Three years ago, I watched “Wandavision,” a show about Avengers Wanda Maximoff and Vision after the events of “Avengers: Endgame.”
It was the last Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) production that I was fully invested in, so when I heard that its sequel, “Agatha All Along,” was coming out on Disney+ this fall, I was intrigued but not interested enough in the MCU to watch it immediately. When I finally did, I was blown away with its quality.
Agatha Harkeness, played by Kathryn Hahn, was introduced in “Wandavision” as Wanda’s next-door neighbor and was later revealed as a witch vying to steal Wanda’s powers. At the end of the show, Wanda trapped Agatha under a spell and turned her into the nosy next-door neighbor persona for real, leaving her to reside in Westview, the fictional town in which the show is set, forever.
In its nine episodes this season, “Agatha All Along” follows Agatha after the events of Wandavision, when she breaks free of Wanda’s spell. She and a coven of witches, along with Teen, a mysterious companion played by Joe Locke, have to travel the Witches’ Road, a mythical journey that will give you anything you desire once you reach the end.
The show has an adventurous feel to it right off the bat, with them having to complete different tasks on the Witches’ Road to get to the end. Each trial tests one of the witch’s magical abilities, and I expected each episode to follow the same format. But halfway through the show, it deviated from that episodic format, and the action picked up.
I loved the dynamic that Agatha and Teen display. In fact, it is what carries the show for me. Agatha’s snarkiness combined with Teen’s wit make them the perfect duo. Similarly, the rest of the witches are all interesting with their past and stories, which are explored throughout the show as they travel the road for their own reason.
The twists are done perfectly, and while with some prior comic book knowledge one might know a few of the reveals already, I was entranced by how the show manages to pull off tension and connect previous events.
The sixth episode, where Teen’s true identity and past are revealed, is by far my favorite. The audience goes back to see what happened before the events of the show, similar to the fourth Wandavision episode, where we found out what was happening outside of Westview.
There were times when I was watching this show that I thought something could have been done better or didn’t make sense, yet by the end, everything had come back full circle and all lingering questions had been answered. To me, this show merits 4.5 out of 5 Falcons.
