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Instead of the powerful witch Agatha Harkness, whom [Wanda “Scarlet Witch” Maximoff](https://time.com/5929411/vision-scarlet-witch-mcu-backstory-wandavision/) defeated in the finale of [_WandaVision_](https://time.com/5929715/wandavision-review/), her character is Agnes, a mouthy, flannel-sporting, rule-breaking police detective investigating a murder in a prototypical small town. Her condescending foil? An FBI agent sent to keep her in line, played by [Aubrey Plaza](https://time.com/7012289/aubrey-plaza-latino-leaders/). It’s giving [_Mare of Easttown_](https://time.com/5953833/mare-of-easttown-review/). But what’s really unsettling is the broadness of the performances by Hahn and Plaza, two of the best TV actors of our time. Those weirdly stiff portrayals are our first clue that _Agatha_—a _WandaVision_ spin-off from that series’ showrunner, Jac Schaefer, whose first two episodes are now streaming on Disney+—is having a bit of fun with us. Hahn is hamming it up _Mare_\-style because Wanda (Elizabeth Olsen) seized Agatha’s powers and sealed her in the same suburban nightmare that had sent the Scarlet Witch hurtling through 20th century family-sitcom clichés for much of the series that bears her name. Who knows how many Strong Female Leads Agatha has been shoehorned into in the three years she’s spent trapped in the TV-trope hellscape that is Westview, New Jersey? Happily, we never find out; _Agatha_ is no _WandaVision_ retread, and its detour into detective-drama hackery is just the first of its many delightful, hyper-culturally-literate surprises.  Kathryn Hahn in Agatha All Along Chuck Zlotnick—Marvel The show’s true form, at least in the four episodes provided to critics, is that of the hero’s journey, albeit one undertaken by a protagonist we know as a villain. Rescued from her state of televisual enchantment by a mysterious teenage superfan, played by [_Heartstopper_](https://time.com/6301556/heartstopper-netflix-season-2-fans/)star Joe Locke, with black fingernails and a “boyf” whose phone calls he ignores, the imperious Agatha resolves to get her powers back by embarking on a storied path known as the Witches’ Road. Some say this supernatural superhighway is a myth; others believe it’s a fast lane to death. But legend has it that a witch who survives its gauntlet of trials will be rewarded with whatever she lacks—and Agatha isn’t about to resign herself to a life as Westview’s resident nosy neighbor. To have even a ghost of a chance at finding the Road, let alone making it to the end and claiming her prize, this disgraced witch must overcome her noxious reputation among her own kind and put together a coven with the occult skills to help her pass its tests. It’s that core group of desperate misfits—and the beloved actors who play them—that makes the show so fun. When Agatha approaches Lilia (musical theater icon [Patti LuPone](https://time.com/3951744/patti-lupone-cell-phone-theater/)), she’s slumming it as a storefront psychic with a chip on her shoulder about how Agatha feeds negative witch stereotypes. Jennifer Kale (_SNL_ alum [Sasheer Zamata](https://time.com/collection/american-voices-2017/4813147/sasheer-zamata-american-voices/)) is a [Goop](https://time.com/5769014/goop-lab-netflix-review-gwyneth-paltrow/)\-coded wellness entrepreneur whose snake oils have gotten her into legal trouble. Found doing security for a mall Hot Topic, Alice ([_The Diplomat_](https://time.com/6292855/diplomat-citadel-hijack-thrillers/)’s Ali Ahn) happens to be Wiccan royalty, as the daughter of a Stevie-Nicks-like rock star who, decades earlier, recorded a hit rendition of a standard sung to conjure the Road, then vanished.  