Marvel's Ant-Man and the Wasp (Earth-113599)

Marvel's Ant-Man and the Wasp is a 2018 live-action superhero film produced by 20th Century Fox and Marvel Studios based on the duo by the same name. It is the twenty fifth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and a sequel to Ant-Man. It was released worldwide on July 6th 2018.

Production
The first Ant-Man movie was met with enough decent financial success to warrant a sequel in Phase 3. During Comic Con 2015 when the schedule was announced many were surprised to find out that the sequel was in the works that be starring Evangeline Lilly's The Wasp in not just a supporting role, but as a co-lead alongside Paul Rudd's Ant-Man. Making it the only female co-lead Marvel film since Black Widow and Hawkeye. News also surfaced at the time that Peyton Reed would not be returning to the direct the sequel and would instead of replaced by Indie Director Kelly Fremon Craig.

Another interesting fact revealed at Comic Con was Ant-Man and the Wasp's release date appearing two months after Avengers 3's release date of May 2018, confusing many fans who thought their inclusion in the Avengers was inevitable and/or that Avengers 3 would end with a cliffhanger. Kevin Feige though did reassure fans Scott Lang and Janet Van Dyne would be fighting alongside the Avengers at some point in the future. Though Feige didn't explicitly say it at Comic Con, Ant-Man and the Wasp was later confirmed by Director Kelly Fremon Craig to be a prequel to the events of Avengers 3. That the events of the plot would include the involve the cosmic realm of the Overspace, which would play a significant role in the events of the upcoming May 2019 film Avengers 4.

Casting for Ant-Man and the Wasp showed that most of the cast for the original film would be reprising their roles in addition to other characters from different Marvel Cinematic Universe properties. Such as Daniel Brühl as Helmut Zemo and Adrian Pasdar as Glenn Talbot, who would be returning from Captain America: Civil War. Filming began and wrapped during mid to late 2017 and met its slated release date on July 6th 2018.

Cast

 * Paul Rudd as Scott Lang/Ant-Man


 * Evangeline Lilly as Janet Van Dyne/The Wasp


 * Nathan Fillion as Simon Williams/Wonder Man


 * Walton Goggins as Erik Josten/Atlas


 * Michael Douglas as Hank Pym


 * Laurence Fishburne as Bill Foster


 * Daniel Brühl as Helmut Zemo/Baron Zemo


 * Abby Ryder Fortson as Cassie Lang


 * Michael Peña as Pedro Ortiz


 * T.I. Harris as Charlie Buchanan


 * David Dastmalchian as Valentin Shatalov


 * Adrian Pasdar as General Glenn Talbot


 * Bobby Cannavale as Blake Burdick


 * Judy Greer as Maggie Burdick

Plot
The film starts with an establishing shot of the Headquarters for the company Williams Innovations. Inside, CEO Simon Williams is in his office working on a laptop until getting a phone call. He casually picks it up and after hearing what's said on the other line begins running through the hallway into the laboratory until he finds Bill Foster. Simon catching his breath asks him if it's true, he actually found the door to Heaven. Bill replies more than that, he found the key.

The credits begin to roll before cutting to the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil, where it shows a Hydra plantation Workshop. Two armed guards wait by the entrance until suddenly being killed by what is revealed to be Ant-Man and the Wasp shrunken down. They grow to full size and Janet says it's ridiculous that they only had two guards protecting the entrance. Scott responds that Hydra must be low on men. This plantation is the last known stronghold S.H.I.E.L.D. has in their database, the Insight Accords got everything else. Janet asks what they're waiting for then, let's cut the head off this Hydra for good! They both shrink down as Ant-Man summons an ant and he flies alongside the Wasp through the plantation until spying on the Workshop Administrator Erik Josten, who's working alongside the Hydra scientists on an advanced ICBM. Ant-Man tells the Wasp she'll go low he'll go high but Janet reminds Scott that she has wings, why would she go low. He takes note of her suggestion and the Wasp jumps off Ant-Man's back before growing to full size and shooting Josten with her blasters. Ant-Man then enlarges himself too and joins the fight, being able to a summon a wide variety of ants from the rainforest. Erik gets up and despite his wounds is able to put in the coordinates for the ICBM before launching it.

