Smoke & Mirrors (Agent Carter)

"Smoke & Mirrors"

Agent Carter episode

Episode no.

Season 2
Episode 4

Directed by

David Platt

Written by

Sue Chung

Produced by

Tara Butters
Michele Fazekas
Chris Dingess

Cinematography by

Edward J. Pei

Original air date

February 2, 2016

Running time

42 minutes

Guest appearance(s)

Wynn Everett as Whitney Frost
Reggie Austin as Jason Wilkes
Currie Graham as Calvin Chadwick
Chris Browning as Rufus Hunt
Max Brown as Michael Carter
Samaire Armstrong as Wilma Cully
Chris Mulkey as Bud Schultz
Christopher Grove as Edwards
Kevin Changaris as Fred Wells
Kurtwood Smith as Vernon Masters
Rey Valentin as Vega
Carole Ruggier as Amanda Carter

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"Smoke & Mirrors" is the fourth episode of the second season of the American television series Agent Carter, inspired by the films Captain America: The First Avenger and Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and the Marvel One-Shot short film also titled Agent Carter. It features the Marvel Comics character Peggy Carter, and juxtaposes her history with that of Whitney Frost. The episode is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), sharing continuity with the films of the franchise. The episode was written by Sue Chung and directed by David Platt.

Hayley Atwell reprises her role as Carter from the film series, and is joined by regular cast members James D'Arcy, Chad Michael Murray, and Enver Gjokaj.

"Smoke & Mirrors" originally aired on ABC on February 2, 2016, and according to Nielsen Media Research, was watched by 2.77 million viewers.

In the 1920s in Broxton, Oklahoma, Agnes Cully (Frost) is shown to have a brilliant mind, fixing a broken radio, inventing devices, and applying to a science program at Oklahoma University (unsuccessfully due to her gender). In 1934, Cully travels to Hollywood, where she is approached by a talent agent, promising to make her a star. In 1940 in England, Carter, who is engaged, receives an offer to join the Special Operations Executive due to her work at Bletchley Park as a code breaker; she eventually accepts the offer and leaves her fiancé after her brother's death in the war. In 1947, Carter and Jarvis kidnap Hunt in an attempt to learn more about the Council. After getting names of members of the Council and locations of transcripts of their meetings, Carter and Sousa prepare the SSR to infiltrate the Arena Club, but are stopped by Masters. They let a bugged Hunt escape, and he attempts to blackmail Chadwick in exchange for protection. Displeased with the mess he was causing, Frost absorbs Hunt, revealing her abilities to Chadwick.

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