VisionQuest Episodes 5 & 6 review

A series that is as happy being literal as it is being philosophical VisionQuest enters its second half after a climactic fourth episode. What follows are two episodes that have divided viewers and longer-term comic fans. While there are smatterings of action, the narrative momentum slows here to enable character exploration and perhaps a little too much exposition plus yet another unexpected antagonist. If, like me, you enjoy something more than just guns and chases then there is a lot of more thoughtful material here though, don’t panic, there’s still someone with a massive plan that will affect the whole world!Spoilers after the break! Episode 5 feels like an interregnum allowing Vision and his AI pals the opportunity to watch Ultron and Jocasta size each other up in a sort of unconventional date night. There’s an element of theatre in the way this is realised both verbally and in terms of what we see. A monochromatic Ultron and Jocasta, in their human avatars and inhabiting a…