Agatha All Along did the thing! (Episode 5 Spoilers)

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[@tallyprestin1881]

I think Agatha taking the power is more like being an addict. Not being able to stop because she was "high" off of it. I don't think she even noticed that she was killing anyone.

[@DrunkenDweorg]

I'm not even sure if she can control it. she said to Lilia in the last episode she cant take her power even if she wanted to, and mentioned she can only do it when people blast her. Maybe it happens instinctually.

[@aref3777]

@@DrunkenDweorg rewatch ep 1,Rio said take my power she said you know i cant it will kill me, so it does seem she can pick and choose

[@DrunkenDweorg]

@@aref3777 is that just another hint that Rio is death though? taking deaths power might kill her.

[@FrogsWithTies34]

@@aref3777 Some people have speculated that it’s something where once Agatha starts/decides to take the power, she can’t stop it, and it’s really hard for her to not take the power as it’s so intoxicating (and she was never taught how to control it) that she can’t help it except for very rare circumstances.

[@albumkosong]

She definitely notice.. BUT only after they're dead

[@arc7375]

Agatha All Along? More like, *_Wiccan All The While._*

[@DEFGECD]

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[@RobStevens64]

I’m big mad I didn’t come up with that. 🤣

[@Blazeyates]

​@@RobStevens64/ I remember 90-days ago, it was so-so-many "mutha-fukahs", hating on the (Agatha show"), so-many people was saying, the show was -awaste of time, who? Ask for this, why is the "show" necessary", it was just so-much fucking-hate", Now it come out. Majority of mutha-fuckers, changed there "tunes-so-fast, Now "Fans" loving it , it's the same shit was said about ("Ironhart"), watch-when her "show-drop", & how quick people change there "opinion", all that comes from, judging something that's not even out yet!!) & come to find out, you end up liking it

[@markliamdairr]

@@arc7375 🤣

[@ILoveJamesFelt]

🎶It was Wiccan all the while, hahaha, and I killed Sharon too!🎶

[@tallyprestin1881]

I totally agree that the modest CGI and abundance of practical effects is deliberate. In fact, I think it's deliberately an homage to the wizard of Oz. Painted background, real fire on set, even traveling along the road to get your wish granted... Agatha is dark Dorothy. Or, Billy is... However you think the metaphor works better

[@HighlandHellboy]

Billy is Toto, if Toto had enough of it all

[@MarcosSantos-dj6lk]

is deliberate BUT Bob Iger said that the new series are not gonna be expensive anymore like Secret Invasion etc.

[@kapitankapital6580]

​@@MarcosSantos-dj6lk Exactly, the two aren't mutually exclusive. Most likely they decided on this art direction BECAUSE they had a low budget (by Marvel standards).

[@MarcosSantos-dj6lk]

@@kapitankapital6580 now is better they are using budget in the right way

[@Moss_piglet13]

I'm gonna be honest, I never notice "bad CGI" except in Thor love and thunder. Whenever people say that the CGI looked bad, I literally 98% if the time don't notice it and then when I go back and rewatch and look for it, I still can't see it.

[@dylqn55]

Really glad they didn't hold the wiccan reveal until the last episode or 2. It was a bit too obvious to me, 3 more episodes of "who could he be" would've been a bit too much

[@MarcosSantos-dj6lk]

have many more to come I've already know some spoilers

[@stevencooper564]

Fuck, that ending was fantastic. My roommate, who watches a lot of mcu stuff but has no interest in reading the comics was floored by that reveal, she had a feeling he was either Wandas, or Agathas. But i just love that people that don't have this immense back knowledge of character can actually be surprised by these things.

[@Lili_LaRae]

I am also this person lol…..I audibly gasped, physically clapped and said “now that’s how it’s done.” Pure joy was brought to my heart. I’m just getting into the comics though and this has made me pumped!

[@SuperRONDALE]

@@Lili_LaRaeI knew who he was when he was cast(a very obvious type cast) but it still surprised me. He pulled a complete 180

[@markliamdairr]

I was watching Rio like a HAWK this episode and I'm ngl if it turns out she ISN'T Lady Death, I would genuinely be surprised

[@gabrielruiz219]

​@Aprilthedark why are you okay with spoiling shit where you shouldn't. Keep the spoiler to that subreddit. You're ruining the surprise.

[@deranged_miyeon_stan]

@@gabrielruiz219real there’s a lot more scoops about rio but its really annoying when people wave those spoilers around

[@IAteFire]

@@gabrielruiz219 dude I’m this day and age you’re an idiot for watching or reading ANYTHING about a piece of media and expecting people to protect spoilers. It’s not happening. The only way to stay away is not to be online!

[@Aprilthedark]

@@deranged_miyeon_stan simple don’t read the fucking comments.

