I love Agent Carter, I wish there was Season 3. Fun Fact, Season 3 was supposed to be set in London, and explore more of Peggy Carter's past and we would be introduced to her brother.
It was actually canceled because Kevin still had plans for Peggy in the future and wouldn’t be able to use her if she was still in the show because of scheduling and because if they would have let the show finish they wouldn’t have been able to do what they want with the character in endgame because of retconing
@@swagrjackrdraws420 I can’t believe this is getting so many upvotes because it is absolutely untrue. Kevin Feige didn’t have control over Marvel television (not to be confused with Marvel Studios, which they didn’t merge with until 2019) when Agent Carter was cancelled by ABC in 2016 (that would be CEO Ike Perlmutter), for low ratings. Low ratings that came from poor advertising and an expensive period drama budget. The writers of Cap 1,2&3, Infinity War, and Endgame, Markus and McFeely, were still very much trying to move towards Steve/Sharon in 2016. They were literally brushing off Peggy as “a girl he kissed one time” when people criticized the kiss in Civil War. Similarly, the first draft of Infinity War actually had Steve and Sharon living together “and it wasn’t going well.”
I think it just came out during a time when so many other mcu movies like spiderman, avengers, etc were being heavily promoted so shows like Agent Carter weren't front and center and easy to miss if you werent paying attention to it. I'm watching it recently and love it so far and not sure why I hadn't seen it sooner
@@swagrjackrdraws420 no it was actually because the network wanted to put Hayley Atwell into something more mainstream. Remember season 2 ended before Civil War came out, which marked the death of present day Peggy Carter. Marvel Studios didn't have any major plans for the character outside of a few cameos like in Endgame. Obviously more opportunities for her to return were made in the form of What if and Doctor Strange 2.
Hayley is allowed to change and grow as her own character as Peggy, she’s way more likable and badass in her own right, but she’s not invincible and she gets hurt physically as well as emotionally, she’s one of the best examples of how female lead characters should be Jarvis, Sousa, and Howard are amazing as well, especially when you know their future history (well Jarvis was the inspiration of J.A.R.V.I.S but still)
Yes. In s1 ep1 she does not overpower the assassin with brute strength, but uses creativity (opening fridge doors to block punch) and exploits openings. And that fight was scrappy, very intense.
Criminally underrated show while it aired. So upsetting when it wasn’t given another season. But at least it gave 110% for those two beautiful seasons.
I have watched everything to do with the mcu to date except for agents of shield and agent carter never knew how beloved this show was till now definitely gonna watch it
I love that people are noticing that these abc marvel show were actually really damn good. Yep. The two of them. There were no other marvel shows made for abc. Just these two and nothing else.
@@ninjanibba4259 I don't know what you're talking about. Season 5 capped the series off perfectly, exactly the way it should've, and I'm very glad they never continued past that
It's one of the best shows ever made. Every actor plays their role in their most amazing way. Dotty is fucking dope. One of my favorite characters of all time.
Agent Carter along with Captain America: The First Avenger are my favorite MCU projects. Love period pieces. Agent Carter is perfect, especially the first season! The casting, the tight storytelling, the production values and character arcs are amazing! Agent Carter got it right long before the Disney Plus shows!
The ending to Peggy and Steve’s relationship is so much better here than in Endgame, in my opinion. I love this show and the entire cast of characters.
I’ll take as much Peggy Carter as the MCU is willing to give me. She’s such an underrated character. In What If, she’s far more formidable than Steve, and that only makes sense. She was already dangerous.
I watched it for the first time a few weeks ago and I was genuinely surprised how much I liked it. It left me wanting it to start up again. I don't care how long it's been, what other projects people have. Give me more seasons.
This show not only exceeded my expectations but it changed my pov on how good a show can be. It is by far the best marvel show including the Disney plus shows IMO
Season 1 of Agent Carter is amazing...there is so much I love about it. Peggy's arc, which is not just about accepting Steve being gone, but also about accepting that there are men who will never respect her and than she shouldn't bother to seek their approval. The fact that Peggy, unlike most female heroes, is a "brawler", meaning that she will just put the next stapler in your face if she has to, instead of doing all those fance flips. And the characters are so much fun. Sadly Season 2 replaced that with the oh so important question who Peggy should date, which makes it the weaker season even before we get to the "throw stuff on the wall to see what sticks" story...it still has great moments, but it never reaches the greatness of season 1.
