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The Defenders, Derek, John and Chris, return to kick off our coverage of VisionQuest Episodes 1 and 2 with review of No Strings and Theseus. Make sure you've watched both episodes before you listen along to our spoiler filled chat all about them.
VisionQuest Episode 1 No Strings and Episode 2 Theseus Synopsis
Vision Character Created by Roy Thomas and artist John Buscema
Creator and Showrunner: Terry Matalas
Episode 1 and 2 Written by: Terry Matalas
Episode 1 and 2 Directed by: Christopher J. Byrne
Episode 1 - No Strings
Years after the events in Westview, the original but rebooted Vision has returned to Edinburgh in Scotland.
He works in a local pub, attempting to learn how to interact with humans the way his former self did. In his down time, he lives in a virtual space where he is aided by a new family, all of Stark Industries former A.I. helpers, JARVIS, FRIDAY, U, DUM-E and EDITH. But in the attic of their virtual home he keeps his megalomaniacal father Ultron.
Ultron learns that someone has put a hit on Vision and, bored with his mediocre existence, Ultron leaks the location to the bounty hunter Paladin. 
But, unable to kill Vision on his first attempt, Paladin and his handler access the SWORD files relating to the Westview incident. They learn about a boy called Thomas Sheppard who claims to be the son of Wanda Maximoff and Vision.
Paladin kidnaps the impossible boy and threatens to kill him if Vision doesn't turn himself in.
In episode 2 - Theseus
A year ago, Thomas Sheppard was arrested after an incident to police in London. He has memories that can't exist of a time when he was the son of a witch and a robot. But, unable or unwilling to help him they send him to a St. Mabyn's Sanatorium.
On the transfer bus to the heavily guarded facility, Tommy meets kleptomaniac Lisa, The two quickly hit it off and, working together, they escape the bus and their fate.
In the present day, Paladin lays a trap for Vision by placing the kidnapped Tommy in the same prison hospital and inviting him to save his son.
Spurred on by Ultron and over confidence in his vibranium body, Vision walks into the trap taking out Paladin's mercenaries and saving Tommy.
Despite Paladin being prepared with Adamantium bullets, Vision just about escapes with his life. But the damage caused by the bullets almost leads to his death until JARVIS offers up his life to save the other A.I.s. 
With questions still needing to be answered, Tommy returns with a car to escape with Vision and his passenger Ultron.
The VisionQuest Old Selkie Pub Quiz
During each podcast we'll ask a question about each episode in our The VisionQuest Old Selkie Pub Quiz. You can send in your answers at the end of the series to feedback@tvpodcastindustries.com At the end of VisionQuest the fellow Defenders with the most correct answers will be in with the chance of getting their hands on some VisionQuest goodies. All questions will be updated on: https://www.tvpodcastindustries.com
Question 1: What electrical store is Vision hiding out in?
Question 2: What wing of St. Mabyn psychiatric hospital is Thomas Shepard locked in by Paladin?
Marvel's VisionQuest Cast
Paul Bettany as Vision
Ruaridh Mollica as Thomas Sheppard/Thomas Maximoff
Jonathan Sayer as U
Henry Lewis as DUM-E
Emily Hampshire as EDITH
Orla Brady as FRIDAY
Todd Stashwick as Paladin
Diane Morgan as the Handler
And James D'Arcy as JARVIS
with James Spader as Ultron
A Return to Defending
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Thanks for joining us for our VisionQuest podcast. We will be next week with VisionQuest Episode 3 Reboot and Episode 4 Malware.
Until then, Keep Watching, Keep Listening and Keep Defending.
Derek, Chris and John
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In our Avengers Endgame Encore podcast we discuss the re-release of the biggest MCU movie to date and the four additional post credit scenes that were included leading up to Avengers Doomsday in December 2026.
This is a spoiler filled discussion about the post credit scenes and speculation about what they could mean for Doomsday.
We hope you'll join us in December for our review of Avengers Doomsday.
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VisionQuest will be released on the 14th of October so we'll chat all about the next Marvel Disney Plus show over there.
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Two billion dollars in the bank already and Spider-Man Brand New Day is already one of the biggest hits of 2026 and rightly so. Our full team are finally back to discuss all of this best moments from this years Marvel and Sony collaboration. Make sure you've watched the movie before you jump into our fully spoiler filled chat.
