Agatha All Along episode 4 is full of exciting Easter eggs and references. Tying to 70s rock, future MCU movies, and Agatha's comics history, the Witches' Road continues to be full of surprises. This includes some truly iconic new looks for the entire coven of witches who've agreed to join Harkness as well.
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Having faced their first trial in Agatha All Along episode 3 and the loss of Mrs. Hart (Debra Jo Rupp), Agatha, her fellow witches, and replacement green witch Rio Vidal (Aubrey Plaza) prepare to face their next trial. While the first was a test for potions expert Jennifer Hale (Sasheer Zamata), this new trial is tailored for their protection witch, Alice Wu-Gulliver (Ali Ahn). To that end, here are the biggest Easter eggs and reveals in Agatha All Along episode 4.
Rio Vidal Skips Down The Witches Road
Just Like Wizard of Oz
Having been summoned to the Witches Road by the coven at the beginning of Agatha All Along episode 3, the "green witch" Harkness always should have recruited has joined their number, Aubrey Plaza's Rio Vidal. Instantly ready to go, Rio is seen skipping and whistling down the Road as the others look on. As such, it's a clear reference to The Wizard of Oz and traveling down the classic yellow brick road.
Second Moon Door On The Witches Road
Waxing Moon, Fire Phase
Arriving at the second house containing their next trial, the doors feature a waxing moon. As such, Teen confirms that this is the "fire phase" in Agatha All Along episode 4. This ties to the first house and trial which had a full moon design, the "water phase" in Agatha All Along episode 2. One can imagine that the next trials on the Road will be the "air" and "earth" phases, completing the moon and element sequences.
Agatha All Along Episode 4's Had Major 70’s Rock Vibes
Agatha Embodies Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks
Upon entering the house, the entire coven is transformed with new looks and clothes, resembling a 70s rock band. As such, this aligns with this new trial being connected to Alice, whose mother Lourna was a 70s rock icon best known for her special rendition of the Witches' Road Ballad, the original version being the one the coven sang at the end of the series premiere. Additionally, Agatha's new look in particular looks to be a prime homage to Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks.
Lilia Calderu Has A Very Familiar Look
A Homage To Liza Minnelli
All of the coven's new 70s looks are quite impressive, reflecting the era incredibly well. However, the new style for Patti Lupone's divination witch Lilia Calderu takes the cake with a peak homage to the great Liza Minnelli who released several albums during the 70s. Minelli is also the daughter of The Wizard of Oz's Judy Garland.
Salem Witch Trials Paintings
The Pain of Witches Past
While exploring the house, Lilia comes across a collection of disturbing painted murals. Each one depicts a presumed witch being tortured and killed during the Salem Witch Trials. As such, it's not surprising in the slightest that Lilia grows emotional viewing the works depicting the pain and suffering of witches past.
Werewolf Mask
Werewolf By Night?
Jennifer Hale also finds a collection of dark masks adorning the walls. This includes one that very much looks like a wolf, as well as eyes that disappear from behind the mask as Jennifer looks at it. To that end, it's possible that this could be a tie to Werewolf by Night, the MCU's other supernaturally charged television project which was released in 2022 starring Gael García Bernal.
"Play Me" Feels Like Alice In Wonderworld
Agatha Episode 4 Is All About Alice...
Eventually, Teen finds and plays a record which he believes is a clue to starting the test. This is due to the sleeve with the words "Play Me". As such, this is likely a tie to Alice in Wonderland's food and drinks with their "Eat Me" and "Drink Me" labels, a fitting connection seeing as how this new trial belongs to Alice Wu-Gulliver.
Spinning Records Backwards
A Classic Fear In The 70s
As the record begins playing, the coven realizes that it's playing backward. Hearing demonic voices as a result, this phenomenon naturally ties in with the classic fear and myth that originated in the 1970s that playing certain albums backward contained Satanic messaging. In this case, the danger looks to be quite real in Agatha All Along episode 4.
