Ok, hear me out… I liked episode 8 but not 9.
Spoilers ahead.
I loved episode 8. Agatha agreeing to trade Billy for herself and manipulating him to get what she wanted then changing her mind at the last second bc he brought up her son lowkey fits and also shows how much like Agatha Billy is bc the whole ‘Is this how Nicky died’ moment was clear manipulation. Agatha not wanting to see Rio made sense to me, their relationship reads like one I’ve had in the past, where neither of us really liked each other (see episode 1/8), but when we spent any time with together, we fell back into old habits (see episode 4/5/6). Plus the Agathario kiss was fantastic.
9 on the other hand was confusing. I liked that the Road was a con, but other than that I just felt like I was missing most of the story. Nicky was cute, but that’s about it. And what was the difference between Agatha killing witches with Nicky and after he died? Like was killing witches keeping Nicky alive? And if so why not state that at any point? And as fun as Ghost Agatha is, there is literally no benefit to being a ghost so why would Agatha choose that? It felt like they were trying to downplay Billy’s manipulation of her to keep him ‘innocent’. Like, commit to Billy being amoral already, instead of trying to pass off all the bad stuff he does as accidents or Agatha’s fault. Interested to see where this goes in future projects.