Ant-Man looks over the control panel and realizes the ICBM is heading straight for London, telling the Wasp they need to stop it. Janet says Erik Josten will get away if they leave now but Scott tells her thousands of people will die if they don't! She eventually listens and they both fly after it. Ant-Man and the Wasp eventually landing on the ICBM and both shrink down to disable it, successfully doing so as the missile harmlessly drops into the water. Scott and Janet both land on the water with their small stature giving them enough buoyancy to float.

At Camp Hammond, General Talbot grants with Scott Lang and Janet Van Dyne with Medals of Honor saying that he's proud to announce that with the dismantling of the Amazon Plantation Hydra is officially dead, and it's all thanks to valiant heroes like them. Janet insists there are still pockets of them hidden around the world, they'll just go underground again. Talbot claims that the United Nations and S.H.I.E.L.D. will find those scattering rats eventually, but right now the two of them should relax, they've earned it. As Talbot walks away Scott asks Janet why she didn't follow his lead back in the Workshop. They both bicker with one another about it until suddenly kissing, afterwards Scott sarcastically saying that's a pretty convincing point.

Back in San Francisco, Scott and Janet are at their home where Maggie and Blake are dropping Cassie off as per their visitation agreement. It then does a montage of the three of them spending the weekend together where Cassie gets along well with Scott but dislikes Janet, purposely dropping a bowling ball on her foot and throwing an ice cream sundae in her hair. At the beginning of the next week Maggie and Blake come to pick up Cassie and ask how it went. Scott insists it was great but Janet tells them she misbehaved the whole time and should probably be grounded. Maggie asks what happened and Scott explains they were a few hiccups and while they talk Cassie sticks her tongue out at Janet only for Van Dyne to surprisingly do the same right back. After Cassie leaves, Scott tells Janet to please try and get along with Cassie. Janet responds that she tried but Cassie hates her, and she's not going to be pushed around by a ten year old girl. Scott insists she's his daughter and Janet is his girlfriend, he wants his two favorite girls to get along, to please try harder next time. Van Dyne tells him fine, but only because she has to get ready for the meeting at Cross Technologies tomorrow anyway. Scott tells her that's right, with Simon Williams on that Ionic Ray prototype.

It then cuts to a report of a WIRED Insider Interview with Simon Williams himself. Simon tells the Interviewer how the first thing he did after earning his PhD in business was start working for his family's company, Williams Innovations. He then tells the story of how his father, Sanford Williams, grew up in poverty before working hard to break into the science industry and build Williams Innovations from the ground up. After his father died and his brother Eric moved on into sports, Simon knew he had to keep the company alive. The interview then asks what Williams Innovations plans to make next, Simon says they're going to partner with Cross Technologies and research a scientific breakthrough that can change the way they view reality. He can't say much, but when they unveil it, the people of San Francisco and the world are going to be astonished.

At a Church in Cleveland Ohio, Baron Helmut Zemo is dressed in his sleek purple mask as a bunch of Hydra soldiers spare with him. Zemo shows impressive combat skills by physically taking them all down with both his fists and fencing sword. Afterwards, the Baron scolds his soldiers for being so incompetent. Insisting it's no wonder Hydra has fallen from grace! Baron Zemo then rips his mask off revealing himself to have grown a beard as Erik Josten tells him the world is changing faster than Hydra can keep up, creating superpowered freaks isn't going to cut it anymore. Baron Zemo asks Josten what he suggests they do then and Erik says they need to look into a different kind of science. Ant-Man and the Wasp alone took down an entire workshop by themselves, their ability to change size at will is unprecedented. Genetic engineering and political espionage were good when their fathers did it, but Quantum manipulation is the way of the future. Baron Zemo gets up aggressively at first before finally praising Erik for his suggestion. Claiming it's refreshing to see one member of Hydra left who still knows how to think outside the box. Zemo then tells his subordinates to start exhausting every possible connection Hydra has in Quantum Technology, relocate their operations to San Francisco. The soldiers ask what then and Zemo claims then Hydra will be able to grow again.

