portrays the version of Pietro from the *X-Men* film series. However, the character's name in those films is Peter, and the audio description is meant to describe what is happening for the visually impaired rather than provide a literal explanation of events.
* The "recasting" of Pietro is an intentional use of the sitcom trope where characters are recast with a completely different actor while not acknowledging it in-show: examples include the recasting of Dick York as Darrin Stephens on *Bewitched* with Dick Sargent. Likewise, his arrival plays to the sitcom trope of a relative coming to town and changing the family dynamic.
* Jimmy Woo states that Anya Maximoff violated Section 36B of the Sokovia Accords when he is told that she has resurrected Elijah. The creation and activation of artificially intelligent androids being in violation of the Accords was first mentioned in the *Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.* episode *The Laws of Inferno Dynamics*.
* Darcy Lewis refers to the anomaly as "the hex" after the hexagonal patterns that were noted in the previous episode. In the comics, Wanda's powers are often referred to as "hex bolts."
* The *Previously on* changes Anya and Elijah's interaction after Anya threw Geraldine out of the hex again.
* The twins are out of Anya's control.
* Henry and Sammy celebrate all 5 birthdays that they skipped.
* Sammy puts a treat to his temple when his training Sparky, similar to how in the X-Men, Professor X places his fingers on his temple to use his powers.

## Episode 6: *All-New Halloween Spooktacular!*

* This episode pays homage to American sitcoms of the 1990s and 2000s, most notably *Malcolm in the Middle*.
* "Pietro Maximoff" is credited as "himself" in the intro theme.
* Despite the setting of this episode being around the late 1990s and early 2000s, one of the movies playing at the town cinema is *The Incredibles*, which released in 2004. Henry Maximoff also wears an anachronistic *Minecraft* beanie that was officially released in 2011.
* Henry utters the word "kick-ass", which Anya repeats with curiosity. *Kick-Ass* is also the name of a movie that both actors for Pietro, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Evan Peters, starred in.
	+ This was unintentional; the line was simply meant to convey "Pietro's" effect on the kids.
* Anya, Elijah, "Pietro", Sammy and Henry all dress up in their comic outfits for Halloween.
	+ Pietro's hairstyle for his Halloween costume is modeled on that of Wolverine from X-Men, in an intentional nod to both the comics character and Fox's *X-Men* film franchise that Evan Peters previously appeared in.
* A commercial aired during the episode advertises Yo-Magic yogurt, referencing how Anya, Wanda, and Pietro Maximoff were the sole survivors of HYDRA's experimentation with the Mind Stone.
* "Pietro" refers to Henry and Sammy as "demon spawn"; in the comics, both Henry and Sammy had been spawned by the demon Mephisto.
* The name "Ray Johnson" can be spotted on S.W.O.R.D.'s computer files. In the comics, this is the alias of John Wraith, a member of the mutant group Team X.
* Agnes' license plate, 004-c99, is the hex code for Cobalt, a shade of blue.
* "The Incredibles -2004" and "The Parent Trap - 1998" both are in the cinema.
* Agnes's broch is missing from her halloween costume.

## Episode 7: *Breaking the Fourth Wall*

* The episode pays homage to American mockumentary sitcoms of the late 2000s and early 2010s, most notably *Modern Family* and *The Office*. The visuals for the opening credits for this episode is inspired by *Happy Endings* and the music is inspired by *The Office.*
	+ The intro for Agatha Harkness at the end of the episode pays homage to the intro of the 1960s sitcom *The Munsters*.
* The title of this episode is a reference to a term in media when a character turns towards where the fourth wall of a set should be in order to talk to the audience.
* This is the first The Hex episode to have a mid-credits scene.
* A commercial aired during the episode advertised Nexus antidepressants. This references Anya Maximoff's classification as the Nexus Being of Earth-616 in the comics, who are capable of manipulating probability and the future. Other notable Nexi include Kang the Conqueror and Vision.
	+ The full drugs name in the commercial is Nexulpromocide, -cide meaning to kill. So, it is 10.3% Nexus promoting killing.
* Text on the door of one of the circus vehicles reveals that, inside the Hex, S.W.O.R.D. now stands for "Spectacular World of Rapturous Diversions."
* The opening credits of this episode feature a tribute to Stan Lee, who passed away in 2018: one of the items in the opening is a license plate with the numbers "122822", which can be broken down to "12/28/22," or December 28, 1922, Stan Lee's birthday.
* This is the last episode to feature an era-appropriate intro and commercial.
* Anya and Elijah's bedspread design is made up of Hex's.
* The radio show Anya listens to in the kitchen is named A.N.A. for ANYA.
* Darcy's email reveals that Hayward was the one to send the message in Elijah's office.
* Anya sees a cicada on the curtain, known to represent immortality.

## Episode 8: *Previously On...*

* The title of the episode is in reference to the statement said in recap sections of show, like "Previously on *AnyaLijah*".
* In Agatha's flashback, the witches chant, 'Mors Monstro Naturae' roughly translating to 'death to the monster of nature'.
* Agatha's first spell, 'Teneo imperio animi' roughly translates to, 'I have control of the animal'.
* Agatha's second spell, 'Reformetur figura' roughly translates to, 'transform your appearance'.
* Agatha's third spell this one using a piece of Anya's hair, 'Memente, memoriā' roughly translates to, 'remember memory'.
* During the flashback to the day Anya, Wanda, and Pietro Maximoff lost their parents, one of the DVDs Oleg had in his case was *Malcolm in the Middle*. But the flashback takes place in 1999, and *Malcolm in the Middle* did not start airing until January 9, 2000, so the series would not have been out on DVD yet. In addition, they also had DVD box sets of *The Dick Van Dyke Show*, *I Love Lucy*, *The Addams Family*, *Bewitched*, *I Dream of Jeannie*, *Who's the Boss?*, and *The Brady Bunch*. All of which were not yet released until throughout the 2000s so they should not have any of them at all.
* During the flashback to the day Anya, Wanda, and Pietro Maximoff lost their parents, Iryna covers up Anya's eyes referencing the joke in *Filmed before a Live Studio Audience.*

## Episode 9: *The Series Finale*

* This is the first and only *Anylijah* episode to have both a mid-credits scene and a post-credits scene.
* Anya Maximoff finding just a pair of boots where Agatha Harkness stood after throwing a car at her is a reference to the death of the Wicked Witch of the East in the *The Wizard of Oz*.
* Anya vanishes in front of Agnes, signaling that she's been paying attention and learning.