As entertaining as the first couple chapters of Agatha All Along were, it looks like it’s time to get this show on The Road. With “Through Many Miles of Tricks and Trials,” Agatha All Along officially sets its characters off on a more linear journey to self-actualization, glory, redemption, and/or death. Just in case we weren’t listening last week, Agatha goes ahead and re-explains what The Road and her coven cohorts are all about.
Once again, the breakdown goes as follows: Lilia (Patti Lupone) wants to regain her divination skills, Alice (Ali Ahn) wants to find out what happened to her mother, and Jennifer (Sasheer Zamata) wants to reclaim her magic, which has been bound for some as of yet untold reason. Teen, meanwhile, ostensibly just wants to learn from Agatha and gain powers along the way. But the second he tries to share his name with the witches, they also see the mouth squiggle instead of hearing the answer.
It’s obvious to everyone that there’s Something Else Afoot with this kid, and boy, does this episode lay some heavy clues as to what that might be. We’ll get back to that. For now, it’s time to join our witches (plus Mrs.
Sharon Davis Hart) on The Road in a jarring new locale: a pristine beach house with a built-in sauna and a kitchen to die for (poor Mrs. Sharon Davis Hart). “Was that there before?” Alice wonders.
“You should stop asking that question,” Agatha replies before I can. You’re all witches! Why do you keep getting surprised by.
