‘That ending broke my heart’: Marvel fans are crushed over Agatha All Along episode 7’s big death and stunned by Rio Vidal’s true identity reveal

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Agatha All Alongepisode 7 has emotionally rocked fans after two gut-punching moments brought theDisney Plusshow’s latest chapter to a close.

TheMarvelseries' seventh entry, titled ‘Death’s Hand In Mine’, primarily focuses on Patti Lupone’s character Lilia Caldera, the Sicilian witch whose divination ability allows her to view time in a non-linear fashion. Or, to put it in layman’s terms, see into the future while also being able to live in the past and present.

Until episode 7, Lilia hasn’t had a huge role to play inAgatha All Along; the centuries-old magic wielder comparatively existing in the show margins when sharing the screens with her cohorts. In ‘Death’s Hand In Mine’, however, Lilia takes center stage and ends up sacrificing herself to allow Agatha, Jennifer, and Teen – orBilly Maximoff as we now know him to be– to escape the Salem Seven’s clutches after completing the Witches Road’s latest trial.

Agatha All Alongis the first time that non-comic book readers have been introduced to Lilia. Nonetheless, given Lupone’s ahem towering (if you know, you know) and heart-rending performance in episode 7, fans haven’t been shy in revealing how devastated they are over the death of a character they only met six weeks ago (at the time of writing, anyway) on September 18.

On Reddit, usercaitling98wrote “that episode made me so emotional it was so wonderful and sad, I need to sit with that for a while wow”, whilerjmrh95chimed in to say: “When she was falling, it made me teary eyed. When the song kicked in, it made me bawl”. Elsewhere,cxtx3simply opined “our Queen of Cups” – a reference to Lilia’s persona as defined by the Queen of Cups Tarot card she pulls as part of episode 7’s trial – beforeMBordysaid, “Lilia’s death is hitting me the hardest” out of the characters who have perished so far in the series.

“i loved being a witch” #AgathaAllAlong pic.twitter.com/xtY4qghcTLOctober 24, 2024

Similar sentiments have been expressed on ResetEra and other social media platforms, including X/Twitter. ResetEra userBushy-Doe Bladesaid “that ending broke my heart”, whileSurakianwrote “I’m not okay… this was such a great episode” andJTSilvercalled episode 7 “the best episode of Marvel Television ever”.

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Death comes for us all

RIO BEING DEATH REVEALLLLL HELL YEAH #agatha #AgathaAllAlong pic.twitter.com/NjEYjrrRFbOctober 24, 2024

Lilia’s demise wasn’t the only big talking point to emerge from ‘Death’s Hand In Mine’. As the episode’s official title teases, Death – or, rather, the personification of Death – itself makes its grand entrance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) for the first time. In even more surprising news, episode 7 comes that Aubrey Plaza’s Rio Vidal is actually Death, too.

Well, the reveal would’ve been more shocking if a Funko Pop figurine leak (as reported byForbes) in late September hadn’t accidentally confirmed Rio was Death incarnate. That’s the view of multiple fans, anyway, including RedditorsTheCommish-17,scarletstar517, andnoob_sr_programmer, who all suggested that Rio’s true identity reveal would’ve evoked stronger reactions if it hadn’t been spoiled a month earlier. ResetEra users, such asGreenMamba, agreed, writing: “Oh how I hate how this was leaked so far ahead of time. Can only imagine how crazy of a reveal it would have been had I not already been spoiled.”

Me acting Surprised when they revealed Rio as Lady death, as if FUNKO ain’t spoil it for all of us #AgathaAllAlong #AgathaAllAlongBash pic.twitter.com/9Ow1y8UlZeOctober 24, 2024

There are audience members who didn’t see Rio’s identity reveal coming in theMarvel Phase 5project, though. Indeed, those who managed to avoid the Funko Pop leak, such as Reddit usersanthonystrader18andHulklingWho, were blown away by the surprise. Over on ResetEra,WhySoDeviousexpressed their wish for Marvel “to do something with Death in the MCU besides this show”, too. Considering Death – or, to give the character their full name, Lady Death – plays a prominent role in multiple Marvel comic book storylines, there’s certainly scope for Plaza to appear in future movies and shows.

Of course, much will depend on howAgatha All Alongends. One of thebest Disney Plus showswill bow out next week (October 30 in the US, October 31 in the UK and Australia) with a two-episode finale, so we’ll see if Lady Death – not to mention Agatha, Billy, and Jen – has a future in the MCU post-Agatha All Alongvery soon.

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