Agatha All Along Episode 6 - Watch Along!!
Added 2024-10-17 06:43:50 +0000 UTCGotta love those Ep 6 surprises!! What'd y'all think of this one???
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She said she used to be a cop.
Anika
2025-03-02 06:23:48 +0000 UTCGreg you need to react to Heartstopper🤗.
Elizabeth Gidney
2024-10-22 00:45:36 +0000 UTCGive me all the Luis recaps. For everything. I want Luis recaps for my life! -PLD
The Reel Rejects
2024-10-21 15:14:34 +0000 UTCOriginally watched the episode back on Wednesday but then had the busiest week with getting to NYCC on Friday (and meeting Coy! Yay!) Anyways…I am with Greg, I’m loving Joe Locke. So much so that I’m finally gonna get on that Heartstoppers train. lol But dang… if that wasn’t some white boy dancing at the mizvah! Lol But seriously enjoying the show and I don’t think I am in anyone’s perceived demo for the show. So ha! 😉 But they certainly need to bring Jen and Lillia back for whatever added trials we got left. And…and I need an update on Lady Death…I mean Rio…cus why didn’t we see her in the flashback at all? She was conveniently missing??? Finally, I appreciated the Bohner scene but damn it would’ve been hilarious to have the recap from Luis!
Stefanie Horton
2024-10-21 01:27:06 +0000 UTCI don't think Wanda was the one who compelled Lila to put the sigil on billy still not sure why that happened but Wanda wouldn't have been able to locate billy because of that sigil and I think on her desperation to get her kids back she focused on the ones from the multiverse since they were the only ones she could find because of I remember correctly they never showed any other universe with Tommy and Billy except the one Wanda goes to where neither that universe Wanda or her kids have any magical powers.
Jason M
2024-10-18 15:25:11 +0000 UTCNever apologize for writing a long comment. We love reading em! As a CIS Man in my 40s, I can say that I have enjoyed the show quite a bit although it isn't top tier for me. There's definitely a lot to love still! PS - I also loved the Eternals! - PLD
The Reel Rejects
2024-10-18 04:20:05 +0000 UTCOn rewatching, something that jumps out to me: they could have let us believe that Billy’s “true mission” on the Road was Wanda, and then given us a twist by revealing it was really Tommy, and his feelings for Wanda were at best conflicted. But they didn’t. So now what’s the surprise coming? Billy seems to have emotional memories of his (short) life in the Hex, but he didn’t recognize “Uncle P” or, apparently, “Agnes”, so I wonder if Billy will gain access to his memories somehow? That would closely parallel Hex Vision’s gifting White Vision with access to his memories.
Trey Harris
2024-10-18 04:16:11 +0000 UTCIf Wanda had placed the sigil something kind of like that was kinda my theory too—but it seems unlikely she’d abandon her “real children” for multiversal dopplegangers in Doctor Strange: MoM if she was aware they were in existence in her universe. She tried to rationalize something to — Wong or America or Strange, I don’t remember whom, it was in the Darkhold temple — about wanting to protect every universe’s Billy and Tommy where they existed. But she was obviously rationalizing. If that were truly her intentions — to do no harm — she would have looked for a universe where Billy and Tommy had been orphaned or something, not tried to steal twins from another Wanda. Realizing that her intentions had been selfish was what made her destroy the Darkhold.
Trey Harris
2024-10-18 04:09:05 +0000 UTCI wonder if wonda was the one who transferred billy into Williams body before the hex ended and that's why wonda was using the dark hold to find him and Tommy but found multiverse billy and Tommy instead 🤔
Jason M
2024-10-18 00:47:06 +0000 UTCYeah this is what I came to say as well. It makes sense she would have been there because small towns like East View and West View aren't going to have a massive police force She is probably 1 of 6 officers or so.
Grimbane42
2024-10-17 23:58:59 +0000 UTCI totally agree with Greg- Joe Locke (Teen) is a super charming actor. Love his performance here!
