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‘Agatha All Along’ Season 1 finale reveals mastermind behind The Witches’ Road
Warning: This article contains spoilers.Down, down, down the road. Down The Witches’ Road.Disney+ and Marvel Studios’ newest show, “Agatha All Along,” left viewers wanting more following its Season 1 finale.Viewers now know that The Witches’ Road was never a real quest to begin with.Instead, Billy (Joe Locke) unconsciously created the quest of The Witches’ Road, using inspiration from his room in EastView; the portrait of the house, a figurine of The Wicked Witch of the West, a poster of Lorna Wu, etc.However, the “Ballad of the Witches’ Road” was originally a song that Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn) and her six-year-old son, Nicholas Scratch, created in their pastime together during the late 1750s.The audience saw how the pair changed the lyrics, crafting the ballad to suit their child-like fantasies.As con artists, Nicholas sang the ballad while trying to lure witches in the town to his home where Agatha would kill him.It wasn’t until after Rio Vidal (Aubrey Plaza) led the young Nicholas to death that Agatha decided to use the rumors of The Witches’ Road as a new way to kill witches and gain their powers.“The Witches Road,” a young witch told Agatha as she was grieving the loss of Nicholas Scratch.