There really should be some way to warn you what you're about to hear that goes above and beyond what can be included here in the description of the episode. Steve is a bit cruel and snotty about having his time wasted. The acting in Moon Knight has been, for the most part, superb. Oscar Isaac does as much with the script as an actor can. Ethan Haw…

This was a rough episode to review and discuss. Was it because of the subject matter? Maybe. Was this an important episode for people to watch who have gone through suffering in childhood? Maybe. Was it an important episode to the character of Marc Spector and for the show Moon Knight? Probably. Was it a well-meaning episode? Yeah. Was it a good pe…

Theories galore! Steve wonders aloud a few times in this episode. Is Harrow the secret partner that killed Layla's father...because Layla's father was actually Ammit's avatar or seeking Ammit's treasures? Did Harrow leave Khonshu's service because he stole the cane and was searching for "the little scarab" and Marc's devotion to Khonshu came about …

If you ever see the sky spinning at the speed of light at night, it might be Khonshu to blame. We get appearances from Moon Knight, Mr. Knight, Marc Spector, and Steven Grant in this episode AND a pretty big indication we have yet to meet another of Marc's persona non grata. Spector went on a nice little "treasure hunt" for clues to where Harrow wo…

Marc Spector caused a lot of damage to the museum "loo" and Steven Grant suffers the consequences. He gets "sacked" and seems to have lost his livelihood, his future as a tour guide, and a bit more of his sanity. With few friends to turn to, he looks inward and finds more than he's ready to handle. Just when he "reunites" with his (well, Marc's) lo…

Move over Batman! Moon Knight is on the... No. No, that definitely doesn't feel right. Marvel Studios brings another entry to the Disney Plus streaming service, for the first time featuring a character that has absolutely no previous ties to Avengers and may never tie in to the MCU. Yes, I know the "Defender" series were moved over, but those exist…

Wanda is off reading the Darkhold, Vision is nowhere to be found, the Winter Soldier is making amends, The Falcon became Captain America, Loki finds himself in a new timeline, Marvel asked "what if" over and over again, Yelena is our new Black Widow, and Kate Bishop is taking up the bow for Hawkeye. We've come a long way in a year, haven't we? Sure…

Episode 6 sought to pay off some obscure set ups. Snap trick? Check. Arrow split? Check. Jack's backstory? I mean...does that chat with Armand VII count? Kate isn't handed Clint's bow, but she does seem to be welcomed to the "club" if the Avengers still get together for parties and birthdays and saving the world. It sure doesn't seem that way latel…

Before episode 5 became available, someone said they had heard it was going to "break the internet" and boy, is that phrase used a lot. No, it didn't do any breaking, but it did set up an interesting finale, because a lot has to be resolved in just one short episode. That's what happens when you have lots of reveals with very few pay offs. Host Ste…

Sometimes you get them out quick, sometimes barely before next week's episode, and sometimes you finish editing on a Friday, "not so silent" night. We here at This is the Way Phase Four Podcast have two young kids to take care of and they might not enjoy the ins and outs of audio editing programs, but we do our best just the same. Kate thinks she t…

We're not shy about our affinity for @ScreenCrush viewing after our podcast completion, so this week we're going to have to fit it in quickly before the next episode becomes available! We certainly would like to thank Mr. Arey for his kind response to our Twitter reply to another podcast that was looking for coupon codes. The incoming tide raises a…

Last week we were told to Never Meet Your Heroes, but Kate did. This week, it was Hide and Seek, except Clint let himself get "killed" in medieval combat and later captured and Kate wouldn't stay out of harm's way if you paid her. Well, she is sort of a spoiled rich kid. This week Steve wonders (aloud) if maybe Jack isn't the good guy and Eleanor a…

For a show about Hawkeye, he's sure isn't featured in his own show. Oh, we know--Kate Bishop is taking over. Clint Barton is going to be just fine with that, we think. Marvel's latest streaming star of the Disney Plus service will have just 6 episodes and two of them dropped on the same day, the day before Thanksgiving. Why does it take so long for…

Wanda and Vision split up, The Falcon became Captain America, the god of mischief got his time to shine, and Marvel asked "what if" over and over again. Good 'ol Clint Barton doesn't have his Budapest buddy to hang around with anymore, so with the debut of the Hawkeye series on November 24th, 2021 we'll see who may be taking up his mantle. He's a f…