At Cross Technologies, Hank Pym is working in the lab on a delicate formula until Scott Lang sneaks inside and spooks him by yelling BOO! Hank isn't amused by the prank and tells Scott he would've knocked his teeth out for that if he didn't enjoy working at Cross Technologies again so much. Janet responds "it's nice to see you too, Hank" and he asks speaking of which, how are their new suits holding up in the field. Scott claims there's a little lag between the particle synthesis but Hank replies he's probably just not using the updated features right. Van Dyne interrupts saying they can talk about this later, their meeting with Williams Innovations starts in five minutes. The three of them all walk to the boardroom and after opening the door Simon Williams and Bill Foster are seen inside waiting for them. Simon quickly gets up and hugs Janet asking how long it's been since they last each other with Janet telling him years at least. Simon then jokingly insists that he always knew she'd be a superhero one day and Van Dyne responds not to sell himself short, he doesn't look a day over thirty. Scott starts to become jealous and clears his throat, which gets their attention and Janet introduces Lang as her boyfriend. Simon proudly shakes his hand telling Scott he's heard a lot about him, Cross Technologies' stock went up one percent once he joined the Engineering board. Scott becomes flattered insisting he doesn't want to brag, but he did come up with a few successful inventions since the promotion which might've helped.

Everyone then sits down as Bill Foster sets up a projector and begins to speak. Telling them that for decades at Williams Innovations has been working on Project G.O.L.I.A.T.H. based on the theory that if an object was bombarded with specifically tuned Ionic Rays, it would allow the observer to expand its mass to such a large velocity that they would be able to transcend the physical universe and enter an unimaginably large dimension he calls the Overspace. Bill adds on that he's recently designed the blueprint for an Ionic Generator he believes has the potential to send human beings to enter and even explore the Overspace, showing them all Blueprints on the projector. Hank Pym stands up and says all of this sounds... very impressive, but then asks why they would come to Cross Technologies for a joint venture on this. Simon says Cross Technologies is the only company today that's dealing with experiments even remotely similar to their research. Bill adding on the fiasco that occurred three years ago where Ant-Man briefly entered the opposite, but equally relevant, Underspace. Scott clarifies he was barely there for ten minutes but Bill insists that's more experience than any of them have. Janet claims that the board's already approved the joint venture, Hank and Scott just need to agree to help with the experiments and they're all in business. Lang says he's game and everyone then looks to Hank, who tells them let's kick some ass.

It does a montage over the next couple of weeks cutting between Cross Technologies and the cellar of a restaurant front for Hydra where they're both working on different Ionic Ray machines. Scott and Hank using Pym Particles and ants to help speed up the construction of a large Ionic Energy Generator at Cross Technologies while Erik Josten slowly and meticulously designs a small Ionic Energy Chamber that gets completed first, but yields very little results.

Back at Cross Technologies, Scott Lang is busy tightening screws on the Ionic Generator until Simon approaches him and says that he bought two tickets for a Baseball game later but his friend couldn't show up, he then asks Scott would want to go with him. Lang is surprised by the offer but agrees to go, thinking it could be fun. At the game, Simon and Scott sit together and talk about the experiment as Williams and Lang both begin to develop a mutual respect with one another. Eventually, Pedro Ortiz is shown to be at the Baseball game too and says "Whazzup" to Scott and Simon. He asks Lang who he's with and Scott introduces Simon as his friend from work. Williams and Pedro shake hands and Simon asks how he and Scott met, causing Pedro to begin telling an exaggerated story of how they were roommates in prison who worked together to stop an evil scientist. Simon's delighted by Pedro's animated storytelling and says how Scott's story of redemption is really inspiring.

