Thoughts & Theories on Episode 4 of Agatha All Along 🧙‍♀️

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[SapphicUnderground]

Hello, a few lovely people have pointed out that Rio produces the flower that was used by Agatha for the summoning spell (which is a very cool theory/observation) however, having watched the scene a few times over, it doesn't look to me as though it is the same flower? It looks to me as though Agatha is holding some kind of leaf or flat object in the summoning scene? Maybe it's even a dead flower? Or if it is the same flower, it is somehow flattened? Any thoughts?

[lucypeace]

Rio also says "I hear you girls are having a party, " because she was "in the neighbourhood" to collect Sharon and Sharon told her she was invited to a party.

[ProdCritic]

That near-kiss was genuinely hotter than almost anything I’ve seen in more adult/HBO shows. I am a straight man in his 30’s and it literally made me gasp 😂

[PlaceForAnEcho]

“She is my scar” is brilliantly worded. Excuse me but I didn’t expect Marvel to edge on poetic.
Whoever does wardrobe deserves an Emmy.
Great video. I didn’t focus on the flowers but very nice and appreciated breakdown.
You might like the book the language of flowers.

[ThePowwwowGuy]

When Lilia said "Jennifer, look what you've done" made me cry

[molly]

You said you wanted to know how Kathryn & Aubrey conjured up that electricity between them and Kathryn actually provided the answer in a recent interview. She said that she and Aubrey sent each other songs & poems (could this BE anymore sapphic) and kept to themselves until they filmed their scenes. Kathryn felt their literal pent up energy really lent itself to their scenes and onscreen dynamic.

[CarlyGarcia]

Living for “SHE IS MY SCAR” declaration 🥹 ✨💜💚🖤✨

[the_fynethyme]

Yeah this is the Marvel I can get behind, long live lesbians! This is definitely as you say, a lesbian supernova 🎇 great thematic analysis

[Ninasanz]

6 minutes in, holy crap I didn’t clock that Agatha kept the flower.❤

[kokiburiwallas]

Great breakdown as usual :) Loved Ep4. The tension between Agatha and Rio all along the episode had me on the edge of my seat but that last scene had me malfonctioning for a whole day. No joke, I had to stop working regularly to come back to that (non)kiss scene. Because not only is it *so* well acted, but the atmosphere of the road, the lights and the soft music make it an haunting scene. Agatha is throwing herself at Rio, she is finally revealing her true feelings and desires she had bottled up for decades or centuries and Rio, obviously wishing nothing more than to reciprocate the gestue, finds the strengh to bring her back to earth. She says that one thing that Agatha needed to hear, knowing full well that would break the spell of this instant. Rio, your love for Agatha humbles us all.
I like the idea that Teen giving a branch of Baby's Breath to Sharon's grave is a reference to Rio's powers. That she may have brought Nicholas to life and that would make her his second mother. Yet she doesn't seem as affected as Agatha. Is she too wearing a mask, like Agatha usually does, and is she concealing how much his death affected her? Or is death so familiar to her that she doesn't perceive it like an end? I want to believe Rio was involved in Nicholas conception : hell yeah for magic baby Nicholas with two badass mothers ; having Rio (Death?) as your mother would certainly provide some ability preventing you to truly ever die right? Right?! That means we would still have hope!

Last observation : I don't think Rio is part of this coven. Agatha says, when the trial starts and Rio is smiling excitedly that "She is a tourist". I think she is simply sticking around to collect her bodies. Meaning she won't have a trial and that she may leave as she pleases, unlike members of the coven. Which may validate the theory that it was Rio who was with Agatha when she first completed the Road "I stray not from the path ; I hold Death's hand in mine" = so when Agatha says another witch left the Road with her last time, if she is speaking about Rio, it means nobody from her coven except her made it out alive 😅

[sarav]

the whole relationship between rio and agatha is one big kiss fight and i am here for it.

patti having a different instrument every time they cut to her was such a funny bit. "oh look! zills!"

this show is replacing she hulk as my favorite marvel show. the way they are taking tropes and saying no, that is the patriarchal gaze. lorna wu wasn't just a party girl running from responsibility, she was an artist and a mother trying to keep her kid safe. alice finally seeing the demon and realizing the trauma is real and she's not just some screw up. it's really good.

[czarinagarcia]

I love your analysis of this. My gay self was also on edge watching those scenes. Damn the chemistry is palpable

[wokeaf]

If not for the hug and look in the woods of the road, the jam session with the Lorna Wu's version of Down the Witch's Road would have been the best scene. But the chemistry between Kathryn Hahn and Aubrey Plaza was enough to cause a fusion explosion, the kind that creates stars and black holes. Anyone who says that this is subtext does not know the difference between text and subtext. This relationship between Agatha and Rio is text, bright burning neon letters flashing across the sky text. Let's give Marvel credit for something something right for a change. (Okay, they've done other things right, but this one just stands out.)

[HGPrime]

I think the flower she "produced" was actually what Agatha laid on the ground for the summoning. And later when Agatha told Rio she was too early, she meant that she hadn't gotten her powers back yet. In the first episode Agatha convinced Rio to wait until Agatha got her powers back to continue their fight.

[anaflaaviapael]

I ran into this video with zero expectations and I'm leaving now with so much Love in my heart ❤❤ your work is absolutely amazin, please never stop 😅

[someone]

The death card in tarot can mean new beginnings and change. End of a phase. Start of a new one. That’s how rio can signify bringing life.

[cisalzlman]

I think the "too early" comment was referring to Agatha previous imploring Rio wait till she got her powers back to kill her.

[QuasiAmerican]

I'm already so sad that this was only ever intended to be a limited series. I need so many more seasons 😂

[ZeBeFruity]

Happy Lesbian Visibility Day. Thank you for all the Lesbianing you spread..

[leemarie]

“She is my scar” is the most tragically romantic thing I’ve ever heard 😩🫠😮‍💨