It's our Phase Four podcast movie discussion and review, though the theatrical release for Black Widow came in the summer. We originally planned on watching and reviewing immediately after it became available without a premium charge on Disney Plus back in October (6th) of 2021, but like Natasha, we were on the move for awhile. Now it's time to tal…

This is a first for our Phase Four podcast with a movie trailer discussion for the upcoming Marvel Studios movie Spider-Man: No Way Home. A little while back there was a three minute long "teaser" trailer that showed quite a bit, but more secrets have been revealed and it's time to talk. Host Steve Loscalzo goes through the trailer and speculates r…

Host Steve Loscalzo isn't shy about sharing his opinions about the first season of the Disney Plus Marvel series What If...? and he still found it enjoyable at times. Whether that bodes well for a possible second season of the show remains to be seen. The creators of this show opted to tie them all together toward the end, but it might have been be…

Marvel's What If...? series is a wonderfully animated look at the multiverse, but the story-telling in the first couple episodes wasn't up to the standards set by the MCU. Our humble opinion is that things get better in the middle third of the first season...at least a little bit. What If...? still has the problem that most, if not all of the episo…

What if Marvel made an animated show for the adult MCU audience with visuals so stunning that the story didn't matter? When they do, please tell us. We loved WandaVision even if Emmy voters didn't. It provided us weeks of deep dives and thrilling mystery. The Falcon and The Winter Soldier was a shorter, more politically charged buddy cop show, but …

You probably know that feeling when you think something is going to happen and you're excited for it, but then something different happens and you're even more excited because you didn't dare to hope for something greater. It never gets old. Kind of like the man behind the curtain at the TVA, right? Never gets old. He sure does like to repeat himse…

Journey Into Mystery was thought provoking and the most fun with these kinds of shows seems to come from seeing how close one can get with predictions of what happens next. Host Steve Loscalzo has been theorizing for weeks about what it all means, but sums up his guess at the end of today's episode. Time travel is a tricky business for writers. The…

Episode 4 was better than Episode 3, but the details on how all this time manipulation are affecting things in the universe have been scarce. Sure we know somewhere out there the Avengers eventually get the job done, but at some point Scott Lang goes drifting through the quantum realm and Thanos successfully snaps half of existence into...oblivion?…

Halfway through the season and we get a Loki/Sylvie team up episode. It wasn't our favorite. Yeah, sure, we called a major plot point, but we get the feeling a lot of other people already did. We did get quite a few reusable soundbites from this episode and a couple major plot points and a few things that might get a call back later in the series, …

When you plan on telling a story in only six episodes, you don't really have time for fluff. Sure you can reuse the set for multiple scenes and ask your actors to do the heavy lifting of expository, but if that doesn't work...well, Netflix can probably tell you about a few of those. No, this is Disney Plus--Marvel Studios, actually--so you get your…

Loki's time has come...or has time has come for Loki? Six episodes of the newest Marvel Studios show on Disney Plus have begun streaming on Wednesdays. From mid-June to July 2021 we'll check to see how Loki and the Time Variance Authority are getting along. The god of mischief brought his glorious purpose to the first episode and we have a good ide…

Wanda and Vision split up, The Falcon became Captain America, and now the god of mischief gets his turn on the Disney Plus streaming service. Loki debuts June 9th, 2021 and This is the Way Phase Four's Steve Loscalzo talks briefly about what he expects to see. The podcast continues weekly as shows are available to stream. You can send feedback via …

You can be both critical of a thing and enjoy it. You can find faults and still find the good. Disney's first (and only?) season of The Falcon and The Winter Soldier comes to a close with episode six and Disney was quite alright preaching to the viewers, even if they were part of the choir. When that social commentary makes sense "in-universe" the …

I thought heroes ran toward problems, not away from them? That's probably not a fair way to assess John Walker's mental state at the beginning of the episode, but his mental state at the end? I feel confident in saying he's a few cards shy of a full deck. Bucky, meanwhile, is getting better without organized therapy, though he does have a pretty ex…

If the world wasn't watching, they're probably talking now about what happened in season 1, episode 4 of The Falcon and The Winter Soldier. Karli Morgenthau took her villainous turn last week and now we have John Walker sullying the stars and stripes with blood. Steve Rogers showed mercy. Walker shows none. Zemo smashes vials. Hoskins might be done…

