With films such as Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings , Eternals and The Marvels , and TV series like Ms. Marvel , She-Hulk: Attorney at Law , and Echo , the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) has spent much of its post- Avengers: Endgame phases trying to respond to criticism that it’s not inclusive. Agatha All Along furthers that mission via a Hocus Pocus -y story featuring two lesbians and one gay male character on a predominantly all-female adventure.
Alas, any points won for representation don’t overshadow the ho-humness of this small-screen affair—a pleasant trifle that’s nothing more than a franchise footnote. Agatha All Along , which premieres Sept. 18 on Disney+, is a follow-up to 2021’s WandaVision , and though it eventually proves somewhat disconnected from the MCU’s serialized narrative, it begins where its predecessor left off.
In a dour riff on Mare of Easttown called Agatha of Westview , Agatha ( Kathryn Hahn ) is a sullen detective investigating the death of a Jane Doe, chewing gum and grousing at everyone (including her colleagues and boss) in caricatured fashion. Kathryn Hahn This is a continuation of WandaVision ’s TV-parody alterna-realities, and it comes to an end (after three years for Agatha and too long for us) with the appearance of an FBI agent ( Aubrey Plaza ) who’s actually Rio, a witch determined to shake Agnes from her boob-tube delusion so she can kill her. Before that can take place, however, Agnes convinces Rio to let her re.