The 2nd episode immediately sets the tone for the rest of the season! Dr. Wilkes (Reggie Austin) shows her Isodyne’s secret, zero matter, which happened during testing of a nuclear explosion. Peggy decides she wants to steal it from them. Meanwhile Dr. Wilkes and Peggy start to feel something for one another. When they going to retrieve it, Peggy is fighting off tugs and Dr. Wilkes goes to fetch the zero matter, but one obstacle he didn’t expect, Whitney Frost (Wynn Everett), wife of Calvin Chadwick (Currie Graham). Sousa has a new girlfriend but he definitely still has feelings for Peggy. Note - Love the scene in the beginning between Peggy and Jarvis, the Judo scene. James D’Arcy has great comedic skills! Another great fight scene with Peggy while Dr. Wilkes is fetching the zero matter. Emotional moment when Peggy realizes Dr. Wilkes is killed in the explosion as the zero matter escaped.

In “Better Angels” Dr. Wilkes is being framed, after he has supposedly died, as a Russian spy by isodyne. Whitney Frost has the zero matter inside her, hiding it from her husband and everyone else, when Peggy asks her questions Frost manipulates Chadwick to give the order to kill Peggy. Meanwhile Dr. Wilkes isn’t dead, he is in a different sort of state, invisible to everybody. Stark manages to make him visible but not yet solid. Thompson is in LA, obstructing Peggy’s and Sousa’s investigation into Isodyne. Vernon Masters asks him favors he feels he cannot ignore, however when he meets Chadwick, he realizes Peggy was correct when she called him a coward in Sousa’s office. Frost isn’t who she says she is, she is in fact Agnes Cully, she secretly is a scientist and knows everything about zero matter. Note - This is just so much fun, such a great TV show and apparently nobody was watching! That Thompson guy, what an annoying prick is he, he thinks he knows everything, he deserves Peggy’s sneer at him.

In “Smoke & Mirrors” Peggy and Sousa are interrogating Rufus, who works for Chadwick, he gives them a name, linked to that club from Chadwick and Isodyne. They let him escape, he runs straight to Chadwick while Peggy and Sousa have bugged him. Sousa requests a search warrant. But Thompson's pal Vernon Masters puts a stop to it. Frost is testing the zero matter that is now in her body with a cage rat, she kills / evaporates it with the zero matter. Note - We get a look back in time of Peggy, when she is getting engaged but at the same time she also gets an offer to become a spy. And we see Frost / Agnes, back in time. For her mother, her boyfriend Bud was more important that Agnes. Her mother tells her that looks is all than counts.

In “The Atomic Job” Whitney Frost needs to have an atomic bomb which is stored at Roxxonn. When Peggy learns of this, she decides to beat Whitney to it. Rose and Dr. Samberly join them on the mission. Sousa proposes to his girlfriend Violet, she says yes but when later Sousa brings in a heavily wounded Peggy, she sees how much he cares for her, so much that Violet realizes Sousa is in love with Peggy. Note - One of the best episodes this season for sure. Some great Peggy fights, lots of humor, an always fantastic Mr. Jarvis and love the scenes between Peggy and Ray Wise’s character Hugh Jones.

In “Life of the Party” Wilkes is phasing out more and more, Peggy decides to help him, according to him, with zero matter he could build a container for himself so he won’t disappear. Since Peggy is still wounded, she helps Dottie escape prison to extract some zero matter from Frost at a party. Chadwick betrays his wife because he is afraid of her, he and half of the board pays for it, witnessed by Dottie. Dottie is captured by Thompson, who is there also. He has become Vernon Masters’ puppet. Jarvis finds the vile of zero matter after Dottie has been taken down by Thompson. Thompson is being held responsible for Peggy’s actions in regard to Frost’s rise to power. Frost has Dottie locked up in a closet. Sousa tells Peggy about his break-up. Note - Another great episode, so much humor, it is unbelievable nobody was watching this 10 years ago. Jarvis steals every scene he is in, with his snob-ness, his accent, he is a real treat.

In “Monsters” Dottie is being interrogated by Vernon but Dottie easily can resist that. But when Frost takes over, Dottie spills her beans in a second! Impressive how powerful Whitney Frost has become. Carter hopes to rescue Dottie and they also hope to cure Wilkes but everything goes sideways! Sousa is beaten up to pieces, Ana is shot by Forst so she can escape. Wilkes is being captured by Frost. This would be the perfect time for Jack to come to his senses and give Peggy and crew the resources necessary to get an upper hand on Whitney, Manfredi, and Veron. Note - This was another near perfect episode, perhaps even a 9/10. The good team gets crushed by evil and we see that even Dottie can be broken. A perfect show almost no one was watching.

Nearing the end of the series, in “The Edge of Mystery” Peggy and Sousa propose a trade with Whitney Frost, while the SSR gets help from Howard Stark that may be the key to eliminating zero matter. Jarvis is devastated, Ana has been operated on but it’s not certain she will wake up. He wants revenge on Frost. Jack Thompson thinks he has found something on Peggy which will make her come back to NY, think again. He finally begins to think for himself after a talk with Peggy. Peggy and the gang are able to free Wilkes, traded for fake rods, but Wilkes holds a gun at Peggy and escapes, he is becoming as Frost. Not Frost but Wilkes is ‘chosen’ by the big crack in the air, which furoates her. Howards Stark’s weapon closes the rift successfully. Jarvis shoots Frost, but she doesn’t die. Ana wakes up, but she cannot have children, Jarvis decides to not tell her yet. Note – Jack Thompson only sees his shiny future in front of him, hangin’ on Vernon Masters’ lips instead of trusting the people he knows.

In “A Little Song and Dance” Peggy desperately tries to save Dr. Wilkes with a dangerous plan to stop Whitney Frost. But Thompson makes a surprising move that could destroy them all. Frost wants the zero matter inside Wilkes, but he doesn’t want to give it to her, too dangerous. Ana is doing better but Jarvis still hasn’t told her that they wouldn’t be able to have children anymore. Thompson has his own plan, he gets power hungry and he rather stick with Frost than with Peggy. He pretend to be on their side but he plans to be on Frost’s, he wants a seat on the council. Note - Another strong episode, except for the first 5 minutes where Agent Carter turned into a musical, I was happy when that was done and that it was only in Peggy’s head. I really felt Jarvis’ desperation and anger about Ana, very poignant stuff!

“Hollywood Ending” turned out to be the series finale, which is a bloody shame if you ask me. This was a fun, clever and very entertaining show, with great stories, lots of action, comedy and drama. Peggy needs Howard Stark to eliminate zero matter as they are faced with a mission none of them could come back from. Wilkes is now without the zero matter, but Frost takes it all in. Her boyfriend gets concerned and asks Peggy and the others to help her, not to kill her but to get the zero matter out of her. Forst is planning to build a bridge to that world and ours. Team Peggy manage to get it out of her and reclose the rift again. Peggy stays in LA and finally gives in to her feelings for Sousa visa versa, Thompson gets killed in the final moments. Note – One of the best episodes this season, perhaps of the entire series. An exciting series finale, with a nice ending, except for the final 10 seconds when we see a murder of Thompson. I would have preferred not to have seen the last 10 seconds, at least I would have felt okay with the ending.

Final Word:

I strongly recommend to (re) watch this show again. As I said a few times already: great cast, exciting stories, lots of humor and drama, many enjoyable fight scenes of Peggy. It is two short seasons of strong story telling, great visuals, in an era just after WWII. Just check it out and enjoy it for what it is, I don’t think you will be disappointed.

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