[@Aprilthedark]

@@deranged_miyeon_stan simple, don’t read the fcking comments

[@AnferneeMyers]

I think the CG in the broom flying scene also helps to really make this show feel more like a television show, and less like a Marvel movie stretched out into a television show

[@leslie3937]

I’d rather they cheap on the CGI and focus on a script and great great/fun actors. Edit… the F-up on She Hulk was that the writing sucked. It had so much potential. But it needed better writers and less CGI.

[@yukikid2195]

⁠@@leslie3937she hulk is not a good comparison. That wasn’t meant to really be a narrative driven show. It was literally pitched written and shot as a law sitcom with mcu undertones. I agree the ending is meh due to all the buildup of it, but its message remains true. We expect everything and it doesn’t have to be that way anymore. Also less cgi is what a lot of people’s issues with it are. We needed better not more or less. More time if anything. A better comparison would be secret invasion.

[@leslie3937]

@@yukikid2195 She Hulk is a comparison of needing more money into writing. That show had potential. It had the talent. They could have spent so much less on CGI. It coulda ben a contenda. Edit, momma has to fix tyops.

[@yukikid2195]

@@leslie3937 again if we’re talking bad writing, why attack a decent show when secret invasion, F&WS ,moon knight and ms marvel are all right there. She hulk relied heavily on CGI because, well half the cast are CGI creations. What are your specific issues with the writing? In a show where nothing was meant to be serious?

[@xsanguine8]

@@leslie3937 She-Hulk is a bad example, it wasn't the writing that killed it, it was the direction, it was pitched as a legal dramedy and then they didn't get any legal experts for the court scenes, or anyone in general to make sure the story was consistent from episode to episode. It's a good thing Daredevil went back to be redone, or it could have been just as bad.

[@marvinp90]

I find it ironic that immediately after Alice fulfills her mother’s plan to remove the curse from her bloodline she dies. It feels like it reinforces my initial theory that the road will help resolve personal issues for each witch then immediately kill them. That being said I do think they will comeback at the end or Agatha will make a sacrifice and bring the dead ones back. I do think she will be redeemed somewhat eventually considering how heroic her comic version is

[@lightdarksoul2097]

I don't think she'll end a full on hero but an anti hero. Maybe if she can use her power to kill bad witches and increase her power she would see it as a success. Plus I do see her coven returning

[@kapitankapital6580]

As far as I'm aware she doesn't have any kids either. So in the end the curse did effectively end up wiping out that bloodline.

[@dansehyanou6827]

But then wouldn't Jen have died, since her trial already happened?

[@SuperRONDALE]

@@lightdarksoul2097nah, after Kathryn Hann smiled at Wican like an evil crack head she lost all credibility

[@4203105]

My current theory is that at the end of the road the surviving witches can chose power or to bring their coven members back. When Agatha walked the road the first time she obviously chose power. So if she'd chose the life of her fellow coven members this time, that would show real growth.

[@arc7375]

2:38 “Tommy, he’s a speedster - he’s not really that important.” Well _damn._ But that pretty much sums his character up.

[@shippendales8543]

I hope they at least give him interesting stuff to do when he appears

[@arc7375]

@@shippendales8543 If they can turn a generally boring Nanny from the comics into an incredibly vibrant and charismatic one for television that can hold her own series, and give her comic book counterpart a complete renaissance, I’d hope they can do Speed Justice! But that said, they did Pietro _so_ dirty. I _still_ hope that ATJ gets to return to play him.

[@candelsjr]

I think in the contents of this show he's not that important but he will be in the Vision Quest series. I hope?

[@SirStrangefolk]

​@@arc7375They might just give Tommy some of Pietro's story beats from the comics, like have Tommy join the X-Men or X-Factor.

[@openjoistt]

there's some crazy potential for speed. in young avengers vol 2 it's stated that he can warp time and space and that's why he's so fast. in the young avengers infinity comic it's hinted that he can do so much more than knows. also, he cam explode things. everyone forgets that.

[@xNirex44]

I rewatched episode 2 and noticed Billy definitely moved closer when Agatha told Lilia about how her power works. Really puts his choice to not blast her with magic into perspective 😂

[@thicccorgi6187]

Yeah! It was extremely intelligent to possess the other 2 and have them pin her down in the mud!

[@shippendales8543]

He is his mother's child and a fast learner 😂 He totally pulled a Magic in any given space only works works for the witch who cast the runes 😂 He used Agathas mouthyness against her

[@ndoggydogable]

This show has me so hopeful for stuff like Daredevil born again. Hope they keep this quality up

[@sathrielsatanson666]

Why? They made Wandavision and She-Hulk, Thor: Dark World and Captain America: Winter Soldier. The quality of one thing has nothing to do with quality of another.

[@rini6]

When her mom said she should have killed her as soon as she came out it was so chilling. Either Agatha is terribly evil .. or her mother is.

