Agatha All Along

Today is the day, the finale of a wild 9 episode journey called WandaVision.  

Over 9 weeks, WandaVision has piqued our curiosity and engaged our imaginations and it's kind of a shame it has to end.

It's a rarity in today's television landscape that there is still such a thing as appointment television, a show so interesting and captivating that it demands viewing the instant it is available. 

Here in the Fortress of Ineptitude, there is no delay in getting the new episode watched Friday night.  Last week, my daughter Randie had to work late on Friday and was as late as 10 PM getting home. And she had to get up the next morning to go back to work.

But screw all that! We were down to watch WandaVision! 

By being released weekly, WandaVision invites and encourages analysis and debate over the show's various mysteries and oddities. 

If all 9 episodes had been dumped at once like Netflix, would such wonders as Agatha All Along had entered the cultural zeitgeist as strongly and pervasively?

Here is footage from a car commercial featuring Kathryn Hahn incorporating this catchy little ditty. 

Agatha All Along is inspired by the theme from the classic sitcom The Munsters.  So let's mash'em up. 

And there are hundreds of variations of this theme using puppets, video game animations and more. 

Today, the journey will be at an end. WandaVision has set a high bar for itself to deliver an epic and satisfying landing. I'll discuss that further in next week's Tuesday TV Touchbase.

But WandaVision has set a high bar for all the other Marvel series to follow on Disney*. Will my family insist on watching the Falcon & Winter Soldier with the same fevered intensity each Friday an episode drops? 

WandaVision has prompted a galvanic reaction in pop culture I haven't seen in years. It will be missed and it will be hard to match.