VisionQuest Episode 4 follows Vision's AI programs investigating Dr. Josephine Carrington. Like WandaVision, this portion of the episode is shot as if it were a Sherlock Holmes story. In fact, E.D.I.T.H. even name-drops the British detective's name in the episode as they begin investigating. This reference might be casual on the surface.Some might even think that this name-drop is a reference not to one, but to the pasts of two Marvel Cinematic Universe actors (Benedict Cumberbatch and Robert Downey Jr.) as Holmes. However, there is another way to treat this name-drop, which is as an Easter egg. VisionQuest could have also inadvertently referenced a key mutant.VisionQuest references Mystique's past:Despite publishing a Sherlock Holmes comic in the 1970s, Marvel Comics revealed something about the detective a few years ago through Immortal X-Men #8. This comic fleshed out Mystique's backstory centuries before the X-Men were formed. It should be noted that Mystique in the comics is almost as old as Wolverine, something that the movies never touched upon.It is this issue that reveals a shocking twist: Mystique was a Londoner in the Victorian era, and moreover, she disguised herself as Sherlock Holmes at that time. Additionally, Destiny — the other mutant and Mystique's romantic partner in the comics — is the only "villain" who outsmarted Sherlock Holmes: Irene Adler.Destiny was never adapted in the Fox era X-Men movies, nor was Mystique and Destiny's familial relationship with Nightcrawler, Rogue, and Graydon Creed adapted. Graydon did not even appear in any X-Men movie despite being one of the most prominent human antagonists the mutants face regularly.VisionQuest's naming of Sherlock Holmes could be a hint that the MCU might look at the comics closely for adapting the iconic mutant team. But this small VisionQuest Easter egg does give us hope that Marvel Studios will give us a more faithful version of X-Men. Director Jake Schreier told Collider back in April the comic runs that he had been looking at for inspiration:"I’ve just been digging into so many of the old comics and the entire Claremont run, and just going through stuff and really trying to think about what can we do well that feels new and feels different, and that hasn’t been done well before? Obviously, there’s such an incredible cinematic tradition of these comics, but what can we do? And how can we put our own spin on what that is?”He further described the classic comic books as a rich foundation in the same interview, saying:“When you go back, and you read all of X-Men, and you see how much of it was also, obviously, the ideology is a huge part of what drives the narrative, but also the interpersonal and there’s a soap opera quality to it. When you go back and read those original comics, I think having writers who understand both of those things and how to kind of drive that ideology from more personal risks, if we can get all of those things right, and in a way, that’s the thing that will feel most honest to what X-Men can be.”All in all, it is highly likely that the upcoming X-Men movie set in the MCU continuity will proudly embrace its comic book roots, something that the previous big-screen adaptations released by Fox failed to do. However, there is another simple way to treat this Easter egg.The Sherlock name-drop could also be just a meta reference: View this post on Instagram Instagram PostIt should be noted that VisionQuest is a follow-up to WandaVision, a series that was a pastiche of classic TV sitcoms. Therefore, the Vision series might have followed the tradition of WandaVision by filming a scene as if it were an investigative thriller.Do you think that the Sherlock Holmes name-drop in VisionQuest Episode 4 carries any deeper significance? Let us know.