@@Jayo_businessmansavior01 I feel like it went unnecessarily supernatural, with quite undefined abilities of the zero matter. It started off with freezing and then it just kept changing. The actual plot was kinda weak but was saved by the characters. I especially liked getting to see more or Jarvis's wife.
Endgame doesn't change what happens in Agent Carter because the show takes place in 1946 -47 while Steve returns in 1948 - 49 (as per the screenplay writers) who're same for both the series/film.
I am so glad you love Agent Carter!!! you captured the beauty of Peggy's arc in this season so well and also articulated my own thoughts about why I love her ending with Steve so much
i watched it almost 2 yrs ago and honestly speaking peggy was one of the most inspiring women i have seen onscreen, the best think about the the show is that they not only worked on peggy's character arc but also her relationship with tony, jarvis, anna AND the russian spy along with delivering an amazing plot line. it was super interesting and i highly recommend it
If you remember when Peggy was first accepted into the apartment building, she was given a rundown on the girls who shared the building. One of them was working for the law firm that eventually hires She-Hulk in the 21st Century. The partners named were the publishers of Marvel. The first mention of the firm in the comics was the She-Hulk comic book. A unique feature of the Marvel Earths of the comic books : Comic books are legally admissible documents. The law firm maintains one of the largest collections of comic books for legal research.
I just finished rewatching this show! I think you make some fantastic points. Honestly, I think Peggy is possibly one of my favourite "strong female characters" from recent years because shes one of the few that was actually well written. She makes mistakes. She can get hurt. She loses sometimes. More importantly, her character as a "strong woman" is nt written as "man with boobs." She is given so much room to be vulnerable and emotional, caring and empathetic. She doesnt dress like the men arkund her and thrives in her femininity. Even when going into combat she expresses that in practical ways, rather than just looking like the male agents with her. Her arc through this show is phenomenal and Hayley Atwell is a truly skilled actress.
i was hoping for a third season as i love that show. hayley and james d'arcy made that show a joy to watch from start to finish as i also fell in love with the character dottie. i hope we get a disney+ film on agent carter and maybe something with... captain carter.
@@frankcastle1862 yes i don’t really like Captain Carter because I think the special thing about Peggy is that she is so strong without any super powers
I was literally thinking about this show the other day and now i see that you posted a video about it, what a coincidence!. It's so sad it's been cancelled, especially when the finale of S2 was basically just setting up for S3 :/ Great essay as always, it's good to see the show finally getting some appreciation
This show is not some Daredevil stuff or anything, but I still enjoyed it quite a bit. Peggy Carter takes nobody’s shit in a way I hadn’t really seen before.
@@swanpride That’s a good point. What I meant was, it’s not a complexly written, psychologically intricate show, but it works for what it’s trying to do.
@@asellape9270 ...that wasn't my point at all. Daredevil goes for being somewhat "edgy", and it succeeds at least in that, even if the actual writing leaves some to be desired...the show features some amazing episodes, but they aren't really that well connected. Agent Carter goes for an entirely different tone, but at least the first season is tightly written. So, impossible to compare them, because those shows have entirely different goals.
everything you said is perfect but i can't believe no one is talking about the duo that hayley and james make in this show, they are absolutely phenomenal
I am so sad that there are only two season because their is sooo soo much that they could have show us from the cliffhanger up to the founding of S.H.I.E.L.D. I really think Agent Carter is better than some of the new Marvel Series because it feels like agent carter is made with love and most of the new series feel like rushed.
I don’t think it is better then some of the newer MCU, it is better then all of them. Easily the second best marvel show after daredevil ofc, actually maybe third since I really liked punisher. Both are great though
I guess it depends how they handle a 2nd Steve Rogers being in that universe. Obviously it would have to have some degree of secrecy or else Disney would have to retcon the entire Universe to be that everyone knew he was there which would lead to too many questions as to why he wouldn't have helped out in certain situations.
Can express how great these essays are. Your structure always catches me right until the end and the potential you see in this shows which you deliver to your audience in such a fascinating/ fascinated way is impressive. I can’t lie, this videos are really inspiring and give an awesome contrast to the mostly negativ and big-player-hating reviews.
