AGATHA ALL ALONG Showrunner Explains THAT Devilish Easter Egg And Whether [SPOILER] Will Return

AGATHA ALL ALONG Showrunner Explains THAT Devilish Easter Egg And Whether [SPOILER] Will Return

Agatha All Along showrunner Jac Schaeffer has elaborated on the show's recent Mephisto Easter Egg and weighs in on the possibility of Debra Jo Rupp's Mrs. Hart returning after her shocking demise...

By JoshWilding - Oct 01, 2024 04:10 AM EST
Filed Under: Agatha: Coven of Chaos
Source: The Wrap

WandaVision featured a few nods to the devil but fan theories about Mephisto being the mastermind behind what was happening in Westview were ultimately proven incorrect. In fact, the villain's name was never even mentioned. 

That changed during last Wednesday's episode of Agatha All Along when Jennifer Kale told Teen there were rumblings Agatha Harkness exchanged her baby for the Darkhold and that Nicholas Scratch may now be a demon or "Agent of Mephisto."

Talking to The Wrap, Agatha All Along showrunner Jac Schaeffer elaborated on the Easter Egg that's got everyone talking. 

"So, with 'WandaVision' - again, this is me embarrassing myself in print - I didn’t really know who Mephisto was when 'WandaVision' dropped," the writer and director admitted. "There was the wine bottle that was a prop that had something on the wine label, that prop master Russell Bobbitt had put on, that I was, like, unaware of."

"And obviously, now I’m familiar with the ways in which Mephisto ties into everything. So it was a shock to the writer’s room that the Mephisto piece took off the way it did with WandaVision,'" Schaeffer continued. "And yes, this scene in Episode 3, [executive producer] Mary Livanos and I talked, and we were like, 'We gotta say the man’s name.'"

Asked directly by the trade whether fans should expect Mephisto to come into play in the WandaVision follow-up, she replied, "I mean, you know I can neither confirm or nor deny. I will say that that scene that you’re talking about, between Jen and Teen is really about all of the conflicting rumors about Agatha."

"That’s really - the takeaway there is what is the true story? There’s this, there’s that, there’s this, there’s that. But who really knows? The only thing that people do know is that she’s always been up to to bad things."

It's previously been rumoured that Mephisto will play a key role in Ironheart, with Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen playing a reimagined version of the iconic comic book villain. 

In the same interview, Schaeffer was asked whether Sharon Davis/Mrs Hart was really the first casualty on the Witches' Road. Interestingly, she strongly hinted that we haven't seen the last of the fan-favourite Westview resident. 

"So we talked a lot about death in the show. Were we going to kill people? Were we going to kill characters? And it was a long conversation...And it just became vital to the show that we have proper stakes. That we say that the road can kill you, and it really can. Mrs. Hart is dead."

She added, "Here’s the thing about this corner of the MCU, is that it’s not always linear. So, when someone dies, it doesn’t mean you’re never going to see them again..."

The first three episodes of Agatha All Along are now streaming on Disney+.

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FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 10/1/2024, 5:04 AM
The whole Mephisto thing was a prime example of fans running wild with their own theories only to throw their toys out the pram when they didn’t pan out.
Matchesz
Matchesz - 10/1/2024, 5:25 AM
@FireandBlood - when fan theories > hundred thousand dollar writing
FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 10/1/2024, 5:27 AM
@Matchesz - Except they weren’t.
Matchesz
Matchesz - 10/1/2024, 6:46 AM
@FireandBlood - Ralph Bohner?
FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 10/1/2024, 7:00 AM
@Matchesz - What about him?
Humby
Humby - 10/1/2024, 1:04 PM
@Matchesz - It was a shout out to 'Growing Pains' my man. Its fits right in with the entire premise of the show.
Radders
Radders - 10/2/2024, 9:01 AM
@FireandBlood - The end to WandaVision was sadly, a massive let down, damaging both Wanda and Monica Rambeau, and to have Mephisto actually pulling the strings would've been a far better ending.

The Agatha all along bit was just nonsense
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 10/1/2024, 5:13 AM
"Here’s the thing about this corner of the MCU, is that it’s not always linear. So, when someone dies, it doesn’t mean you’re never going to see them again..."

That's every corner 😆 but I'm not mad at them. Looking forward to tomorrow's episode
MikeyL
MikeyL - 10/1/2024, 5:24 AM
WandaVision was great, but the writer of it admitting she didn’t know who Mephisto is when he plays such a big role in Scarlet Witch’s breakdown is genuinely insane. Marvel needs to educate the writers
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 10/1/2024, 6:21 AM
@MikeyL - yeah that is weird to me , especially since Marvel is known for providing specific comic books to creatives & cast who sign onto a project about a character.

Perhaps since her story in WV had nothing to do with Mephisto , she didn’t pay attention or read those
MikeyL
MikeyL - 10/1/2024, 7:57 AM
@TheVisionary25 - I would totally get if she just chose not to use him since it’s her story and she doesn’t have to include everything, but considering the stories she pulled heavily from involved Mephisto then it’s weird she didn’t know who he was. Like… did she just watch a YouTube Tl;dr video on the stories instead?
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 10/1/2024, 8:04 AM
@MikeyL - maybe but I feel like even those recap videos would have included him

It is strange.
Radders
Radders - 10/2/2024, 9:03 AM
@MikeyL - she didn't read the comics, she didn't understand how to - her words
LSHF
LSHF - 10/1/2024, 6:50 AM
So, we don't know anything new about M or Hart. What a waste of time reading this.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 10/1/2024, 6:51 AM
Man , I was legit bummed that “Mrs Hart”/Sharon Davis died since I enjoyed her sweet personality…

Plus with all the trauma she had suffered at the hands of Wanda (which we got reminded of last episode with her hallucinating the first ep of WV again) , I would have liked a better ending for her if this is it but oh well.

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Also I’m liking the did she or didn’t she angle we have with Agatha possibly having sacrificed her own son for the Darkhold…

Given her reaction to her hallucination , it might be true but I think the true story is something else entirely.
Radders
Radders - 10/2/2024, 9:03 AM
The thing about having stakes is you have to care about the people who die for it to work, and did anyone really give a stuff about Sharon? The moment was once again undermined by a joke anyway

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