Agatha All Along creator on why we never see [SPOILER]'s face in episode 1: "The show isn't her story"

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It's *Agatha* all along, no one else

Agatha (Kathryn Hahn) next to a Jane Doe in Agatha All Along
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Agatha All Along creator Jac Schaeffer has answered a key mystery in the new Marvel show's premiere episode: why didn't we see the Jane Doe's face?

Spoilers for Agatha All Along follow. You have been warned!

Early on in the WandaVision spin-off, we see Agatha – now Agnes O'Connor, a Mare of Easttown-style detective – investigating the murder of an unknown victim. 

While the cause of death (crushing), distinctive scarlet-colored hair, and Wanda's name appearing on the library card found with the body would all suggest Agatha is digging into the murder of the Scarlet Witch, we never actually see her. As such, Kathryn Hahn's sorceress and the viewers never get facetime with Elizabeth Olsen's magic user.

“It was never the plan to show her face – both stylistically, and because this show isn't her story," Schaeffer told TV Line. Instead, the follow-up from Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness was "really about [how] when the body is turned over, the camera's on Agatha’s face. That's really where our attention is, and where the focus of the show is."

The clue, then, is in the show's name – this is Agatha's time to shine. Despite that, Olsen has still fielded recent questions about whether she will return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Bradley Russell
Bradley Russell

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