Warning! This post contains spoilers for Agatha All Along Episode 4Agatha all along Episode 4 is full of exciting Easter eggs and references. In the 70s rock, future MCU movies and Agatha’s comics history, the Witches’ Road continues to be full of surprises. This includes some really iconic new looks for the entire coven of witches who have agreed to join Harkness as well.
Having done their first trial in Agatha all along Episode 3 and the loss of Mrs. Hart (Debra Jo Rupp), Agatha, her fellow witches, and replacement Green Witch Rio Vidal (Aubrey Plaza) prepare for their next trial. While the first was a test for potions expert Jennifer Hale (Sasheer Zamata), this new trial is tailored for their protection witch, Alice Wu-Gulliver (Ali Ahn). To that end, here are the biggest Easter eggs and reveals Agatha all along Episode 4.
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Rio Vidal skips down the witches road
Just like Wizard of Oz
Being summoned to the witches rode by the coven at the beginning of Agatha all along Episode 4, the “Green Witch” Harkness always should have recruited has joined their number, Aubrey Plaza’s Rio Vidal. Immediately ready to go, Rio is seen skipping and whistling down the road as the others look on. As such, it is a clear reference to The Wizard of Oz And traveling down the classic yellow brick road.
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Second Moon Door on the Witches Road
Waxing Moon, Fire Phase
Arriving at the second house with their next process, the doors have a waxing moon. how so Tin confirms that this is the “fire phase” in Agatha all along Episode 4. This ties to the first house and process that has a full moon plan, the “water phase” in Agatha all along Episode 3. One can imagine that the next trials on the road will be the “Air” and “Earth” phases, completing the Moon and Element sequences.
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Agatha All Along Episode 4 has major 70s rock vibes
Agatha embodies the Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac
When you enter the house, the entire coven is transformed with new looks and clothes, like a 70s rock band. As such, it aligns with the new trial connected to Alice, whose mother Lorna was a 70s rock icon, best known for her special rendition of the Witches’ Road Ballad, the original version being the one the coven sang in The end of the series. ‘ Premiere episodes. Additionally, Agatha’s new look in particular is stunning with an homage to Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks (and Agatha herself agrees).
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Lilia Calderu has a very familiar look
A tribute to Liza Minnelli
All of the Coven’s new 70s looks are very impressive, reflecting the era quite well. However, the new style for Patti Lupone’s Divination Witch Lilia Calderu takes the cake with a top homage to the great Liza Minnelli who released several albums during the 70s. Minelli is also the daughter of The Wizard of Oz Judy Garland.
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Salem Witch Trials Paintings
The pain of witches past
While exploring the house, Lilia comes across a collection of disturbing painted murals. Each one depicts a presumed witch who was tortured and killed during the Salem Witch Trials.. As such, it is not surprising in the least that Lilia grows emotional viewing the work depicting the pain and suffering of witches past.
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Werewolf mask
Werewolf by night?
Jennifer Hale also finds a collection of dark masks adorning the walls. This includes one that looks very much like a wolf, as well as eyes that disappear from behind the mask when Jennifer looks at it.. To this end, it is possible that this may be a tie to Werewolf by nightThe MCU’s other supernaturally charged TV project that is released in 2022 starring Gael GarcÃa Bernal.
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“Play Me” feels like Alice in Wonderland
Agatha Episode 4 is all about Alice…
Eventually, Tin finds and plays a record that he believes is a clue to start the test. This is due to the sleeve with the words “Play Me”. As such, this is likely a tie to Alice in Wonderland Food and drink with their “Eat Me” and “Drink Me” labels, a fitting connection as the new process belongs to Alice Wu-Gulliver.
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Spinning records back
A classic fear in the 70s
When the record starts playing, the coven realizes it’s playing backwards. As a result, the phenomenon is naturally tied to the classic fear and myth that originated in the 1970s that playing some albums back contained satanic messaging. In this case, the danger is quite real Agatha all along Episode 4.
