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Derek and John chat all about their thoughts on the Agatha All Along Finale. We discuss Episode 8 “Follow Me My Friend To Glory at the End” and Episode 9 “Maiden Mother Crone” in spoiler filled detail. Agatha All Along Finale Synopsis Agatha Harkness Character Created by Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby. Creator and Showrunner: Jac Shaeffer Episode 8 Written by: Peter Cameron Episode 9 Written by: Jac Schaeffer and Laura Donney Both Episodes Directed by: Gandja Monteiro Following Lilia’s death, Agatha is confronted by Rio, the personification of Death. She believes Billy is an abomination as he gained a second life by entering the body of William Kaplan. Agatha agrees to deliver him willingly to Death once they’ve completed the road and is allowed to continue on the journey with Jen and Billy.  But after a few steps they find that The Witch’s Road goes in a circle. Angered that the road is not what he thought, Billy puts his shoes back on, and the three are transported to body bags i

It all comes together for Lilia in Agatha All Along Episode 7 "Death's Hand In Mine". John and Derek chat about it all in our spoiler filled chat all about the episode. Agatha All Along Episode 7 Synopsis Agatha Harkness Character Created by Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby. Creator and Showrunner: Jac Shaeffer Episode Written by: Gia King & Cameron Squires Episode Directed by: Jac Shaeffer Agatha Harkness and Billy continue on the Road together. He angrily disagrees with Agatha about his mother being Wanda Maximoff. He has a mother from when he was William Kaplan. But he wonders if Wanda is alive or dead, with no help from Agatha. The pair come across a castle, the setting for their next challenge. As their new trial begins, the two are garbed as the Wicked Witch of the West and Maleficent, respectively, and are presented with tarot cards. The teen is inexperienced in Tarot and Agatha has no belief in this type of magic. But if they put a card in the wrong place they may be killed by a

Secrets are revealed as John, Derek and Chris chat all about Agatha All Along Episode 6 "Familiar By Thy Side" in our spoiler filled chat. Agatha All Along Episode 6 Synopsis Agatha Harkness Character Created by Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby. Creator and Showrunner: Jac Shaeffer Episode Written by: Jason Rostovsky Episode Directed by: Jason Rostovsky Three years ago, William Kaplan, a teenager from Eastview, was celebrating his Bar Mitzvah and had a palm reading with Lilia. Seeing something on his palm, Lilia writes the sigil spell to protect him, but forgets him as well.  The party ends when an emergency call goes out as the Hex over Westview created by Wanda Maximoff begins to fall. While driving past Westview, William's parents become distracted by the collapsing Hex and have a car accident where William dies, at the same time, as Wanda says goodbye to her sons, Billy Maximoff awakens in the empty vessel of William's body.  Billy has trouble adjusting to life in William's body

We are back to chat about Agatha All Along Episode 5 "Darkest Hour Wake Thy Power". Ouija Boards, headbands, Cabin in the woods. This must be an eighties horror. Agatha All Along Episode 5 Synopsis Agatha Harkness Character Created by Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby. Creator and Showrunner: Jac Shaeffer Episode Written by: Episode Directed by: Rachel Goldberg Summoning The Green Witch, Rio, to the Witches Road left a door open for Agatha's pursuers, The Salem Seven, to follow the coven. Unwittingly they discuss Agatha’s murder of her coven and learn that she left their daughters alive and they are on a vendetta against her. To escape the transforming hunters, the Teen again suggests using old magic. The coven taking to the skies on brooms. But The Witches Road drags them back down for the next trial. A blood red trial for Agatha herself. She must use a Ouija board to contact a spirit and learns that she must be punished before leaving. The ghost of Agatha’s mother tries to get

Are you ready to rock? Our full coven is together as Chris, Derek and John chat about Agatha All Along Episode 4 “If I can't Reach You Let My Song Teach You”. This is our spoiler filled chat so make sure you've watched the episode before joining us. Agatha All Along Episode 4 Synopsis Agatha Harkness Character Created by Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby. Creator and Showrunner: Jac Shaeffer Episode Written by: Giovanna Sarquis Episode Directed by: Rachel Goldberg After the death of the green-fingered Sharon Davis, Agatha pushes the coven to continue down, down The Witches Road. But they are short a green witch. Using a spell book from The Teen they summon a Green Witch to the Road. But it’s THE Green Witch, Rio Vidal, who was summoned and she just wants to have fun. With the Coven replenished, the second trial opens up. A recording studio marked with the Waxing Fire Moon is the challenge for the protector Witch, Alice Wu. She soon realises that she has brought her generational curse, th

