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I'm not sure why it's on YouTube and not Disney+, but the Agatha All Along episode of Assembled is premiering tonight at 9pm eastern.

I think it has to be Billy's trial, and he must be a green witch I guess. (does anyone have an actual definition for what a green witch is/what their powers would be?) Jac has confirmed that Billy was the black heart on Lilia's coven list. She couldn't write his actual name because of the sigil and Eddie had referred to him as a black heart in their texts. When the coven meets, they insist that they need a green witch, which Agatha tries to dismiss because she's under the mistaken assumption that it was Rio on the list. She recruits Mrs Hart/Sharon to appease the other 3 to get them going. But actually, she was never needed. Nor needed to be replaced once she died in the first trial. Each trial tests the witch in question but then gives them what they need. Jen got the confidence to use her skill even though she's still bound, Alice killed the generational curse, Lilia was able to put together the fractured pieces of her life, Agatha got power (at least for a moment). Not sure how Billy will be tested, since he's never been a practicing witch before. Though he has done much research and recently was given back his spell book, that can't be a coincidence. Whatever it is, I can't wait. And am so frustrated that I'll actually be at Disney World when the episodes next week release so I'll have to watch late that night on my iPad because you can't watch Disney+ on Disney World TVs!

Beautiful That was the only word I could think of when I finished the episode. Beautiful visually, beautiful in construction, and devastatingly beautiful performance from Patti LuPone. I think this show is even better than WandaVision because it doesn't have to deal with all the SWORD stuff and can just be character journeys for the coven. I'm glad the Salem Seven have been dealt with. They didn't really serve much purpose other than forcing the group onto the road initially or into Agatha's trial house. Joe Locke continues to give a wonderful performance and I love that "Teen" is still quite torn between being William and being Billy. The previous episodes made it seem like he was completely Billy now, but that felt a little to fast and clean to me. His question as the "queer-ent" (lol) and his snap at Agatha that he HAS a mother (meaning Rebecca) shows that he still feels like he is both, or neither, or something. A lot of people on Twitter are really angry about that line and are offended on behalf of Wanda or something (some people don't understand the concept of fiction, I fear). But he has no memories of Wanda, no memories of his time in the Hex, and is only aware of the horrible things that Wanda has done. Of course he doesn't want her as his mother! Rebecca has been a loving and supportive mother to him for the past 3 years.

I think you misunderstood? (Or maybe I did) I believe that Lilia’s “Alice, don’t…” from ep 4 connected with her “try to save Agatha” from ep 3 and was actually a warning about what happens in ep 5, leading to Alice’s death.

I mentioned this as a response to someone on Twitter and a lot of people "liked" it so I thought I'd share here. Someone had posted a quote from Joe talking about having to wear a facade for William's parents. I mentioned that a trans youtuber (who mostly makes Heartstopper-related content) had done a reaction video for this episode specifically. He mentions that he felt a lot of parallels between Billy/William and his trans experience. For example, looking at himself in the mirror and not seeing the person on the outside that he is on the inside, and then practicing saying his name to "convince" himself. Here is the video if you are interested. Thom always has a lot of good insights into much of what he posts about.

I don't know the answer to that, and I don't even know who Teddy is, but I do know that Ed/Eddie and Ted/Teddy are all common nicknames for the name Edward.

Ok, just re-watched the scene from Episode 3 where they all discover the sigil. Teen/Billy seems surprised, as if he never knew there was something there. Now, he does show the stone/wood/whatever to the Boyf in this episode and names it as a sigil and says it's a puzzle. I guess we don't really know how much of what he says there is truth or obfuscation, but I'm choosing to believe he knows it's SOMETHING witchy, but not really know what it is/does. Also, in ep 3, they explain that it's a redaction spell to prevent "witchfolk" from knowing who he is. So I don't think it would have had an effect on his normal life with the muggles.

Piper's sister-in-law on Orange is the New Black? (that's where I know her best from)

I lol'ed (and scared my cat) when Noah ran into the Temple member.

I didn't pick up on a commentary that Jewish women are less attractive, and any discrepancy between Kristen Bell and the daughters at the temple would be that she is a star and they are basically extras. He was trying to get out of there because he had a woman waiting that he already knew he had chemistry and attraction with, but it was not about "avoiding the Jewish women." I did feel the Jewish stereotypes (especially from his sister-in-law) were the offensive part. Pushy, insular, loud, etc

Wow, so much in this episode! So Teen is Billy Maximoff (in some way or another), fine. All the smug people on Twitter were right. But there's a lot in this episode that doesn't make sense, or feels incomplete. What was the trial, exactly? If it's Agatha's trial (and how did Rio know that?), I suppose that facing her mother's ghost and/or getting punished by the coven would be the defining action (Jen making the antidote, Alice fighting the curse). But that didn't really happen. The mother possessed her, Alice blasted the ghost out (who then kind of disappeared, but for no actual reason), Agatha then sucked Alice's magic (it seemed that it was accidental/automatic/reflex at first but then she couldn't or wouldn't stop), she was only able/forced to stop when Teen said "Nicholas Scratch" (who's spirit was controlling the Ouja board spelling that out, btw?), and then she stopped and the attic door opened. What did she learn? What was her breakthrough? With Teen's identity revealed, now every action of his we've seen so far is open for new interpretations. What did he know, what is his plan, is he actually controlling everything??? Btw, when the ghost mom was saying that Agatha was born evil and she should have killed her then, did anyone else get "homophobic mom would rather have a dead child than a queer one" vibes? There were a lot of cuts to Rio in that exchange, and she was so defensive of Agatha against her mom.

Yes, this is correct. Alice Oseman is aroace. I'm assuming that the depiction of Isaac and his experience is reflective of Alice's experience.

Was that intentional? Do you know all the layers of meaning you just said? Maybe you do, but I'm not sure. So I have to make sure you, and everyone reading this, gets it. So, "I'll drink to that" is a recurring lyric in the song "The Ladies Who Lunch" sung by the character Joanne in the 1970 musical Company. In Schmigadoon, Cinco Paul is referencing that famous line by having that lady say it all the time. Many performers have taken on that song and role, from Elaine Stritch who originated the role, to PATTI LUPONE who most recently appeared on Broadway in the part, winning a Tony for it in fact. So for you to say that Patti looks like the lady who is modeled after a part that Patti is famous for playing is kind of breaking my brain. Back to the show, her look is definitely inspired by Liza Minelli in the 70s, a different kind of glam, I guess.

I wonder what (if anything) Katherine Hahn was told back when they were filming the dead Sparky scene in WandaVision. At the time, her reaction did seem a little odd, though we chalked it up to just her trying to figure out Wanda’s powers. But now it seems like it was much deeper than that. I was a little confused when Agatha said “don’t” to Rio after they carried Teen out of the house. In the first episode, Rio is shown to have healing powers (she licks the wound from her dagger on Agatha’s hand and it goes away). So I thought that’s what Agatha was saying “don’t” about and that didn’t make sense. I see the speculation about Rio, though, and her story later on, so I now understand the “don’t.” But could she not have healed him the way she did Agatha?

I don't know about that. I mean, Sharon/Mrs Hart already died. I have a feeling one person will die from each house/trial.