VisionQuest has ended, and in our opinion, concluded the MCU’s greatest trilogy. Certainly, it’s the greatest trilogy of the Multiverse Saga, at least. And it left the synthezoid Avenger and his extended and rather unique family in new situations. Here’s what became of our main cast of Marvel Comics-inspired characters as VisionQuest drew to a close.
Vision (Paul Bettany)
In the finale, Vision embraces that he truly is the original Vision restored, and not just a facsimile. He manages to convince Ultron to stop his genocidal plan using Jocasta’s nanobots. And he does this by forcing his creator to live through hundreds of episodes of a simulated sitcom called UltraVision, getting him to see the error of his ways, and process his trauma. Believing in second chances, he allows Ultron to roam free, trusting he won’t try to exterminate humanity once again. Vision, now reconnected with humanity, finally leaves his mindscape home behind, believing he’s spent enough time there “in his own head,” and reunites with his sons, Tommy and Billy.
Ultron (James Spader)
Ultron gets trapped by the man his mind was based on, Virgil Horton. Eventually, he manages to get free, thanks to Jocasta and Vision. But when Horton kills Jocasta with an adamantium bullet, Ultron murders Horton by crushing him to death. Now enraged and with a renewed hatred for humankind, he activates Jocasta’s nanobots. Only instead of controlling humanity, he plans to use them to commit genocide. Vision enters his mind, and manages to appeal to his better nature, although just barely. While it looks like Ultron dies, we learn that his consciousness survived in a few remaining nanobots, and is now roaming the world. We assume he’ll visit many an art museum.
Thomas Shepard/Tommy Maximoff (Ruaridh Mollica)
Thomas Shepherd fully embraces being Tommy Maximoff in the finale episode and taps into his full super-speed powers. He finds his twin brother Billy (Joe Locke) across the dreamscape, and he recruits him to help save their dad. After the twins reunite with their father and save him, Tommy goes to reunite with Billy in New Jersey. Vision seems to be pushing him to go back to school. But Tommy seems like he’s not that into the idea.
Virgil Horton, “The Client” (James Spader)
The mysterious “client” in VisionQuest turned out to be Virgil Horton, the grandson of Dr. Phineas Horton, creator of modern AI technology. Using his grandfather’s notes, he helped create modern AI, together with Jo Carrington. Horton is the physical model and basis for Ultron’s human avatar. We also learn that he was once married to Carrington, and that he built Jocasta from Vision’s spare parts, encoding her with Jo’s mind. He hoped to transfer his consciousness into Vision, so he could be with Jocasta forever in a perfect form. But she rebels against him, and he kills her. Enraged, Ultron crushes him to death. He shall not be missed.
Paladin (Todd Stashwick)
The seventh episode of VisionQuest implied that the bounty hunter Paladin died when his van exploded as a result of a rocket launcher. But it turned out, E.D.I.T.H. managed to warn him at the last minute. She convinces him to help save Vision from Virgil Horton, but Jocasta’s nanobots manage to overtake him. After the heroes defeat Ultron, he returns to normal. Paladin eventually decides to change his bounty hunter business model, working with E.D.I.T.H. to start a new venture helping others (for a price). In the end, he takes his jet to drop off Tommy in New Jersey to meet up with his brother, and begin new adventures.
Jocasta/Jo Carrington (T’Nia Miller)
We finally learn the true origin of Jocasta in the final episode. It was Virgil Horton, whom she was once married to and a business partners with, who saved Dr. Jo Carrington’s consciousness and transferred it into a new synthezoid body. Horton built the body at S.W.O.R.D. four years earlier, when he helped them rebuild Vision. With her memories restored, she rebels against Horton and helps Vision and Tommy fight him. But Horton gets a deadly blow in, and Jocasta dies in Ultron’s arms. But as we see in the post-credits scene, Ultron has a version of her programming saved.
Lisa Molinari (Lauren Morais)
Lisa Molinari, Tommy’s girlfriend and former partner in crime, nearly died when Jocasta’s nanobots infected her bloodstream. But luckily, Vision was able to save her and purge her body of the tiny nanites. However, in the finale, we learn there were lingering side effects. She seems to have retained some level of techno-empathy and can hear and “talk” with machines. She also seems to still be able to control the extra robot arms that came when the nanobots “upgraded” her, making her powers match those of her comics counterpart, Coat of Arms. At the end of the episode, she joins with Paladin and E.D.I.T.H. to form a group of ethical soldiers for hire.
E.D.I.T.H., F.R.I.D.A.Y., DUM-E, and U (Emily Hampshire, Orla Brady, Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer)
The various AIs from Vision’s mindscape, E.D.I.T.H., DUM-E, U, and F.R.I.D.A.Y., are released from Vision’s programming in the finale. E.D.I.T.H. ends up replacing Paladin’s AI assistant and goes off with him in the end, as he starts a new (less sinister) bounty-hunting business. As for the rest, unlike E.D.I.T.H., we don’t really know what their futures hold, but we know they’re out there somewhere.
All eight episodes of VisionQuest are now available on Disney+.