Synopsis for our Spider-Man Brand New Day Movie Review
Directed by Destin Daniel Cretin.
Written by: Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers.
Based on characters by - Steve Ditko and Stan Lee
Four years after Dr. Strange erased Peter Parker from everyone’s memory, Peter has completely committed himself to being Spider-Man. He visits Aunt May’s grave, secretly checks in on Ned Leeds and MJ at MIT, and spends every other waking hour fighting crime across New York. When a tank goes on a rampage, Spider-Man first has to stop vigilante Frank Castle before stopping the tank. Inside, Peter finds a confused woman and something much stranger: an unseen entity that jumps from body to body inside the Department of Damage Control, eventually freeing Mac Gargan, aka The Scorpion. Yelena Bolova tells Peter this isn’t ordinary mind control. It's small potatoes but the attacks are connected to something called “V-Max.”
Stranger things get even more complicated when Ned returns to New York. Peter secretly follows him to a house-warming party, where he also sees MJ — now with another boyfriend. The sight of her sends Peter spiralling, and soon his own spider DNA begins to mutate. With help from Dr. Bruce Banner, Peter manages to create a device to suppress the changes. But when Spider-Man finally tracks the entity to The Scorpion, it possesses MJ and threatens to kill her. Peter discovers the truth: the entity is actually the mutant Jean Grey, who is searching Damage Control for V-Max. Jean takes control of the Hulk, leading to a massive fight with Spider-Man and Frank Castle. They eventually separate Jean from Hulk, but something goes horribly wrong — No Banner, No girl, only Hulk!
Peter manages to calm Hulk and capture Jean, but she mentions the name "Sarah" before passing out. With help from MJ and Yelena, Peter discovers that Sarah is Jean’s missing sister, who was experimented on by Damage Control and Director Metzger. And the mysterious V-Max? It was nothing more than words written on an air-conditioning unit in the room where Sarah died. When Jean learns the truth, her grief explodes into rage, and she takes control of a kilometre of New York and its citizens. Peter fights his way through mind-controlled Hand ninjas to reach her, then allows Jean inside his mind. There, through memories of Aunt May, Peter convinces Jean that she is loved and promises to help her.
But before he can save her, Frank Castle takes a sniper shot at Jean. Peter uses his new abilities to get Jean out of the way — and takes the bullet himself. Jean keeps him alive long enough for the doctors at Metro-General Hospital to save him. When Peter wakes up, Frank helps him escape as New York celebrates Spider-Man as a hero. Peter returns to his anonymous life, until he runs into Ned at a local bodega. This time, Peter introduces himself. He uses their old handshake, and Ned immediately knows how to complete it. For just a moment, it seems like his oldest friend might remember him after all.
Cast of Spider-Man No Way Home
Tom Holland - Peter Parker/Spider-Man
Zendaya - MJ
Jacob Batalon -Ned
Marisa Tomei - Aunt May
Mark Ruffalo - Bruce Banner/Hulk
Jon Bernthal - Frank Castle/Punisher
Sadie Sink - Jean Grey
Liza Colón-Zayas - Detective Jean DeWolff
Tramell Tillman - William 'Bill' Metzger
Naomi Watts (The Impossible) - voice of EV in suit
Michael Mando - Mac Gargan / Scorpion
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We'll be back next in the MCU with VisionQuest which we expect to see in October followed by Avengers Doomsday in December. In the meantime we'll be covering Lanterns from DC available on HBO Max on our main feed from August 2026
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Finale time as Derek and John chat all about Spider-Noir Episode 8 "Man Behind The Mask” as the fantastic show comes to an end. We discuss this all in Spoiler filled detail so make sure you've watched the episode before joining us.
Spider-Noir Episode 8 "Man Behind The Mask" Details
Executive Producers are Harry Bradbeer, Oren Uziel, Steve Lightfoot, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Amy Pascal, Aditya Sood, Dan Shear
Directed by Greg Yaitanes
Written by Oren Uziel
Episode Synopsis:
After learning that Ben Reilly has an antidote for the superpowers, Cat Hardy arranges a meeting with his secretary Janet. 
Cat asks Janet to get the antidote to her so she can cure Flint Marko and Dirk Leyden. But they were watching and they follow Janet to Robbie Robertson's place and they capture the recovering Ben Reilly
Silvermane forces Ben to contact the Spider, with Robbie posing as him, and orders the antidote brought to the Alcove bar. 