At the Lang-Van Dyne Household, Janet is sitting on the table filling out paperwork until Cassie comes up to her saying that her Mom and Blake told her she has to apologize for being "mean" to Janet last week, so she's sorry. Van Dyne though rejects the apology insisting that Cassie doesn't actually mean it and isn't truly sorry for what she did. Cassie yells that she takes it back then and Janet sends her up to her room. While storming upstairs Cassie says she wishes her Dad never even met Janet, Van Dyne noticeably hurt by those words. At Cross Technologies, the Ionic Generator is completed with Simon shown to be wearing a black Williams Innovations shirt with a large red W written on its chest. Hank Pym and Bill Foster are talking to Simon all about the Ionic Generator while subtly arguing with one another about who made the biggest contributions to the project. Janet goes up to Scott and asks him if he's nervous but Lang insists that he isn't, he trusts that Simon wouldn't recommend him for the job if he didn't know he could handle it. Besides, being the first person to literally step foot in the Overspace, that's awesome.

Janet says he and Simon seem to be really hitting it off and Scott confirms that they are, he might actually want to hang out with him after more after this is all done. Van Dyne claims everyone who meets Simon loves him, they even gave him a nickname for it, Wonder Man. Scott looks at the W on Simon's shirt and humorously claims "if it walks like a duck..." and they both laugh. Lang then asks Janet how it went watching Cassie last night, did she behave. Before Janet can answer Simon gets Scott's attention telling him it's time. Lang walks into the Ionic Generator while Simon Williams tells Bill and Hank to start the countdown. As it begins powering up everything goes as planned with the Ionic Radiation showering Scott until an error message appears on the screen and Lang starts to say he's feeling nauseous. Bill Foster explains that there was a miscalculation, the Ionic Rays are being rejected by Scott's nervous system, his cells are fighting against it and it's creating a dangerous feedback loop throughout Scott's entire body. Janet asks what the hell that means and Bill responds he's turning into pure Ionic energy. Hank Pym insists to Bill that he can fix this but Bill claims he'll only make it worse and the two of them bicker as Scott's cells begin to break apart and he starts shouting in pain.

Simon Williams runs past all the scientists and into the Ionic Generator, despite Janet warning him it's too dangerous, to try and save Scott. Lang tells Simon to get out of here but Williams claims that Scott isn't going to die today, he's got a family that needs him. Simon then starts pulling Scott away, forcing him to safety outside the Ionic Generator right before it eventually explodes into a large blast that engulfs Simon and destroys the whole lab. After the smoke clears Simon's body is nowhere to be found as everyone mourns his loss, believing him to have perished. Back at the Lang-Van Dyne Household, Scott and Janet walk in both still having blood and charcoal on their faces. Cassie runs up to her Dad and asks him what's wrong, he stammers for a moment before saying he just had a hard day today. Cassie then hugs Scott and he tells her they can go watch Cartoons together. As they both go to the couch and turn on the Television Janet is about to ask if she can join too, but seeing Cassie give her a dirty look decides not to, instead sitting by herself.

Days later in Muir Woods, the forest is quiet and pristine until suddenly Ionic Energy begins appearing in the air and Simon Williams' body is physically reconstructed in the middle of the forest. Simon is confused about what's going on until taking a step forward only for his foot to become powered by Ionic Energy and create a hole in the ground. He then looks at his leg only to see the outline of it transformed into Ionic Energy before changing back, causing Simon to freak out as he accidentally hits a tree, destroying it when his arms turn into Ionic Energy too. Williams then finds himself surrounded by a platoon of Hydra soldiers lead by Erik Josten who demand he surrender with his hands in the air. Simon shouts he's not a criminal, they have to help him! One of the soldiers responds by opening fire, much to Erik's chagrin, and the bullet passes right through Simon, with his flesh shortly after recreating itself with Ionic Energy. After that, Williams starts attacking the entire Hydra platoon with his new found strength and invulnerability until someone sticks a syringe into his neck. Simon starts to notice his Ionic transformations begin to subdue and turns around only to see Baron Zemo standing behind him in his purple mask before getting bashed over the head with the back of his sword.

