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Three years after one of Marvel’s most critically acclaimed TV series WandaVision debuted, Agatha Harkness is back in her own spin-off series, Agatha All Along.
In the nine-part limited series, Agatha (Kathryn Hahn) searches for a new coven so she can walk the Witch’s Way and return her evil, destructive powers to their former purple glory.
Featuring a teenage boy (Joe Locke), volatile nemesis Rio (Aubrey Plaza) and three down-and-out witches played by Patti LuPone, Sasheer Zamata and Ali Ahn, this ensemble cast serves up a host of nostalgic nods to vanished witches. by and the broader Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Woven into this tale of deception are Easter eggs that Marvel fans can enjoy, as well as Easter eggs that horror fans and witch enthusiasts can enjoy. Here are some of the best Easter eggs from the first two episodes…
The tune Agatha hums
As episode one opens, Agatha, who is currently deep in Wanda’s illusion and thinks she is a decorated detective named Agnes, hums the song she will later use to conjure the door to the Witches’ Way. It’s a small sign that Agatha is still in this true crime reality and a plague of the future that has yet to pass.
The Jane Doe
Agatha goes to the crime scene of a woman who was ‘crushed’ elsewhere and moved to Westview – and what’s more, she has blackened fingertips. Although Herb (David A Payton) says, “Oh, she really is dead,” Agatha responds, “Oh, you never know.”
All these clues, including that the body was found in Eastern Europe and appeared to be “moved by magic”, point to this being the corpse of Wanda Maximoff, before Agatha finally solves the case and remembers the woman with “scarlet red” hair.
However, Agatha’s first comment on Wanda’s death teases that the Scarlet Witch could still be alive. After all, this body was just a figment of Agatha’s imagination. The real one has never been found…
Agatha’s blue plaid shirt
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Disney+ / WandaVision
Disney+ / WandaVision
As Agatha finds herself in the depths of her fictional true crime existence, she wears a blue plaid shirt and has her hair scraped back into a low ponytail that resembles the robe Wanda wore in WandaVision.
In the Modern Family-inspired episode, Wanda struggles with her depression and struggles to come to grips with reality. Likewise, Agatha wears similar clothing as she lives a bleak existence before breaking the final barrier to return to reality. It’s also a subtle nod to viewers that Agatha is still in a fictionalized show and not yet in reality.
The library card
The library card attached to Wanda Maximoff’s corpse is actually a record of every time the Darkhold has been used or stolen. When Agatha realizes her true identity, ‘A. Harkness’ is above Wanda’s name with the date January 21, the date WandaVision was released and Agatha owned the book.
It appears the map is a list of every time the Darkhold has changed hands, and since there are several entries, there’s a good chance someone else in this series has had it in their position at some point as well.
Rio’s relationship with Agatha
The first two episodes show a historic intimacy between Rio and Agatha. Not just a feud, but also a romantic relationship. When the duo argue, Agatha says, “You can’t kill me, you can’t.” Before Rio tells her to take her power, Agatha replies, “You know that would mean my death.”
All this combined with Rio’s confession that her heart is ‘black and beating [Agatha]’ suggests that the duo may have had more than one relationship, but made a blood pact, where neither can kill the other without killing themselves too, so they are linked in life and death.
Salem Seven
Rio teases that the ‘Salem Seven’ want to kill Agatha, causing Agatha’s facade to crumble as she briefly shows her fear. In Marvel Comics, these seven supervillains were originally the enemies of the Scarlet Witch and the Fantastic Four and could turn into creatures.
Later, Agatha sees a crow and a rat appear, both of which appear to be bad omens. She also calls her teenage accomplice her “pet” or “familiar,” which could mean that these creatures forbade the arrival of witches who can become animals.
The teenager’s black fingertips
Disney+ / WandaVision
Disney+ / WandaVision
Disney+ / WandaVision
Agatha notices that her teenage suspect has black fingertips when she interrogates him in custody, which he believes is from the “ink” after the police took his fingerprints. Yet this police drama is nothing more than a figment of Agatha’s imagination, so where did the black spots on his hands come from?
Black fingertips are a sign that someone has read the Darkhold – aka The Book of the Damned of All Things Evil. But Rio later says that the book was destroyed when Wanda died. How can this teenager still have a copy of the Darkhold? And more importantly, who gave it to him? Either way, it’s a bad sign.
The Salem Seven Movement
As Agatha’s new coven runs down the newly summoned stairs, one of the Salem Seven witches crawls down, unnaturally cracking her bones as she hisses Agatha’s name.
Horror fans may recognize this terrifying sequence because it mimics Kayako’s signature move as she crawls down the stairs in Takashi Shimizu’s 2004 supernatural horror film, The Grudge. It’s safe to say that the glimpses of horror sequences in this show are not for the faint of heart.
The first two episodes of Agatha All along are available for streaming now on Disney+