First episode of ‘Agatha All Along’ down. Aubrey Plaza is playing a character that’s… perfect for Aubrey Plaza. Creepy but captivating and very very queer. No surprise there. Katheryn Hahn, on the other hand, is playing a character that reminds me of a young Wynonna Earp. Not just her appearance, but her charisma too. Her character humour - snappy one-liners that you might have to play back to catch in their full context and to be able to laugh along unless you’re as quick-witted as the writer and actor is - to which I’m definitely not. There’s still dialogue and references from the show ‘Wynonna Earp’ that I don’t get to this day no matter how many times I hear them. It’s just far beyond me to catch on to the tag-team comedic duo of Emily Andras and Melanie Scrofano. But yeah, there’s definitely a lot of that going on. All this clever quick-witted humour with this Agatha character that I’m picking up on right off the bat makes this character seem much more worldly and dynamic than I’m getting from the story/plot at the moment.
That’s good. I like what I’m seeing so far. It’s just getting my slow brain to catch up to all that’s going on and being able to follow the fast-paced narratives.
It’s clear that both characters in the WLW ship are lead characters. That’s wonderful because that’s very rare. That’s definitely going to help my reception to it a lot because it means both these lead characters will have significant individual representation and development with which to build a solid foundation for their dynamic together and relationship beyond something romantic - which is what I look so damn hard for but can’t ever seem to find in this day and age. So I’m very happy about that. But - of course - it all depends on how they evolve. That’s what keeps my interest. Not the set ups.
Also love that they’re heavily enemies-to-lovers - right down to the classic motif of knife to the chest intensity.
They’re already dripping with authentic chemistry, compelling tension, sexual innuendo and subtext.
That’s the draw and it’s drawn a lot of people in. But the challenge comes in keeping that draw going and going. That’s what I’ll be paying very close attention to with watching each and every episode. Zoning so far into the characterization and how it doesn’t feel like it’s forced. Because I can immediately tell the difference. Trained eyes and ears from engaging in the best representation.