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“Ask Alice”
“White Rabbit” by Jefferson Airplane
At one point Agatha all along episode 4, Lilia tells the coven to “ask Alice” about her expertise on the Witches’ Road Ballad. Although it may be pure coincidence, this may be a connection to the song “White Rabbit” by Jefferson Starship. After all, it would tie in quite nicely with the episode’s overall 70s aesthetic.
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Lorna’s Ballad
A literal protection spell
Realizing that they have to play Lorna’s Ballad to ward off Alice’s generational family curse, It is Agatha who realizes that the entire poem was created by Alice’s mother as a protection spellConnected to the tattoo her mother forced her to get when she was a child. By having the song regularly played by her fans and going on tour, Lorna’s Ballad ensured that Alice would be safe when she should have died years earlier. As such, the entire coven performs the rock rendition of the Witches’ Road Ballad that was first referenced by Tin in Agatha all along Episode 2.
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Alice’s living curse
The first “demon” in MCU
By playing Lorna’s ballad on the witches’ road, the coven makes Alice’s curse visible and tangible. As such, it has the form of a haunting winged demon. To that end, it can be argued that this is the first “demon” to be featured in the MCU so far.
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Three of swords
Symbolizing pain and heartbreak
After Tin is injured by a glass shard in his side before the coven’s performance, he collapses right after the blood loss. Naturally, the rest of the coven is quite distressed, especially Agatha Harkness herself. However, it is Lilia who can be heard murmuring “three of swords”. The Three of Swords is a tarot card meaning pain, suffering, and most specifically, heartbreak. Although Tin survives the encounter, Agatha’s fear of losing Tin is certainly accentuated by Lilia’s comments.
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Lilia’s vampire bite
Next MCU ties before Blade
While Tin rests and heals from his wound, the other witches are seen bonding and sharing stories from their past. This includes the sharing of battle scars. First, Lilia Calderu shares a vampire bite on her neck that she received years earlier, claiming that one tooth bit into her right before she knocked out the other tooth. As such, it’s yet another confirmation that vampires exist and have been active in the MCU for centuries.And everything for Mahershala Blade Which is still struggling to get off the ground.
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The first confirmation that vampires exist in the MCU was in Loki Season 1 with a comment made by the TVA’s Agent Mobius (Owen Wilson). However, vampires are still confirmed in Werewolf by night With several pictures and trophies found during the meeting and contest of monster hunters involving Man-Thing and Jack Russell’s titular werewolf. now, Agatha all along has continued to mention vampires, even though vampires (and Blade) have yet to fully debut.
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Daughters of Liberty
Connections to Agatha’s comics history
After Lilia shares her vampire bite in Agatha all along Episode 4, Agatha herself shares her own scar. roll up your sleeves, Harkness shows a scar she says came from a knitting needle belonging to the Daughters of LibertyA group that she apparently wiped out in the past. A real-life group that originated in 1765, the Daughters of Liberty helped the Sons of Liberty during the boycotts against the British Empire just before the American Revolution. This included spinning until the daughters would make their own clothes for their families rather than buying British textiles (hence the knitting needle).
The Daughters of Liberty also tie into Agatha’s story in the original Marvel comics. On the page, Agatha is a much more neutral character than in the MCU, and that includes her history with Marvel’s version of ​​the daughters. Rather than wipe them out as she implies Agatha all along Episode 4, Agatha helped train the women in the arts of witchcraft and sorcery, while also guiding them as an ongoing society of women protecting the world throughout the generations in the present.
In the comics, the modern daughters include Misty Knight, Echo, Shuri, White Tiger, Spider-Woman, Black Widow, and more. Likewise, Peggy Carter leads the daughters as “The Dryad” (Harriet Tubman was a previous Dryad). As such, it’s a pretty cool Easter egg, even if the MCU’s Agatha has a very different experience with the Daughters of Liberty.
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