Heather Geer
2024-10-17 22:26:21 +0000 UTCYou guys clearly either missed or forgot Alice's intro in episode 2. The guy who fired her from mall security mentioned her ex-lieutenant- good set up. When Alice arrived at the house, she said "I'm an ex-cop- that'll be the answer to a lot of questions." Alice was a cop in that scene because SHE WAS A COP. The writers showed Teen's connection to the whole coven- in her case, she happened to be one of the cops the Kaplans flagged down. I'm in the Marvel demographic- I loved Wandavision- no way I'm not watching the sequel :-). And I also hope Lillia and Jen aren't dead- I'm invested with their characters, and Lillia still hasn't been the focus of a trial- we need to see her expertise on display like we did Jen and Alice
Maurice Gray Jr
2024-10-17 18:34:01 +0000 UTCone last comment sorry lol I know that they changed Billy a lot from the comics. As far as I’m aware there was no possession in the comic However there was reincarnation and time travel involved So I find it weird that coy got so caught up on William coincidentally being named William yet in the comics the same thing happened (at least in terms of name) This is just a theory but I’m trying to lean into the witch and magic stuff. I think destiny and intertwined fates are gonna be a core theme (and already kind are) Like I think part of it is just that Billy just inhabited the closest dead body he could find. Partly coincidence But also William was already a fan of Houdini, a magician. The wizard of Oz. Alice in wonderland. Magical and fantasy stuff It could be fate? Maybe William Kaplan was already special? Wanda for example didn’t even know she was a witch until Agatha told her. She had innate abilities with no training and the hydra experiments unlocked things further Maybe there was something drawing Billy maximoff to William Kaplan No hate to coy though! I totally get it. If he loved this show he’s a “marvel shill” but if he says it’s not for him he’ll also get hate He’s been pretty fair to the show. Hasn’t said anything that bad. Even though I disagree with him on a lot of things. It is kinda funny though because I first became a fan of coy when I saw him defending the eternals which to me is a top 5 mcu movie and I felt like I was the only one who liked it lol I think his demographic thing is kinda right. Like anyone can watch the show But as a queer person who loves camp, musical theatre, old movies, fantasy, and knows Joe Locke’s acting abilities from Heartstopper, I think the show kinda inherently speaks to me and many others like me and we’re kinda willing to look past some of the flaws Like I agree with Greg that I like the flashbacks and the time period stuff more than the normal road stuff. And I also think episode 5 was the worst episode due to the length and pacing I do think him thinking the demographic is 17 year olds is wrong though because I think it’s more specially just queer people who are into camp and magic. My step dad said the show is kinda meh for him, but I’m in my 20s and I know people in their 30s who love it but they are queer. And it’s not even just about representation (which has been grest already) but queer culture. I’ve legit never seen a more “queer culture” show from marvel or dc or fox or any comic book medium. “Friends of Dorothy” is a term to describe gay people due to the wizard of Oz being so loved in the community and Judy garland being a massive supporter. so I think culturally this show is very important to me. Judy Garland has been called the “Elvis of homosexuals” for reference lol Sorry for the long paragraph. I think coy is spot on that it’s not for everybody. But I think he’s just missing the why. why so many people are flocking to this show who aren’t even normally marvel fans Cause a lot of the comparions from trailers has been that it feels like a Disney channel original. Which at times is true. But I don’t think it’s as simple as “it’s a show for teens and I’m not a teen”. However any hate coy is getting is dumb Love you guys’s reactions keep it up! I’m a fan of the reel rejects for many reasons but one of the main ones is your open mind and the fact you haven’t gone down the right wing anti woke pipeline that many YouTubers are pivoting to
Connor Vide
2024-10-17 18:07:59 +0000 UTCAlice was established to be ex cop in episode 2. We found her working as a security guard which is cop adjacent and they say she was dismissed from the force. The flashback scene where she’s the cop is 3 years before the start of this show The show isn’t throwing random stuff out. They’re keeping established continuity As to why she was the cop that happened to help him. We don’t know. Big coincidence or I like to see it as some sort of fate/destiny thing Because Billy encountered 3 of the witches in his life at some point. Been loving your reactions overall! i guess I could be wrong since the show isn’t over but I’m assuming the flashback was 100% real and had nothing altered or magic about it. Alice just was a cop
Connor Vide
2024-10-17 16:52:03 +0000 UTCYou were making jokes throughout the entire Evan Peters part so yes you did miss something lol Ralph told him that Agatha is still in westview but acting very weird. He didn’t say spell but he described what she’s like so Billy put two and two together
Connor Vide
2024-10-17 16:27:41 +0000 UTCAmusingly to me, “queer Jewish witches” actually in real life have been a pretty vibrant sub-community in neopaganism since the 1970’s. The late NPR reporter (and Jewish witch) Margot Adler wrote a book (Drawing Down the Moon) that had whole chapters on semitic neopaganism, queer paganism, Unitarian Universalist paganism, etc. (And yes, they're called “witches” regardless of gender.) I also appreciate that they made it clear Billy’s bar mitzvah was at a progressive (probably Reform) synagogue; it correctly contextualized the cultural intersections involved.
