Whenever Aubrey Plaza is involved, I’m front and center with popcorn ready for her to hit me with that signature dark humor. So when I heard she’d be a character in Marvel’s latest project, I expected a sarcastic, spit in your face, female Billy Butcher superhero. What I got instead was… intriguing. 

“Agatha All Along” explores the aftermath of Wanda Maximoff’s—understandable—reconstruction of reality in Westview, focusing on the twisted and self-serving Agatha who doesn’t have her powers anymore.

The journey begins with a more terrifying version of Agatha—a humane one. In her delusions, Agatha believes she’s a suspended detective, called back to help with the investigation of an unknown woman’s murder. The way she shows compassion for the victim hints that something is off, immediately reminding us that she’s still under Scarlet Witch’s hex, trapped in a distorted reality.

We’re reintroduced to the people of Westview, not as we remember them, but as fellow police investigators. Aubrey Plaza’s character, Rio Vidal, makes her entrance as an FBI agent brought in to assist Agatha with the case. Plaza’s razor-sharp sarcasm and obvious irritation toward Agatha suggest a complicated history between them, though we’re left guessing. While I expected more of Plaza’s signature verbal smackdowns, what she delivered was enough to leave me wondering: how exactly do these two know each other, and what went wrong?

The victim? Supposedly it’s Scarlet Witch…

Here’s the catch: Agatha isn’t really a detective, and neither are the people of Westview. It’s all an elaborate magical illusion, masterminded by Vidal with the help of the townspeople and a mysterious new character—a kid whose name we never learn, thanks to a protection sigil that seals his lips in the presence of witches. Ironically, that’s exactly where he ends up. This unnamed boy is the one who broke Agatha free from the Scarlet Witch’s previous hex and, as we later discover, he’s been trying to reach Agatha so she can help him find the Witches’ Road.

Despite Agatha’s warnings, her selfish desire to regain her lost powers propels them forward in the quest for the Witches’ Road. To access it, they need a coven, which leads us to an odd collection of recruits: 

• Lilia Calderu, a failed “kook psychic” (Agatha’s words, not mine).
• Jennifer Kale, an unethical skincare guru who reveals Agatha once had a child she gave up for the Book of the Damned.
• Ali Ahn, a mommy’s girl whose mother is dead.
• Sharon Davis, a total sweetheart who bakes pies and waters gardens, with no real witch skills, just a green thumb.

With their coven assembled, Agatha and the New Kid head toward the Witches’ Road, which, in true magical fashion, manifests in Agatha’s basement. The journey takes a creepy turn as they are pursued by grotesque, dark creatures straight out of a Goosebumps nightmare. In the end, the New Kid leads the gang down the steps to some eerie version of a yellow brick road.

So…

Is the Jane Doe really Wanda Maximoff, or just a magically created dummy to snap Agatha out of her delusions?

Well, it’s Marvel rule of thumb to never assume a character is dead, especially since there was no face reveal. Maybe I’m just not willing to accept the fact that she’s gone, or maybe we’re being set up for a major twist in the final episodes.

Aubrey Plaza?

Just give more. Marvel, please! 

Who’s the New Kid?

It has to be the child Agatha gave up, I’m calling it!

Did Agatha really have a kid?

If she really did have one and gave the kid up for the Book of the Damned, she truly would be a narcissistic evil villain but… When she has that hallucination of a child crying in a baby carriage, only for it to be the book, the immense grief that she shows could be a sign that she isn’t entirely a bad*ss and is propelled forward by trauma.

And let’s not forget, what is grief if not love persevering? 

If there’s anything I love about Marvel, it’s the slow burning redemption arc. It’s almost impossible to see that the character is capable of change until we get to the very end. Agatha is on the verge of something transformative, either becoming a different kind of hero than we’re used to or doubling down and becoming an even more terrifying villain. Her story could truly go either way, and that’s what keeping me tuned in.

Totally not Aubrey Plaza.