Wonder Man Episode 6 - Discussion Thread

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|Episode 6: Call Back|Tiffany Johnson|Roja Gashtili & Julia Lerman and Andrew Guest|January 27, 2026|\--||

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Joshdabozz2026-01-28 05:15

Episode 5 was really short I’m shocked it’s already episode 6

Excited to see more of Von Kovac. I thought he’d be in the show more cuz of the trailers

sib29722026-01-28 05:31

I was really vibing with the off the rails vibes in the back half of episode 5 and then it just ended. Too short

mertag7702026-01-28 05:21

holy shit that punch got me

Unlikely-Beat2026-01-28 05:47

Same I thought for a second shit was an episode of The Boys

justafanboy10102026-01-28 06:23

Broooo I thought the same exact shit. It was so reallll

deleteandrewind2026-01-28 05:48

I woke my dog up because I said holy fuck so loud

wardengorri2026-01-28 10:29

Insane how clean of a punch it was too, through and through lol. Hope we gets some behind the scenes of that.

Eastern_Hornet_64322026-01-28 10:58

Not me. I was waiting for it to jump back to reality because if Simon were capable of knowingly and voluntarily punching through someone's head just because they were saying mean things to him, he could never be a hero.

PS: though if controlling his powers is something he worries about to that degree, and if his mind thinks violent things like that unbidden, and if he views movies as a safe place to retreat from reality, I could see how he'd fall in love with Wanda like in the comics.

your_mind_aches2026-01-28 11:52

This show is so good that I feel like they would be stupid to just drop Simon after this. I don't really see a place for him in the plot of Secret Wars outside of maybe a cameo somewhere in Battleworld.

But... we've gotta see him again in the Mutant Saga. Even if he's not a mutant, which he damn well seems like in this version, I would love to see him interact with Wanda and be part of the West Coast Avengers.

deleteandrewind2026-01-28 05:30

The Mandarin audition session is GOLDEN

Bright_NightLight12026-01-28 05:33

Insane how much they've fleshed out Trevor's character since Iron Man 3. I love that this show is as much an exploration of Trevor as it is of Simon

sib29722026-01-28 05:38

Crazy how one of my least favorite things in the whole MCU has turned it a very enjoyable aspect

wardengorri2026-01-28 10:30

Pretty incredible what they did with this character looking back. From Iron Man 3, Shang Chi and now Wonder Man I don't think I expected to like and care as much as do for Trevor as a whole.

Eastern_Hornet_64322026-01-29 02:57

Marvel pretty consistently does this. Iron Man 2 was critically divisive upon release, but without it you never get Civil War. Thor 2 was panned on release, but it forms the emotional heart of Thor's story in Endgame.

Marvel is the opposite of Lucasfilm, because Marvel doesn't give up on something just because the audience doesn't immediately respond well to it. Lucasfilm made the critical mistake of changing horses midstream with the sequels; a knee-jerk reaction to appease fans who didn't like TLJ. Whether you like TLJ or hate it, virtually everyone agrees that TROS's attempt to backpedal on everything TLJ did made things even worse, not better. Whereas if the trilogy had kept going with those themes and simply improved on the execution, maybe it would have redeemed things. We'll never know now.

Marvel never abandons a plotline. Brave New World brought the Leader back after his being absent from the MCU for 17 years IRL. The Doorman episode revisited the Roxxon/Darkforce stuff even though that stuff hadn't been mentioned since Agent Carter and Cloak & Dagger. People all joked that Inhumans was so bad it should be erased from canon, and yet DSitMoM brought Black Bolt back and used him to great effect. Marvel will always eventually figure out how to take a misstep and use it better. I bet they even figure out how to "fix" the mistake of Secret Invasion. And it might not be with Jonathan Majors, but we will get a resolution to the Kang plotline eventually. With Marvel, the franchise has its ups and downs, but it clearly refuses to ever let it be a "waste of time" to have invested your time into watching something. It might be good, it might be bad, but it will never be pointless or abandoned. Everything is relevant eventually. "It's All Connected".

Nefarious_242026-01-28 05:55

I was always fine with the twist… but where they have taken his character has been amazing

LeftenantScullbaggs2026-01-28 10:53

I just love this unexpected direction with Trevor after IM3. 🥹

Realistic_Analyst_262026-01-29 01:08

People are generally fine with the actor twist. The problem is the lack of an actual Mandarin. If Wenwu appeared in Iron Man 3 then it would have been great.

