“Agatha All Along” has come to its thrilling end with its last two episodes, “Follow Me My Friend / To Glory At The End” and “Mother Maiden Crone.”
The journey has been filled with tragedy and unexpected twists, as Agatha Harkness, played by Kathryn Hahn, and her makeshift coven face many challenges along the Witches’ Road. Some of these challenges lead to loss and death.
Yet, Agatha’s path also unveils many significant revelations, including some that fans expected and others that were quite surprising.
For instance, Joe Locke’s character, Teen, turns out to be the resurrected Billy Maximoff, while Aubrey Plaza’s character reveals herself to be Death.
As the series reaches its climax, only Agatha, Billy, and Jennifer Kale, portrayed by Sasheer Zamata, remain from the coven. Together, they face one final trial before they can escape the road that has brought them so much grief and hardship.
One of the central conflicts revolves around Billy Maximoff. Unbeknownst to him, Agatha has been in contact with Death.
This event allowed Billy to cheat Death, which broke the “Green Cycle,” a crucial rule in the life and death realm. However, Death cannot simply take Billy’s soul. He must willingly surrender himself to her.
As the story unfolds, viewers are left wondering: does Death manage to take Billy’s soul? Does anyone else perish by the end of the Witches’ Road? What fate awaits Agatha herself?
Agatha’s Coven Faces One Last Trial
In the final episodes, Agatha, Jen, and Billy finally arrive at the end of the Witches’ Road. However, they discover that this end is not what they expected.
Instead of a clear destination, they find themselves on a circular path. This twist frustrates Billy, who has had enough of the journey.
In a moment of irritation, he begins to put on his boots as if preparing to leave. Yet, instead of leaving, he suddenly wakes up in a mysterious room with Agatha and Jen.
As they take in their surroundings, they realize that the trial they must face involves green magic.
The room is stark and metallic, with flickering lights that create a sense of time passing. As they face this strange place, Jen discovers that she is bound and powerless.
Agatha had cast a spell on her in the past without realizing Jen was a witch being restrained. Furious at this revelation, Jen performs an unbinding ritual and disappears from the room. Agatha theorizes that the Road has granted Jen what she desired: her freedom.
Seeing Jen’s success inspires Agatha. She decides to do the same for Billy, placing him in a trance. In this trance, he is meant to find his brother Tommy’s soul.
However, there is a catch: Tommy must inhabit a dead body for this to work. Billy eventually focuses on a drowning boy, who is a victim of a cruel prank.
In a moment of panic, Billy shouts, “Am I killing this boy so my brother can live?” Before Agatha can respond, Billy vanishes, indicating that he has achieved his goal.
Time is running out for Agatha. She starts to dig up part of the floor and retrieves a lock of hair and a seed that she had kept in her brooch. She hydrates these items with her tears and plants them into the soil.
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To her amazement, the seed quickly blossoms into a beautiful yellow flower before transforming into a dandelion.
In the final moments of this episode, Agatha finds herself back in her Westview backyard. There, she comes face to face with a displeased Death.
Agatha Faces Death with Unexpected Support
When Agatha meets Death, the mood is tense. Death is not happy with Agatha. She feels betrayed because Agatha has not kept her end of the bargain.
As a punishment, Death decides to end Agatha’s life in a torturous manner known as “a thousand cuts.” These cuts come from various sources, including shards of glass, poison ivy, and a painful whip from a garden hose.
Just when it seems that all hope is lost for Agatha, help arrives in the form of Billy. He appears in a costume that closely resembles his comic book outfit as the Young Avengers’ Wiccan. With a powerful blast of magic, Billy repowers Agatha, giving her a fighting chance. Despite having her powers restored and Billy’s support, Agatha finds herself unable to match Death’s formidable strength.
Staying true to her character, Agatha makes a shocking decision. She chooses to surrender Billy to Death.
However, as Billy reads Agatha’s mind, he realizes her intentions. Instead of allowing this to happen, he decides to sacrifice Agatha instead, sealing their fate with a kiss from Death.
As Agatha dies, the power drains from her body, and she collapses to the ground. In her final moments, she transforms into a mass of flowers, marking a tragic end to her journey. However, even in death, Agatha’s story is not over yet, and neither is Billy’s.
The Truth Behind the Witches’ Road
After returning home, Billy begins to notice strange elements in his room. These details resemble the trials he and Agatha’s coven faced while on the Witches’ Road.
It is a sobering moment when he realizes that he inadvertently created the Road through his own powers.
This revelation is significant, as it aligns with Billy’s history in the comics. Like his mother, Wanda, he has the ability to warp reality.
This ability allows him to bring things back to life, which is how he managed to give Tommy’s soul a new home.
However, Billy’s powers have a dark side. His ability to alter reality also resulted in the deaths of three witches: Lilia Calderu, played by Patti LuPone, Alice Wu-Gulliver, portrayed by Ali Ahn, and Sharon Davis, played by Debra Jo Rupp.
The history of the Witches’ Road is not just a product of Billy’s powers; it is also deeply tied to Agatha herself.
Many centuries ago, Agatha had pleaded with Death to spare her son, Nicholas Scratch. Death agreed to give Agatha time but warned her that she would return one day to claim him.
