{"id":1004790,"date":"2026-01-10T06:14:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T06:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=466813"},"modified":"2026-01-10T06:14:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T06:14:30","slug":"agatha-all-alongs-latest-mcu-cameo-is-a-callback-and-probably-not-the-marvel-villain-fans-hoped-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/agatha-all-alongs-latest-mcu-cameo-is-a-callback-and-probably-not-the-marvel-villain-fans-hoped-for\/","title":{"rendered":"Agatha All Along\u2019s latest MCU cameo is a callback (and probably not the Marvel villain fans hoped for)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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[Ed. note: <\/strong>This post discusses spoilers for Agatha All Along<\/em> episode 6, \u201cFamiliar by Thy Side.\u201d Proceed down the road only if you want some witches\u2019 spoilers.]<\/p>\n

The show is called Agatha All Along<\/a><\/em>, but Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn)<\/a> certainly isn\u2019t the only Marvel star showing up. As of episode 6, \u201cFamiliar by Thy Side,\u201d we now officially have Billy Maximoff, aka Wiccan<\/a> (or, right now in the MCU, Wiccan-to-be) on board. Which pushes Agatha All Along<\/em> toward Wanda Maximoff and WandaVision<\/a><\/em> callbacks. So it makes sense that Agatha<\/a><\/em> would bring back a lot of people\u2019s (least) favorite part of WandaVision<\/em>: Ralph Bohner.<\/p>\n

Still, the reveal feels a little silly after fans were speculating from the show\u2019s trailer that the mysterious parking-garage stranger was going to be Mephisto, Marvel Comics\u2019 version of Satan<\/a>. After \u201cFamiliar by Thy Side,\u201d is Ralph Bohner who he says he is?<\/p>\n

\u2026Probably, yeah! Let\u2019s look at the evidence.<\/p>\n

Ralph Bohner has an MCU history already<\/h2>\n

Evan Peters first showed up in WandaVision<\/em> as Pietro, Wanda\u2019s long-dead brother. For fans, Peters\u2019 appearance was a fun bit of stunt-casting: Pietro, aka Quicksilver<\/a>, was played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson in the MCU, in Avengers: Age of Ultron<\/a><\/em>. But Peters played Quicksilver in Fox\u2019s X-Men universe, notably in an X-Men: Apocalypse<\/em> scene where he cheekily saves all his fellow heroes<\/a>. (It\u2019s about the only thing worth remembering about that movie.) So when Peters appeared as Pietro in the MCU\u2019s WandaVision<\/em> right about the time the X-Men were getting cleared to join the MCU<\/a>, it seemed like his version of Quicksilver might have a way into this franchise after all.<\/p>\n

But then real life took over. Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris) discovered \u201cPietro\u201d was actually just another Westview citizen under Wanda\u2019s spell (and more importantly, under Agatha\u2019s secret control). His name was actually Ralph Bohner, and he was the actual occupant of the house Agnes (aka Agatha) was residing in, and the mysterious husband Agnes kept making sitcom jokes about. Fan dreams for a legitimized Fox-mutants-in-the-MCU scenario sank.<\/p>\n

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