The death of Agatha All Along's great character needs to be unraveled

This post contains spoiler to “Agatha all the time.”

Just when we thought “Agatha All Along” would settle for an episodic test pattern that went straight to the end, things got real serious and confused in the show’s final entry, titled “Darkest Hour/Wake Thy Power.” Featuring Agatha's (Kathryn Hahn) trial on the Witch's Road, the episode ends with a highly anticipated reveal: Teen (Joe Locke) is Billy Kaplan/Maximoff, and his powers are something to behold, given his heritage. The impetus behind this identity reveal lies in the events that occur during the trial, where Agatha's mother, Evanora Harkness (Kate Forbes), possesses her with the intention of keeping her on the road forever. The root of Agatha's trauma is revealed here, as it can be traced back to Evanora, who fostered enough hatred within her daughter to push her to embrace the darkness as a means of instinctively protecting herself.

Amidst the chaos, where part of the clan wants to punish Agatha for her transgressions and Teen wants to save her, Evanora tries to possess Agatha forever, but is stopped by the always proactive Alice (Ali Ahn), who finally manages to break her generational curse and channels blasts of magic to push Evanora out of Agatha's body. However, for some reason yet to be revealed, Agatha aggressively drains Alice's power, completely draining her and leaving her dead.. This is a shocking, cruel twist even to the show's light-hearted, tongue-in-cheek approach to the subject, as Alice was the only person in the clan who consistently helped everyone along this journey without any hidden intentions, and deserved it dearly. more.

As Alice's body is left behind (and not buried), with only a seemingly unaffected Rio (Aubrey Plaza) remaining off-screen, the series also leans heavily into Rio being Lady Death, who stays behind to collect Alice's body as part of her. duties as a guide to the afterlife. While Alice may end up returning at some point, let's talk about the gravity of her death in terms of the repercussions it had on the characters, becoming an inadvertent catalyst for the group being torn apart and revealed as they always were.

When we first meet Alice, she is introduced as a protective witch disillusioned with the craft after the disappearance of her mother, Lorna Wu (Elizabeth Anweis), who is also the creator of the Witches' Ballad. Wu's generational curse, coupled with the prospect of seeing her mother again, compels Alice to join Agatha's clan and embark on the Road, although she is initially skeptical of everything. Despite her distrust of art and what it represents, Alice has always been protective of others, often doing everything she can to help them get out of dangerous situations. She is the one who pulls Mrs. Hart (Debra Jo Rupp) out of the quicksand mud in episode 3, ensures the group's safety by leaving the room last during the second trial, and frantically draws protective circles around the affected members. of the clan during his own trial, always ready to protect them from danger. The list of his acts of protection goes on.

It's crucial to note that Alice's generational curse was something that weighed on her her entire life, to the point that it became impossible for her to hold down a job or exist in peace. Her judgment allows her to break him once and for all, and she does, thanks to her relentless bravery and her willingness to protect others, no matter what the cost. Alice's death is shocking due to its twisted nature: Her act of protection turns against her into an act of betrayal, where Agatha drains her moments after Alice saves her from eternal destruction. This is not only cruel by the standards of the coven's sisterhood, but a gross violation of Alice's inherent goodness, which never seemed engineered or driven by opportunity..

Agatha's shocked and almost imperceptible reaction immediately after Alice's death suggests that she may not have been in control when Alice was attacked and killed. However, Agatha's tendency to influence people's worst perceptions of her as an uncompromisingly evil witch doesn't help here, especially in light of the rest of the coven treating Alice's death as an eventuality. Without the protective witch, can the coven exist as a collective entity – especially now that a wild Billy Kaplan will finally reveal his intentions? Regardless of his motivations, we share Billy's anger at Alice's unjust death, as someone so kind and good-hearted undoubtedly deserved better.