Simon Williams slowly wakes up inside of the Ionic Energy Chamber where he tries to find a way out, only for Zemo sitting in the corner to tell him there's no way out. The Chamber makes his strength and durability inert. Simon recognizes him as Helmut Zemo, he's the Baron of Hydra, Simon asking what the hell he did to him! Zemo replies that he had no role in what happened to him. Testing the Ionic Chamber he's standing in right now is what made him whole again, but it was the Generator at Cross Technologies that truly turned him into this. Simon says that Zemo needs to let him out of here, he needs to see Janet and Scott and Bill they could be infected too. Baron Zemo though assures Simon they're fine, unlike him, Helmut then gets up and informs Williams that Molecular Disequilibrium is a devastating disease. Every cell in his body has been turned into Ionic Energy that's only held together by muscle memory, but those won't last forever. In due time his cells will slowly continue to break down until he completely disappears. Simon bangs against the Chamber wall and asks Zemo why he's keeping him here then!? Baron Zemo then takes out a syringe claiming this is Chemical X07, Hydra developed it to help with migration in the Overspace, but the formula also serves the purpose of treating the effects of Simon's illness. Williams observes that Hydra's not going to cure him out of the goodness of their heart, and asks what's the catch.

Zemo explains despite Simon's fatal condition the Ionic Energy he's made of grants him extraordinary abilities no one in Hydra currently possess. He thinks they can mutually benefit one another. Simon will use his powers to serve the Hydra ideal, and in return continue to get treatment with Chemical X07 that will remedy his afflictions while maintaining his powers, the choice is his. Williams tells Zemo he will never work for him even if it means he has to rot in this cage for the rest of his life. Zemo insists Simon isn't a prisoner, putting in the code to open the Ionic Energy Chamber door. He's free to reject the offer and leave if that what he truly desires, but to know the Disequilibrium will kill him, "and it will hurt". Simon starts trying to walk out of the Chamber but his body constantly turns into Ionic Energy and back causing him immense pain. He collapses onto his knees until physically grabbing Zemo's hand and forcing the syringe into himself. As Simon's transformations subside the Baron tells him there's leftover technology from Quantum experiments littered all over the Bay Area. His first assignment is to collect this junk for Hydra to reverse-engineer to their own needs.

At the Cross Technologies lounge, Hank Pym is brainstorming what could've gone wrong with the Ionic Generator. Scott Lang asks why he even still cares, someone died because of this and all anyone cares about is trying to do it again. Bill Foster tells what happened is tragic but shutting down Project G.O.L.I.A.T.H. isn't going to bring Simon back. Janet adding on they have to see this through, so his sacrifice isn't in vein. Scott insists it still doesn't feel right until getting a S.H.I.E.L.D. Notification on his phone that the Recology Center is being attacked by Hydra personnel, he and the Wasp have to get on that. Janet and Scott both rush outside while Hank asks how they're going to get to the Recology Center, it's too far from Cross Technologies to fly in time. Janet responds that's why they have a car and Hank claims that seems a little non-discrete for their tastes. Scott then tells Hank that's why he's been doing a few independent experiments with his Pym Particle rations. Scott and Janet then get inside of their car and press a button which shrinks it down as they begin driving away in a mini-sized automobile. Hank angrily grumbling to himself "why didn't I ever think of that!?"

