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Agatha All Along Recap: Life Swap


It’s time to reveal what’s been happening to Teen all along.

Even before the episode confirms that this kid did indeed have to die for Billy to live, my heart broke right open watching William dancing at his bar mitzvah, all shy grins and bony shoulders and Joe Locke at his most Heartstopper. Yes, the end of Wanda’s hex broke up the bar-mitzvah party, but it was his parents’ all-too-human panic that led to their car skidding off the road and crashing into a tree, killing William and freeing his body up for Billy to move in. It didn’t escape me that in both the scenes after the accident and those three years later (i.e., the present day), the Kaplans are unfailingly kind and supportive of their son, whether it means hiring a psychic for the gangly dork dancing with his friends or offering their goth teen a horror-movie night and pot roast for his boyfriend (Miles Gutierrez-Riley as Eddie, an adorable counterpart for Billy in no time at all).

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