Agatha All Alonghas surpassed expectations by becoming the joint-best-rated MCU Phase 5 TV show by audiences. By the time ofAgatha All Alongepisode 9’s ending, the show came to a satisfying close. Not only were many answers wrapped up, but the show also left off several characters for further appearances inupcoming MCU moviesor TV shows. This will be pleasing to many given thatAgatha All Along’s ensemble castwas one of the shining lights of its nine-episode run.
With the show over, audiences have come out in droves to support it. As perRotten Tomatoes' audience approval score,Agatha All Alonghas become the joint-best-rated MCU TV show of Phase 5. This tiesAgatha All AlongwithLokiseason 2, with both shows holding an 82% approval rating by audience members, overcoming the less positive scores of the MCU’s other Phase 5 TV efforts,Secret Invasion, Echo,andWhat If…?season 2.
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Evidently,Agatha All AlongandLokiseason 2 outrank their Phase 5 peers by a considerable margin. Where fan ratings are concerned, the next best-rated show isWhat If…?season 2 with a 65% approval score. Then there isEchowith 60%andSecret Invasioncoming in last place with a lowly 44% audience approval rating.
What Agatha All Along’s RT Audience Score Means
Agatha Proved The Doubters Wrong
Overall,Agatha All Along’s strong Rotten Tomatoes score means one thing: the doubters were wrong to dismiss the show. SinceAgatha All Along’s announcement as a spin-off ofWandaVision’s ending, the common consensus was that the show was unnecessary. Many felt that the show was only being made as a response to the strong mainstream reception of Agatha’s appearance inWandaVisionand that the show would hold little storytelling merit beyond this.
Will Agatha All Along Season 2 Happen? Everything We Know
Questions surrounding whether Agatha All Along will get a season 2 have emerged since well before the Marvel Cinematic Universe show’s release.
However, as evident byAgatha All Along’s strong critical and commercial performance, this has been proven wrong.Agatha All Along’s compelling story proved to resonate with audiences, regardless of whether people deemed the show should exist in the first place. This is certainly a relief, as the tendency to write something off without seeing it is becoming worryingly more common in recent Hollywood. Thankfully,Agatha All Along’s strong ratingsproved that the show was always worth giving a chance.
Our Take On Agatha All Along’s RT Audience Score
One of the main criticisms I, and many others, have had with the MCU’s TV efforts since they began in 2021 is that they are simply too short. Rather than feeling like typical seasons of TV with individual episode stories contributing to a larger whole, both thebest and worst of the MCU’s TV showshave felt like movies cut into six episodes - with some exceptions. The most positively received of these exceptions areWandaVision, X-Men ‘97, andAgatha All Along, all of which broke from the MCU’s previous six-episode mandate.
Echo also broke from the MCU’s six-episode format, only by having five episodes, thus running into similar narrative issues.
Above all else, this proves that audiences yearn for a return to more typical TV formats.Rather than have six-episode events, audiences prefer longer, drawn-out, episodic storytelling that could even continue into multiple seasons.Agatha All Alongand its strong reception proves this, as does the same strong reception thatX-Men ‘97andWandaVisionreceived. Going forward, this is incredibly promising for the MCU given that the franchise’s recent overhaul committed to more typical TV formats. With this in mind,Agatha All Alongand its strong reception could be the turning point for a new age of quality MCU TV.
Agatha All Along
Cast
Agatha Harkness, after the events of “WandaVision,” seeks to regain her magical powers. Joining forces with unexpected allies, including the son of an old adversary, she battles new mystical threats while uncovering hidden secrets in the magical realm.
