Hey!
What compelled you to break into the home
- of a decorated detective? - Hey!
- What were you after? - The Road.
- What road? - You, of all people, should know.
If you've got the goods to break a spell
cast by the Scarlet Witch,
why do you need The Road?
Again, who are you?
I'm...
Someone's put a sigil on that boy.
A sigil is a redaction spell that hides something.
Did you put the sigil on me?
Actually, I wouldn't know. It works on the witch who cast it as well.
Sigils are destroyed when they're no longer needed.
How old were you? - Thirteen, maybe.
A lot happened to me at 13, too.
Wake up. Alice. Please wake up.
Don't touch her!
You're so much like your mother.
Wait, what are you...
Teen! Help.
No! No! No!
You look like you're having fun.
Who, me? Never.
Here. Have you eaten anything? Oh, good. Perfect.
Oh, look at you. Eat this.
We are so proud of you.
We love you more than we could ever hope to communicate in human words.
- Gross. - Ew, you're gross.
You're both disgusting.
Thank you for everything.
- William, come on. It's time. - There you are.
- Yes! Yes! Yes, yes, yes! - There you go.
Yeah, William!
This is so extra! Okay. Okay.
Welcome to the curious.
Are we looking behind us, or ahead?
Ahead.
I think.
Yeah, do ahead.
Let us see what the future has in store.
Please. May I have your right palm?
Don't tell me everything.
I don't wanna know too much.
Sorry. I...
Just pretend I'm not here.
It's clear that a long journey lies ahead of you.
This journey will be one of great transformation and...
Your lifeline is broken in two.
What?
That can't be good.
It can mean many things.
It often represents personal growth and important life changes.
You're becoming a man.
A new you.
I wouldn't worry.
The Tower Reversed.
I thought you were reading my palm.
I'm sorry. I...
I just remembered something, I think.
Okay, well, I probably should...
go back to the party.
Love the vibe in here, though. It's very early Argento.
You don't need to be a psychic to see that you're a good egg.
Enjoy the now, baby.
It's the only thing that's certain.
Oh, sorry. Um, some kid left this in my tent.
Will you make sure that they get it back?
- Which kid? - I don't remember.
Sorry to interrupt.
We've been informed there's something happening
with the anomaly in Westview.
Everybody needs to go home as quickly and as safely as possible.
What's going on?
Sweetheart, I'm so sorry. I think we have to go.
- Yeah. - What?
My wife and her flying saucers.
My husband and his indestructible head.
It's okay.
It's okay. We'll be home soon.
Is it going away?
It looks like it's getting smaller.
Mom, look out!
Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Are you okay? Oh, my God. William. William? William!
Is he okay? - No, he's bleeding.
What? William, can you hear me, baby?
- Call 911. - I'm trying.
I don't think he's breathing. I can't get to him.
It's not going through. - William.
Oh, no. Jeff. Look.
I'm gonna flag them down.
William, oh, no! No, no, no! Help! Hey!
I'm coming. Hold on.
William! Oh, no, I can't get to him.
Good night, Tommy. Good night, Billy.
Tommy!
Hey, hey.
Rebecca. You're all right.
You're gonna be okay.
- Are you okay? - Is he breathing?
- Yes, he is now. - Okay.
Thank God. - Don't move him.
The ambulance is on the way.
Can you say your name?
Do you know where you are?
Do you remember what happened?
It'll be okay.
It's okay.
There's nothing physically wrong? He's clearly different.
I'm referring you to an excellent psychologist.
And of course I'm here, too, if you need it.
Thank you.
Hey, buddy. - Hey.
This is where you'd say, "Since when do you call me 'buddy'?"
Would I?
Seriously? He's gonna make fun of him?
She's giving me that look. I'm doing my best here.
It's fine. Just please don't fight.
- What do you mean? - We're not fighting.
Everything's okay. We're with you.
Yeah, sorry.
So, the doctor was saying all the scans look clean.
And there's no signs of permanent damage.
She thinks the amnesia will just take a little time to resolve on its own.
That's all.
The really good news is you're cleared to be discharged
as soon as tomorrow.
Well, only if you're ready. Are you?
Ready?
Yeah, of course.
Okay. Home sweet, messy,
someday-we're-gonna-get- that-bathroom-renovated, home.
