History Recap / WandaVisionEpisode1FilmedBeforeALiveStudioAudience

** The whole episode is also shown in grainy black and white appropriate to the era. It's mostly not noticeable, until you get closeups of items like the calendar, where text that would be easily legible today is almost impossible to make out.

'''Wanda:''' (in unison) The salesman!\\
'''Vision:''' (in unison) Telegram!\\

** The episode gives us our first hint at SWORD on the outside in the form of the symbols next to the TV showing Wanda and Vision's "show".

** The floating wine bottle that Wanda pours out at the dinner table has a label that looks very similar to the ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'' logo, and the brand name "Maison Du Mepris" translates to "[[StepfordSmiler House of Contempt]]"... Or "House of M" for short.

* {{Intangibility}}: Vision's hand phases through Mr. Hart's throat to retrieve the strawberry that's choking him.

** Agnes drops a hint that, maybe her "husband" is the devil (Mephisto).

* RunningGag: Vision's fixation with "Yakety Yak"; first, he takes an interest in it while overhearing it at work. Then, he plays it as a distraction while Wanda deals with the cooking going pear-shaped, and he deems it their song in the last moments of the episode.

** The day's date is August 23. Is that relevant? Apparently this is three weeks after the events of ''Film/AvengersEndGame''.

* MonochromeCasting: Averted, with a diverse cast compared with that of a 1950s sitcom. Later episodes may explain this, in-universe.

* CallForward: During the fake ad for the Toastmaster 2000, you see a couple of tchotchkes hanging on the wall, look kind of like jello molds. One is a rooster (for the chicken that Wanda turns into eggs) and the other a lobster (like the one that ends up hanging on the front door).

* InstantDramaJustAddTracheotomy: An {{intangibility}} variant that doesn't cause any harm. Vision forgoes the Heimlich maneuver when Mr. Hart chokes on a strawberry and instead phases through the man's throat with his hand to retrieve the nut.
* {{Intangibility}}: Vision's hand phases through Mr. Hart's throat to retrieve the nut that's choking him.

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Mr. Hart pierces the veil of reality by demanding to know how Wanda and Vision first met and got married, then gets so upset over their inability to answer that he starts choking on his food.

* ImmediateSelfContradiction: When Wanda jokingly accuses Vision of forgetting what the heart on the calendar means, he claims that he's incapable of forgetfulness due to being a machine. When Wanda insists he tells her what today's date means, Vision can only think for a few seconds before asking, "What was the question again?"

* OneDialogueTwoConversations: Both Wanda and Vision refuse to admit they can't remember why they've marked today on their calendar, and by the time Vision finds out his boss is coming for dinner, Wanda has decided it's the anniversary... of something.

* StealthPun: The toaster brand advertised in the commercial break is dubbed the [=ToastMate=] 2000. "Toast" is slang for death or the dead (as in "You're toast!"), while "mate" can mean soulmate, as in Vision, Wanda's soulmate who had been "toast" before the show begins.
* StylisticSuck: As an homage to ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'', Vision changes into his human disguise with a sparkle effect, and Wanda uses her powers to make objects fly ''a la'' the old string from the ceiling way. The smashed plate un-smashing was clearly done by filming the plate breaking and playing it back in reverse. Wanda making wedding rings appear on her and Vision's fingers is likewise done with a very obvious JumpCut.

* AmbiguousSyntax: When Mr. Hart is choking, Mrs. Hart says, "Oh, Arthur, stop it!" and then continues to repeat "stop it" with a frozen smile on her face. After the first couple of times, is she still talking to Arthur--or is she begging Wanda to stop him choking?

* StylisticSuck: As an homage to ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'', Vision changes into his human disguise with a sparkle effect, and Wanda using her powers, make objects fly ''a la'' the old string from the ceiling way. The smashed plate un-smashing was clearly done by filming the plate breaking and playing it back in reverse. Wanda making wedding rings appear on her and Vision's fingers is likewise done with a very obvious JumpCut.

* StylisticSuck: As an homage to ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'', Vision changes into his human disguise with a sparkle effect, and Wanda using her powers, make objects fly ''a la'' the old string from the ceiling way. The smashed plate un-smashing was clearly done by filming the plate breaking and playing it back in reverse.

* YourOtherLeft: When Agnes introduces herself to Wanda as her neighbor to the left, she adds "my left, not yours."

* YourOtherLeft: When Agnes introduces herself to Wanda as her neighbor to the left, she adds "my left, not yours."

Wanda and Vision find themselves as newlyweds in the 50s. When the two notice a marked date on the calendar, Wanda is aside herself trying to figure out what it could mean. Meanwhile, Vision's boss Mr. Hart invites himself and his wife over to Vis and Wanda's house for dinner. What starts as wacky shenanigans suddenly turn sinister. S.W.O.R.D.[[note]]Sentient Weapon Observation Response Division[[/note]] is shown keeping an eye on the two.

* BridalCarry: Being newlyweds, Vision carries Wanda like this in the opening titles for the first episode. He accidentally drops her when he phases through the door.

* {{Housewife}}: Shortly after arriving at Westview, Wanda dresses and acts like a stereotypical 1950s housewife. Agnes and Mrs. Hart also do this, befitting the time period they live in.
* ImmediateSelfContradiction: When Wanda jokingly accuses Vision of forgetting what the heart on the calendar means, he claims that he's incapable of forgetfulness, due to being a machine. When Wanda insists he tells her what today's date means, Vision can only think for a few seconds before asking "What was the question again?"
* InstantDramaJustAddTracheotomy: An {{intangibility}} variant that doesn't cause any harm. Vision forgoes the Heimlich maneuver when Mr. Hart chokes on a nut, and instead phases through the man's throat with his hand to retrieve the nut.

* LiteralMetaphor: Mr. Hart grills Vision on his expectations for dinner tonight and assumes his employee has no skeletons in his closet. Vision, being an android made of vibranium, has no skeleton, and admits as much.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Wanda and Vision maintain an appropriately light tone throughout the episode but when Mr Hart is choking, their dialogue is briefly as serious as on any Avengers mission. Another hint that something is wrong with the scenario.

* SignificantReferenceDate: Agnes' wedding date is on June 2nd. June 2nd, 1692 was when the Salem witch trials started.
* StealthPun: The toaster brand being advertised in the commercial break is dubbed the [=ToastMate=] 2000. "Toast" is slang for death or the dead (as in "You're toast!"), while "mate" can mean soulmate, as in Vision, Wanda's soulmate who had been "toast" before the show begins.
* StylisticSuck: As an homage to ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'', Vision changes into his human disguise with a sparkle effect, and Wanda using her powers, make objects fly ''a la'' the old string from the ceiling way. Also, the smashed plate un-smashing was clearly done by filming the plate breaking and playing it back in reverse.

** The episode takes place on August 23th, also written as 23/8. ''ComicBook/TheAvengers #238'' is a comic about bringing Vision back to life.

* StealthPun: The toaster brand being advertised in the commercial break is dubbed the [=ToastMate=] 2000. "Toast" is a slang for death or the dead (as in "You're toast!"), while "mate" can mean soulmate, as in Vision, Wanda's soulmate who had been "toast" before the show begins.
* StylisticSuck: As an homage to ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'', Vision changes into his human disguise with a sparkle effect, and Wanda using her powers, make objects fly ''a la'' the old strung from the ceiling way. Also, the smashed plate un-smashing was clearly done by filming the plate breaking and playing it back in reverse.