Agent Carter - Season 1

1x; Something’s off, doesn’t really flow well, can’t follow well, atmosphere is somewhat off.

This first season defied expectations tremendously. I went into this excited to watch some cheesy 40s crime show where there are old spy gadgets and plot twists every ten minutes, but this is so much more than just that. What I really want to focus on is the casting; nearly every character is portrayed so well and compellingly that it makes this seem like a real secret agency we are watching bust a case. Everyone fits so well together; it feels like someone captured a moment in time. - Full Review

In a world determined to make her an object, Agent Carter wages a war for her subjectivity. Defined by men as the Other—a secretary, a grieving lover—she weaponizes their dismissive gaze, turning invisibility into agency. Her ultimate triumph is not in shattering the system, but in the profound, internal refusal to accept their definition of her. She asserts her own existence on her own terms. - Full Review