‘VisionQuest’ Lands a Certified Fresh Rotten Tomatoes Score, But Not Every Critic Is Sold
Marvel’s Disney+ experiment started in a sitcom-style suburb and has since wandered through witches, hexes and haunted roads. Now the road leads to a stranger, quieter destination: the White Vision, trying to work out who he is. Critics have had their say on ‘VisionQuest‘, and the response is warm, if not unanimous.
Created by showrunner Terry Matalas, the series closes out the trilogy that began with ‘WandaVision’ and continued with ‘Agatha All Along’. It picks up with a Vision who has his data restored but lacks the emotional connection to those memories, leaving him lost. Kevin Feige and Jac Schaeffer are among the executive producers.
The early verdict from Rotten Tomatoes: ‘VisionQuest’ sits at an 85% average Tomatometer score, and the series has been described as Certified Fresh. MovieWeb put the figure at 85% from 26 reviews, which slots it below ‘WandaVision’ at 92% from 428 reviews and above ‘Agatha All Along’ at 84% from 218 reviews. The score opened higher, in the high 80s, before settling, and it will keep moving as more reviews arrive.
The loudest applause is for the central pair. Paul Bettany and James Spader, who returns as Ultron, come in for high praise, and most reviews say the series lands its emotional beats when it aims for them. One late sequence, which borrows from the sitcom language of ‘WandaVision’, has been singled out as particularly inventive.
Some critics have gone big. A Fangirlish reviewer called it one of the best things the MCU has produced, while Nerdist’s critic said it was worth the wait and completes the franchise’s best trilogy. Screen Rant gave it 9/10, praising its wit, stakes, mystery and family drama, and ComicBookMovie handed out a perfect score.
Not every review is glowing. Rolling Stone’s David Fear argued that the series is short on the very thing its title promises, and Variety’s Alison Herman said it mirrors its hero’s struggle to connect with emotion. IndieWire’s Ben Travers graded it a C and called the series a tiresome father-and-son drama that feels neither complicated nor unique.
Even some positive write-ups flagged an uneven second half and trouble balancing multiple storylines. Four of the first 30 critics counted on the Tomatometer went Rotten, a small share but enough to keep the conversation lively. The Popcornmeter is still blank, since audience scores open only after fans can watch.
Spader reprises Ultron, and the supporting cast includes Faran Tahir, Todd Stashwick, T’Nia Miller as Jocasta, Emily Hampshire as E.D.I.T.H. and James D’Arcy as J.A.R.V.I.S. Ruaridh Mollica plays an older Tommy Maximoff, and the ensemble also features Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Orla Brady. Early footage has teased human versions of several AI programs living in Vision’s mind space.
The series premieres on Disney+ on October 14, though US viewers can stream it from the evening of October 13. The 8 episodes arrive in double drops: 2 episodes on October 14, 2 on October 21 and 2 on October 28. The seventh episode lands on November 4 and the finale on November 11.
The first trailer for #VisionQuest, premiering October 14 on Disney+. https://t.co/jIcsJ2Iarl
— Rotten Tomatoes 🍅 (@RottenTomatoes) August 15, 2026
The first 6 episodes run between 45 and 54 minutes, while the last 2 clock in at 62 and 68 minutes, the longest MCU TV episodes to date. It is also the last new live-action Marvel show on the Disney+ schedule before ‘Avengers: Doomsday’.
With a strong score, a few sharp dissenters and a finale built to send the trilogy out in style, the question now is whether audiences agree with the critics.
Based on the early reviews, how excited are you for VisionQuest?
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