Warning: This article contains spoilers for Agatha All Along Episode 3
Agatha all along Episode 3 drops a couple of huge MCU reveals like Agatha Harkness, her new coven of witches, and Tin’s venture into the Witches’ Road. Agatha all along Episode 1 saw Agatha Harkness convince three powerful witches and WandaVisionHart’s wife to accompany her and Joe Locke’s mysterious teen character on their journey to reach the end of the witches’ road. However, the witches’ road proves to be a bigger challenge than they thought in the reference-filled Agatha all along Episode 3, as the first trial of the road confronts them with their biggest fears and one important character’s death.
As Tin deduces, the house that spawns in front of Agatha’s coven provides a water-themed first trial in the Witches’ Road. Despite the fact that Mrs. Hart correctly solves the first puzzle of the process and the coven follows the rules, the witches way forces everyone to go through some fleeting yet terrible experiences like swelling and hallucination. During Agatha all along Episode 3’s ending, Agatha’s coven manages to escape a painful death by drowning, but not without sacrifice along the way.
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Tin has a sigil spell that hides his identity
Tin is magically forbidden from revealing his identity to witches
The first reveal in Agatha all along Episode 3 is the reason why no one can learn Tin’s name and identity. When Jennifer Kale asks Tin who he is, the coven realizes that a spell has prevented them from hearing his name or reading his lips. Lilia Calderu is quick to point out that “Someone put a seal on the boy,” To which Agatha responds“Sails are beneath me.” Alice Wu-Gulliver explained to Tin that “A sigil is a spell that hides something” — specifically from witches, in Tin’s case.
The seal spell is cast directly on Tin, possibly by a magic user who understands his full magical potential
It originally seemed like only Agatha Harkness could not learn the real identity of Tin Agatha all along Episodes 1 and 2, however Agatha all along Episode 3 confirms that the spell isn’t working exclusively on her. Instead, the sigil spell is placed directly on Tin, possibly by a magic user who understands his full magical potential. Agatha Harkness’ dismissal of the seal spell suggests that it does not require much knowledge to perform it, meaning that whoever casts it on Tin can be as dark as any off-screen witch or as powerful as Scarlet Witch and Doctor Strange.
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Agatha trades her own child for the Darkhold
Agatha Harkness seems to have sacrificed Nicholas Krats to obtain the Book of the Damned
Inside the Witches Road’s house, Jennifer Kale makes sure to warn Teen about Agatha Harkness. Since Tin disregards Jennifer’s warning, she resorts to informing her about Agatha’s biggest secret. Jennifer tells Teen, – Did you know that she traded her own child for the Book of the Damned?. While this bold claim remains unconfirmed by the end of Agatha all along Episode 3, the fact that the magical wine shows Agatha a cradle with the Darkhold inside suggests that this is true.
In the source material, Agatha Harkness’ son Nicholas Scratch grows up to be a powerful villain in New Salem, fathering the Salem Seven and punishing Agatha for leaving her hometown. Along with Jennifer Kale’s claim in episode 3, Agatha all along Episode 1 supports the idea that the MCU’s Nicholas Scratch died as a young boy, as Agatha seems remorseful when she visits what appears to be Nicholas Scratch’s empty room in her own house.
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Mephisto is finally mentioned by name in the MCU
Jennifer Kale suggests Agatha Harkness’ son became an agent of Mephisto
There is also the possibility that Nicholas Krats of the MCU “Could be a demon,” As Jennifer Kale mentioned to Teen. Jennifer Calle initially hesitated to say it, but she reveals to Teen that Agatha’s son may have Become “An Agent of Mephisto”. Jennifer doubted Agatha would “Even recognizing her own son if he showed up at her door”suggesting that Tin may be Agatha’s reincarnated son. This would be a major departure from the comics, where it is Wanda Maximoff’s son Billy who possesses magical abilities and reunites with his mother after being killed by Mephisto.
Nicholas Scratch also worked directly for Mephisto in the source material
In the comics, the magical energy that Wanda Maximoff uses to conceive her twin sons Billy and Tommy comes from the demon Mephisto, who erases the twins from existence when he reabsorbs their energy. For this reason, Mephisto has been theorized to make his MCU debut ever since WandaVisionAlthough it took more than three years for an MCU show to finally confirm its existence. However, it is important to note that Nicholas Scratch also worked directly for Mephisto in the source material.
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The witches way will test everyone’s fears and knowledge
The Witches Way knows each of the witches’ greatest strengths and weaknesses
As soon as Agatha Harkness’ coven starts their journey down the witches’ road, they realize that the road is tailored specifically to them. What the Coven doesn’t expect is that the Way knows their deepest fears and weaknesses.. The effects of the magical wine they have to drink cause them to experience hallucinations based on their most painful memories and regrets. For example, Alice Wu-Gulliver fails to save her mother again, and Agatha Harkness is haunted by the Darkhold and what appears to be her son’s sacrifice.