Scott and Janet drive their car through the streets avoiding any oversized hazards until arriving at the Recology Center and quickly change into their costumes. Janet bluntly tells Scott that the apology with Cassie the other day went terribly, and she didn't appreciate being left out when they watched TV without her. Scott says she's just a kid but that he'll try harder to make them both feel included next time. Inside, Wonder Man is leading the Hydra soldiers to look for any useful equipment in the garbage piles, effortlessly throwing heavy equipment around with his Ionic strength but taking no pleasure in doing it. Ant-Man and the Wasp soon run in and fight off the Hydra soldiers making their way into the furnace room, where Wonder Man is busy collecting discarded components. Ant-Man and the Wasp enlarge to full size with Scott overjoyed that Simon is alive, but Wonder Man simply tells them they need to get out of here! Janet responds that Hydra infiltrated the whole block, they have to stop them. Simon shouts out that Hydra can't be stopped, they can only save themselves! Ant-Man notices the components that Simon is collecting and looks behind him to see that the Hydra soldiers were taking the same one's, Scott figuring out that Wonder Man is Hydra. Simon begs Ant-Man and the Wasp to let them do this, he doesn't want to hurt them. Janet insists that whatever Hydra has on him, they can help, he doesn't have to do this! Williams starts slowly turning into Ionic Energy again telling Janet they're the only ones who can make the pain stop!

Wonder Man charges after them as Ant-Man and the Wasp shrink before battling him. The duo is quickly beaten by Simon's superior strength and durability as Ant-Man almost crashes through the garbage falling into the furnace before being rescued by the Wasp at the last second. Backup Hydra soldiers storm the Recology Center afterwards securing all the components along with Wonder Man as they put everything in the back of a non-discreet garbage truck and drive away. Ant-Man and the Wasp losing them in a crowd of identical vehicles.

At the Lang-Van Dyne Household, Scott and Janet are talking to General Talbot via tablet about Wonder Man being a Hydra asset. Talbot insists that Simon is under indictment of section four article sixty of the Insight Accords, he'll need to fly over to San Francisco with a Military platoon to personally execute Williams for his involvement with a Hydra. Scott is unnerved when he hears the word "execute" telling Talbot that isn't necessary, Simon was caught in an Ionic Generator explosion that altered his DNA somehow, Hydra's using that to force him into this. Talbot insists that there are no exceptions in the Insight Accords, if someone joins or affiliates with Hydra in any way they're placed onto the target list. Scott insists that he's not going to kill Simon because of a piece of paper. Talbot responds that's precisely why Ant-Man and the Wasp are prohibited from interfering with this mission, they all learned their lesson from what happened with Cap and the Winter Soldier. Janet is furious insisting they know Simon, San Francisco is their home town, they're the only Avengers even available for at least another three months!

General Talbot responds their connection to Simon Williams makes them a liability, this isn't up for debate. Talbot then wishes Scott and Janet a good extended vacation and ends the call. Ant-Man and the Wasp both rant to each other about unfair Talbot is being until Scott realizes Janet is only upset about not being able to hunt down Wonder Man while Scott is only upset about not being able to redeem Simon. Janet reminds her boyfriend that they both signed the Insight Accords just like everyone else and Scott responds asking what if they were wrong. What if the whole Accords are wrong, that they don't need to kill everyone even loosely connected to Hydra. They're Avengers, they're supposed to be helping people not hurting them. Besides, hasn't she known Simon for years, how can Janet just turn her back on him. Van Dyne claims he was her friend but now he's a terrorist and she's not going to let her emotions cloud her judgement. Scott offers a solution that since neither of them want to listen to Talbot's orders they work together to find Hydra on their own. He promises that once they do he will set Simon straight again. The Wasp responds that if he's wrong, justice will need to be served, even if he was their friend, Scott claims it's a deal. Janet then asks how they're going to find Hydra again, no Talbot means they don't have access to any of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s resources, Scott though insists that he has an idea.