The Power Broker makes an appearance...well, no, he doesn't. It's still the title of the first episode in April. John Walker continues to disappoint us (the viewers) and falls behind in the search for a big splashy win. Karli Morgenthau visits her "Mama" and the three musketeers (Falcon, Winter Soldier, and Zemo) visit the 'poor (Madripoor, that is…

The second episode of the Sam and Bucky road show has arrived! March 26th, 2021 brought us The Star-spangled Man on Disney Plus where John Walker made his debut as a Captain America, but we see quickly that the title is less important than the man wearing the suit. We find out that Karli Morgenthau has run afoul of "the Power Broker" and Helmut Zem…

Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes are back after being dusted by Thanos, but it's a brand new world to them and there seems to be a new order to it. New World Order is the title for the first installment of The Falcon and The Winter Soldier and it became available on Disney Plus on March 19th, 2021. Join host Steve Loscalzo for a short discussion on the …

Wanda and Vision may have split up, but there's a new dynamic duo coming together on Disney Plus. The Falcon and The Winter Soldier debuts March 19th, 2021 and This is the Way Phase Four put together a preview. Join host Steve Loscalzo for a short discussion on what to expect from the show next week. The podcast continues weekly and you can send fe…

The show title is The Series Finale and it seems like this may really be the end for the show in this incarnation. Vision gets a new lease on life with his new look and his old memories. Billy and Tommy disappear off-screen, but maybe they're not all gone? Family is forever, according to Wanda. Monica gets called up...way up. Darcy helps Jimmy Woo …

WandaVision is in re-runs already? No, it's just Agatha doing research for a podcast she's planning on releasing about chaos magic. She's a purple girl while Wanda dabbles in redder shades and yellows, but mostly scarlet. Agatha treats her neighbors' children like dogs at the end of this one and don't forget about her admission about Sparky at the …

Whoa, whoa, whoa...I thought it was "Wanda...it's all Wanda." Monica may need to hear the new theme song and rethink her exclamatory statement after her "hexpulsion" a few episodes back. She could always snoop around now that she appears to have super sight, right? Uncle Pietro could help since he's been excommunicated from the Maximoff family. Agn…

Uncle P is here! Is he here to snack on someone's magic? Is someone else here, swimming just beneath the surface of the hexagonal anomaly that is Westview? Does the director have more than one dimension or is he just on trend as the poster bad guy? Is Wanda secretly reading comic books from another dimension or do Sokovian fortune tellers really dr…

It's a "very special" episode. After all, it's not every day your kids age from babies to 5 years old, then to 10 years old, they find a puppy, the puppy then dies, someone invades your hexagonal pocket dimension using 80s drone technology, tries killing you with a missile, your husband threatens to uncover your wrongdoings to a town full of people…

If you thought getting dusted was chaotic, how about all those people getting "undusted" suddenly, all across the universe? Monica Rambeau experiences it and immediately has to come to grips with what's happened and decides to deal with her mom's death by working through it. Unfortunately, her first case is a missing person's case and she quickly b…

Wanda and Vision move to the mid-to-late 70s with a "Brady" bunch of homages and not one, but two "Partridges" added to the "Family" tree. Though it came well after the episode aired and the discussion was recorded, the episodes now get actual names, and this one is called "Now in Color", which is appropriate, since this is the first of the episode…

Wanda and Vision are back for a mid-to-late 60s TV era homage where Marvel Studios hopes to continue to "bewitch" viewers with a black and white barrage of secrets with just a splash of color. Host Steve Loscalzo tries to dance around the delicate subject of the birds and the beekeepers and wonders what is scarier, the bumps in the night or the bab…

Wanda and Vision are welcomed to Westview in a 50s era send-up by the Marvel Studios television writing team and, well...you've got to start somewhere, right? For what it's worth, host Steve Loscalzo is willing to give a lot of leeway to those who put these things together. Remember when a movie called Guardians of the Galaxy was announced and ther…

Welcome to Phase Four! Marvel Studios debuts the next group of stories that will connect across the silver screen and streaming platforms on January 15th, 2021 with WandaVision, which is also the debut of our new podcast, set to specifically discuss this phase in the movie and television mediums. Host Steve Loscalzo invites you to listen and give f…