Agatha’s big death in episode 7 isn’t as tragic as it seems

While some thought the Upside Down Tower could be related to Wanda’s death on Mount Wundagore, it led to Lilia saving her friends but sacrificing herself to defeat the forces. Salem Seven…or so it seems. Several viewers on Reddit noticed that we don’t see Lilia’s body, and while some argue that impaling her on a floor full of swords would have been too explicit for an MCU series, others are reading into it. In particular, the fact that this episode is Lilia’s trial and the tarot table reads, “Your Path Winds Out Of Time,” is quite symbolic of her character.

Episode 7 revealed how Lilia’s previous lines, such as “Alice, don’t” and “Try to save Agatha,” fit neatly together, although she added a new one. Lilia’s wise parting words to Agatha say: ‘If she calls you a coward, hit the deck. It’s likely that the “she” is Rio, and with the finale approaching, a fight between the former lovers seems inevitable. How would Lilia know that Agatha had to duck unless she somehow saw the fight unfold? Lilia’s episode ended with a flashback of her learning that Rio is death in the tunnels beneath the Witches’ Road. This moment hasn’t been fully played out yet, suggesting a typical “It’s not your time” twist where Rio will use Lilia to get to Agatha.

The same episode implies that death is not all it seems in this magical branch of the MCU, as others pick up on Billy and ask Agatha if Wanda Maximoff is really dead. A typically cryptic Agatha said, “Yes, no, maybe,” further teasing that Elizabeth Olsen could be back in action soon. Agatha confirms she saw a body, but makes it clear that even she isn’t sure if W. Maximoff’s body from episode 1 was actually Wanda or just part of her spell. We know that Rio is there to collect the “bodies” of those who die on the Witches’ Road, but not what happens to them afterwards. Who says there is even a body when it comes to Lilia? Watching an interview between The cover And Agatha showrunner Jac Schaeffer, the latter confirmed that Sharon Davis (Debra Jo Rupp) was definitely dead because we saw the body.

Even though Lilia is dead in the traditional sense, it seems like she gets a happy ending of sorts. Episode 7 ends with Lilia meeting her long-dead Maestra (Laura Boccaletti). The implication is that although her trial on the Witches’ Road kills her, it is not a fixed time. This would also explain why Maestra is so willing to accept death when she knows it is not the final end. We have seen it Doctor Who do this with Alex Kingston’s River Song. Just because she died the first time the audience died and the Doctor met her, the “timey wimey” nature of the series made her a regular. Responding to the Lilia theory: one Redditor suggested: “She explains that the passage of time is an illusion. We see her return to her childhood after her death. Does her consciousness technically bounce around forever to some extent?

Despite fans’ hopes for more from LuPone, Lilia gives each of her partners a final weapon, adding to the feeling that Lilia’s journey has come to an end. In addition to the “duck” comment, she gives Billy back his spell book and reminds Jen that she is the High Priestess. These will all likely take on new meaning in the finale, suggesting that even in death, Lilia lives on in all of them. At least when Lilia is gone, she’ll go out on her own terms and say, “I loved being a witch.” While we’re not ready to say goodbye to LuPone’s short time in the MCU, there’s a slim chance we haven’t seen the last of Lilia Calderu.