At the X-Con Security Consultants Headquarters, Scott and Janet are meeting with Pedro Ortiz who runs the business alongside Charlie Buchanan and Valentin Shatalov. Pedro express gratitude towards Lang and Van Dyne for coming to the X-Cons in their time of need, that he did some research on Hydra and learned all about their leader, some creepy dude named Helmut Zemo who's wanted internationally for human rights violations. Scott apologizes claiming that he knows this is asking a lot but S.H.I.E.L.D. won't help them and they don't have anyone else to turn to. Pedro insists that it's no problem, his hands are shaking and his heart is beating really fast, but he doesn't think it's related. Janet talks to Charlie and Valentin admiring how they're using their skills for more than just petty theft. They're both grateful and Valentin offers Janet a pastry but Charlie reminds him not to go through the donuts so fast, they have to keep the food budget down. Shatalov though insists everything else they have in here tastes terrible and while he and Charlie argue Janet slowly turns her attention back to Pedro, asking him how long it'll take to find Zemo. Pedro insists one to two days tops, Hydra ain't gonna know what hit them when the X-Cons come knocking on the door!

It then shows Erik Josten opening the door out of the Cellar and walking through the kitchen all the way a table where Zemo is eating with Wonder Man by his side. Josten asks the Baron what he wanted to discuss, he and his team are in the middle of very delicate construction on the Ionic Energy Chamber. Zemo asks Josten why he continues to waste their time and effort on this useless machine. Erik responds, with respect, that this is what Zemo wanted, research and study into the reality warping effects of Quantum Physics. The Baron though insists Josten promised him power and has delivered nothing! The only valuable weapon this experiment has yielded being Simon Williams. Wonder Man twitches with anger over being objectified like that, but nonetheless biting his tongue. Zemo insists this is not the time for risks, Hydra must use Quantum Physics to work towards what they know, weapons. Ionic Energy can offer strength effects ten times greater than Gamma Radiation while completely avoiding the side effects. Figure out how to do that instead. Erik asks what about the Overspace and Zemo asks what about it.

Inside the Cross Technologies lab, Bill Foster contradicts the previous scene stating that the Overspace is the closest scientific proof they have for God itself. They can't afford to give up on the Ionic Generator because of one hiccup! Hank Pym responds that he's heard this same empty propaganda to pressure him into giving up the secret formula for Pym Particles, what happened to Simon Williams cannot happen to anyone else! Bill asks how long human beings have looked into the stars and wondered just how much was out there. They have the actual chance to find out right now and he wants to throw that away, over one mistake!? Hank tells Bill the well being of innocent people will never take a back seat to satisfying scientific curiosity. Bill insists that he agrees, which is why they need to put their heads together to make the Generator right this time. Hank asks what if he says no and Bill replies then he might as well just pack up and leave because he clearly no interest in being a scientist. Hank gets in Bill's face shouting how dare he insult his work like that! In his time at Cross Technologies he's been able to discover dozens of Quantum theories before any of the yes man in this lousy institution were even out of diapers. Bill is about to retort back but hearing Hank's words about his Quantum theories gets an idea for what went wrong in the Ionic Generator and how they can fix it! He explains his idea and even Hank agrees that could actually.

It does a montage of Bill and Hank rebuilding the Ionic Generator with a new and improved design while Erik Josten, in contrast, takes apart the Ionic Energy Chamber. The X-Cons ironically are also shown to be doing research on their job for Ant-Man and the Wasp, eventually connecting the dots and finding out the location of Hydra's Restaurant front, Pedro himself sending Emails to Scott, Janet and Hank Pym saying that he found where Williams is. At Cross Technologies once again, the Ionic Generator is fully completed. Hank is reading Pedro's Email until Bill Foster gets his attention volunteering to be the first test subject. Hank puts his phone away and tells Foster that this better work with Bill quipping back to him that if it doesn't, it'll be his fault too. Pym turns on the Generator and Foster is showered with Ionic Radiation as both scientists hold their breathe. Bill then begins enlarging bigger than the entire planet, he continues to get larger and larger until he starts to transcend the physical universe, his mind blown by the experience.