[@Personwtcats]

It seems to me like when she discovered Agatha’s ability of stealing power she became convinced she could only be evil. So instead of teaching her how to control her ability she just wanted to kill her.

[@4203105]

It's pretty clearly a gay-analogy. I assume her mom wanted to kill her for her relationship with Rio. Not literally because she is gay, but you know, because of who Rio really is. I'm not even sure if Agatha knew that she could absorb other witches powers before her mother tried to kill her.

[@timogul]

@@4203105 That would be kinda wild though, because if Rio is death, I mean, she's not a "she," not really. She's only a she arbitrarily in the story, and would just be a non-gendered conceptual being. I think Agatha's mom just killed Agatha because her powers were kind of antithetical to witches, like someone being born on Krypton made of Kryptonite.

[@justjules15]

@@timoguli mean while rio is death and death is a conceptual being that has no gender, death almost always appears as female (i think she only appeared as male ONCE) so the allegory would still work. there’s lots of queer subtext in this show and with the way rio reacted after evanora said that kind of solidified it for me that “you were born evil” = “you were born queer”

[@BEE-oz7yd]

Billy's Crown looks so fabulous!❤

[@C-Bee]

Agatha All Along Did the DAMN thing this past ep. I’ve been loving this show.

[@OhSnapItzSam]

I think the CGI and practical set serves two purposes obviously the budgetary, but definetly it is a goal to make it campy. IMO It does feel like great callbacks to older witch media like charmed and hocus pocus and sometimes even gives me a light buffy vibe.

[@k29king1]

“YOU SHOULD SEE ME IN THE CROWN”

[@andersonic]

Agatha definitely murdered Sparky. She confessed and LAUGHED.

[@_Kamahl_]

Agatha also kind of gets corrupted by the power and absorbing it. Just like in the flashback, she kinda seems to turn while/after absorbing the power. And in that sense, it also kind of reminds me of Rogue in some way, as it kind of seems like an accident and even Agatha herself does not seem to be able to stop it (as of yet maybe?). Also, if absorbing the power in itself corrupts Agatha, maybe it is a metaphor for how power can be corrupting and addictive.

[@xsanguine8]

I think Billy messing with the Hex on Agnes is why she saw Wanda in the first place, his intrusion probably kicked off the switch in her curse to make it a detective drama too. Rio may even have tried to get Agatha's attention before, but she didn't recognize her until Billy started trying to break her out.

[@4203105]

Nah, the curse was breaking down because Wanda had just died (this show was delayed a bunch). Agatha sensed Wanda's death and constructed a crime drama around it. The body of the woman in the woods is Wanda. That's also why she asks "is she most sincerely dead?".

[@xsanguine8]

@@4203105 The body in the woods isn't real, that crime scene is her neighbor's front lawn. She imagined that whole thing because of the Hex on her, if you pay attention to the timeline of the show, and when MoM was supposedly taking place, Wanda has been dead for a while and Agatha still wasn't free.

[@georgewang2947]

Alice Gulliver was a comics character whose mother was a guardian of Hong Kong and whose father was a police detective, and she herself became a magical detective.

[@4203105]

Yeah, all the witches in this show are from the comics. Except Rio Vidal, or rather she goes by another name in the comics.

[@ProdCritic]

Nando- Agatha feels more clearly coded as a self destructive addict. Seeing the bad things she’s done is less important to me than how people perceive her & her attitude in response. The subtext says her mom hated her queerness & left to her own devices she resorted to dark magic as both a coping mechanism & to feel good. She seems to lean in to being the bad guy as a defense mechanism because of the way people treat her. Why else would we see moments of her acting remorseful in private?

[@Personwtcats]

I felt like this too

[@fewntug3760]

I think Agatha’s final wish at the end of the road will be to bring the coven back, rather than her powers. Thus, “Agatha All Along” was not evil, just a victim to her powers and the trauma that came from them.. but she always wanted love. That’s my guess

[@4203105]

Yes, I had the same thought. That at the end of the road you can chose either power or to revive your fallen comrades. Obviously when Agatha walked the road the first time she chose power. If this time she choses life for her friends, that will show character growth. It's great narratively.

[@plothole181]

Comic Billy started going by Wiccan well before he figured out that he was Wanda's kid. He decided that going by Wiccan was a more accurate description of who he was and he was against the other kids' suggestion of Warlock because he said Warlock had oathbreaker connotations.

[@imphoenixfire]

Did he? That's really cool. I always have to tell people that witch is a gender neutral word, warlocks are not male witches 😑.

[@CaptainGCN]

Also, because the writer realized that having a gay character whose name sounded so close to "ass guardian" was a bad idea after someone pointed it out to him, which was then also referenced in-universe.

[@4203105]

@@imphoenixfire Eh, debateable. Also it has some negative origins, but so does witch.

[@openjoistt]

lmao wrong. kate bishop and cassie lang came up with it to avoid gay jokes he could possibly get from his first name "asgardian" when the press would eventually find out he and hulking were in a relationship.

