Three years after the launch of one of Marvel’s most acclaimed television series, WandaVision, Agatha Harkness is back in her own spinoff series, Agatha All Along.
In this nine-part miniseries, Agatha (Kathryn Hahn) sets out to find a new coven so she can travel the witches’ path and restore their evil, devastating powers to their former purple glory.
Featuring a teenager (Joe Locke), volatile nemesis Rio (Aubrey Plaza), and three destitute witches played by Patti LuPone, Sasheer Zamata, and Ali Ahn, this ensemble cast offers plenty of nostalgic nods to defunct witches and the wider Marvel Cinematic Universe.
At the heart of this tale of deception are Easter eggs for Marvel fans to devour, as well as others for horror fans and witchcraft aficionados to savor. Here are some of the best Easter eggs from the first two episodes…
The tune Agatha hums
At the beginning of the first episode, Agatha, who is currently in the middle of Wanda’s illusion and fancies herself a decorated detective named Agnes, hums the song she will later use to make the door to the Witches’ Road appear. It’s a small sign that Agatha is still in this true-crime reality and a taste of the future that has yet to pass.
Jane Doe
Agatha visits the crime scene of a woman who was “crushed” elsewhere and transferred to Westview—plus, she has blackened fingers. Although Herb (David A Payton) says, “Oh, seriously, she’s dead,” Agatha replies, “Oh, you never know.”
All of these clues, including the fact that the body was found in Eastern Europe and appears to have been “magically moved,” point to it being Wanda Maximoff’s corpse, before Agatha finally solves the case and remembers the woman with “scarlet” hair.
However, Agatha’s initial comment about Wanda’s death suggests that the Scarlet Witch may still be alive. After all, that body was just a figment of Agatha’s imagination. The real one was never found…
Agatha’s Blue Plaid Shirt
Disney+ / WandaVision
Disney+ / WandaVision
Disney+ / WandaVision
As Agatha is immersed in the depths of her fictional true-crime existence, she wears a blue plaid shirt and has her hair tied in a low ponytail that resembles the dressing gown Wanda wore in WandaVision.
In the Modern Family-inspired episode, Wanda struggles with her depression and struggles to come back to reality. Similarly, Agatha wears similar clothing while living a dreary existence before breaking through the final barrier to return to reality. It’s also a subtle nod to viewers that Agatha is still in a fictional series and not in reality.
The library card
The library card attached to Wanda Maximoff’s body is actually a record of every time the Darkhold has been used or stolen. When Agatha discovers her true identity, “A. Harkness” appears above Wanda’s name with the date January 21, which is when WandaVision came out and Agatha had the book in her possession.
It appears that the card is a list of all the times the Darkhold has changed hands and since there are multiple entries, there’s a good chance that someone else in this series has had it in their position at one point or another as well.
Rio’s relationship with Agatha
The first two episodes evoke a historical intimacy between Rio and Agatha. Not just a quarrel, but also a romantic relationship. When the two fight, Agatha says, “You can’t kill me, it’s not allowed.” Before Rio tells her to take her power, Agatha replies, “You know it would kill me.”
All this combined with Rio’s confession that his heart is “black and it beats for [Agatha]” suggests that the duo may have had more than a relationship, but may have worked out a blood pact, whereby neither of them can kill the other without killing themselves as well, thus they are bound in life and death.
Seven of Salem
Rio teases that the “Salem Seven” want to kill Agatha, causing Agatha’s façade to fall as she briefly shows fear. In Marvel Comics, these seven supervillains were originally enemies of the Scarlet Witch and the Fantastic Four and could transform into creatures.
Later, Agatha sees a raven and a rat appear, both of which are bad omens. She also calls her teenage accomplice her “pet” or “familiar,” which could mean that these creatures were preventing the arrival of witches who can transform into animals.
The Black Fingers of the Teenager
Disney+ / WandaVision
Disney+ / WandaVision
Disney+ / WandaVision
Agatha notices that her teenage suspect has black fingers when she questions him in custody, which he believes is due to “ink” after the police took his fingerprints. Yet this crime drama is nothing more than a figment of Agatha’s imagination, so where do the black marks on his hands come from?
The black fingers are a sign that someone has read the Darkhold, aka The Book of the Damned or All Things Evil. But Rio later says that the book was destroyed when Wanda died. How can this teenager have another 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 rushes down the stairs they just summoned, one of the Seven Witches of Salem crawls, her bones cracking unnaturally as she hisses Agatha’s name.
Horror fans may recognize this terrifying sequence as it replicates Kayako’s signature move as she descends the stairs in Takashi Shimizu’s 2004 supernatural horror film The Grudge. Suffice to say, glimpses of the horror sequences in this series are not for the faint of heart.
The first two episodes of Agatha All Along are now available to stream on Disney+
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