Agatha Harkness is back

The Marvel Universe has expanded once more, with its new horror Disney Plus TV series, “Agatha All Along” featuring Agatha Harkness. Released on September 18, 2024, directed by Jac Schaeffer, Rachel Goldberg, and Ganda Monteiro. This show is a new addition to Marvel’s horror category. Agatha Harkness is played by Kathryn Hahn, an iconic actress also known for her role as Michelle in “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days”.  Agatha Harkness made her first appearance on WandaVision. Another Disney Plus Marvel TV series from 2021. Which is helpful to the plot of Agatha All Along.  Many are excited to see her face again on her show and see what she has to offer in the world of witchcraft and chaos. 

Agatha Harkness is one of the most powerful witches in the Marvel Universe. Created by the iconic Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, according to her character description, she is many centuries old due to her slow aging. The way she is portrayed on the show is different from her original comic book character, but she keeps her mysterious look. 

Agatha All Along is much like a sequel to WandaVision but focuses only on Agatha. It begins with Agatha breaking out of a spell cast by Wanda back from the events of WandaVision and Agatha gains her identity back after being held down under that spell. But she becomes curious as a teenage boy is the one to break her out of the spell. The teen’s motive is to get Agatha’s help to walk through the witch’s road. A mystical and mysterious dimension that only certain magic users and those summoned by them can enter. 

It is said that whoever walks through the witch’s road and survives, will get what they want most. Agatha reluctantly agrees only because with her powers gone, she is willing to walk the road to gain them again. The only catch is that she needs a coven to walk the road. It may not be easy, but Agatha forms her coven with each witch wanting something from the road, they must put aside their differences and work together to get what they want. In a situation of life or death, the witches go through different trials on the road that test their knowledge of witchcraft.

The show’s new episodes come out on Disney Plus every Wednesday, making it a long-lasting show with everyone wanting to see what happens next. Emotion, horror, and action fill TV screens as Agatha and her coven walk the road, they might backstab each other, fail a trial, or even kill each other but it is only a matter of who will reach the end. As the show moves, it opens about Agatha’s backstory regarding her son Nicholas Scratch.

Agatha All Along is part of the horror category, so production was big on getting visual effects right for the show. Figuring out the title was challenging enough for the crew. But despite the challenges they might’ve had, Kathryn Hahn was optimistic at the entertainment of Agatha’s story. Saying, “We can say that it is hilarious and deep. And I was moved to work with all these people every day. It was a gratuitous dream that it happened to be this group to go through that together.”

Written by Janna Margar Pit | Graphic Designed by Janna Margar Pit

Published October 23, 2024 | ePathfinder | Entertainment