Yes, Teen Is Indeed [Redacted] in the Latest Agatha All Along

This week, Agatha All Along yet caught up to its audience with the confirmation that the quality antecedently known lone arsenic “Teen” does indeed have a magical link to the Scarlet Witch—and besides gave america its longest occurrence yet, with 43 minutes of enactment earlier the credits roll.

“Familiar by Thy Side” begins with the witchcraft-themed barroom mitzvah (!) of Billy’s big body, William Kaplan. It’s present we observe Lilia was hired to entertain astatine the shindig arsenic a thenar reader. She informs William his “lifeline is breached successful two,” earlier receiving different of her tarot card-themed visions. “The Tower, reversed,” she utters, earlier encouraging her latest complaint to “enjoy the now” portion helium inactive can. Praising her fortune-telling kiosk for having “early Argento” vibes (a Profondo Rosso reference, maybe?), a spooked William takes off, leaving his overgarment behind. For reasons kept to herself (and the audience), we observe Lilia was the 1 to hex Teen with the silencing sigil, which she inserts into his overgarment pouch earlier asking a enactment attendee to marque definite helium gets it back.

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On his mode location from the party, William is killed successful a car clang conscionable extracurricular Wanda’s enchanted reddish dome, whereupon the tone of Billy conveniently finds refuge (in different changeable of coincidence, the attending serviceman connected the country is nary different than Alice Wu-Gulliver). Post-accident, Billy discovers helium tin present work minds, yet has nary representation of either 1 of his erstwhile lives. He’s a quality tabula rasa, unrecognized by either his parents oregon the household dog, Greg. Entering his chamber decorated with posters for The Black Cauldron and Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Billy—reflected by two mirrors—repeatedly reminds himself that helium is, contempt his amended judgment, William Kaplan.

Three years later, Billy gets a bland yet endlessly supportive fellow (in the aforesaid vein arsenic Devon from Chucky) named Eddie who encourages him connected his semi-posthumous travel to uncover his existent identity. As the 2 reappraisal Billy’s “crazy wall” astir the Westview Anomaly (on his floor, actually—we spot the posters from earlier person since been replaced with ones for much teen-oriented films similar The Craft and Saw), Billy reveals a antheral helium met connected Reddit has agreed to conscionable him successful a dimly lit parking store to sermon witchcraft. Naturally, the 2 caput disconnected to conscionable him and we observe this occult Deep Throat is really Ralph Bohner, Evan Peters’ quality from WandaVision. In a country that goes connected acold excessively long, Bohner recounts the events of the prequel series, revealing he’s profoundly traumatized, helium was the 1 who poisoned Wanda’s canine Sparky (RIP), and SWORD has since cannibalized Vision’s remains for parts.

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Continuing his probe astatine home, Billy divines Agatha is so an immortal witch, liable for a zeppelin explosion, and perchance the inspiration for Dolly Parton’s “Jolene.” More importantly, helium learns Agatha is “the lone known survivor” of the Witches’ Road and believes helium tin retrieve his mislaid brother, Tommy, if he’s capable to implicit the travel himself. Upon uncovering Agatha, we revisit the events of the aviator occurrence from his perspective, Rashomon-style, confirming Agnes of Westview was a acold much unhinged matter than antecedently depicted. Billy’s portrayal arsenic a disaffected goth burglar was besides mostly exaggerated, arsenic the boy’s wiener qualities look successful earnest—at slightest until helium yet announces to the satellite helium is, indeed, a Maximoff.

As the amusement returns to the present, Agatha handily disgorges herself from the bog of quicksand she was formed successful astatine the extremity of the erstwhile occurrence earlier revealing she knew Teen’s concealed individuality this full time. According to Agatha, some Wanda and Billy stock the aforesaid “tell,” but does not uncover what that is to the assemblage (I’m conjecture they’re redeeming it for a aboriginal occurrence to underline an upcoming noble sacrifice helium archetypal volunteers for—but we’ll see). Agatha encourages him not to consciousness atrocious for seemingly murdering Jennifer and Lilia (we’ll spot about, too, I guess…) arsenic she’s killed countless radical earlier and apt volition again—it’s what bully witches do. Though Billy continues to person his misgivings astir Agatha and sorcery needfully being precluded by violence, helium agrees to proceed with her connected the Witch’s Road to retrieve his missing brother. “Last 1 determination is simply a bully person,” Agatha quips, conscionable earlier the credits roll.

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This week’s occurrence did a batch of explaining and over-explaining and explaining a 3rd clip for those successful the back. Anyone with a modicum of involvement successful this communicative already knew who Teen was from the get-go, truthful careless of quality, spending an full hr of tv backtracking this uncover felt similar a discarded of time. It’s a spot similar Predator 2—a amusive movie each spot arsenic bully arsenic the original, yet it makes the mistake of structuring itself similar a enigma erstwhile the reply to who’s been butchering Los Angeles’s cause cartels rests successful its precise title. If you’re watching this show, you apt saw WandaVision, and if you enjoyed it capable to prosecute its sequel series, you’ve besides apt (at least) work the Scarlet Witch’s Wikipedia leafage oregon websites similar the 1 you’re presently connected now.

Also of note: Rio’s lack since past week’s supernatural slumber enactment continues to beryllium ignored, astir arsenic if they forgot to movie an important country oregon something. Naturally, she volition return—in her existent form, perhaps, if you judge those leaked Funko Pop figurines—but honestly, what gives? During the flashback scenes to the aviator episode, it’s confirmed Billy wasn’t capable to spot Rio astatine the aforesaid moments Agatha was capable to, either, which volition apt mean thing going forward. Does she simply blink successful and retired of beingness and people’s perceptions, akin to the redaction sigil formed upon Billy?

Anyway, with each this table-setting yet complete, it seems we tin expect different themed proceedings adjacent week, successful which Agatha and Billy indispensable enactment speech their differences to implicit different crippled amusement challenge—and possibly turn a small on the way. Which raises an absorbing questions: what’s the witchiest buddy movie? Thelma & Louise? Let’s sermon successful the comments.

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