Tell us lies sweet little lies, the witches are back in Agatha All Along Episode 3 “Through Many Miles of Tricks and Trials”. This is our spoiler filled chat so make sure you've watched the episode before joining us. Agatha All Along Episode 3 Synopsis Agatha Harkness Character Created by Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby. Creator and Showrunner: Jac Shaeffer Episode Written by: Cameron Squires Episode Directed by: Rachel Goldberg Agatha Harkness informs the coven that to reach the end of the Road, they will face trials that focus on the different branches of witchcraft. They also learn of the Teen's sigil that prevents any witch from learning his identity.At the first trial, the coven finds a house with a bottle of wine, which all of them except the Teen drink. Jennifer privately warns the Teen not to trust Agatha, who is said to have traded her child for the Darkhold.When Mrs. Hart/Sharon timer starts counting down, and Jen realizes the wine contained poison as Sharon’s face begins to blo

Welcome back Witches we're chatting about Agatha All Along Episode 2 “Circle Sown With Fate Unlock Thy Hidden Fate”. We will be spoiling every little thing about the episode so make sure you've watched it before listening along. Agatha All Along Episode 2 Synopsis Agatha Harkness Character Created by Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby. Creator and Showrunner: Jac Shaeffer Episode Written by: Laura Donney Episode Directed by: Jac Shaeffer Agatha interrogates the teenager that she trapped in her house. He wants her guidance to travel The Witches Road. A mythical place where a witch can gain great power if they reach the end. But every time Agatha tries to get information from The Teenager the world goes silent around her. She tentatively agrees to travel the road with the Teen but needs a coven to begin the trip. Watched all the way by various creatures, they travel together encouraging Lillia, a psychic, Jennifer Kale a potions master and Alice Wu Gulliver, a protection witch to join th

Hello Witches. We are back with our chat about Agatha All Along Episode 1 “Seekest Thou The Road”. We will be spoiling every little thing about the episode so make sure you've watched it before listening along. Agatha All Along Episode 1 Seekest Thou The Road Synopsis Agatha Harkness Character Created by Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby. Creator and Showrunner: Jac Shaeffer Episode Written by: Jac Shaeffer Episode Directed by: Jac Shaeffer In the quiet town of Westview Detective Agnes O'Connor arrives at a cliche crime scene where a woman's dead body has been found with blackened hands. She is the only one that can solve the case. During her investigation, dealing with many familiar Westview residents, she learns the woman was killed in Eastern Europe and her body has been dropped in Westview. Back at the station FBI agent Vidal is, stereotypically, put on the case too. Agnes hates the agent but can’t remember why. Agent Vidal pays a visit to the characteristically lonely Agnes to try t

The merc with a mouth and the runt with the grunt are together again for the first time as we chat all about Deadpool and Wolverine. Heavy on cameos and once again big on laughs we chat about our top five moments in our SPOILER FILLED Deadpool and Wolverine Movie Review. Synopsis for our Deadpool and Wolverine Movie Review Directed by: Shawn Levy Written by: Rhett Reese , Paul Wernick, Shawn Levy, Zeb Wells and Ryan Reynolds Wade Wilson, the Merc with a Mouth, finds his world turned upside down when the Time Variance Authority (TVA) reveals his timeline is collapsing due to the death of Logan, a.k.a. Wolverine, who is essential to its stability. Tasked with finding a replacement Wolverine, Wade embarks on a multiverse adventure filled with chaos and unexpected alliances. After encountering various Logan variants and facing off against the powerful Cassandra Nova, Wade and a reluctant Logan team up with a resistance group led by Elektra Natchios to confront Nova and her army of Deadpool variant

It's finale time as we chat about Echo Episode 5 Maya. The series comes to an end and has an intriguing set up for Daredevil Born again. Echo Episode 5 Maya Synopsis Echo Character Created by David Mack and Joe Quesada Head Writer: Marion Dayre Written by: Amy Rardin and Steven Judd & Ellen Morton and Chantelle Wells Episode Directed by: Sydney Freeland In a flashback to her childhood, Maya hits a woodpecker with a slingshot. Taloa reprimands Maya for hurting an innocent life, and, with her hands glowing, heals the woodpecker. Later, the two release it back into the wild. Having left Tamaha and on the road Maya stops off at services unaware that back in Tamaha her family are in danger as Fisk plans retribution for her rejection of his offer to return to New York as his Partner.  In Tamaha as the community gets ready for the Choctaw Nation Pow Wow, Biscuits messages Maya that Chula and Bonnie are missing, and she returns to Tamaha. She quickly visits Chula's home, and is met by a vi

