Agent Carter

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Oh, man. Flippy Marvel pages. It's right every

time. Mm hmm. All right, we're getting a recap

of Captain America. The ultimate sacrifice. I

still stand by there's so many other ways you

could have handled this. Oh, absolutely. Yeah.

Like do a barrel roll, man. Steve, do a barrel

roll. That's a good trick. Oh, man. It seems

that Steve has gone down. She's just in there

by herself. Poor lady. Yeah, yeah, yeah. She

deserves her own show after such heartbreak.

Right, right. One year later. I'm sure she's

doing well after a year. Yeah, I'm sure. Everyone's

standing up because the phone's ringing. That's

what I do when the phone rings. Zodiac. All right,

we're getting a mission. Trying to get you back

in the field. That's right. Trying to save it.

Samuel L. Jackson just kicks down the door. All

right. He sent a couple people out. And not Carter.

She's very. Frustrated. She's going to get the

coffee or whatever. Soon, I'm sure. And he touched

her. Unacceptable. Well. Touched her shoulder

pad. Fair, fair. He says he is condescending,

patronizing. Yeah. So, yeah, she's just getting

shoved aside. Well, it's been a year. I know.

Cap's girlfriend doesn't have any weight anymore,

apparently. She lost it all. Oh, man. Flex. Oh,

she is ridiculously efficient. And skinny Steve

in her drawer. In her drawers. Well, she wishes.

Well, yeah, she does. She never got that dance.

She never did. The fondue. The fond don't. The

fond didn't. Everyone's going out for drinks

without her. Asking her to work while they're

drinking. Hell no. Left her some busy work. And

turn the lights off. Oh, man. It's just the worst.

Agent Flynn. Misogyny. Am I right? God, I'm right.

Oh, we got a ringing phone again. Yeah, the bat

phone's going off again. The Carter phone. No,

that's the Flynn phone. The Flynn phone. That

sounds gross. Luckily, the guy with the mission

didn't bother asking who is this or letting them

say hello. Nobody says anything. Three to five

agents recommended. Nah, I got this. She makes

it a point to scratch it out on the pad to let

her know that it's just me. We got our thugs.

Has anybody got time again? Wearing their hats

inside. Right. It's just rude. Real thug behavior.

Gas leak. That guy in there eating that cheeseburger

is going to have a gas leak in a minute. Yeah.

Really, really, really soundproof windows. Yeah.

Not anymore. There's been a man kick through

it. I feel like we're going to have some men

in it. Oh, there's the Tommy gun. There it is.

I believe you. But my Tommy gun don't. What an

era. Right. Everyone just had a Tommy gun sitting

around. Pistol stealthier. He failed a perception

check. She's just standing right there beside

the door. Right. Right beside the window. Yeah.

With windows. Yeah. Not even. It's pretty impressive.

He has been handcuffed to a pole. Some people

pay good money for that. Four men. I doubt it.

Well, thugs aren't known for their honesty. This

is fair. That guy looked a little bit like Kano

from Mortal Kombat. I'm morally opposed to the

sticking the gun down the front of your pants

maneuver. You know, I am as well. Oh. sees everybody

gets beat up man begins to scream yeah i mean

yeah same i mean i yeah i can't blame him um

guys the old uh i can see you but you can't see

me trick mirrors don't work that way oh I don't

know how many shots this thing has in it. Enough

to blow a grenade -sized hole in a door, apparently.

Truly impressive. And the grenade has taken him

out. With smoke, specifically. Yeah, well, I

mean, that's fair. As opposed to shrapnel, which

could have been way cooler, honestly. A lot more

gruesome, certainly. That's what he gets for

wearing his hat inside. Now, you know, there's

a lot of hat inside people in this in this. You'll

notice she is not wearing a hat. Well, this can't

wear a hat. She's wearing a gas mask. Yeah. Oh,

sure. You can. She's got plenty of open head.

Luckily, she fit out phrasing. She has a Zodiac

vial. with blue liquid, and a giant man with

a gas mask is standing behind her. Yeah, luckily

that guy also knew to bring his gas mask. This

would have been very unfortunate if he'd not

had that foresight. Right. Oh. Right in the nards.

Ooh. Except it would be good money for that,

too. Well, you know, people pay good money for

a lot of things. A lot of things I wouldn't.

That's true. Cocaine, for instance. Yep, that's

an excellent example. Oh, I want a knife in my

briefcase secret compartment thingy. I need a

briefcase first. I'll say a knife in a briefcase.

I'm pretty sure we can make that happen for you.

Sure, sure. But secret compartment thingy, I

don't know. Might have to go to a specialty store.

Army surplus. Learn to count. He knows how to

count. He lied. Well, we've established. Typical

thug behavior, you know. Back at the office like

nothing happened. Like a boss. Flynn doesn't

look like nothing happened. While we were all

out drinking last night, you were doing stuff,

and I'm not happy. Little lady. I love this snark.

Perfect for the channel. Fitting, one might say.

throwing Captain America's old fling in her face.

Keep my old boyfriend's name out your mouth.

Yeah, yeah. Because she didn't do anything for

us. Ooh. Got him. Oh. The bat phone's ringing

again. Everyone stand up. Yeah, I don't understand

that. Yeah. Hey, it's Howard. Howard's on the

phone. Howard. Disciplined. Heyo. Yeah, he wishes.

Yeah, he does. Oh, I do love the Starks. He just

told him to tell her that she'll be running shield

with him and he has to tell her himself. He's

really excited about it, too. Well -deserved.

You can tell by the look on his face. It's a

happy look. Oh, he's very happy. Jovial. Walk

of shame. Yeah, a whole new meaning to the walk

of shame. You'll tell her she got the new job.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's his honor. Isn't that

nice? That is nice. Now kiss. Mm -hmm. Yikes.

