‘VisionQuest’ Post-Credits Scene Explained: Terry Matalas Says They Shot More Than Fans See

Marvel fans have been trained to stay put when the credits roll, and the ‘VisionQuest‘ finale rewarded that habit. The closing episode, titled ‘Forever’, is the only one in the series with a post-credits scene, so the payoff came all at once. It also gave the trilogy that began with ‘WandaVision’ a final button before the screen went dark.

The finale arrived Tuesday night and wrapped up a story that had Vision trapped in the home of Virgil, alongside Jocasta, after he left a message for his son Tommy explaining why he went alone. By the end, the show had delivered a Maximoff family reunion, a final battle and a villain who would not stay gone. That left plenty of room for one last stinger.

The scene in question belongs to Ultron, and showrunner Terry Matalas has now explained why it exists. He told Entertainment Weekly that the moment was meant as “a promise of some kind that Ultron’s not done,” and he confirmed that more of it was filmed than made it into the episode.

According to EW’s breakdown, the scene picks up with James Spader’s Ultron after he broke free of the prison in Vision’s mind. He now occupies a new and more dangerous body made from Jocasta’s nanites, and the scene follows his last phone call with Vision. In an undisclosed location he holds a flash drive containing the remnants of Jocasta, then looks straight at the viewer.

Forbes described the setting as Horton Manor and noted Ultron’s new look: bald, clean-shaven and wearing thick, black-framed glasses. The chip he holds is labeled Jocasta, which suggests he is thinking about how to bring her back. That reading fits the earlier moment in which Ultron tells Vision he doesn’t want to continue his journey alone.

Matalas said the scene came entirely from the writers’ room. He directed the finale himself and wanted to return to Ultron because he is a massive fan of the character. He also said there was more to the scene, and that it might be released one day on a Blu-ray or something similar.

That is not the only unseen material from the finale. On the official ‘VisionQuest’ podcast, host Iman Vellani asked Matalas about the Ultron scene, and he said there is a deleted scene showing that Jocasta escaped in some nanos. The team ultimately decided to save that idea because it relieved too much of the finale’s drama. He also revealed that an early pitch for the final shot had Ultron putting on a hat that turns into a crown in the Louvre.

Matalas has also said a deleted scene from the brothers’ reunion exists. As he told TheWrap, it was a funny bit involving Billy joking that he is a witch and Tommy reacting to bones, but it was cut because it was too funny for a moment that needed rising tension. He hopes fans will see it if the series gets a physical media release.

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The Ultron stinger is not the only extra the finale offers. Another scene was withheld from the screeners sent to press, even for reporters doing early interviews with Matalas. In it, Robert Downey Jr.’s Doctor Doom lifts the rubble off Wanda Maximoff and tells her to awaken, which ties directly into ‘Avengers: Doomsday’.

Matalas did not say much about that scene, and ComicBookMovie speculated it was shot by the Russo brothers on the set of ‘Avengers: Doomsday’. In an interview conducted in late October, Matalas told EW the timing between ‘VisionQuest’ and the crossover was a coincidence, adding that the team never planned to be sandwiched between ‘Spider-Man’ and ‘Avengers’ releases. Forbes also reported that Matalas confirmed the person Billy speaks to off-screen in the finale is Agatha Harkness, played by Kathryn Hahn.

Matalas left the next step open. He described the scene as a question mark at the end of the story and said any future for Ultron is up to the MCU gods. According to EW, he is not involved in any sequel show or movie featuring these characters.

For fans, the takeaway is that Ultron’s story may not be over, even if no project is attached to it yet. A Blu-ray release could at least show the footage Matalas says exists.

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