VisionQuest secretly saved Jocasta — but Marvel cut the scene that proves it

Well, here we go—fresh from the Official VisionQuest Podcast, showrunner Terry Matalas has let slip a rather juicy bit about the VisionQuest finale that nobody saw coming. If you thought you knew who bit the dust in that last episode, think again. Turns out, somebody took the 'death' bit rather lightly.

The Big Jocasta Twist

So, first things first: In the actual finale, everyone saw Ultron clutching Jocasta’s source code in the Horton mansion, supposedly after she’d been drilled with an adamantium bullet. End of story, right? Well, not quite. According to Matalas on the podcast, Jocasta actually survived—her consciousness apparently made a cheeky escape in the form of nanos. The kicker? None of this made it into the final cut.

On the podcast, Matalas laid it out: ‘There’s a deleted scene for that in which you see that she got out in some nanos… we wanted to save that, because it relieved a bit too much of the drama of the finale.’

So, they deliberately left the scene out—not because it didn’t fit, but because it would’ve taken the edge off. Bit of a bait-and-switch, if you ask me, but fair enough for the sake of suspense.

What Almost Happened

That’s not where the deleted bits end, either. Matalas also shared his original pitch for the post-credits scene. Instead of Ultron laying low, the original idea involved him popping up at the Louvre, sticking on a hat that transforms into a crown, quietly inheriting his own empire and blending right in with the humans. It’s pure comic book bravado—makes you wish they’d actually shot it.

• Jocasta’s survival was left on the cutting room floor, only hinted at in a scene fans never got to see.
• Ultron nearly got a Parisian makeover in the Louvre, hat and all.
• The finale still went for a shocker by having Doctor Doom resurrect Wanda Maximoff—a twist that nobody had on their bingo card.

Future Plans and Fan Service

As for what comes next, Matalas made it clear he doesn't consider the Maximoff family story finished. He hinted at plenty of room for a revisit somewhere down the line:

Matalas, on the podcast, put it simply: ‘That’s one family… so we could see this family again.’

On top of that, both Matalas and Paul Bettany have been talking up their desire for season two. Apparently, there’s no shortage of ideas—Matalas, Bettany, and James Spader are in constant touch plotting potential new directions. None of this is especially covert, if you’ve been paying attention to their interviews. They’re not being subtle about the fact they want to keep the story going.

Podcast hosts Iman Vellani and Frank Alvarez got all of this out of the creative team, with cast members Bettany, Spader, Ruaridh Mollica, and Matalas himself along for the ride.