Derek, John and Chris are back to Echo Episode 4 Taloa the penultimate episode of the tv show as we learn another ancestors story and Maya gets an offer from Fisk. Echo Episode 4 Taloa Synopsis Echo Character Created by David Mack and Joe Quesada Head Writer: Marion Dayre Written by: Ken Kristensen, Joshua Feldman and Chantelle Wells Episode Directed by: Sydney Freeland In 2008, a young Maya is verbally abused by an ice cream vendor, who fails to understand her request for ice cream. An enraged Fisk retaliates by brutally attacking the vendor. Although Maya witnesses this, she kicks the vendor as payback.  Several years later, Maya is about to begin working for Fisk, when he offers a final lesson - only the two of them can trust one another. While they finish their shared dinner, Fisk's ASL translator is dismissed and brutally killed. Back in Tamaha at Maya’s family home, Fisk and his men surround Maya, but Fisk gives Maya an augmented reality contact lens so that they can communic

We're chatting all about Echo Episode 3 Tuklo on this week's podcast. An exciting flashback, a rumble in the Roller Rink and a surprise return this is a great episode. Echo Episode 3 Tuklo Synopsis Echo Character Created by David Mack and Joe Quesada Head Writer: Marion Dayre Teleplay by: Marion Dayre, and Ken Kristensen, Story by: Ken Kristensen, Jason Gavin and Shoshannah Stern Episode Directed by: Catriona McKenzie In the late 1800s, Tuklo practices shooting with her father, one of the Lighthorsemen. Despite wanting to be a lighthorseman, her father forbids this because she is a woman. Tuklo's father rides out to confront some local criminals while Tuklo braids her hair like a Choctaw warrior. She receives a vision of Chafa and Lowak, and her hands begin to glow. The criminals ambush Tuklo's father, but she hears the attack and arrives in time to save him and his group. Skully is visited by Chula, who encourages her to reach out to Maya, so that she doesn’t lose her granddaughte

We are back for episode two of our weekly podcasts on Echo. This time we're discussing Echo Episode 2 Lowak. With an exciting game and a cool train job this one was firing on all cylinders. Echo Episode 2 Lowak Synopsis Echo Character Created by David Mack and Joe Quesada Head Writer: Marion Dayre Teleplay by: Marion Dayre, Josh Feldman, Steven Judd and Story by: Marion Dayre & Ken Kristensen, Josh Feldman & Steven P Judd and Rebecca Roanhorse & Bobby Wilson Episode Directed by: Sydney Freeland In Alabama in 1200 AD, Lowak is participating in a game of Choctaw Stickball, or Ishtaboli. When Lowak's team is close to winning, the opposing side sends out a formidable warrior who helps to even the score. Lowak is desperate to avoid exile for her team if they should lose, and receives a vision during an intense melee. With her hands glowing, Lowak breaks out of the melee with the ball, and secures victory. Back in Tamaha, Oklahoma, Maya enlists Biscuits' help in hijacking a cargo train g

Welcome back fellow Defenders, It's time for a brand new series as we discuss Echo Episode 1 Chafa. We'll be chatting about each episode of Echo weekly. In the first episode we're reintroduced to Maya Lopez who we last saw in Hawkeye. We discuss all the connections to other Marvel shows and everything else in our spoiler filled podcast. Echo Episode 1 Chafa Synopsis Echo Character Created by David Mack and Joe Quesada Head Writer: Marion Dayre Episode Written by: Marion Dayre, Josh Feldman, Steven Judd, Ken Kristensen Episode Directed by: Sydney Freeland After losing her leg and her mother in a car accident, Maya Lopez moves to New York City with her father William who has been shunned by her grandmother who blames his criminal ways for the death of her daughter.  William takes up a position as commander of the Tracksuit Mafia, working under Wilson Fisk, who becomes Maya's adoptive uncle.  Years later, Maya witnesses Clint Barton assault the Tracksuit Mafia and kill William. Fisk a

Our daily podcasts come to an end as we chat all about Marvel's What If? 209 What if Strange Supreme Intervened? The huge finale of season 2 of What If...? What If? 209 What if Strange Supreme Intervened? Synopsis Executive Produced by: Bryan Andrews, A.C. Bradley with Kevin Feige Head Writer: A.C. Bradley Episode Written by: Matthew Chauncey Episode Directed By: Bryan Andrews After meeting her in 1602, Strange Supreme takes Captain Carter to his Sanctum Infinitum, where he reveals that he has been capturing "universe-killers'' to atone for his sins, and asks for her help in capturing one who fled to a universe where Hydra used the Tesseract to destroy the world.  Carter agrees and encounters Kahhori, who reveals that Strange has been capturing both universe killers as well as righteous heroes to feed to “the Forge”, a contraption he built to resurrect his lost universe and bring back the love of his life Christine Palmer.  As Strange attempts to kill Kahhori, Captain Carter frees

