What If, season 3, episode 2, What If Agatha Went to Hollywood: A throwback review

What if... In this one, Agatha Harkness was not a ghost (in Hollywood or not), but a meta-spell on the MCU, and a witch who refuses to be forgotten?

It happened at PaleyFest 2025. Kathryn Hahn took the mic, smiled like only Agatha Harkness can, and dropped the line that changed everything:

“She’s a ghost now… so anything can happen.”

And just like that, the door swung open again. After the explosive events of Agatha All Along and her unexpected (and more than welcome) return in What If...? Season 3, the witch of Westview is no longer on the sidelines—she’s back in the game, bending the rules of the multiverse like only she can.

Her What If...? episode wasn’t a fluke or a nostalgic wink. It was a declaration. A soft reset. A reminder that Agatha Harkness still matters, and that her story is far from over. So let’s talk about that episode—because buried in the chaos, the meta-humor, and the cosmic satire is a powerful message: what if Agatha was the only one paying attention?

Agatha Harkness went to Hollywood—and flipped the script

The premise sounds like a fever dream: What if Agatha Harkness landed in Hollywood? But instead of relying on camp or shallow parody, the episode goes full satirical horror. Agatha enters a version of LA that feels like a blend of Mulholland Drive, Nope, and Eternals gone corporate. It’s a warped mirror of the MCU machine itself—shiny, performative, and hollow.

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And right in the middle of it all, there she is. Unapologetically dramatic. Deliciously ironic. Smirking her way through the chaos while slowly pulling the strings from backstage. The episode isn't afraid to let her take over—not just as a character, but as a force of narrative disruption. She hijacks the episode like she hijacked WandaVision, twisting expectations and exposing the cracks in Marvel’s carefully curated spectacle.

This isn’t the nosy neighbor or the villain trapped in a sitcom loop. This is Agatha unplugged, unfiltered, and dangerously self-aware.

Against Agatha? The Eternals never stood a chance

In the most unexpected crossover since the Watcher tried stand-up, Agatha finds herself among the Eternals—now rebranded as a PR-friendly ensemble with zero chemistry and a whole lot of existential crisis. What could’ve been a forgettable cameo becomes a brutal contrast: cosmic beings struggling with their purpose, while one witch casually burns their illusions to the ground.

Agatha doesn’t just expose their fragility—she weaponizes it. Her magic isn’t about power here. It’s about insight. She sees through the glitz, the spin, the facade of heroism. And as she tears down their delusions, she becomes something even scarier than a villain: a critic who knows too much.

There’s a moment—half throwaway, half brilliant—where she turns to the camera, almost breaking the fourth wall, and her eyes are like asking this question:

“You call this mythology?”

That one (unspoken) line hits harder than most MCU finales.

A witch-shaped future in a broken multiverse

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So what does this all mean? Is this the end of Agatha’s story—or the beginning of something far more dangerous?

With Hahn confirming that Agatha is now a ghost—yes, we saw that at the Agatha All Along finale, but here it hints at more—, and with Marvel quietly threading her presence into upcoming projects, it’s clear the character is being repositioned. Not as an antagonist. Not as comic relief. But as a mythic wildcard—a spectral force drifting through the cracks of the multiverse, whispering truths no one else wants to hear.

This episode proves she doesn't need a full series to make an impact. She needs a point of entry. And What If...? gave her the perfect one: the blurred space between fiction and reinvention. If Marvel’s next phase really is about deconstructing itself, then Agatha Harkness might be the most honest character left.

Final spell: Agatha is not done, and we’re not ready to let her go either

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Agatha may be a ghost now. But ghosts haunt for a reason. And this one’s just getting started.

And if the producers’ "quiet nods" weren’t enough, Hahn’s own grin sealed the deal—she’s coming back. Not just as a memory, but as a reckoning. The question isn’t if we’ll see Agatha again. It’s how much chaos she’ll bring when we do.

Rating with a touch of Agatha's flair: