Agatha All Along: Through Many Miles / Of Tricks And Trials

September 26, 2024 9:50 AM - Season 1, Episode 3

The coven has a relaxing stay at a bougie beach house.

Agatha All Along’s practical effects were key to bringing its magic to life. To make the show’s spells feel real, showrunner Jac Schaeffer prioritized practical effects over green screens.

posted by 1970s Antihero (12 comments total)

Poor Sharon !
posted by Faintdreams at 10:00 AM on September 26 [4 favorites]

Who's Sharon ?
posted by Pendragon at 10:20 AM on September 26 [20 favorites]

Mephisto! That sure changes things up a bit. [spoilers below for Marvel Comics stuff]

He's basically the comics' Kirkland Satan, tempting and/or making diabolical deals with just about everybody from the Silver Surfer to Spider-Man. As Agatha has been/is being portrayed, I can absolutely see her making a deal with him. And if the bit with Teen pans out, it knocks the previous comics-based "spoilers" about who he really is into a cocked witch's hat.

posted by Halloween Jack at 10:40 AM on September 26 [2 favorites]

There are people who have been thinking Mephisto is the next Marvel Big Bad since like the first Thor movie, they might be getting their wish.

Also, poor Sharon -- but it's Marvel and it's a magical place, you never know what may come.

Also also enjoying the throwaway gags taken from various stories and myths about witches -- "I'm not climbing into an oven," Hansel & Gretel reference, lol.
posted by AzraelBrown at 12:02 PM on September 26 [5 favorites]

Well, I thought this episode was super disappointing. I wanted more out of the Witches' Road than a reality show style contest challenge.
posted by kyrademon at 1:03 PM on September 26 [3 favorites]

Predictions for character identity now that there's been a Mephisto namedrop.

Aubrey Plaza's Rio is definitely Mephisto's child, Blackheart. They've used that phrase around her twice now.

posted by haileris23 at 3:05 PM on September 26 [4 favorites]

So, each episode is an escape room, and the earth one is where Aubrey Plaza will show up again?

And along the way, something will be revealed about Agatha harkness as a mother?

It could be worse. I like the performances
posted by eustatic at 8:41 PM on September 26 [2 favorites]

Have to admit, the hallucination sequences were pretty creepy, especially Lillia's.
posted by KingEdRa at 9:17 PM on September 26 [1 favorite]

Now I’m imagining Wong and Madisynn sitting on their couch in Kamar-Taj and actually watching this as a reality show.
posted by 1970s Antihero at 5:40 AM on September 27 [17 favorites]

I did like the concept of "we drank poison and we have to mix a new one with the ingredients in the house," that was a level of reality show cool you don't normally see.

What happens when there's no green witch, seeing as the potions one had to do her job today?
posted by jenfullmoon at 9:20 PM on September 27 [2 favorites]

I hope the following episodes aren’t all escape rooms but suspect they will be.

Kathryn Hahn being an absolute shit is a lot of fun, so here I am in 2024, consuming Late Marvel one drop at a time.
posted by hototogisu at 10:19 AM on September 28 [4 favorites]

What happens when there's no green witch, seeing as the potions one had to do her job today?

We get Aubrey Plaza back in the mix, presumably.
posted by Navelgazer at 7:21 PM on September 28 [2 favorites]