Trey Harris
2024-10-17 09:00:40 +0000 UTCDid y'all notice the rendition of the Wandavision end credit score when Billy walked in Williams bedroom
mawii yoo
2024-10-17 09:00:21 +0000 UTCWell, since I do a watch with my husband and then a rewatch here (and with Agatha and WandaVision it’s turned into multiple rewatches since other reactors I support also have watch-alongs), my husband keeps me reminded that I recall a LOT more detail than most viewers will from sheer repetition. I think the pacing of this episode would work a lot better for those who had little or no familiarity with WandaVision. They clearly felt they had to make the episode accessible to folks starting with Agatha. So in this case at least, it is “demographic”, just not the demographics previously discussed. ;-)
Trey Harris
2024-10-17 08:48:37 +0000 UTCThis whole discussion was hilarious to me since it seems like something the show predicted, as it went to great lengths to specifically mention she was a cop several times in episode 2. Hah.
ArmlessPenguin
2024-10-17 08:43:04 +0000 UTCOn another thing that seemed to cause some confusion — how Billy could know about Agatha being under Wanda’s spell — it was part of Ralph/Bohner’s patter in the parking garage: he told Billy she was still under the spell acting like a Westview native — “sourdough starter, casseroles, etc.”.
Trey Harris
2024-10-17 08:42:32 +0000 UTCTo clear up Alice Wu-Gulliver’s appearance here, just quoting her: “I’m an ex-cop; that’ll be the answer to a lot of questions.” In episode 2, her mall security guard boss said he had hired her on the recommendation of her old “lieutenant”, and later when she shows up at the coven party and Billy asks how she knew where to come since he didn’t give her Agatha’s address, she says the line about being an ex-cop. Earlier in episode 2 when Agatha and Billy are discussing covens, Billy mentions a strong but mysterious mystical connection coven members share, so if Billy’s a member of the coven, that would give another reason for all the gang to show up in his life (well, William Kaplan’s life, anyway) before the sigil (at which point they’d all forget him). And to complete the story: when they recruit Jen, Billy mentions that he’d already been following her on socials for help with his skin care routine. It sounded at the time like a quick lie to ingratiate himself to Jen, but — as we see when he shows his laptop to “boyf” — was the literal truth.
Trey Harris
2024-10-17 08:25:40 +0000 UTCI feel you Coy, last episode was just not enough for me. I think part of that was definitely because of its super short runtime. But I enjoyed this one a lot more. Loved the set up and experiencing Billy's life as William. It gave me a taste of a new character dealing with their powers that we honestly haven't really experienced in a long while. Thanks to episode fives' really short run time, I am slightly worried that the next three episodes will have another short one in there. And if it does, I am not sure the show will land in a satisfying way. But I'm crossing my fingers that things will land in the back half now that things are revealed. Also hoping those witches aren't dead cause come on! I was starting to get invested 😅
Lorenzo Baxter
2024-10-17 07:17:26 +0000 UTC
