The seventh episode of Agatha All Along revealed Billy Maximoff did not actually kill Lilia and Jen when he forced them off the Witches’ Road. But “Death’s Hand in Mine” did claim a beloved character. Agatha All Along‘s penultimate episode was the latest installment to feature a gut-wrenching death, but at least this time, the deceased knew what was coming for them.
Patti LuPone’s divination witch Lilia, the heart and soul of Agatha All Along‘s coven, sacrificed herself to stop the Salem’s Seven and sadly met her death in the latest episode of the series. After successfully completing her Tarot Card Trial while dressed as Glinda the Good Witch from The Wizard of Oz, Lilia sent her fellow sisters in the craft off to their final stop. She then locked the iron maiden door behind them, closing her own exit to The Road. She wanted to ensure the sinister group seeking retribution against Agatha would never harm her friends.
As the vengeful witches surrounded her, Lilia turned The Tower card she’d played during her own reading upright. That brought about “sudden upheaval,” flipping the castle upside down. The unprepared Salem’s Seven then learned about the “disaster” and “destruction” foretold them about. The seven fell into the swords hanging from the castle’s ceiling.
For a brief moment, Lilia held on to the Tarot table, but she couldn’t maintain her grip. Alas, Agatha All Along‘s Lilia fell to her death. Only, in some ways, she had already died. Lilia spent the last few years of her life experiencing time out of order. The episode started with her, dressed as Glinda, falling into an abyss. And Lilia had already previously met Death herself, Aubrey Plaza’s Rio Vidal. Death came for Lilia after Teen sent her off The Road. (So maybe Teen did kill her? It’s debatable!)
No matter when she technically died, Lilia faced her final moments alive with joy and courage. She had found a new coven. She was someone who mattered once again. For centuries, she had locked herself away from her sisters in magic. She made herself a nobody. But Agatha All Along‘s Lilia got everything she wanted from The Road, though death found her before she could reach the end. People cared about her, and she cared about them, and Lilia learned who she was and always had been.
Before Lilia died, she was a part of something on Agatha All Along. More importantly, for a witch who didn’t think she had anything to offer anyone, she was the best part of it. That was true even before she gave up her life to save her friends. Lilia’s death on Agatha All Along is a sad one, but Lilia’s journey is joyous.