Agatha All Along's Final Tragedy Inspired My First Major Complaint About This Series, But It's Not About Death Itself

Spoilers below for the final episode, so be warned if you haven’t yet streamed Agatha throughout with a Disney+ subscription.

We are so close to the end of the Witches’ Trail and Agatha throughout as a whole, and I don’t know if I’ll be able to handle the finale night of the double episode. Especially if it means fans get into it without Lilia by Patti LuPone, whose verbal eccentricities ” were ultimately fascinatingly explained in “Death’s Hand in Mine,” albeit at the cost of his livelihood. And while I understand that sacrifices are necessary to raise the stakes, this episode earned me my first big Agatha complaint.

The Salem Seven were one of the most pointless, illogical, and pointless antagonists in the MCU, and I really don’t understand why Liila had to remove herself from the equation to dispatch the vengeful witches. I’m pretty sure the same result could have been achieved via a Scooby-Doo dance sequence in a hallway with lots of illogically connected doors. Here’s why I took such issue with the creepy septet.

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The Salem Seven were totally useless and wasted as villains

Conceptually, the Salem Seven are a completely understandable force to be reckoned with. As children of the witches that Agatha (perhaps unintentionally) stripped of all their powers and life forces in Salem, they have every justification necessary to take revenge on Kathryn Hahn’s character. But in their execution, they are far from having an impact. (And that’s not even a pun regarding their death by impalement.)

Why did it take them so long to come after Agatha? I understand that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but why did it take hundreds of years for these witches to take the initiative to attack their target? It would be one thing if she had been caught in Wanda’s Westview Hex or something for ages, and was hidden from everyone’s detection. But they got their information from Rio, who probably could have filled them in at any time before a major event in Agatha’s life, when she would have been alone and much easier to eliminate. (Or just pursue it on the Hindenberg, amirite?) This is just a Rio-related question we had recently.

Why didn’t they do anything to try to harm or capture Agatha? Surprisingly, the Salem Seven only seemed capable of a few tasks: moving in tandem, changing from animal to human form, snapping necks. But as for… attacks, maneuvers or good ideas? The Salem Seven were about as useful as the fragile husks of their parents after Agatha sucked them dry. Why even act while being bothered by them?

Why could they just cross the Witches Road without encountering any problems with the trials? I can give this show the benefit of the doubt in many respects, and I will buy that the Salem Seven were somehow able to sneak onto the road without performing the Ballad or following any other rules. But how can they just wander down the road seemingly freely and without restrictions?

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Lilia’s plan was smart, but shouldn’t have been a complete success

Although I have some questions about how this castle room works, with tarot card placements being responsible for swords falling, ceiling falling, and the entire room toppling over. (Too bad there isn’t a tarot card called “The Seven of Salem Vacuum” where it could have conjured up a big vacuum cleaner that sucked up all the evil witches. Luigi’s Manor style.

Did the witches of Salem just forget that they could turn into birds and fly away? While the inverted tower twist is fun, it absolutely should have only taken out five of the seven witches of Salem AT MOST. Because as viewers saw about a minute ago, two of them are FLYING BIRDS, one being an owl and the other a crow. It surprised me that none of them transformed to avoid being shaken to death. I feel like even the snake could have survived that fall with a few clever twists and loops.

Why didn’t some of them try to break through the door and attack Agatha? I don’t understand why the Salem Seven only operated as one unit, rather than using the power of numbers. I mean, I understand if the goal is for them to do nothing, but logically speaking, there’s no reason why they should have all just turned to humanoid form at a time when Agatha n he wasn’t even there.

Lilia in Glinda costume in Agatha All Along Episode 7

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I’m pretty sure Lilia could have easily survived this ordeal

Assuming Lilia had her plan in mind as soon as it became clear that the Salem Seven would encroach on their journey, then I don’t understand why she didn’t take the extra step to play to find a way to survive the piece that turns over. At no point did anyone say it was a rule that she had to die with the others, and it’s not like everyone in the room fell on swords.

Lilia could have hidden under the table as soon as she turned over the card. Since the main piece of furniture in the room was bolted to the floor, it was probably sturdy enough to support Lilia if she had slipped under it while the room was spinning. The fact that she clung to it and held on to it in the first place is a testament to her survival instinct, and it would have taken no effort to avoid a deadly fate. Not that it would have been easy to walk out of the room at that point, but still.

If Lilia showed self-sacrifice only because it was predetermined in one of her visions, then I will accept it. The only thing that would make sense to me about this whole sequence is if it was a sequence that Lilia had planned and if she knew everything had to happen in such a way. I would still have minor complaints, but at least it would have been justified with narrative details.

Perhaps the aim of Agatha throughoutThe challenge is that the Route will kill clan members in ways that make no sense and can be avoided. Sharon died because the poison antidote was not suitable. Alice died because no one stopped Agatha from sapping her powers and life force. And now Lilia. I guess it would make sense that Rio/Death doesn’t care how people are doing, as long as she gets them bodies.

Agatha throughout airs new episodes Wednesday nights on Disney+ at 9 p.m. ET, with the two-episode finale airing October 30. Will this be the time we get to meet Tommy Maximoff’s new form? Or maybe when Emma Caulfield’s Dottie returns in a big way?

The Salem Seven were totally useless and wasted as villains

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