Marvel's Agent Carter: Now Is Not The End

WWII may be over but Agent Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) is now back in the field to clear the name of Howard Stark (Dominic Cooper) who has been branded a traitor.

You know I really liked Agent Carter's character from Captain America but I really wondered how it could work as a TV series but it seems to be off to a strong start. Frist off it does a really good job of setting the stage, 1940s New York, by showing us the kind of thing Carter has had to deal with after the war which is sexism in the work place; she was this secret agent during the war, at the frontline for most of it, but with the soldiers returning she has been brushed aside. Treated as nothing more than a secretary and from her point of view we see all of the male agents are actually really incompetent and even outside of the workplace this happens to her friends as well. This actually did happen after the war so it is woven in so nicely here and the rest of the set too such as the buildings and the costumes; they really do a good job of showing off 1940s New York. As for Carter herself she is really badass because not only do we see her battling against being treated second class but she is also back out in the field as a spy. It was cool seeing her in disguise, using numerous gadgets and the fight scenes where great and I liked her interactions with Jarvis (James D'Arcy) because it works really well; Jarvis's more down to earth demeanour and juggling a marriage clashes with Carter's more rash actions gives us some enjoyable moments.

"Did you remember from the film that I's an expert marksman?"

As for the rest of the episode the whole story of Stark's weapons being stolen makes for a great pretence for everything and it would be cool to see a new weapon every week Carter has to deal with. What I also liked about this show is that even though it is the 1940s we are still going to see futuristic - like technology like the explosives or the type writer that acted like some kind of computer or text messaging. As for the rest of the cast it is a bit funny seeing her male co workers act really incompetent (as I mentioned above) and seeing Carter one up them during the mission. However there was also an agent who sympathised with Carter, Daniel Sousa (Enver Gjokaj), but in my opinion character like that will either turn out to be a love interest or secret villain so I guess we'll wait and see. Now as for the big bad Leviathan group they did seem very interesting with their scars, highly trained agents and wanting to gather up weapons however since the show as only eight episode it really can't afford to keep them in the dark for long. This episode did lack the impact of a season villain because it kept Leviathan too much in the dark or gave us their motives; mystery is good but as I mentioned this series is too short to do that.

Hail Hyd-........wait wrong group

Overall I was surprised with this and found myself really enjoying the episode and looking forward to next week.

SCORE: 8/10

Highlights: The 1940s setting/the stolen weapons plot
                   Carter and Jarvis where excellent
                   Carter's missions are very entertaining

Let - Downs: Left Leviathan too much in the dark.    

The great screenshots of the episodes where provided by the great site Screencapped. You can look for yourself from the link below;





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