[@plothole181]

@@openjoistt I don't remember that, but I will admit that it has been a long time since I read Young Avengers. I do however remember clearly that someone suggested Warlock and he turned it down for the reason I mentioned above.

[@BLipp17]

The hierarchy of power in Agatha All Along is going to change forever

[@gannonkendrick9343]

This is why the reveal wasn't later in the series. If they waited to the end, we would have waited until "probably never" to learn about implications like "did he know" and "what does he want with Agatha". It would have been every post credits Marvel scene ever. We would have been asking, "that's cool, but when does this pay off?" I think the fact that they're tying it all into one show, and putting it early, shows that (hopefully) Marvel is learning.

[@PhoenixMcGinnis]

I have a lot of sympathy for Agatha. She is misunderstood and uses her "evil" as a shield. That is why she changed in front of Wiccan.

[@funkyrumble0455]

This show, Wandavision,(early season) and Loki have been the best marvel shows in my opinion

[@willjohnson8446]

Alice aka “The Wu” is pretty badass in the comics as a Hong Kong Police Detective who augments her guns and knives with witchcraft. She has a knife that can open portals to other places / dimensions. She teamed up with Scarlet Witch several times and was always kinda’ the muscle. So, casting her as the protection witch makes sense. With regard to Agatha killing witches, I think we may find that she has no control of draining the power of others at all. Wanda was the only one who only fired bursts at her instead of streams they couldn’t seem to shut off. I also think Rio sicced the Salem Seven on Agatha (and left the gate open) to feed her power. Lilia’s walking the road to fix her divination so that her premonitions can actually help her avoid things, rather than speaking the warnings early and being unable to say them in the moment.

[@Persephone_Personified]

It was “Alice! Don’t save Agatha!” It was one sentence broken in 2 visions.

[@Rhiaanon]

This show is awesome! I know many are hyped about Billy..and that was great! However, I am absolutely interested in Agatha; Agatha and Rio’s story!! I love the entire coven!!

[@smallsnake9172]

I refuse to believe that Alice Wu has died before they gave her her magic guns

[@AxeloftheKey]

That needle drop though, genuinely hits.

[@imbtyler]

1. Yes, one of the MAIN rules for Ouija boards is that you should absolutely say Goodbye at the end. 2. I didn't know it until 10:25 of this video, but I really want this show to end with Sacha Baron Cohen, as Mephisto, pulling a Gene Wilder "YOU GET NOTHING!" Willy Wonka performance. Thanks, Nando.

[@DeannaGilbert616]

“You were born evil” = “You were born queer”. That’s why Rio reacted the way she did.

[@lightdarksoul2097]

Well all these witches have had to deal with generations seeing them as being evil or just lesser by birth for things they couldn't control.

[@kylemccormack1785]

Oh wow you're all heroes

[@ihaveakirbyobessesion2617]

@@kylemccormack1785 thanks boo

[@kylemccormack1785]

@@ihaveakirbyobessesion2617 thanks for saving the world

[@Personwtcats]

@@kylemccormack1785 You’re welcome

[@uutakke1]

Techincally Agatha failed her test. Billy stated the rules were: 1) No mocking the dead - Agatha mocks Sharon 2) No Talking over each other - Whole party does this 3) Don't ask about death - Somebody asked what death wanted The goal was apparently for Agatha to comfront her dead son, whose seems to be at least 3-4 years old based on the voice. Evenora appearing was also not part of Agatha's trial but a result of the moon being in that state. So somebody wants Agatha isolated from everone else and off the WItches Road. I'm guessing Rio is the real villian of the road since she was also not present when WIccan reveals himself.

[@Darkuwa]

You are the only youtuber that has mentioned Billy broke a rule by using it alone.

[@clayjustmakes6233]

I loved all the explanation and thoughts about the episode, also adored the figures of Agatha and Oz making some sort of deal or agreement with Venom watching it in the background.

[@isaiah7985]

There’s a clip of her in some teasers facing what look like the Daughters of Liberty. A group of Black witches. So we’re definitely gonna see why she has that reputation

[@21700r]

The scene with Agatha's mother much more gave me the impression that we're meant to be seeing the kind of person whose parenting and cruelty created the cruelty & violence we see in Agatha, rather than us take her at her word. There's also some heavy queer allegory there, how Agatha just wants to understand why, how, her mother could hate her so deeply, while to her mother, she's not even a person, but rather an evil thing she should have killed as an infant. The hate she's spewing, contrasted against Agatha & Rio's expressions, paints a pretty clear picture of who here lacks depth & dimensionality to their emotions

[@keithwoodcrest]

Nobodys mentioned that Agathas mother also wore a crown and that her magic is also blue, like Billy's. Not saying theyre connected or related really but it just stood out to me

[@zeestar0112]

