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The Marvel Cinematic Universe's most surprising show is now over, with Agatha All Along's nine episode run coming to an end, but there's more to come. Given how Agatha All Along's ending teases Billy Maximoff's ongoing story, it's inevitable to wonder about the status of a potential second season.
While in the past, releases in the MCU timeline have previously not used showrunners, the studio has pivoted with their latest releases, appointing WandaVision creator Jac Schaeffer as the showrunner of Agatha All Along. This change marks a change in strategy for the studio, which may well point toward the possibility of Agatha All Along season 2, or something else in its place, at the very least.
After ranking all MCU TV shows, it is apparent that the longer-running series have been more successful for the studio. Shows like Loki have used multiple seasons to tell their stories, and acclaimed animations like X-Men '97 look to do the same. There is absolutely more to come from Agatha All Along's excellent cast - or those who survived, anyway - it's just a matter of when and how that plays out.
Agatha All Along Season 2 Has Not Been Confirmed By Marvel
Only One Season Of The MCU Series Has Been Ordered (So Far)
Despite Loki and What If...? both receiving second seasons (and a third in the case of the latter), MCU shows tend to only get a single season. The tide may be changing there, of course, with Daredevil: Born Again optioned for two seasons, but that means very little for Agatha All Along. Crucially, the WandaVision spin-off has been a hit, both in terms of ratings and viewer numbers, and success - particularly at the lower cost reportedly associated with Agatha - always breeds confidence.
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As it stands, no official plans have been revealed for Agatha All Along season 2. The show was greenlit as a single-season entity, like WandaVision before it, and the upcoming Vision Quest series was widely considered to be the third part in the Scarlet Witch Saga of TV shows. Details of that project so far - and notably, the return of James Spader's Ultron, don't necessarily fit with where Agatha All Along's ending winds up, so it definitely feels like something else is coming.
Showrunner Jac Schaeffer has said she has no plans for a Young Avengers project, but Billy and Agatha setting out to find Tommy's reincarnated soul in the finale could well be the biggest hint of how Agatha All Along continues. In all likelihood, that would be as a replacement project, with both characters returning.
Agatha All Along Season 2 Cast: Who Could Return?
Season 1 Was A Blood Bath, But Key Players Could Still Come Back
Agatha All Along was not only one of the scariest Marvel properties yet, it was also one of the bloodiest, with several key characters dying along the way. Several of Agatha's new coven were killed off - including Agatha herself, Debra Jo Rupp's Sharon, Ali Ahn's Alice Wu-Gulliver, and Patti LuPone's Lilia Calderu - but Joe Locke's Billy Maximoff, Sasheer Zamata's Jennifer Kale, and Aubrey Plaza's Rio Vidal all make it.
Agatha, of course, lives on as a ghost, and seemingly sets up a new dynamic where she becomes Billy's guide on the road to find his missing brother, Tommy. Her soul not being collected by Death could see Rio Vidal come back into play, too, and the popularity of the character and Plaza's performance suggest that would be a good decision.
Jennifer Kale's next steps are less certain: she regains her powers when she's unbound, but she immediately flees Westview with an almost comic lack of consideration for Billy, and her return could go either way at this stage. It's not like she owes Billy anything after he put her in mortal peril.
Agatha All Along Season 2 Story: How The Ending Sets Up The Future
Agatha & Billy's Future Could Integrate More With Avengers Stories
The seeds ofWandaVision have been firmly planted in the MCU, and will continue to be explored in Vision Quest, if not in the long-discussed Scarlet Witch solo project.Agatha All Along also sets up Billy's future mission to find his twin brother Tommy, who is reincarnated in episode 8 into the body of another teen who dies in a prank gone wrong. Billy sees a vision of that happening, but it's only in flashes, so the next step of the story is finding out where Tommy's soul ended up.
Billy will also be able to count on Agatha as his guide, after she sacrificed herself to spare him from Death in the penultimate episode. He then essentially forces her to agree to accompany him, as the pair leave Westview behind entirely. It already feels like this is setting up a version of Marvel's Avengers: The Children's Crusade, given how Billy and Tommy's stories will have to reckon with Scarlet Witch's legacy, and their relationship. It presumably will not be a pure adaptation, because too many elements would have to change, but certain broad strokes could still work in the MCU.
Elsewhere,Vision Quest is sure to follow up on the seeds left behind by WandaVision, and possibly also Agatha All Along, and there is a chance Billy and Agatha turn up in that series. It seems unlikely that Vision's story won't eventually come back round to the fate of his children, potentially furthering the story of magic and Wanda Maximoff in the MCU. And while there has been talk of a potential Scarlet Witch return in the MCU, Agatha All Along surprisingly avoided a direct set-up.
Agatha Harkness, after the events of "WandaVision," seeks to regain her magical powers. Joining forces with unexpected allies, including the son of an old adversary, she battles new mystical threats while uncovering hidden secrets in the magical realm.
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