Marvel's Agent Carter - Review

Holy cow Batman, there is finally a kick-ass woman in the lead role of a television show!

For anyone who has been living under a rock, I am talking about Marvel's Agent Carter. Peggy Carter is one bad-ass woman, and I am so in awe of her. Finally there is a powerful, witty, independent, and intelligent woman in the lead role of a television show, in the super hero genre no less, and it is actually about her- not a love story. Obviously as with any show, love is involved, but this one is more about lost love and moving on with life.

It's a nice change of pace to have such a positive role model for girls (of all ages). Peggy does not need a man to get by. She isn't a pushover. She isn't a bitch. She stands up for herself and speaks her mind when she needs to and when it's appropriate, and when it's not- she bites her tongue and takes it like a woman. She is a loyal friend, as evidenced by her basically committing treason, and she is smart. You see, there are a lot of female driven shows all over television, but they are filled with love triangles and the men constantly saving the women. Instead, the show brings to light what it was like for women in the work place after the war, and even how far things have come. It makes me so sad how the men in her office treat her- especially because she is just as good/if not better than they are at what they do.

The main cast includes:

• Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter
• James D'Arcy as Edwin Jarvis who is Howard Stark's butler and ally to Carter, who will eventually be a tutor to Tony Stark and inspire his J.A.R.V.I.S. artificial intelligence.
• Chad Michael Murray as Jack Thompson who is a war veteran and an agent with the S.S.R.
• Enver Gjokaj as Daniel Sousa who is a war veteran and an agent with the S.S.R. He experiences prejudice due to his crippled leg which allows him to relate to Carter
• Shea Whigham as Roger Dooley who is the S.S.R. chief and oversees agents Carter, Thompson, and Sousa

Recurring cast includes:

•  Kyle Bornheimer as Ray Krzeminski who is an S.S.R. agent
• Ralph Brown as Ivchenko who is Russian psychiatrist working undercover in America for Leviathan
• Alexander Carroll as Yauch who is a young S.S.R. agent Dominic Cooper as Howard Stark who is the father of Tony Stark as well as a founding member of S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Meagen Fay as Miriam Fry who is the proprietor of The Griffith- the boarding house where Carter and Angie live
• Lyndsy Fonseca as Angie Martinelli who is a waitress and aspiring actress that befriends Carter.
• Bridget Regan as Dottie Underwood who is a small-town girl from Iowa who moves next door to Carter and has a secret

Guests include:

• Lesley Boone as Rose who is a switchboard operator working for the S.S.R.
• Kevin Cotteleer as Alex Doobin who is an S.S.R. scientist
• James Frain as Leet Brannis who is a former operative of Leviathan
• Ralph Garman as the radio announcer
• James Landry Hébert as Sasha Demidov who is a Leviathan operative
• James Austin Kerr as Jonathan "Junior" Juniper who is a member of the 'Howling Commandos' who works with Carter
• Neal McDonough as Timothy "Dum Dum" Dugan who is a member of the 'Howling Commandos' who works with Carter
• Devin Ratray as Sheldon McFee who is a truck driver at Daisy Clover who was bribed to aid Brannis
• Walker Roach as the "Captain America" radio actor
• Leonard Roberts as Samuel "Happy Sam" Sawyer who is a member of the 'Howling Commandos' who works with Carter
• Benita Robledo as Carol who is a nurse living in The Griffith with Carter
• Costa Ronin as Anton Vanko who is the co-creator of the arc reactor with Howard Stark
• Richard Short as Percival "Pinky" Pinkerton who is a member of the 'Howling Commandos' who works with Carter
• Erin Torpey as the "Betty Carver" radio actress
• James Urbaniak as Miles Van Ert who is a scientist at Roxxon Oil
• Ray Wise as Hugh Jones who is the President of Roxxon Oil
• Stan Lee cameos in "The Blitzkrieg Button" as a shoeshiner patron
• John Glover cameos in "The Iron Ceiling" as a journalist and friend of Dooley
• Chris Evans appears in "Now is Not the End" as Steve Rogers / Captain America via archive footage from "Captain America: The First Avenger"

Overall Rating: a MUST watch show.









*additional information found on Wikipedia