What’s Next For WandaVision’s Agatha Harkness In The MCU?

WandaVision brought the conflict between Scarlet Witch and Agatha Harkness to a thrilling conclusion — and set up several possible directions for the villainous witch. Centuries-old, Agatha was  drawn by Wanda’s immense display of power. Having ingratiated herself as a central figure within the sitcom reality, Agatha sought to claim Wanda’s Chaos Magic for herself. Battling throughout and above Westview, Agatha increasingly managed to drain the wayward Avenger. Ultimately, however, Scarlet Witch borrowed Agatha’s rune trick and left her powerless. Defeated, Agatha asked whether she was going to be locked up somewhere. Unfortunately for her, Wanda had a more poetic – and more brutal – punishment in mind.

“I’ll give you the role you chose,” Wanda said, as she condemned Agatha to life in the real Westview as “The nosy neighbor.” Wanda then promptly transformed her appearance to something more befitting modern times and the suburbs. With her real personality presumably buried deep, and no knowledge of magic, Agatha displayed the bright and sunny demeanor she’d only emulated before. What would become of the other Westview residents was left unclear but regardless, Wanda assured Agatha Harkness nobody would ever bother her — and that she would be seeing her. This called back to the fact that, while pleading, Agatha said Wanda was going to need her regarding what had now been unleashed. “If I do, I know where to find you,” Wanda replied, before later taking care of everything else and leaving town.

Agatha Harkness wasn’t seen again in the finale, but WandaVision left her in a very interesting and ambiguous place with several possible directions her story could potentially take. Now sans powers and forced to live a normal life, Agatha may connect with any shred of humanity she might have left. People under Scarlet Witch’s control always remembered what transpired upon awakening. And so, spending however much time living among regular people and being reliant on herself and others more than magic could shift Agatha away from villainy, which would bring her more in line with the comics.

Then again, her time under Wanda’s spell could be viewed as being outright hell on Earth for Agatha, who could want revenge once she is no longer magically imprisoned. To that end, Agatha may emerge more villainous than ever (as well as now extremely vengeful). Whatever the case, Agatha served as a testament that the MCU has learned its lesson about merely killing off intriguing antagonists. In an interview after WandaVision‘s release, Kathryn Hahn revealed she doesn’t know when Agatha Harkness would return to the MCU or where she could pop up next, though the actress did confirm she would love to return to the role in the future. At this point, however, it all seems like a matter of time before Agatha does reappear because the ending of her WandaVision arc certainly left the door open for an opportunity to return in some capacity, whenever that might be in the future.

Given that Agatha has been resigned to Westview, it’s highly unlikely she’ll emerge in any of the other MCU shows on Disney+. Agatha has yet to appear in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier or Loki, which involved the multiverse. Similarly, fans probably shouldn’t expect her to cross paths with and work for the Fantastic Four as she does in the comics. That said, given how things were left off in the finale’s post-credits scene, Agatha’s knowledge might be required sooner rather than later and she could possibly be called upon in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness or in the upcoming Secret Invasion series. Hearing the twins’ voices calling from some unknown realm at the end of WandaVision will likely be the catalyst for Scarlet Witch to partner with Doctor Strange. However, it’s not outside the realm of possibility for Agatha to be called upon for that journey as well. As such, she could become as much a companion and mentor as she was (even after death) in the comics.

That would also be an interesting flip on the comic storyline. Instead of leading Wanda to the magical energy from which to create the twins, Agatha could help guide Wanda to whatever forms remain of them after the fact. Depending on whatever dimension they were calling from, that could lead to such villainous entities as Nightmare or Chthon. It could potentially even lead to Mephisto, as fans hoped events would throughout the show. Agatha’s assistance could come begrudgingly and with her still secretly pursuing her own ends. Equally, following the events of WandaVision, it could be genuinely redemptive. Whatever the destination, most fans would be eager to see Hahn reprise the role. And if that were to be a recurring, ambiguous, and Loki-esque figure throughout Phase 4 of the MCU, then it would be all the better.

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