As the years passed, Agatha absorbed the powers of other witches. She created what would become known as the Ballad of the Witches’ Road, which she and Nicholas composed together. This song ultimately became part of a trap to lure covens to their demise.
During one pivotal night, Agatha chose not to kill a coven of witches because Nicholas did not want her to. That night, Death came to take Nicholas while he slept.
The exact details of how Nicholas managed to live longer than expected remain unclear, but it feels connected to the deaths of those witches.
The loss of Nicholas devastated Agatha. In her grief, she continued to absorb magic from other witches.
She tricked them into forming covens with her, leading them down the Witches’ Road. Agatha would provoke them to attack her, allowing her to claim their magic.
This backstory adds a tragic depth to Agatha’s character, giving viewers insight into her motivations, though it does not excuse her past actions.
A New Duo and a Fresh Quest
In a surprising twist, Agatha’s death does not mark the end of her presence in the story. Even after her passing, she appears as a ghost to Billy.
She confirms that he created the Witches’ Road through his powers, even as he grapples with the realization that he is partly responsible for the deaths of three of their coven members.
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However, there is hope for Billy. Jen, who had seemingly disappeared, survives and regains her powers.
In a dramatic scene, she crawls out from the ground in front of the Westview sign, fully restored and powerful. She takes to the sky, free and unscathed.
Despite the chaos surrounding them, Billy finds himself fed up with Agatha’s lies and haunting presence. He attempts to banish her using her brooch, a symbolic act of severing ties with her past.
In a moment of vulnerability, Agatha confesses that she cannot move on because she is afraid to face Nicholas in the afterlife.
This revelation raises questions about the truth of her feelings and her motivations. With the seed Agatha planted blossoming at the end of the road, viewers are left to ponder how much of her statement is genuine.
Yet, instead of casting her away, Billy hesitates. The bond between him and Agatha is complex. They decide to form a new coven of two.
Together, they go on a quest to find the reincarnated Tommy. Before they leave, Billy uses his powers to create a simple headstone. This headstone bears the names of Alice, Lilia, and Mrs. Davis, honoring their memories.
The fate of “Agatha All Along” remains uncertain. There has been no official announcement about whether the series will receive a second season or remain a limited series. However, it is clear that the events of “WandaVision” will continue.
The next chapter, titled “Vision Quest,” will center on Paul Bettany’s resurrected Vision.
Marvel Television head Brad Winderbaum has revealed that Agatha and “WandaVision” showrunner Jac Schaeffer, who was initially set to oversee “Vision Quest,” have had discussions with the new showrunner, Terry Matalas, about the direction of the show.
This leaves the door open for “Agatha All Along” to connect with “Vision Quest.” Regardless of the series’ future, more of Agatha Harkness is on the way, even in death.
In the final moments of “Agatha All Along,” viewers witness the culmination of Agatha Harkness’s complex character arc.
From a powerful witch entangled in her own tragic past to a ghostly figure seeking redemption, Agatha’s journey is rich with emotions, twists, and revelations.
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Her story is not just about power and manipulation; it is also about loss, love, and the enduring bonds that transcend even death.
As Agatha and Billy set out on their new quest, fans are left eager to see what adventures await them. Will they find Tommy and bring him back? How will their relationship evolve as they face the challenges ahead?
With unanswered questions lingering, the anticipation for future stories in the Marvel universe continues to grow.
The end of one journey marks the beginning of another, leaving viewers attracted and hopeful for more tales of magic, mystery, and friendship.
Only Murders in the Building has officially wrapped up its fourth season, and fans are left with a lot to think about.
As the credits rolled, many viewers found themselves wondering about various unanswered questions that linger from the beginning of the season.
The show’s format has always centered around a single murder each season, where the characters work together to solve it by the end. This time, the murder of Sazz Pataki, played by Jane Lynch, has been resolved.
The trio of Charles-Haden Savage (played by Steve Martin), Oliver Putnam (played by Martin Short), and Mabel Mora (played by Selena Gomez) successfully uncovered the truth behind Sazz’s death.
However, as they solved this case, they also stumbled upon a much larger and more complicated mystery that leaves many threads hanging.
Sazz was murdered by her former protégé, Marshall P. Pope, who was known as Rex Bailey before he became a screenwriter. The show reveals that Sazz had written a script that Marshall stole from her.
To keep her quiet about the theft, he ultimately killed her. While this resolution brings justice to Sazz’s character, it opens up a new set of mysteries.
The show’s main characters point out some major holes in the ongoing storyline, especially concerning past events from previous seasons.
Unanswered Questions from Previous Seasons
One of the most significant aspects of the show is how it weaves in mysteries from earlier seasons.
Throughout Season 1, there were strange notes left for the trio, and the poisoning of Winnie, Oliver’s dog, went unexplained. These mysteries have resurfaced in Season 4, complicating the narrative further.
The unresolved nature of these plot points creates a sense of tension as the show prepares for its fifth season. Viewers are left to wonder about the connections between these past events and the current plot.
This new layer of mystery poses a significant question: Who is behind the mysterious notes and Winnie’s poisoning?