Agatha's mother wore a crown but also, Agatha's covens magic was blue

[@Personwtcats]

That would be a great twist

[@VenusModeste-qm2cj]

She is using magic aligned to the space stone same as wiccan

[@slack__]

This may be a wild one, buuut.. Anyone else think that the "W. Maximoff" in the library logs was for "William (Billy) Maximoff", and not Wanda? Kinda seems like he could have got the Darkhold, learned the magic he needed, burned the copies, and then placed the sigil on himself. Then setting up this whole journey, pretending to tag along, and boom, episode 5 reveal. Billy's journey, Billy's prize. I feel like he's going to try to undo something/everything that's gone wrong, and bring back his family, maybe also undo some other stuff in the general MCU (maybe on a meta level), leading to some kind of turning point, both "in universe" and real world. But could also be a wild theory that ends up being nothing too, who knows. But i can't wait to find out

[@freethegays]

when would Wanda have gotten it tho?

[@pckrichards7980]

I can get behind killing Alice as not being entirely under Agatha’s control, but I doubt that it has always been out of her control for the entirety of the past 400 years. I do think that she’s on a path towards real redemption, but I don’t think it’s gonna happen in this show soecifically

[@tulip7903]

honestly i thought billy was intentionally using his powers when he did and that he was more in charge than we realized, but the breakdown channels are all saying his powers came out on their own or something/he wasn’t in control (and tbh this interpretation makes more sense…). but either way, very cool ending and happy that this is only episode 5.

[@candelsjr]

I don't think he knew about the his powers. The title of this episode is Darkest hour, wake thy power. I think Alice's death was the trigger for Teen.

[@4203105]

It's unclear. I think it's possible that he put the sigil on himself, honestly forgot why he was there and when it broke, got his memories back and acted accordingly. But there are other interpretations.

[@susanvinson2667]

I think that Agatha’s body starts to absorb power before she’s conscious of it. Like a defense mechanism. Now she’s addicted to it.

[@arc7375]

At this point, I wouldn’t be surprised if Agatha ultimately sacrifices her life to save Billy, and help him find Tommy. And considering that Agatha continued to play a role as a spirit before being resurrected, I’m certain that even if she dies, we won’t have seen the last of her. And with the Fantastic Four movie coming out, I certainly expect her to make an appearance at some point to look after Franklin. Which would be a perfect bookend for her character growth. I mean, she’s famously the go-to nanny for super-powered children in the comics.

[@katie-zor-el]

10:28 omg wait what if we end the series with nicholas scratch’s soul going into billy? and that’s why the reveal came so early + the consequences of possibly breaking the rules of ouija

[@skruffytiger2002]

the thing with agatha being a killer is that she killed someone who was protecting and defending her, not enemies; alice may not have been a friend but there was *supposed* to be a bond between them and agatha indicated that she intentionally finished alice off. I kind of believe the entire setup was a trick and not really a trial at all

[@federicomarintuc]

Aubrey Plaza really likes that knife

[@toastef]

Was waiting for this video 🙌

[@TheYuleTube]

I agree a lot with the episode length comment. I really enjoy the fact that rather than cutting content or cramming in irrelevant stuff to get the show to *exactly* 42 minutes, the episode runs the length of time that portion of the story dictates. It allows the story to be told far better.

[@PerfectPencil]

This show has rekindled my adoration for the MCU. We had a lot of duds lately.. so far this one is pure gold. It had won me over with the song to open the witch's road. That is the kind of thing I see when I read Tolkien and the songs he adds in throughout the stories. It felt exactly on that level in relevance and importance and I love it.

[@katherinealvarez9216]

We got six episodes left. Let's go!

[@PhoenixMcGinnis]

We are always complaining that they never kill anyone. Now that they are killing characters, I want it to stop. 😂

[@CravingPain]

In fact I don't want them to stop we don't need useless characters, Alice had her little curse and generational trama thingy she dealt with it and ended it, drying doesn't have the same effect as someone who still got business in life.

[@AquaSheep93]

My theory/read on the whole "born evil" thing is that Agatha is a mutant in this interpretation. Like a Rogue-style mutant ability to unwillingly absorb magical power from others. We've already got a mutant x witches thing going on with Wanda and Billy (and Monica), so this could be further laying the groundwork for that. It also fits into the 1607 / in-universe british thing of calling mutants "witchbreed", so maybe they're leaning into that

[@fitzytail896]

Alice actually exist in the comics with Magic Pistols...damn I wanted to see her use those before they killed her off.