Apparently, the MCU version of Witches’ Road poses different challenges to Marvel Comics’ Witches’ Road, as seen in 2015’s. Scarlet Witch storyline. In the source material, Wanda Maximoff ventures down the Witches’ Road alongside the disembodied spirit of Agatha Harkness. The first challenge in the original Witches Road is a mythical beast that Wanda’s mother Natalia, the previous Scarlet Witch, defeats. Later, Wanda faces Diane aka the Emerald Warlock, who laid a curse on Ireland eons ago.
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The first trial of the Witches Road is for the potions witch
The trials of the Witches Road may be designed specifically for each witch
Jennifer Kale is in the spotlight most of the time Agatha all along Episode 3. She is the witch who shows the most interest in Tin’s identity and relationship with Agatha Harkness, and she is the one who takes the lead during the Witch Road’s first trial. The road may have responded to Jennifer Kale’s leadership, or it designed its first trial specifically for her. anyway, The first trial of the Witches Road requires a potion to be completed, and Jennifer Kale’s potion expertise allows her to save her fellow witches at the last second.
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Jennifer Kale brews a potion in the house sink. She mixes the guts of a eusocial insect, a corpse that has been rotting for at least 30,000,000 eye years, and frankincense. Tin retrieves a sous vide to cook all the ingredients, and Jennifer orders Tin to stir with his dominant hand counterclockwise before each of the witches, Tin, and Mrs. Hart drop a single hair into the mix. Tin’s blood seals the potion, and Jennifer Kale’s potion knowledge allows everyone to pass the first trial.
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Visions reveal the personal histories of the witches
The Road of the Witches forces every witch to revisit their worst fears
Agatha all alongThe first trial of the Witch’s Road is more similar to the early telepathic abilities of the Scarlet Witch. Avengers: Age of Ultron As for the threats seen in Marvel Comics’ original Witches’ Road. in Avengers: Age of UltronAn inexperienced Wanda Maximoff hits each of the Avengers with a spell that forces them to live out their biggest fears. Likewise, the Witches’ Road provides each of Agatha all alongWitches create a personalized hallucination based on their biggest fear or regret.
Agatha all along Witch |
Fear-based hallucination |
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Alice Wu-Gulliver |
Alice’s mother dies in front of her |
Jennifer Calle |
Man drown you in a sink |
Lily Calderu |
Death itself appears to her |
Agatha Harkness |
The Darkhold appeared in a cradle |
Agatha all along Episodes 1 and 2 established that Alice Wu-Gulliver has tried to leave her mother’s death behind, that a man took Jennifer Kale’s magical powers away from her, and that Lilia Calderu is hesitant to use her magic. The first two episodes also teased Agatha’s regret over losing her child, Nicholas Scratch. Agatha all along Episode 3 pushes each of the witches’ fears to the forefront, with Alice seeing her mother suffer in front of her, Jennifer being drowned by the man who took her magic, and Lilia seeing the personification of death, as well as Agatha saw The darkhold in a baby’s crib.
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Tin is important to the Witches’ Road Journey
Tin may have always been destined to end up the witches way
Tin demonstrates his skills and knowledge thanks to his passion for witchcraft. He is also eager to help Agatha Harkness and Jennfier Kale when they face difficult obstacles, which ends up saving the coven in key moments like Agatha all along Episode 3’s climactic ending. However, there may be more to tin than it seems. Not only does Tin help Jennifer Kale prepare the potion that saves everyone from drowning, but his blood is the last key ingredient in the mix. Without Tin, Jennifer Kale’s potion would have been incomplete.
The fact that the first trial of the Witches Road requires Tin’s blood to be completed suggests that he was essential to Agatha and the coven’s journey from the beginning. Therefore, Tin’s efforts to meet Agatha and break her out of Wanda Maximoff’s spell may not have come from a whim, but instead may be the result of fate, magic, or even a curse. Likewise, Tin may be destined to reach the end of the Witches’ Road, whether that means he’ll be the only one to reach it or not.
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Mrs. Hart dies after completing the first trial of the Witches’ Way
The Witches Way claims its first victim earlier than expected
Despite her naive personality, Sharon Davis aka Mrs. Hart proves her worth as a member of Agatha Harkness’ coven with her clever solution to the wine puzzle in Agatha all along Episode 3. Sharon also remains calm through the negative side effects of the wine, and her hair is as critical to Jennifer Kale’s potion as the rest of the coven. unfortunately, Sharon appears to have drowned at the last moment as she fled the rapidly flooding house, as she was unconscious throughout the process..
Lily Calderu’s premonition of Agatha all along Episode 1 predicted that Agatha Harkness would recruit Rio Vidal. To avoid contact with Rio, Agatha chose her former Westview friend Sharon, who played Mrs. Hart in Wanda Maximoff’s WandaVision Illusions. This decision has already proven to be a mistake, as Rio Vidal would likely have survived Witch Road’s first trial. Now, Agatha’s coven has lost one member, and there are still several trials left ahead of them.