So happy you're finally home, William. Goodness.
Thanks.
Okay. I'm gonna change the water in this.
I'm gonna pop up the AC. It's just stuffy.
- Here. Let me get this one. - Oh, yeah.
Greg!
Greg, chill out. It's William. It's just William.
It's probably just the smell from the hospital or something.
Okay, come here. Come here. Come here.
He looks so scared.
Oh, my God. This is so hard. When will he remember?
I don't understand what's happening.
What? What is it, honey?
The doctor said no stress
but it really feels like we're stressing him out.
What are we supposed to do?
How do we fix this? I just want him back!
Please just stop. Please stop! Please just stop.
Stop what, buddy?
Maybe seeing his room will jog some...
What if he never remembers?
What if he just stays like this?
His favorite restaurant. - Lost, anxious, alone?
- There has to be something. - What if...
- Give me my son! - Will he be okay?
Stop worrying!
I'm sorry. I just...
Maybe you're right, Mom.
Maybe I just need to see my room.
How did... Do you mind if I...
go up alone?
It's no problem. Of course.
Maybe when I come back down, we can have dinner.
My treat.
My name is William Kaplan.
I'm William Kaplan.
I am William Kaplan.
I had fun.
And I always have fun with you.
What is this thing? You always have it with you.
It's nothing.
It's a sigil. At least, I...
I think it is. It's like a puzzle. Sort of.
Puzzle?
Well, have you solved it?
No, it's...
It's impossible.
I'm just gonna say it.
I can't not say it.
I'm just gonna say, "William Kaplan. I love you."
I...
Sorry. I just...
- I need to tell you something. - Really? I need to tell you something.
- Yeah, me first. - Okay.
So this thing happens when I'm with someone I care a lot about
and they're having intense feelings.
- I already sound like a freak... - I'm... I'm into it.
The car accident.
I never told you about it, but, uh...
Eddie, I...
I died that night.
And when I came back, I was different.
Something else. Something more.
I'm not William Kaplan. At least not entirely.
I still don't remember anything from before the accident.
I just pretended to recover so my parents wouldn't worry.
But nothing in my life has felt normal until I met you.
But I want you to know the truth. I want you to know the real me.
Whoever that is, because...
Because I love you, too.
You love me... too?
I love you, period.
For the first time.
What did you wanna...
So you don't think I'm crazy?
Uh, no, I totally do. But for completely different reasons.
You're under no obligation to be this cool.
I do have one question.
Just one?
If you're not William Kaplan,
who are you?
So I've compiled a dossier. - Of course you have.
And no distractions, please. I'm gonna need you to hide those arms.
So on the night of the accident, we were only a few miles from Westview.
At the exact moment we crashed, that anomaly was collapsing.
That big, red dome thing in the sky.
Exactly.
I thought that turned out to be some Avengers training exercise gone wrong.
You're so adorably trusting.
For those of you who are a little more adventurous,
- you can melt the probiotic candles. - What?
Look at her skin.
That level of flawless should be illegal.
...face mask. It's completely safe.
Okay, here.
Oh, the light! All right, so what do you think
this really is then?
- Aliens? - No.
Look. Here.
See? Those are runes.
This was a spell.
Witchcraft.
People who were there refuse to talk about it.
But I did find this guy on Reddit.
He used to live there. I'm supposed to meet him tomorrow.
I'm adorably trusting?
We couldn't have met him somewhere with lights or people?
- More coffee? - This is where he suggested.
That's my point.
I think that's him.
In the trench coat hiding in the shadows? Yeah.
Who doesn't want to get murdered?
Are you CraftCrazy17?
You must be Bohnerrific69.
You can just call me Ralph. Randall. Call me Randall.
Thanks for coming. No one else would meet with me.
You're not wearing a wire, are you?
For what?
Don't worry about it. You...
No! See! Look, look. No wire. No need to frisk.
Get down!
So what did you want to know?
Just start with what you remember.
I remember everything.
Wanda had the whole town acting out this weird, sad sitcom plot.
Wanda Maximoff?
You wanna hear this or not, bub?
You couldn't move or talk or do anything...
anything on your own.
It was like watching yourself on TV inside your own head.