[@polterkat]

My question while watching this unfold is......... are we ever going to get a scene where Aubrey Plaza and Ryan Reynolds are on screen together?... and will we see her officially take away his ability to die like it was in the comics? You could do a twist where she does it for more 'platonic friends'-type stuff since MCU Deadpool has Vanessa... but if anyone could pull that off it'd be Aubrey Plaza. She just hears about Deadpool existing with this healing factor that keeps him in a semi-tortured limbo state of immortality... and thinks it's hilarious. She just tells him it's more permanent than he imagined. Maybe she shows up right after Thor gets done holding him and crying..... idk. who knows. I just wanna see it. If we've got Deadpool and we're pretty sure we've got Lady Death then why not. Make it happen, Kevin

[@masakazuishiguro8525]

I don’t think her power is as strong and cosmic as it was in the comics, because we have seen a lot of things that seems to be out of her control in this series. Also the real question is will we see her and starlord together on screen ?

[@polterkat]

@@masakazuishiguro8525 That's fair. When you've got Aubrey Plaza on deck as Lady Death anything is possible though. I don't see how she could connect to Starlord and if they did would it be in a way that would allow them to play up the P&R reunion even a little bit without spoiling the scene? ....probably not. Still...... anything is possible

[@uosdwiSrdewoH]

I think Wandavision is at least partially why they dropped the reveal this early. I was expecting it closer to episode six or seven myself. The problem with dropping it in the penultimate episode, especially if people kind of know what's coming, is you've got a whole season building to a reveal that ultimately doesn't have as big of an impact as you'd like while also then having to rush through the finale. Even though this is the first Marvel TV series that has felt like a TV series It still seemed to fall into a three act structure in my mind. The first three episode were all set up. The first set up the current status quo. The second gave us the mission and the formation of the coven. The third set up the basic structure of the trials. Then we head into act two where things ramp up which they very much did in four and five. I did kind of expect the reveal at the end of six when everything gets turned on its head then the last three resolve everything. I still think that'll be the case. I imagine they did the reveal here so that, like Wandavision, they can do a flashback episode showing everything "Teen" did leading up to the start of the series. That's my best guess anyway.

[@CL12356]

I don’t think any of them are actually dead. Once Agatha gets to the end of the road, her true wish is going to be to bring them all back. She’ll choose her friends over herself, completing her redemption arch. Right?

[@CravingPain]

Hahaha buddy Agatha could redeem herself but doing such heroic things and to such extent is a big stretch, she may not full blown evil as they all seem to say but I don't think she is that good of a person either, she is like an anti villain maybe, she thinks she doing the right things but ultimately her actions are perceived as evil

[@VenusModeste-qm2cj]

That doesn't make sense. Why would you go the the road kill everybody just to bring them back . Come on

[@CL12356]

@@VenusModeste-qm2cj she’s not killing them, Alice was an accident. Agatha isn’t really a villain in the comics. It makes complete sense. Have you never seen a plot where the villainous, selfish character bonds with others, then in the end chooses them over her own initial selfish goals? It’s a pretty standard character arch. I mean, they literally did it with Loki. This show is about loners coming together, who their only true power is relying on themselves, learning to trust others and the value of friendship and family, a.k.a. a coven. What would make much less sense, is we get to the end of the show and the entire coven is destroyed and Agatha doesn’t learn any lesson, and has no one left.

[@VenusModeste-qm2cj]

@@CL12356 yes in the comics but in the MCU it's different. First of recently it's confirmed that Wanda is using primordial chaos magic in simple terms it's connected to the reality stone now as for Agatha her magic is purple so you know the power stone is purple and what traits you noticably get power hungry just to prove my point she could have control her self when Alice blast she just lie and then she got billy agree just to get blast so she absorb his magic only cuz the witches come her plan didn't work

[@therongjr]

After Agatha did the Mrs. Hart fake-out, it was ALICE who reminded them that there was a deadline to complete the trial, saying "The clock is ticking." It feels like foreshadowing, in retrospect.

[@oscarkamala]

my fav superhero has arrived

[@thrallgames]

I'm still not sold on Rio being Death, but I'm not gonna complain if she is. I've been routing for her as Morgan Le Fay, she's got the black hair, the green outfit, she's ancient, dabbles in Necromancy and has history with the Darkhold. One thought though, if Rio is Death, does that mean Hela was the Goddess of Rio? XD

[@marielalara1202]

No, Lady Death is an entity that has domain over the entire universe. Hela is just an Asgardian that rules over Hel.

[@thrallgames]

​@@marielalara1202 That's the comics, in the MCU she was sealed in Hel by Odin. "I am Hela, Odin's firstborn, Commander of the Legions of Asgard, the rightful heir to the throne, and the Goddess of Death." ―Hela "Valiant effort, but you never stood a chance. You see, I am not a queen or a monster. I'm the Goddess of Death. What were you the god of again? " ―Hela to Thor

[@VenusModeste-qm2cj]

U a wrong lady death is abstract just like eternity she should not be in personal things. Second hela gets souls from her kind same as wakanda hela . That's how it should be but marvel writers shit some times

[@VenusModeste-qm2cj]

She is a green witch allied to the time stone just like Agatha to the power stone but can't use that power properly. Same a Wanda reality stone

[@duck-ew5zs]

Billy playing everyone just to revive his mom would be so goated ngl. I hope they go that route.

