Something Wiccan this way comes as magical mayhem ushers in a new era of witches into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. 

The Disney+ hit show “Agatha All Along” featured a number of crazy twists and turns and brought the same amount of dark humor and wit as its predecessor, “Wandavison,” did.

The show ended its nine episode run Oct. 30. All episodes are available on Disney+. 

The show follows Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn) and Billy Maximoff / William Kaplan (Joe Locke), also known as Wiccan in the Marvel comics, and their coven as they travel the Witches Road, a road for witches to gain their greatest desires if they reach the end of the road. 

On the way the group receives various trials, such as finding a potion cure to a poison and the coven battling a demon. 

The show is a queer kids dream, with wonderful representation in the form of well written and fleshed out characters. The show contains a number of LGBTQ+ characters, including both leads, Locke and Hahn, being portrayed having same-sex relationships.  

This character is significant as he is one of the first openly gay male superheroes in the MCU. He is also the son of Wanda Maximoff, aka the Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen). 

The arrival of this character hints at and is part of a number of important plots that could be coming in the future of the MCU, including the Young Avengers and Billy’s search for his brother Tommy.

Locke’s character will definitely be impactful for the future of the MCU.

Other important characters include Hahn’s portrayal of Agatha Harkness and Aubrey Plaza’s Rio Vidal/Death. These characters’ relationship was a pleasure to see on screen as the actors had phenomenal chemistry. It was refreshing to see another queer relationship portrayed on screen. 

Plaza’s character also has deep implications as she is the literal embodiment of death. Moving forward, this provides a number of exciting possibilities. 

In addition to the characters, the visuals, score, set and costumes were wonderful. The effects and lighting also worked well and the setting, mainly the Witches Road, seemed engaging and well done. The score helped to set the mood and “The Ballad of the Witches Road,” the main theme, is super catchy and engaging. 

The costumes in particular were extremely well done. Similarly to how “WandaVison” had different sitcom eras, such as the ‘50s, ‘80s and ‘90s, the different trials of the show had the characters flip between different costumes and various pop culture eras. 

One episode featured the cast in the 1970s looks including bell bottoms, glasses, head bands, fuzzy coats and more. Another episode had Locke looking like an ‘80s summer camp counselor. 

One of the final episodes had the cast members dressed as witches from pop culture. Their looks were stunning. 

Locke was Maleficent, Hahn was the Wicked Witch of the West, Lilia Calderu (Patti LuPone) was Glinda the Good Witch and Jennifer Kale (Sasheer Zamata) was the Evil Queen in hag form. These costumes seemed campy and in good fun, seeming to draw the audience in. 

The final costume that was really interesting was seeing Agatha Harkness in a more comic-accurate look with white hair, a purple dress and red gem on her collar. Although it would have been nice to see the costume without Agatha being a partial transparent ghost. 

Despite the overall campiness, there were a couple of issues that were present in the show. 

The pacing was bit off, although for miniseries this can be difficult to get right. Some of the plot seemed a bit rushed and the character development was a bit lacking. 

There was also an over reliance of blaming things on Agatha that just seems to be very improbable for her to have done, such as having her ‘accidently’ remove Kale’s magic.

There seems to be little rhyme, reason or regard for time in Agatha’s nefarious adventures which boils down to having her go to whatever time or place fits the plot at that moment. 

However the two characters I think were done the most dirty were Mrs. Heart/ Sharon Davis (Debra Jo Rupp) and Alice Wu-Gulliver (Ali Ahn). 

Rupp’s charter was just used as cannon fodder and held no real plot significance. It was upsetting to see that after surviving the ordeals in “Wandavison,” she just gets used and tossed aside so quickly. 

Ahn’s charter also felt like she was done a disservice. Her character had this big moment, where she breaks a generations long curse that had been affecting her family, only to be killed off. It felt like a waste of plot development. 

Despite these minor shortcomings, the show was refreshing to watch. It was my favorite show of the year and I would highly recommend people see it.