Summary: <br> <a href="https://i1.wp.com/defenderstvpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/DTVP47-Agent-Carter-Smoke-and-Mirrors-Podcast-V2.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-518"></a><br> <br> <br> <br> On this weeks Agent Carter S02E04 Smoke and Mirrors Podcast we are joined by a very special guest. Claire of <a href="https://The%20Defenders%20Podcast" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Defenders Podcast</a> pops in to chat about all things Agent Carter. We discuss our top 5 points about this weeks episode, flashbacks to a young Whitney Frost, a bad case of man flu and Peggy in a wedding dress.<br> <br> <br> <br> We also discuss the upcoming Fan Event The Ultimates by Starfury UK in Blackpool from the 10th to 12th of June. The event will feature appearances by Hayley Atwell (Peggy Carter), Enver Gjokaj (Chief Daniel Sousa) and Bridget Reagan (Dottie Underwood) among many other guests from comic book shows such as Gotham, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Arrow. You can pick up tickets at <a href="https://store.starfury.co.uk/collections/the-ultimates" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://store.starfury.co.uk/collections/the-ultimates</a><br> <br> <br> <br> Synopsis for Agent Carter S02E04 "Smoke and Mirrors" Podcast<br> <br> <br> <br> Directed by: <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0686853?ref_=tt_ov_dr" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">David Platt</a><br> <br> <br> <br> Written by: <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6492037/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr5" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sue Chung</a><br> <br> <br> <br> In a series of flashbacks to the early lives of Peggy Carter (<a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2017943/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t1" target="_blank">Hayley Atwell</a>) and Agnes Cully (aka Whitney Frost) we see two exceptional and talented women reflected back at one another: Both driven, both out of their time and both know their value! On the one hand Agnes Cully (<a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1570774/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t4" target="_blank">Wynn Everett</a>), from Oklahoma – brilliant with an inventive mind and who feels held back from academic success due to her gender that is until the Hollywood door is opened with use of her good looks and charm; and on the other hand, Peggy Carter, from Hampstead in England, who forges a career in the field with the Special Operations Executive (S.O.E) in spite of a stifling fiance Fred Wells (<a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5866295/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t12" target="_blank">Kevin Changaris</a>) and the tragic death of her much loved brother Michael Carter (<a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0114238/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t8" target="_blank">Max Brown</a>). <br> <br> <br> <br> Meanwhile back in 1947, Whitney Frost begins to experiment with her new found power as Carter and Jarvis (<a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0195439/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t2">James D’Arcy</a>) attempt to learn more about Frost and Chadwick (<a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0333982/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t6" target="_blank">Currie Graham</a>) by kidnapping their bodyguard – Mr Hunt (<a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0115152/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t7" target="_blank">Chris Browning</a>). Following the interrogation of Hunt, he is bugged and allowed to escape where they track him back to Senator Chadwick’s apartment. As he attempts to blackmail Chadwick in exchange for protection Frost reveals her dangerous secret, and proves once and for all that she is more than just a pretty face.<br> <br> <br> <br> If you want to hear more of Claire’s thoughts on the Marvel Netflix shows Daredevil and Jessica Jones you can check out her podcast on iTunes at <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-defenders-podcast/id1034393638?mt=2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://itunes.</a>