Heck yeah it slaps! I'm happy with Peggy's arc, she's had the best among the women honestly. And I'm very happy that you said that Peggy spun her own world back, and she was rewarded for it in Endgame!
thank you for saying that. While people gave Endgame crap for treating Peggy as Steve's "trophy-wife", me being an ardent Agent Carter fan, felt Steve was just as much a "trophy-husband" to Peggy, for all that she accomplished ALL BY HERSELF all her life-long. she deserved no less than a lifetime of companionship with Captain Rogers, who believed in her since day one and used her as his moral compass long after she was gone
I'm so glad you've been converted ☺️ Peggy is one of my favourite characters of all time, Peggy and Jarvis are my favourite duo, and the dynamic with Howard is so interesting
I'm intensely happy the algorithm offered me this channel. been looking for good marvel TV throwbacks and all your videos are so emotionally genuine and intelligently written criminally underrated channel
Finally this show getting its due! It was so heartbreaking that the show didn’t get the love it deserved when it was on the air. It’s such excellent character development, fun Easter eggs, and beautiful production. It’s honestly better than most of the Disney+ shows that get all the hype
This show was so good. I thought for years that it was underwhelming at best, terrible at worst…and then I watched beyond the first episode or two. This show gets GREAT. I wish there were more than two seasons, because it’s stronger by it’s end than Agents of Shield was by the end of their second season.
SO glad people are finally watching this show - It's so good!! I usually hate spy dramas - but this- this!!!! I just wish that people started watching it back BEFORE today, before Disney, back when it was, y'know, still able to have a season 3. The only reason it was cancelled was because of low viewership, with that damned cliffhanger- UGH, and I actually LIKED Thompson.
I'm so glad you're giving adgent carter the recognition it deserves, ever since I discovered this show peggy has become one of my favourite mcu characters and I've tried to get every marvel fan I know to watch this show
Agents of shield is very transmedia it does contribute it provides a whole lot of world building for the films that the films have no time to go over It’s more important to the lore of the mcu than people realize A lot of background subtext
If you’ve watched Agent Carter, you’re much more likely to dislike Steve’s ending in Endgame because you know what it’s replacing Edit: To anyone saying it’s a different Peggy, a) they fucked up their own worldbuilding so hard by having Steve come back without pym particles b) I’m aware that she was different, when I say it “replaced” Agent Carter I mean in the public consciousness. When people think of Peggy, they’ll think of her love story with Steve. That is the Peggy that the wider audience knows. So in that context, yes, Endgame did replace this story. Oh and C: Peggy said in Winter Soldier her *only* regret was that Steve didn’t get to live his life. That means when he went back to get his “reward” (🤢) he was preventing that version of Peggy from having a truly amazing life with basically no regrets.
I actually like Steve’s ending. That said I get your point. I will say though, I would prefer Steve to stay in the present and just forge a future from there rather than go back into the past and steal one with Peggy.
I got so used to seeing Peggy has this badass hero who founded shield I forgot that she’s flawed she’s lost her way she’s had a dark side When Sharon was revealed to be the power broker I always thought that’s disrespectful to Peggy Maybe she’s more like her than we think and she will have a redemption arc Maybe all of this is a ruse and she’s not the power broker and she’s been pretending the whole time Who knows
Agent Carter the show never properly managed to wrap up the plot line regarding Peggy's brother, and only known sibling. With Sharon being Peggy's niece, it would be a great idea to tie her descent into the Power Broker through her father's(maybe?) past, having Sharon inherit something from him or whatnot.
Great video, but I don’t think Peggy’s character arc has anything to do with “accepting Steve’s death.” She certainly is working through the grief and learning to open up again, but she’s never…in denial or anything. His death hangs over her like Colleen’s- she hesitates to get close to anyone (Angie, Daniel) because, as Jarvis pointed out in season 2, “everyone around you dies.” “If I let people get close to me I put them in danger.” There’s a small thread about her learning to rely on others and opening up to the possibility of getting hurt again. But the much more important threads in both her story and Steve’s are accepting one’s intrinsic value. For Steve, it’s a story in two images - the one where he doesn’t measure up (is too short) to see himself as a soldier in CATFA - to the sole figure on the battlefield standing against Thanos, holding mjolnir, thus literally proven worthy. Peggy’s is going from “I expect I will make them [respect me]” to “I know my value.” Reducing Agent Carter to “getting over Steve” is just plain inaccurate. There’s nothing lost from Peggy’s journey of self-discovery and growth if she gets to be with her old flame versus some other dude.