Sasheer Zamata, left, and Ali Ahn in Agatha All Along Chuck Zlotnick—Marvel With Locke and Plaza (whose sexually charged dynamic with Hahn is pure [_Killing Eve_](https://time.com/5228977/killing-eve-isnt-your-average-mystery-series/)) rounding out the cast, _Agatha_ seems made to attract the female and queer fans who don’t always feel at home in the [Marvel Cinematic Universe](https://time.com/7004392/marvel-cinematic-universe-future-movies-what-to-know/). The production design dazzles. The camp quotient is high. Savvy sendups of female-focused media abound, from _Mare_ to the gleaming kitchens and cashmere tunics of [Nancy Meyers](https://time.com/4043699/nancy-meyers-on-anne-hathaway-amy-schumer-and-why-the-rom-com-is-in-a-coma/). There’s some engagement with the hazards of dark feminine archetypes, but it’s irreverent more than sanctimonious in a trauma-plot or empowerment-porn way. And the overall vibe echoes the witchy, gothy comforts of female-dominated ‘90s cult classics: [_The Craft_](https://time.com/5904701/the-craft-legacy-witches/), [_Practical Magic_](https://time.com/5185778/oscars-2018-nicole-kidman-sandra-bullock-practical-magic-reunion/), [_Hocus Pocus_](https://time.com/6218593/hocus-pocus-2-compared-to-original/), [_Charmed_](https://time.com/5423363/charmed-reboot-review/), [_Buffy_](https://time.com/3722132/buffy-debut-1997/). Queer ur-text [_The Wizard of Oz_](https://time.com/5647491/wizard-of-oz-curse/), another road-trip saga, casts a yellow-brick shadow as well. Is this pandering? Maybe. But it’s so enjoyably executed—and so smartly timed to split the difference between autumn coziness and Halloween-season spookiness—that, as a member of the possibly-pandered-to demographic, I was too entertained to be offended. Which is not to say that the show is out of the proverbial deep, dark woods yet. If Marvel struggles to retain viewers from outside traditionally superhero-friendly cohorts, it’s in part because the studio so often does wrong by the characters it creates to represent them. Some of its recent efforts, like [Chloé Zhao’s _Eternals_](https://time.com/6116421/marvel-first-deaf-superhero-eternals-representation/)and [_The Marvels_](https://time.com/6334443/the-marvels-cats-flerkens/), from Nia DaCosta (who ably revived [_Candyman_](https://time.com/6092375/candyman-cabrini-green-true-story/)), have squandered talented female filmmakers on bad ideas. Others, from the [_Captain Marvel_](https://time.com/5543991/captain-marvel-review/)feature to the [_Ms. Marvel_](https://time.com/6186214/ms-marvel-pakistani-muslim-culture/)series, started out with fresh-sounding premises, only to devolve into the same boring action spectacles Marvel always makes. Disney+ in particular seems to be having trouble setting aside rigid franchise conventions to make genre-transcending Marvel shows on the level of the Netflix psychological thriller [_Jessica Jones_](https://time.com/4120228/jessica-jones-review-netflix-marvel/)or the first season of FX’s psychedelic [_Legion_](https://time.com/4655943/legion-fx-superhero-marvel/). Of everything it’s tried, _WandaVision_ came closest to breaking the mold. Then it [ended](https://time.com/5942708/wandavision-what-happened/) with not just Agatha and Wanda shooting fireballs at each other against a digital crimson sky, but also the revelation that the destruction we’d just witnessed was the result of a woman’s uncontrollable emotions. What a disappointment.  From left: Joe Locke, Aubrey Plaza, Kathryn Hahn, and Sasheer Zamata in Agatha All Along Chuck Zlotnick—Marvel So maybe you can see why it worries me when Marvel Studios streaming boss Brad Winderbaum [says](https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/agatha-all-along-first-reactions-praise-kathryn-hahn-marvel-return-1236145792/) that _Agatha_ “lures you in with the fun of Halloween, and before you know it, you’re crying.” I don’t need to weep over a witty witch show, and it would be frustrating to learn that that’s what the Marvel brain trust thinks women and queer people need out of entertainment. Still: four episodes in, _Agatha_ is pretty faultless. 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