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Ultron goes bird watching
VisionQuest’s emotional stakes pay off as Ultron hunts Butcherbird.
In brief
VisionQuest’s emotional stakes pay off as Ultron hunts Butcherbird. Vision and Thomas use a pool reboot to save Vision from exploding, but Butcherbird attacks after learning about Vision’s past. Originally reported by AV Club.
Butcherbird emerges
Ultron learns about Butcherbird from a news broadcast, curious about this 'busy little bird' who leaves wing-like markings.
Butcherbird in action
She disables a man’s security system and shrugs off shotgun blasts before revealing robot eyes beneath her hood.
Vision’s healing

Vision heals his injuries by dumping sulfuric acid into his wound, depicted as a house fire in the mind-mansion.
Paladin’s past
Paladin recalls a werewolf adventure and a billy club incident, saying, 'If you can’t stand the heat, stay out of Hell’s Kitchen.'
“If you can’t stand the heat, stay out of Hell’s Kitchen”
Vision and Thomas
Vision insists he can’t be Thomas’s father, explaining it’s all due to Wanda’s magic, not his actions.
Hotel conversation
Vision notes Thomas watches Small Wonder, hinting TV taste is genetic, and explains WandaVision without Evan Peters’ meta-casting.
Vision’s reboot plan
Vision and Thomas use the hotel pool to reboot Vision’s core, with Thomas’s speed jumping-starting the system.
“the very essence of speed”
Butcherbird’s target
Butcherbird scans Paladin’s mind, revealing his father was abusive and he was murdered by the real Paladin.
AI funeral
E.D.I.T.H. plans a funeral for J.A.R.V.I.S., with D.U.M.-E. reciting Keats’ 'On Death' and U. saying, 'Yeah.'
“Yeah”
Butcherbird attacks
Butcherbird reveals herself as Josephine Carrington, who was killed by Ultron in the comics.
“Josephine Carrington”
Katarina Wells
Katarina Wells hosts an AI gala on Remembrance Day for Ultron’s Sokovia attack victims.
“Remembrance Day for the victims of Ultron’s attack on Sokovia”
Thomas’s realization
Thomas realizes Vision’s fifth AI is Ultron, causing panic as he fears Vision’s connection to his past.
Ultron takes over
Ultron helps Vision fight Katarina Wells, then locks the AIs in the house and kills Katarina.
“take the proverbial wheel”
Vision’s pool reboot
Vision’s core reboot works, but Butcherbird is attracted to the signal.
Butcherbird’s threat
Butcherbird threatens to kill Vision’s team after learning about his past.
Final scene
The episode ends with a tribute to J.I.M., the first synthezoid who overrode his circuits and caught fire.
“J.I.M.”
At a glance
Vision and Thomas use a pool reboot to save Vision from exploding, but Butcherbird attacks after learning about Vision’s past.



