VisionQuest Finale "Forever" Draws Mostly Positive Reviews, With Complaints About Rushed Beats

The first season of VisionQuest closed with Episode 8, "Forever", and reviewers have mostly received it warmly, crediting its family reunion for Vision and a showdown with Ultron while noting some rushed passages and unanswered questions.

A reunion and a confrontation

The Review Geek describes the finale as the end of a trilogy that began with WandaVision and continued through Agatha All Along. The site says the episode ties up loose threads, widens the franchise's universe and deepens both Vision (Paul Bettany) and Ultron (James Spader), along with the relationship between them. It also says Paladin's redemption and Tommy's story reach a resolution.

Fangirlish frames the hour as the reunion of Vision with his sons. According to that review, Billy (Joe Locke) comes back into Vision's life and helps rescue him. The site adds that the episode gives Billy and Tommy more personality and agency, continuing work started in Agatha All Along.

The TV Cave calls the finale a family reunion, an Ultron showdown and a surprise ending. It says the episode begins with Vision and Jocasta (T'Nia Miller) switched back on, with a man named Virgil Horton, also played by Spader, in control of them. The review notes that the series runs eight episodes.

Scores and praise

Scores were high. The Geek Twins gave the episode 4.5 out of 5 and said Spader's Ultron is still the most charming menace in the MCU. The site names Terry Matalas as showrunner and notes the series streams on Disney+. Only Comic Universe went higher, scoring it 9.8 out of 10 and singling out how Tommy uses his powers.

The Review Geek names the treatment of grief as the finale's strongest element, though it says a few of the metaphors are a little too obvious.

Criticisms

Complaints were narrower. The Geek Twins say a few moments feel rushed. Only Comic Universe faults the finale for never explaining how Paladin survived, and it does not like the sitcom-style sequences that call back to WandaVision.

Readers following other finales on the site can find coverage of the Power Book III: Raising Kanan Season 3 finale. Full reviews are available from Fangirlish and Only Comic Universe, both published between November 10 and 12.