ScuzzBuckster2026-01-29 02:51

To this day I'm still of the mind that he should have just actually been The Mandarin and Aldrich Killian thought he was playing him, but thats just me. I would have taken the twist that Maya was the Mandarin like they originally planned. Honestly the only thing that didnt really work was Killian being an amalgation of Mallus/Killian/The Mandarin. It didnt work.

King-Osvald2026-01-28 05:36

Why does that one guy look so much like carlos sainz?

Joshdabozz2026-01-28 05:47

That punch really got me. I didn’t expect that. I thought that shit was real

Joshdabozz2026-01-28 05:53

Trevor really needs to tell Simon his secret ASAP.

sib29722026-01-28 05:54

I think I woke my neighbors I yelled so loud at that punch

justafanboy10102026-01-28 05:56

Stupid question, is that Guy Pearce’s voice in the beginning?!?

your_mind_aches2026-01-28 11:55

The captions say "casting director" so I'm guessing not.

axb20022026-01-28 05:57

I thought Simon actually killed that man holy hell.

Man this rocks.

jjkm72026-01-28 20:02

It was lingering for so long before the snap back to reality that I actually started to believe it too

Nefarious_242026-01-28 06:01

That punch

Nefarious_242026-01-28 06:08

There is nothing Hollywood loves more than a Hollywood story

MACGamer12026-01-28 06:12

God I think this show needs to be longer I LOVE IT that PUNCH

Icy_Teach_25062026-01-28 06:22

I’m enjoying it so much more than I thought I would. I love it.

pizzaporker12026-01-28 07:53

Agreed lol

justafanboy10102026-01-28 06:23

YOOO WHAT THE FJCK!!!!!!!!

![gif](giphy|qIfG2193qAwGgw4hdg)

WildSinatra2026-01-28 07:07

For a dream sequence that’s still gotta be up there as far as one of most graphic ways to go in the MCU. The scene lingered for so long I was genuinely shocked when it didn’t immediately cut.

justafanboy10102026-01-28 07:13

That’s exactly how I felt.. I thought the episode was gonna end right there nd we see the aftermath in the next ep

I think that is THE most graphic thing I have ever seen in the MCU. Never have they showed a whole face just gone like a donut hole 🍩

RDxChotch2026-01-28 07:34

Kingpin ripped a dude’s head in half in Born Again

justafanboy10102026-01-28 07:34

Oh- whaat????

eagc72026-01-28 07:59

Oh yeah he did

Eastern_Hornet_64322026-01-28 10:55

Black Bolt liquefied his own skull.

sentient_luggage2026-01-28 07:55

It was very dry. I'm not saying that gore = blood but it's a vital component and that's why it wasn't all that visceral.

Still a wild moment that came out of nowhere.

pizzaporker12026-01-28 07:56

I could see the buttons being pushed too....sheeshhhh

your_mind_aches2026-01-28 11:55

Nahhhh. Fisk ripping >!Gallo's!< head in half, as well as Cassandra Nova ripping all of Johnny Storm's skin off still take that cake for sure.

Uncanny_Doom2026-01-28 09:15

My jaw hasn’t dropped like this watching something in a while.

AmayaRumanta2026-01-28 06:28

Melanie is gorgeous.

FloppyShellTaco2026-01-28 06:34

I love how neurotic Simon is

soupjaw2026-01-28 06:38

The sagging headliner in Simon's car is chef's kiss

FloppyShellTaco2026-01-28 06:39

God, I love this show.

His little Avengers vision board

FloppyShellTaco2026-01-28 06:47

Not Pretty Woman lmao

ShantJ2026-01-28 07:52

I giggled.

FloppyShellTaco2026-01-28 07:02

Stop kidnapping Trevor!

buddhassynapse2026-01-28 07:12

Loved the Dr. Manhattan easter egg on Kovaks board.

TinySpiderman2026-01-28 23:49

Yes! Yaha did such a great job as Dr. Manhattan. Such a fantastic actor.

onlyididntsayfudge2026-01-28 07:21

The layers. Actors playing actors acting out spontaneous acting roles. My brain is fried from it. Excellent acting from everyone in this ep. And every ep but especially this one.

wardengorri2026-01-28 10:32

Trying not to gush too much given we're all MCU fans but really curious if this show has potential to at least get an award nomination or two for Comedy it's so damn surprisingly great!

polydicks2026-01-28 14:52

It gives me Apple TV vibes in the best way

handsoapdispenser2026-01-29 02:01

Josh Gad gets Emmy for best song easy

Leeiteee2026-01-28 21:44

Just some dudes, playing dudes disguised as another dudes

ShantJ2026-01-28 07:54

Trevor really said

![gif](giphy|cnooVlWxyXmmIZcED9)

oorza2026-01-28 08:24

I wonder how many takes it took Yahya to get that *perfect* face when he's driving home from the callback.

