‘Agatha All Along’ Creator on Directing Patti LuPone’s Mind-Bending Episode, Revealing [SPOILER]’s True Identity and Who Is Really Dead
variety.comAdam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer SPOILER WARNING: This story includes major plot details from Episode 7 of “Agatha All Along,” currently streaming on Disney+.
Jac Schaeffer wasn’t supposed to direct this week’s episode of “Agatha All Along.” The creator and showrunner was always set to helm the first two episodes of the series, which continues the story of the scene-stealing witch from 2021’s “WandaVision,” deliciously played by Kathryn Hahn.
But when the show was already well into pre-production, a scheduling issue opened up the director’s chair for Episode 7, and Schaeffer had to step in. “I was thrilled,” Schaeffer says. “It was a script that was really close to my heart.” Titled “Death’s Hand in Mine,” the episode is an astonishing showcase for Patti LuPone as Lilia Calderu, a divination witch who, while on the Witches’ Road with the rest of Agatha’s coven, has blurted out non sequiturs — “Get off me!” or “I hated this the first time!” — that seemed to suggest some hidden insight.
Written by Gia King and Cameron Squires, the episode reveals that these moments, which Schaeffer refers to as “Lilia’s bops,” are indeed examples of Lilia’s ability to slip in and out of different points within her own lifetime.
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