Warning: This article contains spoilers for Agatha All Along Episode 6, “Familiar by Your Side.”
A big throwback to Phase 1 of the MCU is included Agatha all along Episode 6, which also confirmed an interesting detail about the current status of the Avengers team. After the shocking, yet expected, reveal that Joe Locke’s “teen” is actually Billy Maximoff Agatha all along Episode 5, “Darkest Hour, Awaken Your Power,” episode 6 explored his new origin story in the MCU. Detailing the three years between WandaVision And Agatha all alongEpisode 6, “Familiar by Your Side,” uncovered previously unknown information about the MCU’s timeline.
Agatha all along Episode 6 took audiences back to WandaVision’s finale, which took place on the same day as William Kaplan’s Bar Mitzvah. The event was cut short by the Westview Anomaly being shrunk by the Scarlet Witch, and, In their haste, the Kaplan family ends up crashing their car, causing William’s early death, and allowing his empty body to be taken over by the soul of Billy Maximoff. While this could be an exciting development for the MCU’s Young Avengers team, the original Avengers also received a mention in Agatha all along.
Agatha All Along’s WandaVision explanation repeats Iron Man’s trick
Iron Man’s first mission was played as a training exercise
After Billy Maximoff reveals to his boyfriend, Miles Gutierrez-Riley’s Eddie, that he is not, in fact, William Kaplan, they discuss the events of WandaVision’s Finale. Eddy suggests that the Westview anomaly is public knowledge “An Avengers training exercise gone wrong,” Which calls back to the MCU’s very first feature film, Iron Man. On his first mission as Iron Man in 2008, Tony Stark freed the residents of Jensen’s home village from terrorists, but was then intercepted by Air Force fighter jets, leading to him revealing his bravery to his best friend, Jacob “Roddy” Rhodes.
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After Iron Man’s spar with the fighter jets leads to one being destroyed, Stark urges Rhodey to cover up his heroic identity under the guise of a training exercise gone wrong, which he does. This is later played again as a joke as Rhodey stops the Air Force from being involved in Stark’s final battle against Obadiah Stane, aka Iron Monger. referencing WandaVision’s Finale as an Avengers training exercise was a great call-back to 2008s Iron ManBut also confirmed an interesting new detail about the Avengers in the MCU.
Crucially, Marvel just confirmed that the public still believes that the Avengers exist
The public believes that WandaVision was a training exercise for the Avengers
The status of the Avengers team in the MCU is uncertain as of 2019 Avengers: Endgame. Marvel’s upcoming trailers Captain America: Brave New World have confirmed that the Avengers are disbanded, although President Ross will urge Sam Wilson’s Captain America to rebuild the team. Although the Avengers may not currently be functioning as a team, the public may not be fully aware of thisAnd this is implied thanks to Eddie’s comments in Agatha all along Episode 6. It seems that the public still believe the Avengers exist.
This makes sense after the events of Avengers: Endgame. The Battle of Earth featured almost every hero in the MCU fighting Thanos and his armies, and it would be well documented and reported on, making it public knowledge. Witnessing the battle of Earth could have convinced the world that the Avengers are coming back together after their disbanding in Captain America: Civil WarAnd this belief may have persisted for the last three years before Agatha all along. Obviously, this is not the case, but the MCU will surely expand on this in its upcoming projects.
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