Why It’s Okay To Not Watch “Agatha All Along”

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Promotional poster for the mini-series “Agatha All Along”

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I have no intention of watching the new Marvel/Disney+ mini-series Agatha All Along. There are a lot of reasons for this.

The first is that I haven’t seen ANY of the Disney+ Marvel shows, not even the very popular Loki series. I’ve mentioned before somewhere that I don’t particularly enjoy most television produced in the 2020s and don’t see myself subscribing to one or more streaming services just to watch a few shows I might (or might not) like.

Of course, I’m aware of these programs because you can’t be on social media for ten seconds without tripping all over them, or at least the latest ones. This is especially true of the responses to said-shows, both for and against. There really does seem to be some sort of war going on between those who like these series and those who don’t.

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Review of the Lovecraft Country Episode “Strange Case”

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Wummi Mosaku as Ruby Baptiste in the television show “Lovecraft Country”

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So, I watched the Lovecraft Country episode Strange Case last night. The title refers to the title of Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, only Misha Green‘s version is far more disgusting.

The show starts where A History of Violence leaves off. Yahima (Monique Candelaria) has seemingly disappeared. Leti (Jurnee Smollett) thinks that Montrose (Michael K. Williams) has just let her go, but Atticus (Jonathan Majors) knows his Dad killed her. In a rage, Tic tries to beat Montrose to death, but Leti manages to stop him.

Montrose also destroyed the Book of Names, but Tic figures out that Leti photographed the pages. After rough sex (doesn’t this guy ever just kiss his girlfriend and treat her gently?), she develops the photos and he starts to work deciphering the code.

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