But you couldn't turn it off.
It was not a good time!
Do you feel like it changed you?
Can you, like, do stuff now?
You mean, like, wake up every hour in the middle of the night screaming?
No, like, stuff you couldn't do before.
- What are you talkin' about? - Never mind.
Anything else of note?
Nope.
Please don't ask about Agatha Harkness. Please don't ask about Agatha Harkness.
- What do you know about Agatha Harkness? - Come on, man!
- Who is she? - She's an ancient witch
who will eff your shit up.
- Ugh! Gross. What? - What the hell is that, man?
It's witch repellent!
You fools. I'm outta here. Amateur hour.
Wait, Mr. Bohnerrific! I just wanna talk.
Fine. Fine! You want the full deal? I'll tell you.
But it'll cost you extra.
No problem.
I didn't just suffer like the rest of the yahoos in Westview.
My deal was way, way worse.
How?
Agatha hijacked my life!
God damn it!
She called me her husband.
But I was her puppet.
She stole my house,
completely ruined the market value.
And she made me do these horrible things like,
I held this really nice lady hostage in my attic.
I was a terrible influence on Wanda and Vision's kids.
And I poisoned a dog.
Woof.
- Hey! - Wait, Wanda and Vision have kids?
Had. Past tense. Twins.
What were their names?
Billy and Tommy.
Tommy.
The little speedster
and his mind-reading brother.
Well, what happened to them?
Who knows? I mean, Wanda's dead.
Word on the street is S.W.O.R.D. used Vision for parts.
And the twins,
they just disappeared.
But you wanna know what I think?
That they got sucked up into that red bubble thing
like everything else Wanda made.
After that, I cut and run. Left my entire Blu-ray collection behind.
Agatha can keep my BowFlex.
I'm never going back.
Wait, Agatha is still in Westview?
Last I heard, she was under some kind of spell.
Acting like a normal resident. Sourdough starters, potlucks, and whatnot.
- So she's harmless? - Did I say that?
- I did not say that! - No.
Hey!
Word to the wise,
don't go sniffing around there.
Or you'll end up buried in that yard with that dog, or worse!
You seriously don't know what kind of crazy that lady eats for breakfast.
So, I accept cash or...
I can give you half-off tickets to my one man show in Paramus.
I really need to fill seats.
So what's it gonna be?
Hi. Hello.
- Hi. - Hey.
- What, no Eddie?
He had to go home.
Oh, man, I made that pot roast he likes so much.
I even made the potatoes in the air fryer. They're super crispy.
You wanna watch a movie? Psychological horror.
Freaky but grounded.
I got homework to do.
♪ I have learned the lesson ♪
♪ Of all that's foul and fair ♪
♪ Our love was forged in fire ♪
♪ Water, earth and air ♪
♪ The spell is cast How long it lasts ♪
♪ I cannot divine ♪
♪ The Road is there And so I dare ♪
♪ To risk this heart of mine ♪
♪ Down, down, down The Road ♪
♪ Down the Witches' Road ♪
♪ Down, down, down The Road ♪
♪ Down the Witches' Road ♪
♪ Down, down, down The Road ♪
♪ Down the Witches' Road ♪
♪ Follow me, my friend ♪
♪ To glory at the end ♪
♪ Down, down, down The Road ♪
♪ Down the Witches' Down the Witches' Road ♪
♪ Down, down, down The Road ♪
♪ Down the Witches' Road ♪
♪ Down the Witches' Road Down, down, down The Road ♪
♪ Down the Witches' Road Down, down, down ♪
♪ Wherever it may bend ♪
♪ I'll see you at the end ♪
"Release spell. Requires an important personal item."
This is a great idea.
So she's a rookie, granted,
but I say to her,
"So, has the suspect been seen in the last 24 hours?"
And she says, "Only on TikTok."
Personal item. Personal...
Hey!
Okay, that's really high.
- Okay. - Stop!
Oh, my God, what am I doing?
Oh, my God, that hurt.
- Are you okay? - Stop!
- I'm trying to help you. - Police!
Please don't call the police. I can't have a criminal record.
You picked the wrong house, kid.
- Sorry! - Hold your horses! Stop!
I'll stop if you stop.
Cramp.
Hooligan.
