“To say that “Valediction” doesn’t live up to the best episodes of Agent Carter’s cardinal season is to say that it’s still pretty good television; it’s just not great, which as criticisms go lies somewhere between “observational” and “straight up spoiled.” Maybe Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely shouldn’t have done such wonderful work on the … Continue reading
“Funny, isn’t it, that Agent Carter focuses so much on the quest to retrieve Howard Stark’s bad babies, yet we know so little about them; we don’t know what they are, and with a couple of outside exceptions (a’la Stark’s nitramene formula) we don’t know what they do. In “Snafu,”e though, the babies almost become … Continue reading
“It has taken five episodes for Agent Carter to strip Hayley Atwell down to her undergarments. In another network’s hands, a moment like this might have felt exploitative; beyond cheap thrills, there might have been no good reason for the peepshow. But in ABC’s hands, the scene, which occurs roughly a third of the way … Continue reading
“Hey now! Howard Stark’s bad babies are finally getting names, and the eponymous doomsday device in “The Blitzkrieg Button” doesn’t disappoint. Is that a great name or what? Listening to Dominic Cooper exposit over its function proves the moniker all the more apt, though punk rock aficionados may be pretty bummed to learn that the … Continue reading
“Another week, another glowing MacGuffin; Peggy’s on a roll, recovering these mad scientist gizmos. The ride continues, though in “Time and Tide,” it grows bumpier thanks to ghosts from the past and a near-miss with reckless ambition. But running roughshod happens to do Agent Carter a few favors in the departments of character and story, … Continue reading
“A humming undercurrent of enthusiasm runs throughout the super-sized premiere of Agent Carter, Marvel’s latest small-screen venture; from start to finish, it’s clear as day that the creative types driving the show know what they’re doing, and that they’re overjoyed to be doing it. Unlike Agents of S.H.I.E.LD., which took the better part of its … Continue reading
A Constant Visual Feast 