Agent Carter (serial)

Season 1

Season 2

Set in the 1940's, after Captain America plunged to his "death". Peggy Carter is working in the New York field office of the Strategic Scientific Reserve (SSR), the organization that created Steve Rogers in the first place. So she is probably the most experienced agent, but also the only woman. Other characters of note are Howard Stark and his butler Edwin Jarvis. The story basically follows Carter and Jarvis as they work both in the SSR and outside of it to preserve national security. Season 1's villian is Leviathon, a deadly weapon that Stark created which has been stolen and is planned to be used on New York. Season 2 moves to LA and the two work to keep Zero Matter out of our universe. The real fun in this series is the chemistry between Carter and Jarvis, and the other characters that cheekily pop in to stir that chemistry from time to time. It is fun, and while set in the Marvel universe, it is basically regular people interacting and dealing with regular (albeit caricatured) 1940's problems. I will say that Hayley Atwell (as Carter) at times has a strikingly similar speaking pattern to that of Michelle Dockery (as Lady Mary Crowley). Especially with phrases such as "I'm quite sure that is destined to fail" or "How exactly do you expect me to ..." which are generic, but caused me to double take every time.

4 stars (out of 5)