This article contains major spoilers for the season finale of VisionQuest.
VisionQuest’s season finale saw a fan-favourite character shockingly return from the dead and re-enter the MCU, directly setting up the events of the upcoming Avengers movie Doomsday.
The final instalment of VisionQuest included a surprise post-credits scene, which revealed the return of Elizabeth Olsen as The Scarlet Witch, in addition to the first Disney+ television show appearance of Robert Downey Jr’s Doctor Doom.
Marvel fans last saw Wanda Maximoff in Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness, where she used her powers to destroy the Darkhold and, in the process, seemingly sacrificed herself by dropping a cursed mountain on top of her own body.
However, in the VisionQuest post-credits scene, Doctor Doom was seen levitating rubble off Wanda, declaring: “Scarlet Witch, awaken. Your power will be mine.”
These words startled Wanda awake, with the screen fading to black as she opened her eyes, seemingly confirming that the Sokovian witch will join the likes of Thor, Captain America and the Fantastic Four in the highly-anticipated next Avengers film released 18 December.
Fans and critics alike were shocked and delighted to see Wanda return, which hadn’t been teased at any point during the show’s run or promotional tour.
While promoting the Avengers sequel at San Diego Comic-Con, Marvel surprised attendees by including a mysterious masked and hooded figure known only as the Latverian Witch in their booth alongside classic film costumes.
Fans have now begun theorising that VisionQuest’s post-credits scene could mean the Latverian Witch is another of Wanda’s aliases, assisting Doom in his quest for multiversal domination or destruction.
These theories are based on the character’s lore in the original comic books, where Doom finds a vulnerable Wanda and convinces her to become his bride, with the goal of stealing the Scarlet Witch’s reality-warping powers.
Ahead of the VisionQuest finale, Marvel posted a message on social media in binary code, which fans quickly worked out represented a quote from WandaVision’s 2021 finale: “We could never truly leave each other, even if we tried.”
When Variety asked Elizabeth back in 2022 about her character’s Multiverse Of Madness death scene, she was optimistic about returning to the MCU one day.
“It’s weird that I’m expecting to return, but no one’s told me I’m doing anything!” she said, before adding: “In my mind, I’m just making the assumption that they’ll have me again. I don’t know to what capacity, but I hope I’m back. I hope there’s also more fun to be had in something different.”
The plot of Avengers: Doomsday has so far remained mostly under wraps, although the studio has hinted at what fans can expect from the upcoming blockbuster.
In an official synopsis Marvel has teased: “As a new existential threat emerges, courageous teams from three universes must come together to prevent a catastrophic event.”
The studio also revealed that “The Avengers, the New Avengers, the Wakandans, the Fantastic Four, and the X-Men will need to put aside their suspicions of each other to work together against a force more powerful than any of these groups have faced before”.
Avengers: Doomsday will be released on Friday 18 December 2026.