The writers of Endgame also wrote for Agent Carter, and the script for Endgame has Steve returning in 1949 specifically so that the events of Agent Carter would remain unchanged.
@@Mrs.Deanna_Ember I don’t think they can since Steve returned to her at the end of endgame. Meaning that this whole show is basically no longer cannon.
I love the themes throughout the show but the character/actor chemistry is also amazing. I love Peggy and Jarvis as a duo I hope that the rise of more popular marvel shows and Jarvis' cameo in Endgame got Carter and Shield the more attention they deserve
I actually enjoyed this series and, was (1) disappointed that it didn't continue with a 3rd, 4rth or more series, and, (2) Yes, could agree with some fans about the unexpected death at the end of series 2. However,... Bridget Regan... DAMN! Not only is she an awesomely fine looking woman, but those eyes, that smile, and the way she portrayed her character was... Simply stunning! Take for example the moment where in the interrogation room, handcuffed to the desk, and Agent Carter walks round whilst discussing the "Fear Dottie uses to her benefit", bends over and unlocks Dotties handcuffs, the way Bridget inquisitively, with deep fascination looks deeply into and around Carters face for those few moments, like, she was transfixed with her foe, learning as much as she could... just... HELL! What a woman! and VERY well portrayed... Though Hayley did very well with what she had and how she played Agent Carter, and, I will add, with just the right balance of a 'Woman determined to show men a thing or two' - as was the way in the 40'/50's (and NOT like this misandry we get portrayed now in Hollywood films and TV of late), but also, the actress Bridget with her delicately acted scenes, to the powerful, flexible acrobatic fight scenes were damn fine too make her one to watch in my opinion. 👍😏😏 😎🇬🇧
Marvel wish they had an awesome adult female led show like this on D+. WandaVision comes close but Hawkeye and Ms.Marvel can't even hope to compete. It's even better than Jessica Jones and that one was great already. They could have had so much good Black Widow content but they fucked it up.
I absolutely love this video, i wish i could do more than just like it and subscribe because it certainly deserves more than that. Ive watched Agent Carter like 4 times in the span of like 2 months. Its great stuff!
Not gonna lie after daredevil and agents of shield this one is definitely in my top 3 of all marvel tv shows along with these 2 And to think that i just ignored agent carter for years because i never cared about these spy and period vibes.. oh i was so wrong
I absolutely adorded Agent Carter when I first watched it and it's slowly become one of the few tv shows that I'll rewatch frequently. The amazing mix of a badass yet emotionally complicated female character like Peggy and the humor of the show just keep me coming back. I wish there had been more seasons. I do agree with what others have said, that your opinion of Steve's ending can be impacted by whether or not you've seen Agent Carter. I think this is what happened to me. I love that Peggy was allowed to have this growth arc where she accepts and moves on from Steve's death and him going back to her feels like it undermines and erases her growth as a character.
I hope you do get to season 2 at some point. I really enjoyed your review and I’ve always struggled with season 2 of Agent Carter and would love your insight to see if I could like it better.
To convince ur friend (who only watched the 1shot & 1st ep with u) to continue the show without spoiling anything for em, show them this trimmed down version of the video: 0:00 to 223 (or 225 & continue 2:27 ) 2:32 to either 246 or 314 if u cover/blackout screen at 248 for a sec. 3:52 up to 456 or 503 5:47 to 558 6:00 to 623
Haven't rewatched it but I really liked it. I remember season 2 feeling a bit desperate and rushed but still good. Dottie was awesome and worthy of getting g her own show/movie.
Agent Carter was damn good. And it was a damn shame it didn't get a proper ending. Agents of Shield got a proper final season and stuck the landing far better than most shows in my opinion. Agent Carter deserved the same chance.
Rewatched Agent Carter again and had Feelings so obv needed to scour youtube for content and found this. I agree with you on all of the things u said abt Agent Carter in this video.... Except for one! I do NOT think Steve returning to Peggy in Edgame was a good choice. You say it rewards Peggy's perseverance, to me it completely devalues the amazing character arc Peggy went through in this series. They did all this work, made this awesome series of Peggy being her own amazing character, who gets to be a badass but still allowed to have her feelings and process her emotions and grief about Steve throughout the whole season, just to later go ''Oh yea you know what? Actually never mind just relegate her to being Steve's love interest again
I am still waiting for season 3, that cliffhanger ending was so unfair, and I also hate how Endgame’s ending for Steve effectively steals Peggy’s agency
