WandaVision: Episode 4 Easter Egg Teases ‘Secret Invasion’
This is no secret that ‘Secret Invasion’ was kept under the wraps by Marvel Studios. But the audience was definitely surprised when Kevin Feige and Marvel Studios announced it for the very first time that a Secret Invasion TV show was in the works with Samuel L. Jackson, starring as our very own Nick Fury. As exciting as it is, now comes to the question of how Secret Invasion will actually work in the MCU, given that the shape-shifting Skrulls actually became Earth’s allies during Captain Marvel. There is no concrete answer to that yet, but it looks like WandaVision, a Disney+ series that has kicked off Marvel’s Phase 4 has planted out a very subtle Easter egg.
Throughout the episode, Jimmy Woo and Darcy Lewis are leading a team to try and crack the code of the sitcoms broadcasting from Westview. Woo keeps writing on a whiteboard with theories and questions, just trying to brainstorm anything that could explain the anomaly. One of the headings on that board reads, “What Is Behind This?” which leads to the potential Secret Invasion setup. Moreover, the only option that Jimmy Woo has under that heading, at least this far into the show, is “Extraterrestrials (Skrulls)?” Something strange is going on, missing people are popping up in an alternate sitcom reality, and the only potential threat anyone can come up with is the Skrulls. That actually sets up the Secret Invasion storyline pretty perfectly, giving the classic comics a slight twist.
As we have seen, now we know that the Skrulls aren’t bad in the modern dar MCU. Throughout Captain Marvel, till Spider-Man: Far From Home, we saw the Skrulls helping Nick Fury after the blip. But it looks like that the people of Earth just don’t know that yet, and still consider them as a potential threat. This could establish a type of Cold War scenario in the MCU, one fueled by mass hysteria and misinformation, which would be an incredibly relevant way to take the story. Fearmongers like J. Jonah Jameson will convince people that their neighbors might be Skrulls and that they would put the lives of other people at risk. All the while, the Skrulls aren’t actually any kind of threat, but they would be feared and hunted for who they are.
This is one of the ways in which Secret Invasion could work given that we know, and there’s a good chance none of that comes to fruition. But what we do know is, that Secret Invasion is happening sooner or later, and WandaVision is doing its part to get the ball rolling.