Agatha All Along has surpassed expectations by becoming the joint-best-rated MCU Phase 5 TV show by audiences. By the time of Agatha All Along episode 9's ending, the show came to a satisfying close. Not only were many answers wrapped up, but the show also left off several characters for further appearances in upcoming MCU movies or TV shows. This will be pleasing to many given that Agatha All Along's ensemble cast was one of the shining lights of its nine-episode run.
With the show over, audiences have come out in droves to support it. As per Rotten Tomatoes' audience approval score, Agatha All Along has become the joint-best-rated MCU TV show of Phase 5. This ties Agatha All Along with Loki season 2, with both shows holding an 82% approval rating by audience members, overcoming the less positive scores of the MCU's other Phase 5 TV efforts, Secret Invasion, Echo, and What If...? season 2.
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MCU Phase 5 TV Shows |
Rotten Tomatoes Critical Score |
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score |
|---|---|---|
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Secret Invasion |
52% |
44% |
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Loki season 2 |
82% |
82% |
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What If...? season 2 |
90% |
65% |
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Echo |
70% |
60% |
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Agatha All Along |
83% |
82% |
Evidently, Agatha All Along and Loki season 2 outrank their Phase 5 peers by a considerable margin. Where fan ratings are concerned, the next best-rated show is What If...? season 2 with a 65% approval score. Then there is Echo with 60% and Secret Invasion coming in last place with a lowly 44% audience approval rating.
What Agatha All Along's RT Audience Score Means
Agatha Proved The Doubters Wrong
Overall, Agatha All Along's strong Rotten Tomatoes score means one thing: the doubters were wrong to dismiss the show. Since Agatha All Along's announcement as a spin-off of WandaVision's ending, the common consensus was that the show was unnecessary. Many felt that the show was only being made as a response to the strong mainstream reception of Agatha's appearance in WandaVision and that the show would hold little storytelling merit beyond this.
However, as evident by Agatha All Along's strong critical and commercial performance, this has been proven wrong. Agatha All Along's compelling story proved to resonate with audiences, regardless of whether people deemed the show should exist in the first place. This is certainly a relief, as the tendency to write something off without seeing it is becoming worryingly more common in recent Hollywood. Thankfully, Agatha All Along's strong ratings proved that the show was always worth giving a chance.
However, as evident by Agatha All Along's strong critical and commercial performance, this has been proven wrong. Agatha All Along's compelling story proved to resonate with audiences, regardless of whether people deemed the show should exist in the first place. This is certainly a relief, as the tendency to write something off without seeing it is becoming worryingly more common in recent Hollywood. Thankfully, Agatha All Along's strong ratings proved that the show was always worth giving a chance.
Our Take On Agatha All Along's RT Audience Score
One of the main criticisms I, and many others, have had with the MCU's TV efforts since they began in 2021 is that they are simply too short. Rather than feeling like typical seasons of TV with individual episode stories contributing to a larger whole, both the best and worst of the MCU's TV shows have felt like movies cut into six episodes - with some exceptions. The most positively received of these exceptions are WandaVision, X-Men '97, and Agatha All Along, all of which broke from the MCU's previous six-episode mandate.
Above all else, this proves that audiences yearn for a return to more typical TV formats. Rather than have six-episode events, audiences prefer longer, drawn-out, episodic storytelling that could even continue into multiple seasons. Agatha All Along and its strong reception proves this, as does the same strong reception that X-Men '97 and WandaVision received. Going forward, this is incredibly promising for the MCU given that the franchise's recent overhaul committed to more typical TV formats. With this in mind, Agatha All Along and its strong reception could be the turning point for a new age of quality MCU TV.
