Smoke & Mirrors
- Episode aired Feb 2, 2016
- TV-PG
- 43m
Peggy and the SSR discover that beautiful Hollywood star Whitney Frost harbors a dangerous secret, and that she's more than just a pretty face.Peggy and the SSR discover that beautiful Hollywood star Whitney Frost harbors a dangerous secret, and that she's more than just a pretty face.Peggy and the SSR discover that beautiful Hollywood star Whitney Frost harbors a dangerous secret, and that she's more than just a pretty face.
- Ned Silver
- (as Andrew Carter)
- Teen Agnes Cully
- (as Olivia Welch)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe Special Operations Executive (SOE) that Peggy is seen being recruited for was a real organization run by the British during World War 2. Nicknamed the Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare and Churchill's Secret Army it combined intelligence and fledgling special forces to infiltrate behind German lines in Europe and conduct espionage, assassinations and sabotage as well as training native resistance groups. Unusual for the era, and as shown here, they did use women as field agents as they would arouse less suspicion than many male agents would.
- GoofsThere is a flashback to Hampstead in 1940 where an outdoor party is being held with long strings of bright outdoor lights. Blackout rules (designed to prevent German bombers from navigating at night) would have immediately drawn the attention of air wardens and would have seen the arrest of every single person anywhere on the estate - and not just for being responsible for the lighting, but for failing to insist that the lights be put out. The blackout regulations were in place starting in September of 1939, before the declaration of war. Full lighting was not allowed until April, 1945.
- Quotes
Edwin Jarvis: I trust you've operated a tranquilizer rifle before.
Peggy Carter: I can't say that I have. Why on earth have you?
Edwin Jarvis: On occasion, wrangling Mr. Stark's animal preserve requires a ruthless hand.
Peggy Carter: Not the flamingo.
Edwin Jarvis: The koala. Its adorable appearance belies a vile temperament.
We see through Carter's early life that she was always one to go against gender norms in the early 20th century. It was also interesting to see that Cap wasn't her first love and what happened to her after her brother died. Truly great range of emotions shown through Atwell's performance in this episode.
We also got an insight into Whitney Frost/Agnes Cully's backstory. WE see that she too was trying to break through gender norms of the time with her intelligence. While she is undoubtedly a genius, she is still a woman, which her mother told her that she needs to focus on her looks, not her brains. While she did do this with her acting career, she was smart enough to do both. Even better for Whitney this episode was her trying to control the zero matter that had joined her. The end with her absorption of Hunt was truly incredible as it was disturbing to hear a man be melted from existence. With this unknown power now somehow controlled by Whitney, she truly is becoming a more formidable force.
I loved Jarvis this episode and the humor he brought along with it. His tranq gun used to bring down Stark's koala was pretty funny. He was also hilarious in his tranqed up stupor.
+ Carter/Whitney's backstory + Atwell's performance + Hunt interrogation + Humor especially with Jarvis + Whitney is horrifying
Final Score: 9.4/10
- jhudson-11704
- Jul 25, 2017