Agatha All Along episode 5 just confirmed who Joe Locke's Teen really is – and he's exactly who I thought he was

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News By Tom Power published 10 October 2024

Full spoilers immediately follow for Agatha All Along episode 5 and WandaVision.

Agatha All Along episode 5 has magicked its way onto screens worldwide – and, in a rare move for a Marvel TV show, it's revealed one of its biggest secrets before its last episode.

The Disney Plus series' fifth entry, titled 'Darkest Hour, Wake Thy Power', marks the midway point of the WandaVision spin-off's nine-episode run. And, as if to celebrate doing so, it officially confirmed the identity of Joe Locke's Teen. Drum roll please: Teen is Billy Maximoff, aka Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch's son, aka the superpowered individual known as Wiccan.

I know, I'm as shocked as you are (that's sarcasm, for anyone who genuinely thinks I'm surprised). Ever since Agatha All Along's two-episode premiere, the true identity of Teen has been a hot topic of discussion in online circles, with many theorizing who he really is. Having spent the last three weeks asking who Joe Locke's Teen is in Agatha All Along, I've been among those who suggested Teen was actually Billy/Wiccan from the outset, so I'm glad I've been proved right.

Okay, but how do we know Teen's real name is Billy Maximoff? After all, his name isn't explicitly said in episode 5, so there's a chance that many of us could be eating humble pie if it's confirmed that Teen is actually somebody else. Well, dear reader, I've got plenty of evidence to back up my claim.

The first shred of evidence – outside of everything that's been teased in the Marvel Phase 5 series so far – is when Agatha Harkness goads Teen by telling him he's "just like your mother". Now, Agatha is over 400 years old, so she's likely to have known plenty of moms in her time. Apart from her own mother Evanora, though, there's only one female parent that she's interacted with in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) relatively recently. Yep, that'll be Wanda, with the pair crossing paths – not to mention dueling – in WandaVision's final few episodes. Reddit users LuckyLunayre and Fast_Moon also picked up on the fact that the first bar of Wanda's theme from WandaVision plays when Agatha says Teen is just like his mom, too.

There's further proof in the final moments of 'Darkest Hour, Wake Thy Power'. After Agatha mocks an increasingly angry Teen – he's already seething after Agatha seemingly killed Alice minutes earlier – he starts summoning his long-dormant magical abilities. Unlike his mom's, Teen's powers are colored blue, which is the hue that corresponds to Wiccan's abilities in the comics. 

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