Agent Carter - Season 2
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Guess what else is now cancelled...
My plans for eventually buying past seasons.
My plans for eventually buying past seasons.
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Agreed. I actually do own season one, but I'm not gonna buy a season that ends in an unresolved cliff-hanger.
Except it doesn't. It resolves all of its own major plotlines; it just has one cliffhanger element to set up a next season. And it doesn't really have to be seen as a cliffhanger.
Jack's murder can just be seen as a tragic coda, a retaliation for his betrayal of the Council. A lot of standalone movies or books end with that kind of a tragic beat -- the heroes succeed, but at a cost. The story of Whitney Frost and Zero Matter is over, but we know that Peggy still has enemies and there's still evil to fight.
They won't do more episodes because they have a full order, but the question is whether they'll have a large gap or if they'll mix in breaks throughout.
But there are still the unresolved threads of the Council itself and Dottie Underwood being in the wind. YMMV, but those are deal-breakers to me.
But what about the setting? In the comic it's the pool but in the movie it's the living room. And in the movie, it seems to be around Christmas, not really pool weather, particularly in New York.
It's been a rough year for me. I lost Agent Carter, Community, Downton Abbey, & Lost Girl. And then Doctor Who went into a 1-year hiatus. If it weren't for the perennial Saturday Night Live and the new upcoming seasons of Red Dwarf, I'd have nothing left.
Here's hoping we at least get SOME future Agent Carter, either in the form of Netflix, a direct-to-video movie, or guest appearances on Agents of SHIELD.
I don't know what kind of time travel shenanigans would be required to make it happen, but I would love to see a team up between Agent Carter & Black Widow!
So ignore the comic? This isn't rocket science.
Well the time gem is set to crop up sooner or later...
Well, of course the Council was going to be unresolved. It symbolized the rich white patriarchy that controlled all the institutions of society in 1947, and hey, news flash, the rich white patriarchy still controls much of society today. So it's a given that they weren't going anywhere. You could take down the individual members, but the institution would remain in place.
And lots of series end with "The adventure continues" rather than "Everyone dies/retires." Sometimes the best way to end a story is with the promise that the heroes will go on fighting the good fight. So Dottie being out there doesn't bother me. Heck, we know from the rest of the MCU that Peggy's career will continue for decades. Regardless of how long the show lasted, it would never have offered any real closure on her career. So an ending that says "The adventure continues" -- and that Peggy's nemesis is still out there waiting to match wits with her again -- seems pretty much perfect to me.
In the movie, it's a simulation of the way Tony wished it had happened. He could've changed the setting as well as the outcome.
If you ask me, we lost Lost Girl a couple of years ago. It's been a shadow of its former self and I'm glad it was finally put out of its misery.
"Mission Report: December 16, 1991."
In a general thematic sense, of course. But more specifically, I think it's quite obvious in context of also watching this season of Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. that they are part of the American branch of Hydra whose story is continued there.
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Season 2 was half as good as season 1.
They were better at episodic stories rather than a serial.
They were better at episodic stories rather than a serial.
You may have a point. Season 3 was probably the last good season. Season 4 was a massive clusterfuck but at least it still had a few good episodes, mostly the ones focusing on Kenzi. Unfortunately, Kenzi left in early Season 5. And while I've only seen the first half of Season 5, it seems like all of the episodes equal the quality of the 4th season finale (i.e. lame & incomprehensible). It may be the worst single season of TV that I've ever seen, and I sat through the entire 5th season of Earth: Final Conflict! 
But losing a show still hurts, particularly since I've always been an incurable optimist that it could get better. On the plus side, I get to meet Kenzi at Phoenix Comicon next month! 
But losing a show still hurts, particularly since I've always been an incurable optimist that it could get better. On the plus side, I get to meet Kenzi at Phoenix Comicon next month! Doesn't work if you don't say the words first.
^ Unfortunately, soon after the events of S2, Sousa fell into a deep coma that paused his aging. He was cured in the early 2000s, and became an NYC cop.
Oh. I thought that was just another one of Victor's personalities from Dollhouse.
BTW, TV.com did an article where their writers all discuss which cancellations this year hurt the most. Nearly all of them mention Agent Carter.
http://www.tv.com/news/worst-cancellations-2016-146324468471/
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You may have a point. Season 3 was probably the last good season. Season 4 was a massive clusterfuck but at least it still had a few good episodes, mostly the ones focusing on Kenzi. Unfortunately, Kenzi left in early Season 5. And while I've only seen the first half of Season 5, it seems like all of the episodes equal the quality of the 4th season finale (i.e. lame & incomprehensible). It may be the worst single season of TV that I've ever seen, and I sat through the entire 5th season of Earth: Final Conflict!
I agree about Lost Girl season 4, but season 5 actually wasn't nearly as bad. It wasn't good, but it was nowhere near as incoherent as season 4.
There is a petition that has been up for a day that, at this writing, has over 25,000 signatures asking Netflix to pick up Agent Carter. I signed, because it didn't cost me anything, although I don't know what good it will ultimately do, if any.
Does it get better in the 2nd half of Season 5? Because I thought the 1st half was pretty dire. Most of the episodes felt cheap & poorly thought out. Tamsin got kind of annoying with her neediness towards Bo. And Dyson's son was just a total black hole, sucking all charm & charisma out of all of his scenes. Although, admittedly, he's not quite as boring or as poorly acted as Rainer.
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