Warning: This article contains spoilers for Agatha All Along Episode 3
Agatha all along Episode 3, titled “Through many miles of tricks and trials“featured five visions of the new MCU witches in Agatha’s coven that warrant explanation. Agatha all along has so far introduced a colorful cast of new characters to the MCU as it depicts Agatha’s dogged attempt to regain the powers drained from her by Wanda at the end of WandaVision. These comprise the coven that Agatha has assembled, each of whom has their own reasons for traversing the witches’ road to realize their greatest desire in its end.
Agatha all along Episode 3 is where the trials of the Witches’ Road finally begin. The first trial tests the coven’s skill with alchemy, which falls under Jennifer Kale’s purview. Upon entering a lavish beach house that has materialized out of nowhere, it quickly becomes clear that their job is to create an antidote to a poison that everyone must ingest, leading to the tragic yet predictable death of Mrs. Hart. / Sharon Davis. Previously, each witch was subject to a series of effects that included unique visions of woe that helped to expand on the Agatha all along Coven’s members.
Mrs. Hart’s vision of Wanda explained
Sharon Davis relives an early Wandavision scene
Sharon Davis—whom Agatha can’t or won’t separate from her Westview identity, Mrs. Hart—is the first to succumb to the effects of poison when she heartily downs the first glass of poisoned wine, which Cale later identifies as “Alewife’s Revenge.” After undergoing the first stage of the poison, which swells her face to resemble a botox procedure, Sharon grabs the coven’s attention with a call:
– Please, please… Wanda… Wanda, I’m begging you, let him breathe… please.
Sharon then faints and collapses onto the couch, essentially sitting out the rest of the episode until Teen declares her dead.
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Sharon is the only vision that is not portrayed on screen, with her instead conveying what she sees through her reaction. This is likely because It involves a scene that most viewers have already witnessed at first WandaVision episodewith the title “Filmed before a live studio audience.” In it, Mrs. Hart and her fictional husband, Arthur Hart, are invited to Vonda and Vision’s house for dinner. As they eat, Arthur begins to choke, prompting Mrs. Hart to laugh and playfully demand him to “keep it” before Ari turned to Wanda and switched to a pleading tone.
“Stop it” is all Mrs. Hart says during the WandaVision scene, though her panicked eyes belie her otherwise cheerful expression. Sharon Davis’ request during her vision, is probably an expression of her true thoughts as her body struggled to convey them through Wanda’s forced writing in WandaVision Episode 1. The fact that Davis went through this traumatic experience just minutes before her death compounds the tragedy of the whole situation as the impossibly likable character was unwillingly brought up in the first place.
Lilia Calderu’s vision of dead people explained
Lilia Calderu is seeing the results of a medieval calamity in Italy
Divination witch Lilia Calderu is subject to one of the coven’s more mysterious visions. As the witches begin to gather ingredients, Lilia is distracted by the appearance of a young woman dressed in medieval garb. Then the answer asks “Do you want to see?“In Italian before entering another room. Lilia walks and discovers a room filled with vines in which a corpse-like woman sits at a table and glares up at Lilia before being approached by a skeletal figure from behind. After escaping, Lilia announces in Italian”She is dead! They are all dead!“
The credits for “Through many miles of tricks and trials“Add that The girl in the pink dress is a younger Lily, while the woman sitting at the table is her”Maestra“ what does “Teverybody“In English. The death-like figure remains unidentified, although it presumably represents the personification of death itself. Lilia is a 450-year-old Sicilian witch who “They were driven out of every village [she] Passed for accurately predicting tragedy“, according to her statement in Agatha all along Episode 2.
Alternatively, the vision was the result of the tragedy that probably left many dead, which could be part of the medieval plague, or a huge natural disaster like the 1693 Sicily earthquake, which had a death toll of 60,000.
With the corpse-like woman being identified as Lilia’s teacher, it may be a reference to the second wave of Italian witchcraft executions that occurred between 1580 and 1660, around the time Lilia was in her Youth. Alternatively, this vision was the result of the tragedy that probably left many dead, which Could have been part of the medieval plague, or a huge natural disaster like the 1693 Sicily earthquake, Which has a death toll of 60,000. This would feed into the theme of gruesome witchcraft executions, of which They have one alive.
Alice Wu-Gulliver’s vision of her mother explained
Alice Wu-Gulliver sees her mother ingest a fatal poison
Alice Wu-Gulliver’s vision begins when she sees a room filled with what at first appears to be smoke. Alice enters to find her mother, Lorna Wu, sitting in front of a mirror in a dressing room absently flicking a ladder. As Alice enters and addresses her mother, Lorna turns and says:
“Your grandmother died today, thousands of miles away, and I can still feel it when it happened. It’s my turn now. It will kill me.”
She then drinks what appears to be poison before screaming.I can’t protect you!” in Alice, prompting her to escape the room and turn to discover that it is in fact a steam room.
Alice Wu-Gulliver was recruited to the coven by Agatha floating the possibility that she might discover what happened to her mom. This means Alice’s vision of her mother drinking poison is not a re-lived experience but perhaps a fear Of what she could have done. The ladder, meanwhile, represents another, more commonly referenced method of execution for those convicted of witchcraft historically: Be burned at the stake.
Jennifer Kale’s vision of a doctor explained
Jennifer Calle seemingly encounters the man who bound her
Jennifer Kale’s vision sees her return to the kitchen to find a doctor dressed in early 20th century era scrubs in a room now bathed with a water ripple effect. He turns and says “You are an uncomfortable woman“Before grabbing her and plunging her head into the sink filled with water before standing”And now, you’re nothing.” Jen then emerges from the sink to find the doctor gone and the kitchen back in its original state. Later, as the coven attempts to brew the antidote, Jen states “I am bound. He stole my magic.”
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Jen’s comments suggest that The doctor is the man who tied her upLeaving her free of her magical talents, like Agatha. This presumably means that the doctor is also a magic user, although precious little has been said about Jen’s own experience working in the medical field. The relationship between Jen and the Doctor will likely be fleshed out in future episodes. His attempt to drown her, meanwhile, is a more obvious reference to yet another method of executing witches..
Agatha Harkness’s vision of the Darkhold explained
Agatha’s vision confirms that she traded Nicholas Krats for the Darkhold
Agatha’s vision comes last and significantly later than the other coven members due to her initial unwillingness to consume the poisoned wine. As the witches brew the antidote, Agatha is drawn to the sound of a baby coming from a crib sitting in the center of the kitchen. She is visibly emotional as she approaches, only to be startled by the sight of the Darkhold sitting in place of the baby as she pulls the crib’s blanket aside. She is pulled back to reality by Jen before refusing to elaborate on her vision, despite her distress.
Agatha all along Episode 3 was especially enlightening about Agatha’s backstory. The vision confirms Jen’s assertions earlier in the episode that Agatha has traded her son – Nicholas Scratch – for the Darkhold.Although her visceral reaction suggests that she either severely regrets the decision, or that it was made under some form of duress. From here, it’s up to later Agatha all along episodes to explore the specifics of the deal that Agatha apparently made—especially regarding the question of who it was made with.