Miss Harkness, I didn't mean for that to be so chaotic.
I panicked, so I ran.
But I'm very glad I can have this opportunity
to fully explain myself to you.
So I'm curious.
What compelled you to break into the home of a decorated detective?
Detective?
That's not what I was expecting, but I can totally see that for you.
So let's talk about you, then, you little dirtbag.
What were you lookin' for in my home?
Yeah, so I came here with a somewhat unorthodox plan
to release you from the spell you're weirdly committed to, but...
Could I just trouble you for a glass of water, or...
Yeah?
Ow!
Could we, like, maybe not, with the physical violence?
You wanna keep pokin' the bear?
I do not wanna poke the bear.
No.
- No, you don't. - No, I don't.
- No, you do not. - No, I do not.
- Do not wanna poke that bear. - You're right. I do not wanna poke it.
Good.
What were you after?
- The Witches' Road. - What road?
Oh, my God.
New question.
Where were you last night between the hours of 1:00 and 3:00 a.m.?
See, I feel like you've typecast me
as the mouthy teen who didn't actually kill the victim
but is guilty of some other B-story crime.
Well, that couldn't be farther from the truth.
I wanna work with you, Detective Agatha.
It's off. There you go. That'll work. That won't work.
Okay. You know what? You do you.
"Asleep in bed."
Total loser?
Or totally lying?
Let's find out.
Tell me about this.
Those are daisies.
Tell me who she is.
- Who? - Tell me who she is.
- Who? - Tell me what happened to her!
What are you talking about? These are just flowers!
Wait, did you just hear what I said?
They're just pictures of someone's front yard or something.
See? Lots of flowers.
And that's a painting. Nice painting.
Okay, I'm gonna try this spell now. It'll only take a second.
What are you doing?
What is that? Stop it.
No. Shut your mouth.
- That's really tight. - Shut your mouth.
- Where are we going? - Just walk!
Okay!
Come on, I do not wanna go back in the closet.
- Come again? - The Witches' Road.
I want you to take me there.
Why do you need The Road?
Power is what I'm missing.
Who are you?
My name is William Kaplan.
Say again.
I'm Billy Maximoff.
That was quite a debut.
"A sigil, what's that?
"Power is what I'm missing."
- Hardly. - Power doesn't interest me.
Keep telling yourself that.
When did you figure it out?
I had a feeling when we first met.
Even with the sigil in the way, you and your mother have the same tell.
- Which is? - Very inconvenient for you.
I wasn't "sure" sure until...
you...
It's nice to see you again,
Billy.
William.
You can hear me now.
Every witch with a beating heart can hear you now.
Ah.
Lilia and Jen.
Yeah. Well, what you did was...
But life goes on.
Yours, anyway.
I mean, I've killed...
Uh...
My share.
But you don't see it holding me back.
I'm not like you.
Where have I heard that before?
But tell me.
I just gotta know.
Where did you come by this fresh body you're wearing?
Okay, you don't wanna tell me. That's fine.
But...
don't you dare feel guilty about your talent.
You survived
like witches have been doing for centuries.
You saw an opportunity, an empty vessel, and you moved in.
So you broke the rules. Big deal.
That's what kept you alive.
That's what makes you special.
It's what makes you a witch.
Now,
- if we're gonna make it to the end... -"We?"
But I don't need you anymore.
I don't know if I ever did.
Whatever.
You know it's there.
I can finish The Road on my own.
Oh, sure, with all that power you can't control
without throwing a temper tantrum.
I'll figure it out! Hmm.
What does Billy Maximoff want at the end of The Road?
Big Magick is already in the bag.
Is it "Find Mama?"
No.
She chose a town full of strangers over her own flesh and wires.
What about Robo-Papa?
Lord knows where he is or in how many pieces.
So who is left?
Oh! Right.
There's two of you.
You're after Toby.
Tommy.
- That's what I said. - He's out there somewhere.
I can sense him. I just... can't find him.
Gosh, you really are a Maximoff.
Otherwise, none of this would be nearly as dramatic.
He's my brother.
If you really wanna finish this together,
just know that I do not trust you.
At all.
Ever.
Got it.
Let's go find the next trial.
Last one there is a nice person.
I'm not that nice.