The Scarlet Witch’s Family & Ultron’s MCU Future Addressed By VisionQuest Creator Terry Matalas

Published Nov 12, 2026, 7:23 PM EST

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WARNING: This interview includes MAJOR spoilers from VisionQuest season 1, episode 8, "Forever."

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has come full circle with another major trilogy in the franchise.

The MCU timeline saw Thanos end Vision back in 2018's Avengers: Infinity War, but with the nature of comic book stories, the dead don't always stay dead. In 2021, as Marvel Studios began to expand the continuity with several TV shows on Disney+, one of them put the spotlight on Elizabeth Olsen's Wanda Maximoff and Paul Bettany's Vision, which became the beginning of a new chapter for the latter, as it would take nearly five years before viewers got to see the synthezoid find himself after the events of the Phase 4 series.

VisionQuest officially released episode 8, "Forever," on Tuesday, November 10, bringing a conclusion not only to Phase 6's latest series, but the final installment in the WandaVision trilogy. I was fortunate to interview showrunner Terry Matalas a few weeks ago about the end of the season, as the 12 Monkeys and Star Trek: Picard boss dived into the many payoffs in the latest MCU show, and what might be next.

Terry Matalas Breaks Down Vision & Ultron's Secret Origin Stories

Starting with the leading robot himself, Vision has come full circle since the WandaVision finale, as he is finally fully at peace with himself. However, with a happy ending, what is next for Bettany's MCU hero after VisionQuest? Matalas has ideas, but in terms of what he and Kevin Feige have discussed, he shared the following:

Terry Matalas: Oh well, that is above my pay grade. So I mean, definitely, Paul has ideas, and I have ideas with Paul, and James has ideas. We have all sorts of ideas as to where this could go next with this family. But it really is up to the Marvel gods as to what they want to do.

One of the biggest reveals in the back half of the season was the revelation that James Spader has another role in the show. Following VisionQuest episode 7, the finale established Virgil Horton, as the showrunner explained how they developed this expanded backstory for both Vision and Ultron.

Terry Matalas: Well, it was really about telling a family story. You start to ask questions as to why Vision looks like Vision? Why does he not look like Edwin Jarvis, who's the butler? The Synthetic Man existed because you saw him in Captain America and Phineas Horton. In the comics, Vision is created from parts of Jim Hammond, so I asked myself, 'Well, could he be made from source code that goes back to the 1920s?'

That led to, 'Well, what was that character's story? What if Phineas Horton was Paul Bettany and Jim Hammond was Paul Bettany?' But then you have Ultron, who's picked an avatar who thinks he's picked it on his own, but actually in his code, there's some mapping of a James Spader/Virgil Horton who was also a descendant. So it was all one big family story. It felt like it might be a satisfying way to tell this story of generational trauma.

The executive producer also elaborated on what Spader and Bettany's reactions were when they found out that not only would they be working together again, but also play multiple characters in the Disney+ Original.

Terry Matalas: That idea was from the very beginning too, and of course, they were all about that. That's it's such an incredible flex for an actor to be able to be in a scene themselves and show a very different character portrayal of a different idea, and then have that cut together. They were on board from the very beginning.

Terry Matalas Reflects On The Maximoff Family's Reunion & Why Agatha Didn't Return

One of the things that shines in the whole finale was the reunion of the Maximoff brothers, with Joe Locke reprising his role as Billy, bringing the sons together with Vision. Rather than having Billy show up earlier, Matalas explained why it was crucial to hold Locke's appearance till the final episode.

Terry Matalas: We did not want to bring Billy in early. I think it was a conversation, certainly early, that he could come in. When could he come in, and every time we talked about it, it really changed the arc that Vision and Tommy were on. This is their show, and the second Billy showed up, it became a different story. It had to come at just the right time, so really, we didn't go down that avenue too far because it just didn't feel right. The reunion needed to come when they needed it the most, and that's where we felt like it should come, at the very end.

The last time we saw Billy, he was off with Agatha to go and find Tommy. With the brothers getting reunited in the finale, the popular witch was sadly not on-screen, while still having a clever reference as Wiccan's own "imaginary friend." When posed with the question of whether they wanted to try to get Kathryn Hahn in for a cameo or if it was something they couldn't work out, Matalas explained why the WandaVision breakout character wasn't present.

Terry Matalas: We can't afford Kathryn Hahn! First of all, the second you bring Kathryn Hahn into a scene, it's a Kathryn Hahn scene. It's really about Agatha, and in that moment of the reunion, it needed to be about Billy. [It] needed to be about Tommy. So you can't detract from the story you're trying to tell just because it would be neat to see Agatha, and so that's really the core of it. Down the line, of course, you'd want to see what's going on with Billy in his head and his imaginary friend with Agatha. It's a fun idea that we leaned into with him talking to her in that moment. But it's got to be the story of these three characters: Vision, Tommy, and Billy.

Terry Matalas Explains Tommy Maximoff's Superhero Moment

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VisionQuest episode 8 saw Tommy get to have his shining moment, as he is coming to terms with his powers more and more. Obviously, the similarities to what Evan Peters' Quicksilver got to do in the X-Men films were not missed. When asked if it was a conscious nod, Matalas talked about doing a bit of an homage to those moments in the movies where time slows down, and almost a little bit of a reversal to what the prequels did.

Terry Matalas: "We knew we had to do it right, but it's been done brilliantly before. We're not going to beat that X-Men scene when he's walking around, and time is slowed down [for] him. First of all, we can't afford it, and number two, it's perfect the way it is. So, what could we do? That is what happened. What could we do that's different in our own brand of that?

I just had this idea of building up to the moment, and then when it finally happens, you just hear the sneakers squeaking and him circling the thing, and it seemed really fun. I wasn't sure it was gonna work. I wrote it in the script. I remember some of the writers were like, "This is not gonna work." I'm like, "No, I think it'll be funny."

Terry Matalas Reveals If Wanda Almost Found Her Family Again

When this interview was conducted, the version of the finale that members of the press had seen definitely didn't have that post-credits scene where a certain Scarlet Witch was suddenly revealed to be alive, at the hands of Doctor Doom. As Tommy, Billy, and Vision are reunited, and they talk about Wanda, the finale planted the idea that she might still be out there, and little did the boys know what Victor von Doom was up to.

But when I asked Matalas if he was ever tempted to bring Olsen in for a full reunion, or if budget reasons prevented that from happening, he elaborated on how far he was willing to go, had he brought her back fully.

Terry Matalas: "If you were going to do it, you would do it for her, right? But again, it becomes about Wanda the second that moment happens. We had many conversations about it, and by the time we got to where we got to when you watch the finale, this felt like the right way. And also, there [are] a lot of conversations that are above my pay grade as to what the future of all that MCU stuff is. But what was right about this was this story about the Maximoff boys being reunited and the story of Vision and his father. She's a major component in all of it. She kicked off all this, but how would you do it that wouldn't change that emotion of what we were trying to do? [There were] many, many conversations about it, but I think we got to a good place about it."

VisionQuest season 2 may not have been announced, as this is meant to serve as the third and final installment in the WandaVision trilogy. However, when we finished our chat, as I shared with him how I would love a Maximoff spinoff after season 1, Matalas shared that sentiment, too.

Terry Matalas: "I would love to. We have all sorts of ideas as [to] what this family could be up to and what Ultron could be up to. So yeah, [we will] see how this does."

For more of ScreenRant's VisionQuest interviews, be sure to check out:

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All episodes of VisionQuest are streaming on Disney+.