"Agent Carter" Recap: "Snafu"

Written by John Edward Betancourt

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It was a decidedly different kind of episode when it came to Agent Carter last night. This was a story filled with some incredibly ugly and dark twists and turns and of course it set the stage for one hell of a showdown between the SSR and Leviathan, so let's get right down to recapping the powerhouse episode that was "Snafu". 

When we last left Peggy Carter she was of course in handcuffs preparing to be interrogated by her fellow teammates as she prepared to take the fall for all of her double agent work, and we were instantly treated to some fine acting between Peggy and her cohorts as she fought back at every turn. It was an intense set of scenes that came to an abrupt end when Jarvis arrived with what appeared to be a signed confession from Howard Stark, part of a plea deal to get Peggy off of the hook.

Of course it was all a ruse, Jarvis was merely doing his best to get Peggy out of there, but she instead found an honest way to do it when she and Jarvis observe Doctor Ivchenko communicating to someone via morse code. It leads Peggy to tell her former teammates the truth about what she has been doing all along in the hopes of getting them to deal with the doctor and whomever he was speaking to and the SSR only half agrees as Chief Dooley sends a squad across the street. It leads to a confrontation with Dottie, one the SSR agents lose. 

But Ivchenko has bigger plans than simply having his hench lady take down a few SSR agents. He finally gets to the Chief, influencing him to lock up Peggy and Jarvis and help him steal Item 17 out of the Howard Stark SuperWeapon collection before leaving the Chief wearing a surprise, a malfunctioning vest that was designed to keep people warm on the front lines of war that tends to explode instead.  It leads to the death of Chief Dooley, and as the SSR mourns him, we discover just what Item 17 does...it's a gas that turns people into bloodthirsty killers. 

So, like I said, this was one dark and incredible episode of Agent Carter and I'll be damned if I didn't enjoy every second of it. Not to mention we were finally treated to Peggy giving her co workers the third degree about how they consistently wrote her off and because of their ignorance she was able to pull off her amazing turn as a double agent. But I did not expect the end of Chief Dooley, who went out in heroic fashion, nor did I expect Howard's invention to be that downright crazy. It really has set the stage for a killer finale next week, and I'm dying to know how this series will end. Until then...

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