Marvel Studio’s newest miniseries premiers today, and serves as the final Marvel project before “Avengers: Doomsday’s” release in December. Before you dive in, here’s everything you need to know before watching “VisionQuest.”

The eight-episode series follows “White Vision,” a government-rebuilt version of Vision who flew off at the end of “WandaVision.” After he regains his memories, he goes into hiding and tries to figure out who he truly is.

He does this by entering a “Mindspace,” or mental digital mansion that holds all of the previous AI personas who go into Vision. These include previous computerized characters from the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) such as F.R.I.D.A.Y., E.D.I.T.H., J.A.R.V.I.S., and Ultron. Returning villain Ultron appears in a human form and will serve as White Vision’s manipulative mentor in the series. 

The plot will follow White Vision as he discovers who he is while evading surveillance with Thomas Shepherd (or Tommy Maximoff), a boy who may be his reincarnated son.

This is all we know for sure about the series as of now, and while it’s a lot to take in, “VisionQuest” could serve as a pivotal point in the MCU. 

The show will wrap up the trilogy of Marvel TV series that includes “WandaVision” and “Agatha All Along” but its place as the last release before “Avengers: Doomsday” alludes to a connection to the introduction of long-time Marvel villain Dr. Doom.

With that being said, what all do you need to know before you start this potentially epic series?

If you’re feeling dedicated and haven’t already, you could watch “WandaVision,” “Agatha All Along,” “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” and “Spider-Man: Far From Home.” 

“WandaVision” is the most crucial of these shows. It includes how White Vision was created, how he regains his memories and shows the dynamic of Wanda, Vision and their “kids,” Billy and Tommy Maximoff, who exist in every other universe except this one. 

After Vision’s traumatic death in “Avengers: Infinity War,” Wanda Maximoff uses Chaos Magic to create a Hex over the town of Westview, New Jersey where she creates a fictional suburban life modeled after various sitcoms where she and a resurrected version of Vision can live. 

Outside of Westview, the S.W.O.R.D. agency uses Vision’s corpse to create the soulless White Vision to eliminate Wanda. After a lot of confusing plot, the show ends with Wanda fighting Agatha, an ancient evil witch who posed as Wanda’s sitcom neighbor, and Wanda’s made-up Vision defeating White Vision using philosophy. All of this leads to White Vision flying off and evaluating his life’s purpose, setting up “VisionQuest.”

“Agatha All Along” re-introduces Billy Maximoff, who is actually Billy’s spirit in the body of William Kaplan, a boy who died the night Wanda brought down the Westview Hex. In this show, Billy, Agatha, and Co. travel the Witches’ Road (nope, not even getting into this) and ends with Billy transferring his twin Tommy’s soul into the body of a young boy who had died by drowning and Agatha now being a ghost who serves as Billy’s guide. 

Yup. Welcome to the new stage of Marvel that only makes sense if you squint, tilt your head and hope for the best. 

Going back to when everything did make sense, “Avengers: Age of Ultron” introduces Ultron, a hyper-intelligent Stark AI who views the human race as disgusting and flawed, who will also be a main character in “VisionQuest.” “Spider-Man: Far From Home” also introduces more Stark AIs that will appear in the show.

This is a lot of information, so here’s what we can expect from the first episode and all you need to get through it. 

After “WandaVision,” White Vision is defeated by Vision after he uses the paradox of the Ship of Theseus to give White Vision an identity crisis. He has Vision’s memories, but didn’t actually live through them, so is he Vision or not? 

One year after this battle, White Vision is on the run from agencies who want to use him as a weapon, but a bounty on his head and Tommy Shepherd, who is actually Vision’s son Tommy Maximoff, tracking him down forces him into action. 

If this confused you, don’t worry, because it did me too. But “VisionQuest” could possibly be what finally connects all of the wild goose chases Marvel Studios is sending its fans on. So, we’ll get through this together, or we’ll all be lost in the insanity.

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