Artemis4072026-01-28 08:43

When Trevor and Simon talked on the balcony… it had me bawling 😭

bobloblawlawblog5792026-01-28 10:59

I had to rewind and watch it again because I felt his speech in my soul.

CrazySnipah2026-01-28 09:04

Everything about Trevor fills me with glee. And he was genuinely clever at the end there with how he played that agent.

Ineedaroommate22026-01-28 09:07

God that balcony scene that moved into the audition was pure cinema

trewiltrewil2026-01-28 14:11

I do think that the part that moves back inside felt flat though... Like the best lines were in the first half. Like the part on the balcony was really moving, but the part inside didn't have the same umph... It's because the mesty part of the dialogue is at the start, so when you go back inside they have less to work with. Not a knock on the scene but it was the one thing that stood out from the episode. I would have pulled them inside just a line earlier to still have the power of those early words.

Ineedaroommate22026-01-28 09:08

This show reminds me of Barry in the best way

aSpookyScarySkeleton2026-01-28 11:18

Didn’t expect my favorite Chaka song to be the credit drop. Glad more folks are exposed to it.

Nexus7182026-01-28 17:59

The edits with the song intro lol.

SNORINGROCKS2026-01-29 00:47

whats the name of the song?

aSpookyScarySkeleton2026-01-29 02:52

I Feel for You

It’s actually a cover of a Prince song.

tacoorpizza2026-01-29 02:21

Trevor being a huge Chaka Khan was cool. He’s been great comic relief for the show, but also so important to helping Simon change his perspective on things in a genuinely caring way.

your_mind_aches2026-01-28 11:25

The marketing hiding all the crazy stuff made for a wonderful surprise, but man I thought the bit where Simon and Trevor arrive at the mansion in the trailer seemed a bit off.

Turns out it's because they both got caught up in an insane candy scheme due to blackmail, that got intertwined with a drug vendetta from the night before and they hadn't slept.

intern_122026-01-28 23:30

You couldn't have gotten me to write that sentence before seeing the show if I was asked to predict what happened B4 Trevor and Simon got to the Mansion lol.

merscever2026-01-28 11:56

Kovak has a screenshot of iron man 3 house party protocol scene on his moodboard. production mistake or are they implying events of iron man 3 got turned into a 1:1 movie in universe?

Zealousideal_Bad88772026-01-28 11:58

They do this all the time in the mcu it pisses me off so much 😭😭😭

TopBee832026-01-28 15:34

Probably got turned into a movie, I believe in far from home we see there are in universe movies and documentaries based on in universe events.

IsThisCleverEnough72026-01-28 17:03

I watched Pretty Woman for the first time two days ago so this was cool to see.

This show keeps getting better!

Nexus7182026-01-28 18:01

i don't know if I've ever seen a show that has been a real medicine for my depression. The production locations showing my favorite parts of the city where I live, and not the tourist traps; the charm between Yahya and Sir Ben Kingsley, Baby's Day Out... what a pleasant surprise.

colbyxclusive2026-01-28 19:55

That definitely got me lmao

zwcropper2026-01-29 01:35

Holy shit it got me too

Saint_Diego2026-01-28 20:09

I get it’s a symptom of being too big a fan, but I don’t like when movies/shows use real promotion images or pics from scenes as in universe pictures. Like how did the director get a picture from the final battle from Iron Man 3, Black Panther in the Forrest, or Cap on the Lumerian Star for his vision board? lol

Pheonyx19742026-01-28 21:07

Worthless, pointless and a waste of a character. He’s just like Moon Knight. An awesome character that Marvel has turned into a one shot wonder. We’ll never see him again.

TimeTimeTickingAway2026-01-28 21:18

This episode felt like something that would happen in The Rehearsal.

Janderson24942026-01-28 21:29

Yahya is so, so good in this series. I really hope he sticks around in the MCU for a while, I've been a fan since The Get Down and he deserves so much more exposure.

whistlar2026-01-28 23:18

The scene on the balcony was so distracting. All I could hear every few seconds was someone inhaling and exhaling.

big_daddy_jay092026-01-28 23:20

As someone who has never seen pretty women, I thought Simon did well

thinkinting2026-01-29 02:52

"The pretzels are making me THIRSTY!"