Marvel's VisionQuest Finally Reveals The Identity Of Its Main Villain

Contains spoilers for "VisionQuest" Season 1, Episode 7 – "Immolation"

You know how the saying goes: Whenever you see Ultron, you should suspect Ultron. Even if the exact thing you suspect him of might be wrong, he's probably up to no good anyway. 

"VisionQuest" finally reveals who the show's mysterious Client is in Episode 7, "Immolation." Barring any season finale twists and to the shock of no one in particular, the person who's been after Vision (and T'Nia Miller's Jocasta, it seems) has been James Spader's AI villain all along. Presumably to throw off suspicion, Ultron even snarks at the Client when the shadowy avatar figure appears to Jocasta, mocking his artificially creepy voice and deeming him human. Meanwhile, the Client acts like he doesn't know who Ultron is, which is frankly an accomplishment considering how much the "Avengers: Age of Ultron" antagonist has impacted the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the creation of the MCU's Sokovia Accords.

Yet the end of "Immolation" reveals that Ultron has been behind everything after all, with both Jocasta and F.R.I.D.A.Y. (Orla Brady) realizing the truth a bit too late. Like Vision (Paul Bettany), Jocasta is deactivated at the end of the episode, and both are at Ultron's mercy. And because Ultron wouldn't be Ultron without any late-game major character deaths, his villain reveal involves him casually dropping F.R.I.D.A.Y. to her apparent death — and Paladin's (Todd Stashwick) van getting a nasty case of bazooka-induced explosion. 

Since his creation, Ultron has made it pretty clear that he isn't a particular fan of being kept on "strings." He reiterates this position multiple times after we find out that Vision has kept the villain in his Mindspace since the ending of "Avengers: Age of Ultron." On "VisionQuest," he's also fairly open about the fact that should he gain freedom, he might very well attack humanity once again. What's more, he's already shown that he can be incredibly crafty, playing the other artificial intelligences like a violin on multiple occasions throughout the show. 

In other words, Ultron's MCU return has been very faithful to the openly confrontational character who tends to think that he's the smartest entity in the room (and is often correct). In fact, even the nifty hat that the Client avatar has been wearing ties directly into Ultron's newfound fondness for headgear. It seems that Ultron himself has barely bothered to hide his overall villainy — he's simply managed to misdirect everyone about the exact nature of his animosity until now.