[@Interdimensionaltravelagent]

I thought we were only getting 6 episodes; glad there are more.

[@maishadigital8410]

Remember she introduced the rabbit as senior Scratchy in Wandavision?

[@EatSleepEmpire]

16:27 this series is a great example of media that HAS to be presented in a limited series form. The structure of the episodes each having their unique version of the same kind of scenario makes sense for episodic media. Most of these streaming shows are just slightly longer movies cut up, which isn’t really the point of television.

[@jaybe2k12]

"Oh that's gotta be what that kid's deal is" ... That he's gay??

[@BlckSWANWhtRbbt]

That he's Wiccan from the comics.

[@jonbodhi]

@@BlckSWANWhtRbbtyeah, we already KNEW he was gay when his boyfriend called him.

[@leslie3937]

Patti LuPone in the MCU is the missing link in the universe. She needs to live.

[@wabaloo7141]

nobodys talking about it but i love the dennis green reference

[@mmichael1221]

I LOVE WHEN NANDO USES SPORTS MEMES AND REFERENCES

[@picvegita]

Same, wonderful use of Dennis Green .. Classic stuff

[@sidsid6380]

Joe Locke is really good in this series

[@TheSoulDivided]

Agatha didn't kill the seven, right? She killed their parents, unless I misunderstood

[@jonbodhi]

Yes, their parents were her coven who tried to kill HER, so arguably self-defense.

[@TrickyD]

​@@jonbodhi "Yes, their parents were her coven who tried to kill HER, so arguably self-defense." 🙄So Agatha having been tried by a jury of her peers and found guilty for having practiced the darkest of magic, ie using the Darkhold is simply ignored?. In other words you believe that a criminal killing the police for trying to arrest him is just a case of self-defense?

[@fortello7219]

Is no one going to talk about the rune slowly forming on Teen's shirt on each episode?

[@stellardaze]

Alice Wu exists in the comics. She's introduced with Doctor Strange and appears in Scarlet Witch (2015) which also introduced the Witches' Road ☺️

[@TheGoddon]

“Everybody in this show has been doing a good job” Have the creators been doing a good job?

[@MarcosSantos-dj6lk]

Wiccan have a statue in the Scarlet Witch temple in Multiverse of Madness (in her right side) a lot of people didn't noticed So I think he is in the Scarlet witch prophecy probably Billy is not gonna be the demiurge in the MCU but another being of chaos.

[@sleepofgiants5956]

Agatha is bad guy. She actively stole power and killed that lady, even if she maybe felt bad about it after

[@4203105]

There is also a version where he put the sigil on himself and then forgot why he did it. Agatha said that how sigils work.

[@malmercury]

Alice actually *is* a (minor) comic character, she’s a Hong Kong detective who fights crime with her enchanted guns! Very cool concept but she’s only appeared like 2.5 times in the ten years since she was created 😅

[@JasonMcLaughlin19]

Don't forget Agatha killed Billy's dog sparky

[@jonbodhi]

Though I’m not sure Sparky was ‘real!’

[@Corncorncorncorncorncorncorn]

I like this channel more than your main channel ❤

[@seanhodgkins821]

I haven't been fully into the show. Its been fine but this episode was an improvement and I'm glad that were not seemingly having more episodes of a trial, someone dying and moving on.

[@yashatheninth4160]

I was WAITING for your video

[@EatSleepEmpire]

12:37 I think the serial killer stuff is related to her sucking out more and more power from witches over the years. Like more than just the witches that tried to kill her in the flashback. But again, they have to be attacking her to lose their powers and die. I see Agatha as selfish and self centered, but not evil. She’s just never had anyone care about her so she doesn’t care about anyone either.

[@c.smidgeon2847]

Agatha's mom saying that she was "born evil" makes me think like maybe Agatha being a power vampire might be sort of like an Asari in Mass Effect being an Ardat-Yakshi, where it's like a disorder than you're born with that's genuinely dangerous to the people around you, which makes them fear and hate you even though at the start you yourself are a perfectly innocent kid. for those unfamiliar, Ardat-Yakshi are aliens of the Asari species who have a specific disorder that cause them to basically melt the brain of people they sleep with, and on top of that it also feels insanely good to them to do that, so fucking people and subsequently killing them becomes like a really addictive drug, and so Ardat-Yakshi almost all either live as isolated monks or become serial killers. That seems like it might align pretty nicely with what Agatha's deal is, where she absorbs the magic of other witches, killing them in the process, and doing so is so naturally intoxicating that it makes it incredibly difficult for her to stop. I also totally agree that we need to see more of Agatha's crimes. Like, her mother said she should've killed right when she was born, but she didn't so that means she chose to let Agatha live and at some point, something happened to change her mind. I think it's safe to assume that prior to Agatha's execution, she probably absorbed the magic of one or more other witches and killed them, and that caused her mother to be like "ok you gotta die." But like, that's just an assumption, because we haven't seen anything like that. Because the only people we've seen Agatha kill besides Alice are people that are actively attacking her, she doesn't feel nearly as sinister as the show is trying to paint her to be, and I hope that's remedied in future episodes.