"Ask Alice"
"White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane
At one point in Agatha All Along episode 4, Lilia tells the coven to "Ask Alice" regarding her expertise on the Witches' Road Ballad. While it could be pure coincidence, this could be a connection to the song "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Starship. After all, it would tie in quite nicely with the episode's overall 70s aesthetic.
Lourna’s Ballad
A Literal Protection Spell
Realizing they have to play Lourna's Ballad to ward off Alice's generational family curse, it's Agatha who realizes that the entire song was created by Alice's mother as a protection spell, connected to the tattoo her mother forced her to get when she was a child. By having the song constantly played by her fans and going on tour, Lourna's Ballad ensured that Alice would be safe when she should have died years earlier. As such, the entire coven performs the rock rendition of the Witches' Road Ballad which was first referenced by Teen in Agatha All Along episode 2.
Alice's Living Curse
The First "Demon" in MCU
By playing Lourna's Ballad on the Witches' Road, the coven makes Alice's curse visible and tangible. As such, it has the form of a haunting winged demon. To that end, it can be argued that this is the first "demon" to be featured in the MCU thus far.
Three Of Swords
Symbolizing Pain and Heartbreak
After Teen is injured by a glass shard in his side before the coven's performance, he collapses right after due to the blood loss. Naturally, the rest of the coven is quite distressed, particularly Agatha Harkness herself. However, it's Lilia who can be heard muttering "Three of Swords". The three of swords is a tarot card meaning pain, suffering, and most specifically, heartbreak. Although Teen survives the encounter, Agatha's fear of losing Teen is certainly accentuated by Lilia's comments.
Lilia's Vampire Bite
Further MCU Ties Before Blade
While Teen rests and heals from his wound, the other witches are seen bonding and sharing stories from their past. This includes the sharing of battle scars. Firstly, Lilia Calderu shares a vampire bite on her neck which she received years prior, claiming that one tooth bit into her right before she knocked out its other tooth. As such, it's yet another confirmation that vampires exist and have been active in the MCU for centuries, and all before Mahershala's Blade which is still struggling to get off the ground.
The very first confirmation that vampires existed in the MCU was in Loki season 1 with a comment made by the TVA's Agent Mobius (Owen Wilson). However, vampires were further confirmed in Werewolf by Night with several pictures and trophies found during the meeting and contest of monster hunters involving Man-Thing and Jack Russell's titular werewolf. Now, Agatha All Along has continued to reference vampires, even though vampires (and Blade) have yet to fully debut.
Daughters of Liberty
Connections To Agatha's Comics History
After Lilia shares her vampire bite in Agatha All Along episode 4, Agatha herself shares a scar of her own. Rolling up her sleeves, Harkness shows a scar she says came from a knitting needle belonging to the Daughters of Liberty, a group she apparently wiped out in the past. A real-life group that originated in 1765, the Daughters of Liberty helped the Son of Liberty during the boycotts against the British Empire just prior to the American Revolution. This included spinning bees where the Daughters would make their own clothes for their families rather than buying British textiles (hence the knitting needle).
The Daughters of Liberty also connect to Agatha's history in the original Marvel Comics. On the page, Agatha is a far more neutral character than she is in the MCU, and this includes her history with Marvel's version of the Daughters. Rather than wiping them out as she implies in Agatha All Along episode 4, Agatha helped train these women in the art of witchcraft and sorcery, while also guiding them as an ongoing society of women protecting the world throughout the generations into the present.
In the comics, the modern-day Daughters include Misty Knight, Echo, Shuri, White Tiger, Spider-Woman, Black Widow, and more. Likewise, Peggy Carter leads the Daughters as "The Dryad" (Harriet Tubaman was a previous Dryad). As such, it's a pretty cool Easter egg, even if the MCU's Agatha had a very different experience with the Daughters of Liberty.
