probably-just-me77 Nice noir aesthetics, a general feel-good tone, silly storyline - for me a perfect thing to drift off into a nice nap. Unfortunately there's a constant stream of PC feminist propaganda that I was able to ignore during the first season but it got nauseating in the second one. Dear ladies - strong and competent people DO NOT need constant encouragement, special treatment or victim narratives. If you need this then you are NOT strong and competent. Welcome to the world.

HashMush It's 1946 and the first season of Agent Carter picks up shortly after the end of Captain America: The First Avenger, in the first season Howard Stark is accused of treason and contacts Peggy Carter to clear his name we are also introduced to Starks butler Edwin Jarvis who's going to be help miss Carter in his own ways.The actors play their parts wonderful, I really love how James D'Arcy delivers the very stereotypical British butler but also gives the title butler a whole new meaning with this great story.Both Stephen McFeely & Christopher Markus who wrote Captain America: The First Avenger, Civil War and the Winter Soldier have done a wonderful job on carrying on the story of Peggy Carter from the movies.It lives up to it's genres of Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi with a lot of combat, mystery and adventure along with a slight level of sci-fi in plenty of gadgets and other entities.

mshavzin I found the lead character dull and predictable. Typical snarky come backs, typical everythign really. Too many supporting male characters seem to be written for the sole purpose of making men look bad, and giving Peggy an opportunity to outshine them, outsmart them, and make us feel terrible about something which has nothing to do with anyone living today...and franly I would much rather be a woman back then then now. Not being expected to work would be well worth it. So would having well bred men compliment you. Today the only people that compliment women are creeps in "diverse" neighborhoods. Imagine having a nice looking WASP( White AngloSaxon Protestant, for those who don't know) guy telling you how nice your hair looks, or how pretty your dress is in your office without the fear of sexual harassment charges. I think I will go build a time machine...anyhow..back to the show. It was cringy to watch, I am not surprised it got cancelled, it was as bad as a CW show. The spy story was not well thought out, and the only good thing about the show were the costumes, cars, backgrounds, and production in general. But even a well polished turd is still a turd.

generationofswine It's not unlikable. You can't put your finger on any one thing that was really bad.I've seen James D'Arcy in more than probably most people have. I've been following him since "Revelation" and he's not bad actor. He has range, he's never over stated...he just doesn't have a super star look to him. You can confidentially cast him a fair amount of roles.Hayley Atwell is not bad either. She's just understated in a way that works well for David Duchovny and would have worked well in the 90s, but in an era with an eye for the lavishly over-the-top, what is so nicely underplayed gets translated as "boring." What hurts more is that series is set in the Marvel Universe, but with a focus on spy noir and...not done with the heavy, borderline absurd and conspiratorial dialogue that worked oh so well for the understated acting of the X-Files leads.Still, the stories presented were entertaining enough, some even as catchy as a pop song. And they certainly played with the era the series was set in.the production was great and gave a "Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" feel to everything, with the sort of over-saturation that never feels right for that time period and that story line.It was after all, the era before Kodachrome.Still, it did add to the comic book universe feel that Carter was a part of.The problem was singular, but enough to lead to cancellation. The writing and the universe it was set in didn't match. It was noir and underplayed...which is great...but it was also Marvel Comics which is light and vivid.In short, it just never fit together like it was meant to and that was a problem with concept.So it lost viewers.Couple that with an era that is proudly sexist and a female lead...and more viewers are lost through no fault of the show itself.Add to it the fact that Millennials are largely NOT interested in anything past tense, anything remotely historic and more viewers--in a key demographic--are lost and again through no fault of the show itself.Ultimately you have a great show released in the wrong universe at the wrong time.