[@EverywhereNYC]

I don't know if you have any friends or family members who are bipolar but I do and Agatha gives me Bipolar vibes

[@CravingPain]

I wouldn't take it to that extent but yes I agree I think she is confused and and the more people believe her to be that evil witch the more she became that, remember if all she wanted is power and she could have got it by just absorbing theirs, why go to the dangerous road with those weak witches? Instead of just spending the day hunting for strong ones and tricking them into attacking her, getting some of her power, and from then on I think she can deal with those seven animals and finally can and will go get her wish with a good covenant just to betray them and you know the drill, it's Agatha all along.

[@mretie]

Agatha didn't kill anyone in Wandavision?? Does Sparky mean NOTHING to you? 😂

[@LEXX_NUNEZ]

I don't know if anyone else has noticed this, but TEEN and the person they found by the creek look alike. They both have on similar hoodie, pants, and their fingers are both black.

[@The_Infamous_Boogyman]

Loving this show, even the botox stuff was hilarious. Its a unique and fun show w beautiful women and a great episode manner, fkng love Hahn and Plaza too, could just eat em out, i mean up, eat em up 😊

[@whiteoutgotu]

🤣🤣🤣 Perfect use of that Denny Green clip.

[@trembledust6819]

One of the rules were do not taunt the spirits. Technically u can say Agatha did that by doing an impersionation of Sharen but again Agatha didnt really start the session until after Rio called her out for being scared. Not a demon persay. A spirit will enter the world if the circle is broken @ oujia board. Not really @ Billy. The rule just stated u need to end session by placing planchette on bye. It never specifically stated all participants had to do it as one. Thanks for vid!

[@wolfwraith8172]

I think Agatha has killed every witch that has ever attacked her, but because of her "born evil" thing. I think that she's a mutant and her magic doesn't work properly. Or, her father is Mephisto.

[@TheSoulDivided]

We got a credits reveal thing, right? I don't think Okwui's name was there before

[@BleuMoonAme]

I suspect Agatha is under the influence of the Darkhold.

[@AdonisAngeloLexiYanulis]

Omg! I JUST conceived a theory by watching this video : What if…Episode 5’s TRIAL…wasn’t really an actual trial…(because it certainly seemed OFF and not like the other trials…!) and it was ALL reality warping power display of Wiccan? Like it’s been WICCAN ALL ALONG…Omg

[@leanehammann922]

I love your reviews man you just get it and having fun and not being all bitter about a show that is women lead

[@Kidapollo92]

Is Agatha’s power only tailored to witchcraft? If Thor or vision shot a blast with her could she absorb it?

[@CravingPain]

We are not sure but she really has high possibility of doing so, Wanda has chaos magic yet once she took the darkhold she just became the strongest shit there is.

[@joshuasgameplays9850]

I'm guessing it doesn't work on other kinds of magic. The Marvel universe has like 27 different magic systems as a natural consequence of how comics work, and the best way to resolve that is to just keep them separate and not really acknowledge how they interact with each other. Basically what I'm saying is that witch magic, Thor magic, Doctor Strange magic etc. are all completely different things that work differently and do different stuff.

[@CravingPain]

@@joshuasgameplays9850 but that basically broke in MOM Wanda was beating every magic there is with her chaos witchy magic so and since Agatha is the same type of which just with different magic it's safe to assume she could that too, well of she has enough power that is, skarlet was no joke

[@TrickyD]

​@@CravingPain "but that basically broke in MOM Wanda was beating every magic there is with her chaos witchy magic so and since Agatha is the same type" 🖐Wanda Maximoff, as the Scarlet Witch, is unique because she wields chaos magic instinctively, similar to Chthon. This sets her apart from other witches in the MCU. Agatha Harkness, on the other hand, is a powerful witch who uses dark magic and draws her abilities from the Darkhold.

[@JayStorm199]

Alice Wu is from Scarlet witch comic by James Robinson that introduced the Witches road

[@OG_Agrivar]

I've tried restarting the entire video and just pausing for a while to let it cache, but the audio synching seems to slip about 2/3s through... was it KZbin or your video encoding?

[@ILoveJamesFelt]

Wiccan out here killing Sharon, and being responsible for Alice's death is going to be an awesome twist at the end of the series once everyone sees it and rewatches it. Agatha gets it. Most of the audiance...? Nope.

[@whiteoutgotu]

Eminem is the only one who wears a G-Shock watch. They should have been wearing the legit metal slap bracelets that broke your skin.