Burn! She's got her briefcase and her picture

of Steve. What else does a girl need? That's

right. That's right. Heading off into the world.

Everyone's still standing up from the phone call.

They've not been let to be at ease just yet.

Yeah, right. All right. So we just got done watching

the Agent Carter one shot. John, how does that

fit in the MCU? Well, here's the neat part. It

doesn't really. And it doesn't really because

not because it is characters that don't fit into

the MCU because it is. It doesn't really because

this one shot is actually made separately from

the upcoming Agent Carter show, which we'll be

watching together with you all. So this was meant

to be sort of a test market to see if Agent Carter

was worthy of her own show, which thankfully

I would say that she was. Yeah. And but because

of that, they decided to scrap everything that

happened here and start fresh. So, you know,

we do have, of course, Peggy, Agent Carter, the

real one, the one that's with Steve. We even

have Steve a little bit in the beginning of this.

And we have Howard, the Howard from the movie.

And we have Dum Dum Dugan, also from the movie.

So all of these characters would tie into the

MCU proper. But because they abandoned this story

arc that just happened and start fresh with the

show, you know, outside of their own namesakes.

I mean, this is almost like a split in the timeline,

you know, a branch, one might say. We can look

at it that way for our purposes here. And ultimately

why this kind of falls into our very first Starklet

territory. as it falls outside of our timeline

in reality because of the nature of how they

did it. So in terms of MCU tie -ins, outside

of the characters themselves, there are none

because we will have a full show using these

same characters that does tie in directly as

it is a continuation of her story, which we will

get to soon. But that being said, with this little

step that we got in this one shot, why don't

you tell us about any comic book lore, Easter

eggs, those type of things? Yeah. So the the

comic roots are pretty, pretty deep in this one.

As you said, it is kind of sort of not really

MCU proper. So the comic Titans are pretty heavy.

We've obviously got Peggy. We've got her origins

in Tales of Suspense number 75 in 1966. She was

kind of a side character. So. The fact that this

was a testing ground for her own show is kind

of cool because she was just a side character

in the comics. So it really was her first real

chance to strike out, which is really neat to

see. Of course, we've got the SSR, the Strategic

Scientific Reserve comes from the comics that

started back in 2011. Captain America First Vengeance.

And finally, we've got the Zodiac, which. Not

sure exactly how they intended to use it. And

I genuinely don't remember if they pick it back

up in the show. So we'll have to see if this

comes back. But the Zodiac, as far as Marvel

is concerned, ties pretty heavily to a group

of people that are doing 12, 12 individuals call

themselves a Zodiac. I highly doubt that's what

they're going for here. That came around in Avengers

number 72 in the 70s. But otherwise, unless they're

they're looking to revive 12, very bizarre. C

-class characters, I don't think that they're

shooting for that Zodiac. So we'll have to see

if they bring it back in the show or not. Perhaps

more of an Easter egg than anything else in that

case. Probably, probably more of an Easter egg,

yeah. But all in all, that's kind of what I found

and saw. And yeah, what'd you think? Yeah, so

I did enjoy the little bit of action. I mean,

this was a very brief episode. Yeah. And especially

in knowing that it's going to be sort of scrapped

and abandoned. to make a fresh and new story

for the actual Agent Carter television show.

It's hard for me to really, really get behind

this because it doesn't have any stakes. And

as we've discussed in the past and we'll continue

to discuss in the future, I don't like things

that don't have stakes. So, you know, in terms

of that, you know, it's hard for me to really

say that I that I love this. But I mean, for

what it is, a little bit of action, a little

bit of a little bit of Peggy's story, which,

I mean, you know, is a great story. She's a great

character. Yeah, I loved her in the film. And,

you know, looking forward to seeing what the

show brings to us as well. But I'd say a perfectly

mid. bit of Marvel media as far as I'm concerned.

How about yourself? That's fair. That's fair.

I, I have to agree. She's a great character and,

and Haley Atwell as, as Carter is phenomenal.

And I really look forward to watching the show,

but you know, this was exactly what it was. It

was a testing ground. It was dipping the toes

into what it could be. And I'm glad that they

did it, but. The show, I mean, episode one basically

covers the exact same ground, which we'll see

so much better. It was it was a higher budget.

It was a lot more meat on the bones. You get

a little more character introductions. You get

some throwbacks. It just it just felt more complete.

So this was exactly what it was. And it's kind

of what it felt like. Also want to throw out

something I noticed that character. What is his

name? Flynn, her boss. That was the guy in. What

if? That we were questioning who he was supposed

to be when we watched it. Oh, well, how about

that? Thought that was a fun little tie into

a what if episode. Interesting that they used

him for that, too. And another thing that doesn't

really have a lot of stakes. That guy's just

a no stakes guy. Yeah, we were talking about

his voice being really whiny. And and now that

I hear it again, it's like, oh, oh, that's that

guy. So. Fun little tie into that as well. But

all in all, again, I enjoyed it. It was kind

of fun and a nice little dip into the pool of

what will become Agent Carter. Absolutely. And

with that, I think that's our first Snarklet

wrapped. And on to the next. Thank you for joining

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see you in the next adventure. Marvel One -Shot.

Feige really does like his after -credits scenes.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. We're back with Stark and Dum

-Dum -Dugan. Yeah. He's made it home from the

war with a martini. It's called a bikini. This

is the after credit scenes that we pay for. Yeah.

He's just has a folder open on his lap that says

top secret. I love it. I love that Dugan still

has his army hat on and everything. Just so good.

Beautiful.