On Earth, Hank starts talking through the transceiver asking Bill if everything's alright up there. He doesn't get a response for a solid five seconds until Foster answers saying he's okay. It then shows Bill Foster floating around in the actual Overspace, telling Pym that it's beyond anything he ever hypothesized. The structure looks to be connected to the entire electro-magnetic light spectrum, that all light in the universe might've originated in the Overspace. Hank says that it must also be the source of Wonder Man's abilities, his body is composed of pure Ionic Rays that were taken from the Overspace in their first experiment, it's trying to get back home. Bill insists if he could get a sample of local subatomic particles he might be able to find out more but Hank insists that Bill needs to shrink down and save that for later, the Overspace is just what Ant-Man and the Wasp never knew they needed.

At the Lang-Van Dyne Household, Scott is talking to Cassie in her room. She tells her Dad she's worried about him, that one day he isn't going to come back home. Scott assures her that will never happen but Cassie insists it's dangerous out there and he promised before that was going to take a break from being Ant-Man. Lang assures his daughter that he and Janet just have one more bad guy they need to catch, and then they'll have all the time they want to be together. Cassie understands and then asks if she can take his Medal of Honor to show and tell for school tomorrow. Scott though claims she can't because he doesn't want it to get dirty or lost. Cassie seems to disappointed by his answer and Scott claims he's still got an hour before he has to leave, maybe they can play a game of scrabble in the meantime, which cheers Cassie up again. As they take the game out Janet barges into the room and informs Scott that Hank wants to talk to them about something at Cross Technologies, they have to leave right now. Scott sorrowfully informs Cassie that he needs to deal with this, but they can play later, he promises.

Wonder Man is in the Cellar getting his X07 injection from Erik Josten, who tells him that his disequilibrium is getting harder to control. He's soon going to need twice the dosage just to keep his Ionic bursts stable. Simon says that the Energy Chamber could've helped with that and Josten reminds him that isn't an option anymore. Simon then asks Erik why he puts up with Zemo when he clearly they don't have the same goals for Hydra anymore. Josten responds saying because being Hydra means knowing your place in the world, Zemo is the Baron, which means his word is law. Williams questions if Zemo told Josten to jump off of a bridge he would do that too and Erik says that's the problem with the world today, everyone thinks they know all the answers.

Zemo was trained his whole life to be a Baron, just like his father and his father before him. Williams questions if that automatically means he's right and Josten asks Simon how he inherited Williams Innovations, he confirms from his father and Erik claims exactly. He was bred to be a businessman just like Helmut was bred to be a leader. When everyone serves their purpose in the world prosperity is the result. Simon then asks what if someone is forced to serve a purpose they aren't built for, Erik responds asking Williams if he really thinks he could ever go back to his old life. He made his choice when he started accepting Zemo's treatments, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s going to hunt him down for the rest of his life now. If the Disequilibrium doesn't kill him, the Avengers will. None of them care about what's happening to Simon, they won't try to redeem him or look for a cure, all they see him as is another Hydra asset that needs to be terminated. Simon heeds Erik's words as he looks angered and heartbroken over what he's hearing.

At the Cross Technologies lab, Hank Pym gives Scott and Janet each a vile of blue liquid. Van Dyne asks what this is and Hank explains they're Ionic Particles, they can be used in the field and mixed with the Shrink Discs to act as "Growth Discs" that can enlarge objects past their normal capacity. Scott looks at the serum and asks what if he replaced the Pym Particles with Ionic Particles, would he able to grow huge instead of shrinking. Bill Foster tells him that wouldn't be a good idea, outside the stabilizers in the Generator Ionic Rays are too dangerous to be toyed with conventionally. If he tried to use Ionic Particles the way he uses Pym Particles it could very well turn him into the same thing as Wonder Man. Hank interrupts saying that speaking of Wonder Man his powers are their opportunity to strike Hydra where they least expect it, through the Overspace. Scott is surprised they actually figured out how to get up there and Hank explains not only that, they figured out the same Ionic Energy Simon's body is comprised of comes directly from the Overspace and into our dimension, and he thought since doors go both ways... Bill Foster cuts him off saying they want Ant-Man and the Wasp to go into the Overspace and follow the Ionic Energy right to Simon.