Why Does Rio Want Billy to Die in ‘Agatha All Along’ Episode 8?
Alice (Ali Ahn)wakes up in the cabin fromEpisode 5, papers scattered around the room.
Rio responds that Alice is the protection witch; she died protecting someone!
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Alice isnt ready to go, butRio leads her out into a green foganyway.
The bodies are piling up, just as she promised.
Rio doubted that she would actually deliver, as she thought thered be a trick.
Rio knows how Agatha feels about him she watches her just as closely as she watches everyone else.
Rio tells Agatha that no one in history has had special treatment like her.
Agatha thinks thats a laughable thing to say, considering Rio gave her nothing just took.
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Rio says what Billy wants from the Road is a violation; Agatha believes its a waste of time.
Tommys not out there notyet, anyway.
Rio has to take Billy becauseshe cant let Tommy be Billy 2.0.
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When Agatha dies a long time from now she doesn’t want to see Rio’s face.
Rios clearly hurt, but agrees.
She walks away and puts a knife through the wall of the Road, exiting.
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Jen tells Billy the Green Craft is above the cycle of all living things, growth and decay.
Given that Agathas exis officially Death, it makes sense, doesnt it?
She doesnt get his loyalty.
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She mocks Jennifer, surprised she survived this long, as her money was on Lilia.
If thats the case, then how the hell do they get off?
Agatha says they have to keep going, and Billy puts his shoes back on.
They took them off out of respect for the Road and the Road doesnt deserve that!
Billy wakes up in a body bag in a morgue, followed by Agatha and Jen.
Agatha realizes theyre in her basement, and Jen notes that the ceiling has grow lights.
The grow lights start going off, starting the countdown.
Jen does an emotional unbinding ritual, and her power reenters her again.
She then disappears because the Road gave her what she was missing.
Agatha tells Billy that this can end right here, right now, if he juices her up.
She instructs Billy to close his eyes and tell her the last things he remembers with Tommy.
Alone, Agatha sadly says that sometimes, boys die.
She takes the piece of Nicks hair from her brooch and gently brushes it down her face.
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Agatha wants her prize, but so does Rio wheres Billy?
He hasnt surrendered himself, so Agathas coming with Rio, and shes thinking death by a thousand cuts.
The windows break, slicing Agatha all over.
The Westview citizens see this and are so unbelievably sick of these shenanigans they never asked for.
These two have made their messy breakupeveryonesproblem.
Agathas not having that, deciding to battle Rio in the backyard instead.
Billy, who ends up tossed into the shed, reemerges out to help.
Agatha tells him this is futile, as they cant fight Death.
Shes willing to sacrifice herself, but Billy doesn’t want that.
Agatha tells him hes not bad, and Billy tells her shes not, either.
What can she say?
Shes a covenless witch.
Billy reaches out to Agatha in her head, asking if this is how Nick died.
At that, Agatha approaches Rio andkisses her.
Billy picks it up, and Rio shifts into her Death mask, telling Billy he can go.
As Billy walks away, the people of Westview greet him.
Just like Wanda did, he pulls up his hood.
He puts the pieces together and realizesit was Billy all along.
Hes the one who createdthe Witches Road.
He hears a cackle and boo, and the episode fades to black.
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If only midwife Jen was here to help her!
She starts to go into labor, but Rio is there in her green cape, waiting.
Agatha pleads with Rio to let her unborn son live, butRio says she can only offer time.
Agatha asks how much, but Rio disappears before she can answer.
Agatha gives birth, holding her son and lovingly telling him he was made “from scratch.”
The forest witch is somewhat skeptical but invites her into their circle.
Agatha smiles bashfully before stealing all of their power with no remorse.
Baby Nicholas giggles, and Agatha tells her son she thinks theyre going to be very good at this.
Six years later, its clear Agatha has been teaching Nicholas her scamming ways.
He steals things and runs, luring witches into Agathas house so she can get their power.
Later, Nicholas asks his mother why she kills witches, and she says she does it to survive.
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She does this for many centuries, gaining more and more power with the same trick.
The costumes in this segment are iconic, showing centuries and centuries of her being a killer.
She wants to make it clear she didnt sacrifice herself for him she simply took a calculated risk.
(Sure, Jan. Youre the tiniest bit more selfless than youre ever going to admit.)
The Road wasnt real until he made it real.
Agatha tells him she killed Alice, it was Lilias choice to die, and Sharon simply doesnt matter.
Agatha tells him if he wants to be a witch, he has to get used to this feeling.
Hes adamant he never will.
Well see, Agatha retorts.
Agatha tells him he wasn’t responsible for freeing her before he just loosened the jar.
Its when he says things like that, Agatha muses, that Billy reminds her of her son.
One door closes, another opens.
A lit staircase appears, andthe two vow to go find Tommy.
How Does the ‘Agatha All Along’ Season 1 Finale Measure Up?
Choices were certainly made in this finale, with some of them paying off better than others.
Im still not sure how I feel about Ghost Agatha.
But Im not sure I can say the same about other aspects.
I wish we had gotten a little more indication of where she goes from here.
AndAlice really got the short end of the stickuntil her very last moments!
Season 1 ofAgatha All Alongis now streaming on Disney+.