As the characters piece together their findings, it becomes clear that this is not just a simple case of a murder or two. The trio suspects that this mysterious figure has a personal vendetta against them and has resurfaced to further their agenda.
What We Know About the Mysterious Person
So far, the show has hinted at some details about this mysterious individual. In Season 1, they poisoned Winnie, trying to pressure Oliver into stopping the podcast. They also left a chilling note for Jan, which read, “I’m watching you.”
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This same message was texted to the trio in Season 4, indicating a continuous threat. Additionally, it has been revealed that this person is left-handed and does not appear to be connected with Marshall, suggesting they operate independently.
During the middle of the season, the audience speculated that this person might have been involved in the murder of Dudenoff (Griffin Dunne).
Dudenoff’s death seemed linked to their attempts to sabotage the podcast. However, as the story unfolded, this theory hit a dead end.
It was revealed that Dudenoff was terminally ill and chose to end his life on his own terms.
This twist was frustrating for many viewers because it closed off the most promising lead to explain the mysteries from Season 1. Yet, it also opened the door to even more complex developments for the show.
The end about Dudenoff allows the series to go into deeper narratives beyond just solving seasonal murders.
The best explanation now seems to be that there is a murderer within the building who wants to stop the podcast. This ongoing threat raises the stakes for the main characters and sets up an engaging narrative for future seasons.
Are All Murders Connected?
The reappearance of this overarching mystery begs another question: Are all the murders within the show interconnected?
If they are linked, it would explain the frequency of murders happening at The Arconia, the building where the main characters reside. However, the likelihood of this connection seems low.
Each murder committed in the series appears to have been driven by personal motives. For example, Jan killed Tim (Julian Cihi) out of passion, while Poppy/Becky (Adina Verson) murdered Bunny (Jayne Houdyshell) to advance her career.
Donna (Linda Emond) poisoned Ben (Paul Rudd) to protect her son’s career, and Cliff (Wesley Taylor) murdered to safeguard his mother. Finally, Marshall killed Sazz to protect his own career as a writer.
While it is possible that a mastermind could be manipulating these murderers, this scenario feels unlikely. Such a reveal might disappoint viewers, as it would seem too convenient and neatly tied together.
The richness of the story comes from the complexity of human motivations rather than a single villain pulling the strings behind the scenes.
Who is the Mysterious Person?
As the season progresses, the mystery surrounding the identity of this individual deepens. Many fans speculate that this person is likely someone the audience has encountered since Season 1. They may even be a resident of The Arconia, adding an extra layer of tension.
It’s also possible that the mysterious figure could be someone like Cinda Canning (Tina Fey) or a character like Detective Williams (Da’Vine Joy Randolph), who has become a beloved part of the show.
As of now, there are numerous unanswered questions regarding this figure. For instance, did this person install the cameras in the trio’s apartments?
How much of what happened this season was a result of their actions, and how much was due to Marshall’s involvement? These questions create a web of intrigue that keeps viewers engaged and eager for answers.
The Complexity of Storytelling in Only Murders in the Building
Only Murders in the Building has always excelled at combining humor with mystery. This unique storytelling style draws viewers in and keeps them on the edge of their seats.
The show balances lighthearted moments with dark themes, creating a rich narrative that feels both entertaining and thought-provoking.
The relationship between Charles, Oliver, and Mabel is a central aspect of the show. Their dynamic provides much of the comedic relief, yet it also emphasizes the gravity of their investigations.
Each character brings their own strengths and weaknesses to the table, making their teamwork essential to solving the murders. As they face various challenges, their bond grows stronger, showcasing the importance of friendship in difficult times.
The series also pays homage to classic murder mystery tropes while adding modern twists. The setting of The Arconia—a beautiful, historic building—adds a sense of intrigue and charm.
The cast of quirky supporting characters, each with their own secrets, enriches the plot. This combination of classic and contemporary elements makes the show appealing to a wide audience.
Looking Forward to Season 5
As Only Murders in the Building heads into its fifth season, fans eagerly anticipate how the writers will address the numerous unanswered questions left by Season 4.
The unresolved mysteries, combined with the show’s clever humor and engaging characters, set the stage for an exciting continuation of the story.
The introduction of new characters and further development of existing ones could provide fresh angles on the unfolding narrative.
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The series has done an excellent job of keeping viewers guessing, and the expectation is that Season 5 will continue this trend. The lingering threat of the mysterious person adds a new layer of tension that the characters must show, making their journey even more compelling.
While the fourth season of Only Murders in the Building has brought some mysteries to a close, it has also opened up many more questions.
The resolution of Sazz Pataki’s murder highlights the show’s ability to engage audiences with its clever plot twists.
However, the unresolved mysteries concerning the enigmatic figure and their connection to past events leave viewers eagerly anticipating the next installment.
As the characters continue their investigations, fans can look forward to more humor, suspense, and unexpected revelations.
The combination of well-developed characters, intriguing plotlines, and a richly detailed setting ensures that Only Murders in the Building remains a standout series in the murder mystery genre.
With the promise of more thrilling twists ahead, viewers can’t help but stay tuned for what Season 5 has in store.
