Personally speaking, the eighth episode of
WandaVision is my favorite type of chapter in a story like this: The one where they pull back the curtain and explain what s really been going on the entire time. By the end of Previously On, we kind of understand how the sitcom reality at the center of
WandaVision came to be.
We also learn a bit about our friend Agatha Harkness, even though it s confusing. The episode begins with a flashback to Agatha s time in Salem, Mass. The date given is 1693, which would put it right at the end of the historical Salem witch trials, but interestingly there are no witch hunters to be seen. This scene is purely a case of witch-on-witch violence, as Agatha is restrained by a group of witches led by her mother who are angry at her for stealing forbidden magical knowledge. They attempt to punish her by tying her to a stake and blasting her with blue energy, but Agatha turns the tables on them by changing the blue energy to her signature purple color