I'm Even Madder About The Scarlet Witch’s Multiversal Crimes After Agatha's Latest Reveal

By Lewis Glazebrook

Published Oct 19, 2024

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Warning! This article contains spoilers for Agatha All Along episode 6.

After ending of WandaVision set up Wanda’s villainous turn in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and I was personally excited to see how this would be handled. Although I like Doctor Strange 2 a fair amount and think Wanda was a compelling antagonist, I found there to be some aspects that could have been explored more thoroughly, namely how Wanda was corrupted by the Darkhold, thus explaining how she was suddenly okay with committing multiversal mass murder.

After Agatha All Along’s cast of characters, Wanda is receiving a great deal of retroactive context, with no plot point suffering from this more than her universe-spanning killing spree in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

Agatha All Along Reveals What Happened To Wanda’s Kids After WandaVision

Billy & Tommy Were Reborn

Firstly, it is worth exploring the elements of Agatha All Along that recontextualize Wanda’s villain story. Three years after WandaVision’s ending, the spin-off series is finally answering what happened to Wanda and Vision’s children: Billy and Tommy. Agatha All Along episode 6 took cues from Marvel Comics and told the story of William Kaplan, a young Jewish boy whose life changes forever when his body is inhabited by the soul of Billy Maximoff. It was revealed that, as Wanda’s Hex around the town of Westview was dissipating, William died in a car crash trying to return home to Eastview.

The soul of Billy Maximoff, no longer kept alive by Wanda’s Hex, thus found a new vessel in the recently-deceased William. William was revived as Billy Maximoff, unaware of his prior life as either save for one name: Tommy. After uncovering his identity as the son of Wanda, Billy resolved to travel the MCU’s Witches’ Road in order to use the gifts promised at its end to find Tommy. Like Billy, Tommy’s soul found another vessel, but where remains to be seen.

Agatha All Along Makes Wanda’s Multiversal Killing Spree More Unnecessary

Wanda's Villainous Story Becomes Even Darker

As I previously alluded to, I feel that these reveals in Agatha All Along render Wanda’s multiversal killing spree from Doctor Strange 2 completely unnecessary. That being said, I will note that these revelations do not increase my dislike of the latter, and this feeling is more rooted in a tragic irony that makes for a compelling story. Regardless, the fact that Wanda searched the multiverse and killed several people in the hopes of finding her children is made sadly unnecessary due to the fact that one of them, Billy, was in the next town over from Westview.

This adds the aforementioned level of ironic sadness to Wanda’s story. Despite Doctor Strange 2’s ending doing a good job of condemning Wanda’s actions, I felt a sense of sorrow watching her decline due to how WandaVision and the previous MCU stories had made me care for her. Agatha All Along has now revealed to me that Wanda did not even need to travel the multiverse committing these acts to find her children, and could have instead found half of what she desired in a neighboring town.

Why Couldn’t Wanda Find Billy Or Tommy After WandaVision?

Agatha All Along Somewhat Explains This

Billy and Tommy disintegrating in the Hex in WandaVision

As I mentioned previously, Agatha All Along has recontextualized Doctor Strange 2 in this way, though with a story that makes sense. The primary way the former did this was by exploring why Wanda could not find Billy and Tommy on Earth-616, subsequently resulting in her seeking out America Chavez and traveling the multiverse. At least where Billy is concerned, Agatha All Along addresses this potential plot hole via the revelations about the sigil that has been placed on him since the series premiere.

An Agatha All Along episode 6 Easter egg saw William Kaplan encounter Lilia Calderu at his Bar Mitzvah. Here, Lilia’s powers of divination reveal to her that William will eventually become Billy Maximoff, resulting in her placing the sigil on him to protect him from the ramifications of being the Scarlet Witch’s son. As Agatha explained in episode 4, even the witch who placed the sigil will not doing so, explaining why Lilia - as well as every other witch in the world - could not sense Billy’s powers.

Herein lies the explanation for why Wanda could not sense Billy after WandaVision. The sigil was preventing this...

Once the sigil breaks in Agatha All Along episode 6, the titular character explains that every witch with a heartbeat will be able to sense Billy now. Herein lies the explanation for why Wanda could not sense Billy after WandaVision. The sigil was preventing this, resulting in her multiversal rampage. Where Tommy Maximoff is in Agatha All Along, however, the answer is somewhat less clear, though I have a theory.

Joe Locke's Wiccan and Jett Klyne's Speed in WandaVision and Agatha All Along

Where Is Scarlet Witch's Other Son, Tommy Maximoff?

Agatha All Along has confirmed the return of Billy Maximoff, but the Scarlet Witch's other son, speedster Tommy, is yet to return to the MCU.

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In the comics, Tommy is reborn as Tommy Shepherd, a troubled youth. Tommy's superspeed powers eventually manifest and he destroys a school, leading to him being contained in a high-security facility that dampens his powers. If it is revealed that the MCU's Tommy Maximoff had a similar fate, this could explain why Wanda could not sense him either. Regardless of whether this is true, Agatha All Along's reveals make Wanda's Doctor Strange 2 journey more unnecessary and, as a result, more tragic in retrospect.