Taking inspiration from Neil Gaiman's iconic graphic novel we discuss the penultimate episode of What if? 208 What If The Avengers Assembled in 1602? It's one we were all waiting for. Marvel's What If? 208 What if The Avengers Assembled in 1602? Synopsis Executive Produced by: Bryan Andrews, A.C. Bradley, Brad Winderbaum with Kevin Feige Head Writer: A.C. Bradley Episode Written by: A. C. Bradley & Ryan Little Episode Directed By: Bryan Andrews After arriving in 1602, an Elizibethan era universe, Captain Carter agrees to help Wanda Merlin and Sir Nicholas Fury stop an impending incursion. As a tear in space opens over the Globe theatre, she saves Prince Hamlet aka Prince Loki from being pulled into the tear, but fails to save Queen Hela. The loss of the queen enrages her successor the new King Thor Odinson who orders Sir Harold "The Happy" Hogan to hunt the outlaw Carter. Carter learns from The Watcher that the incursion is occurring due to the presence of the Forerunner, another time

Another twist on the history of the MCU with What If? 207 What if Hela Found The Ten Rings?. A very welcome return of Cate Blanchett and some great characters from Shang-Chi. Marvel's What If? 207 What if Hela Found The Ten Rings? Synopsis Executive Produced by: Bryan Andrews, A.C. Bradley, Brad Winderbaum with Kevin Feige Head Writer: A.C. Bradley Episode Written by: Matthew Chauncey Episode Directed By: Bryan Andrews Growing weary of Hela's bloodlust in the Nine Realms, Odin banishes her to Earth and strips her powers by destroying Mjolnir and placing an enchantment on her crown. Hela lands in medieval China and is confronted by the armies of Xu Wenwu.  She attempts to retrieve the crown but fails. Wenwu keeps Hela alive and tries to recruit her to his army, but she escapes after failing to steal his Ten Rings. She is guided by a Hundun to the realm of Ta Lo, where she convinces their leader, Jiayi, to let her join their cause. Jiayi teaches Hela martial arts after she recognizes he

A brand new character is introduced into the MCU in What If? 206 "What if Kahhori Reshaped The World? This beautiful episode is another of the best episodes of the season. Marvel's What If? 206 What if Kahhori Reshaped The World? Synopsis Executive Produced by: Bryan Andrews, A.C. Bradley, Brad Winderbaum with Kevin Feige Head Writer: A.C. Bradley Episode Written by: Ryan Little ( In collaboration with the citizens of the Kanien'kehá:ka -The Mohawk Nation) Episode Directed By: Bryan Andrews After Surtur destroys Asgard during Ragnarok, the Tesseract crash-lands in the Haudenosaunee Confederacy in pre-colonial America. The Tesseract falls into a lake, releasing the energy of the Space Stone into it, giving it magical properties.  In the late 15th century, a young Mohawk woman, Kahhori, and her brother Wáhta are hunted by Spanish Conquistadors led by Rodrigo Alphonso Gonzolo, who have ransacked their village in search of the Fountain of Youth. The Conquistadors chase them into a cave, w

Happy New Year fellow Defenders we're back once again with our chat all about What If? 205 What if Captain Carter Fought The Hydra Stomper? One of the best episodes of the season so far. Marvel's What If? 205 What if Captain Carter Fought The Hydra Stomper? Synopsis Executive Produced by: Bryan Andrews, A.C. Bradley, Brad Winderbaum with Kevin Feige Head Writer: A.C. Bradley Episode Written by: A.C. Bradley Episode Directed By: Bryan Andrews Following a mission to retake the Lemurian Star, Captain Peggy Carter and Natasha Romanoff find a still-alive Steve Rogers inside the Hydra Stomper armor. Rogers attacks them both before destroying the vessel.  A briefing with Nick Fury leads Romanoff to deduce that Rogers, who went missing in 1953, was brainwashed by agents of the Red Room. Carter and Romanoff help Brock Rumlow protect Bucky Barnes, who is Rogers' next target, before incapacitating Rogers and traveling to a secret hideout in Scotland.  Attempts to reboot the suit fail as it is

It's a bit of a trip back to season 1 as we chat about What if? 204 Iron Man Crashed Into The Grand Master? We finally get the question answered as to where Gamora earned her place in the Guardians of the Multiverse. Marvel's What If? 204 What if Iron Man Crashed Into The Grand Master? Synopsis Executive Produced by: Bryan Andrews, A.C. Bradley, Brad Winderbaum with Kevin Feige Head Writer: A.C. Bradley Episode Written by: A.C. Bradley Episode Directed By: Bryan Andrews In 2012, Tony Stark saves New York by redirecting a nuclear missile towards the Chitauri mothership, but the wormhole closes before he can return to Earth. Stark crash-lands on Sakaar and is forced to stay by its ruler, the Grandmaster.  Tony interferes in a death race to save one of the racers, Korg, and encounters Gamora, who was sent by Thanos to kill Stark for stopping the Chitauri. The Grandmaster's chief enforcer, Topaz, imprisons Gamora and Stark. Stark escapes, but upon learning of Gamora's purpose, decides to