In September, Disney+ premiered Agatha All Along. It is a sequel to Marvel’s WandaVison, which premiered in January 2021. Agatha All Along has truly outdone itself, and has separated itself from the Marvel TV series universe, being much better than projects like Loki and The Falcon and the Soldier. I would say it’s tied with WandaVision and the perfect continuation of that story.

With the recent Marvel movies not fulfilling audience expectations many Marvel fans are skeptical of any new projects, including Agatha All Along. On Instagram, when I saw Agatha All Along promotion, in the comment section many people would express that they didn’t want to watch it in case it was bad.

I will admit that I have also been skeptical of any Marvel project, since Eternals was released. In my opinion, Eternals was a bad script that the actors tried their best with. From jumping between story lines, to never explaining what the Ikaris were, such a problem. To (spoiler), killing off characters, but still making the audience more attached to them through flashbacks to different times, and places.  But I will say that Agatha All Along has exceeded my expectations. 

The story is about the witch Agatha Harkness (played by Kathryn Hahn) and her journey to regain her power after it was stolen by Wanda, at the end of WandaVison. 

While viewers do not need to see WandaVision in order to understand and enjoy Agatha All Along, I would definitely recommend watching the show for background knowledge.  There are some plot lines that reference WandaVision and would help viewers understand these plot lines.

Kathryn Hahn, assembles her coven, which includes Aubrey Plaza (Rio), Joe Locke (Teen), Patti LuPone (Lilia Caldreu), Sasheer Zamata (Jennifer Kale), and Debra Jo Rupp (Mrs. Heart/Sharon Davis), to walk to the road with her. 

As they go along the road, each witch faces a trail that tests the coven in every aspect of magic. Each trail was amazing and the cast did a phenomenal job creating an entrapping but humorous show. 

For example in episode 5 when the coven had to ride brooms on the road to get to the next trail, Lillia (Patti LuPone) made comments to Teen (Joe Locke) about how this was so stereotypical and demeaning, because the riding a broom became a stereotype but also the broom itself became a symbol of female domesticity. These comments were perfectly timed as Teen was excited by the prospect of riding a broom, only to have Lillia burst his bubble a tiny bit. This is just one example of many humorous moments on the road. 

In all, each character arc was fully fleshed out and well done, the storytelling was amazing, and the show was not only entertaining but also binge worthy to the point where viewers have watched it multiple times already.