After Dirk Leyden recognizes Ben from the war, Silvermane realizes Ben is the Spider and threatens Cat to make him confess. 
To protect Ben, Cat reveals she is the one who betrayed Silvermane. Before Silvermane can kill her, Robbie arrives dressed as the Spider. 
Thinking he's The Spider, Megawatt injects Robbie with the cure and electrocutes him, then tries to persuade Flint Marko to help overthrow Silvermane. 
Ben regains use of his webbing and fights the two powerful fighters, while Cat tracks down and kills Silvermane. 
Sandman turns on Leyden after he attacks Cat. The Spider gets the better of Megawatt and kills him by throwing him into an incoming train. 
Ben gives the last antidote dose to Flint Marko, sacrificing his only chance to become human again so Cat and Flint can be together. 
In the aftermath of Silvermane’s death, Mayor Morris is reelected, Robbie leaves the Daily Bugle to lead the Harlem Herald, and Ben and Janet renovate their joint office, now called "Reilly and Ruiz Investigations".
Spider-Noir Main Cast
Nicolas Cage - Ben Reilly
Lamorne Morris - Robbie Robertson
Li Jun Li - Cat Hardy
Karen Rodriguez - Janet Ruiz
Abraham Popoola - Lonnie Lincoln
Jack Huston - Flint Marko / Sandman
Brendan Gleeson - Silvermane
Michael Kostroff - Mayor Alfred Morris
Andrew Lewis Caldwell - Dirk Leyden
Scott MacArthur - Perry
Joe Massingill - Pudge
Amy Aquino - Dr. Faber
Andrew Robinson - Ogden (as Andy Robinson)
Kai Caster - Young Ogden
Amanda Schull - Ruby
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It's the penultimate episode as we chat all about Spider-Noir Episode 7 "Nobody’s Hero” as drunken Ben gets into a bar fight. We discuss this all in Spoiler filled detail so make sure you've watched the episode before joining us.
Spider-Noir Episode 7 "Nobody’s Hero" Details
Executive Producers are Harry Bradbeer, Oren Uziel, Steve Lightfoot, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Amy Pascal, Aditya Sood, Dan Shear
Directed by Greg Yaitanes
Written by Bruce Marshall Romans
Episode Synopsis:
Silvermane is ready to take his fight with Mayor Morris to the streets. He instructs Megawatt and Flint Marko to attack Morris' campaign office and steal his money as Lonnie retrieves Silvermane's confiscated booze from the police.
In an early house in the city Ben drowns his sorrows over Cat's betrayal and beats up a group of dock workers who criticised the aging Spider. 
After some encouragement from Robbie to help the other meta humans, Ben prepares doses of the antidote to cure all of them and plans to use it on himself afterwards. 
As the Spider struggles against Lincoln and the corrupt police officers due to previously overusing his webbing at the bar fight, Robbie manages to inject the cure in Lincoln through his eye and the two help him evade the police officers. 
While Ben recovers from the fight, Lincoln thanks the two for helping him, encourages Robbie to find another way to report outside of the Daily Bugle, and leaves the city with his mother. 
Both Silvermane and Morris find out that Tombstone has been cured. They each give orders to bring Ben to them so they can contact The Spider.
Spider-Noir Main Cast
Nicolas Cage - Ben Reilly
Lamorne Morris - Robbie Robertson
Li Jun Li - Cat Hardy
Karen Rodriguez - Janet Ruiz
Abraham Popoola - Lonnie Lincoln
Jack Huston - Flint Marko / Sandman
Brendan Gleeson - Silvermane
Michael Kostroff - Mayor Alfred Morris
Andrew Lewis Caldwell - Dirk Leyden
Scott MacArthur - Perry
Joe Massingill - Pudge
Amy Aquino - Dr. Faber
Andrew Robinson - Ogden (as Andy Robinson)
Kai Caster - Young Ogden
Amanda Schull - Ruby
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We will be next time with the finale of Spider-Noir Episode 8 "The Man Behind The Mask" make sure you subscribe to the podcast to catch up with each episode.
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John, Chris and Derek
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All images and audio clips are copyright of Sony and Amazon MGM Studios and are used for the purposes of review no infringement is intended.
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