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Agent Carter: "Bridge and Tunnel"

Peggy Carter went undercover as a blonde to investigate a crooked weapons dealer who was alleged to have stolen some inventions from Howard Stark -- Tony Stark's father. (Does this mean that Peggy was actually -- No, that couldn't be.)

Anyway, Peggy Carter discovered a ring of mysterious secret agents -- all of whom lacked voiceboxes. She also uncovered news of a mysterious organization called Leviathan -- an organization apparently named by someone who was a very big fan of English philosopher Thomas Hobbes.

Plus a lot of neat stuff blew up. But you probably guessed that part.

And toward the end, Peggy endeared herself to a waitress in a local diner by helping her deal with a rather obnoxious customer. See, it is sometimes a good idea to be kind to foreigners...

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Agent Carter: “Now is Not the End”

Supergirl made a big deal out of the rather obvious family connection between its title character and Superman -- and oddly enough, it has managed to last four seasons. Agent Carter for the most part downplayed the obvious connection between its title character and Captain America -- and it barely lasted two seasons. There is a lesson there, methinks.

Anyway, I always had a soft spot for Agent Carter and I was always a bit disappointed that the show itself was not more successful. It did not help that in an age where almost every bad TV show gets countless commercials advertising its presence, the show itself got little if any publicity. I did not catch up with the show until the second season but even then I could not help admiring its gift for witty dialogue and suspenseful plotlines. However, my opinion has proved to be a minority one.

Anyway in this episode, Peggy did a lot of investigating for a government agency known as the Strategic Scientific Reserve and uncovered a plot which indirectly led to the murder of her roommate. Will her poor roommate be avenged? Inquiring minds want to know.

TV Song of the Week: "Whatcha Gonna Do (It's Up to You)"

Thanks to an -- shall we say -- eccentric fanfic site, I've been reliving memories of the TV show Agent Carter this past week and of course, this big musical number is one of the most memorable of them. I wish I had discovered this show before the second season. For that matter, I wish it had lasted more than two seasons. But apparently all that was not meant to be.

In the meantime, it says something about the show's influence that Ms. Peggy Carter is still stuck in my head -- even more so than her famous novio, Captain America. For that matter, Dottie Underwood is still there too but then anyone's who seen this video can probably guess that.