Agent Carter S01E06: A Sin to Err

[Lasciel]

@Cayuga

I suspect that we are, in fact, correct, and the exchange in the alley referred to something else, which we forgot or is on the cutting room floor, or was just a screw-up by the writer(s).

I thought the implication was rather different - Thompson was asking Sousa if he knew about it BEFORE - as in, is this something that has been going on for a while, and Sousa/other agents were just now acting on it after the mission to Russia. In that context, Sousa’s answer “of course not” was a reassurance that Thompson hadn’t been missing something for a while - this was a new development.

And he’s right - he had suspicions when he saw her shoulder, but not until he spoke with what’s’isface the milk-truck driver did he know for sure that she was double-agenting.

[muldoonthief]

@tripthicket

The flashbacks showed the young girls being ‘programmed’ to be cold and ruthless. One girl won her sparring match with another and clearly knew that the instructor’s nod meant ‘kill her.’ I’d hate to be in that P.E. class! During the Avengers movie, Black Widow said a few vague lines about the bad things she did in her past, such that, in the context of the scenes we’ve seen here, makes me believe she was raised/trained in just the same way.

Loki actually. “Dragoff’s daughter. Sao Paolo. The hospital fire… Your ledger is dripping, it’s gushing red.”

@Lasciel

I thought the implication was rather different - Thompson was asking Sousa if he knew about it BEFORE - as in, is this something that has been going on for a while, and Sousa/other agents were just now acting on it after the mission to Russia. In that context, Sousa’s answer “of course not” was a reassurance that Thompson hadn’t been missing something for a while - this was a new development.

And he’s right - he had suspicions when he saw her shoulder, but not until he spoke with what’s’isface the milk-truck driver did he know for sure that she was double-agenting.

Yeah, that’s how I took it too - Thompson was asking if Sousa knew beforehand that Carter was a double agent.

[Steve_MB]

@GuanoLad

I can’t believe Dottie brutally murdered a dentist just to use his window to send morse code. Even if he was a creep.

If nothing else, it would seem to be an easily avoided (by getting rid of him in some less drastic way) loose end.

@tripthicket

I wonder why Dottie had a sniper rifle. If all she needed was the scope (with light-flashing thingy attached to the rifle), why didn’t she just use binoculars? Or was she going to take someone out as part of her plans, if things were maybe going south with the Russian psychiatrist? If so, who? The Russian or the SSR chief?

I figured she was keeping that option open, pending developments/instructions (the Russian might be perfectly capable of taking one for the team and signalling “kill me” if so warranted).

[Half_Man_Half_Wit]

I remember from the comics some Russian villain with the power to manipulate people using his voice; I think he was an Ant Man enemy, who eventually ruined his vocal chords or something. But then he came back, wearing a kind of loudspeaker system around hist neck… Googling hasn’t brought up anything. Anybody know who I’m thinking about?

[The_Other_Waldo_Pepper]

@Half_Man_Half_Wit

I remember from the comics some Russian villain with the power to manipulate people using his voice; I think he was an Ant Man enemy, who eventually ruined his vocal chords or something. But then he came back, wearing a kind of loudspeaker system around hist neck… Googling hasn’t brought up anything. Anybody know who I’m thinking about?

Jason Cragg, aka The Voice.

[Half_Man_Half_Wit]

@The_Other_Waldo_Pepper

Jason Cragg, aka The Voice.

That’s the one, thanks! Not quite as Russian as I thought, though.

On another note, last episode (for which there doesn’t seem to be a thread?), the Russian psychiatrist guy was shown in a flashback reading (I think) Marlowe’s version of the tale of Doctor Faustus, which reminded me of the eponymous villain, who likewise used his voice and his knowledge of psychology to manipulate others.

[JSexton]

Is the episode title a pun or an anagram or something? It’s got an odd cadence.

[GuanoLad]

@JSexton

Is the episode title a pun or an anagram or something? It’s got an odd cadence.

It’s a mnemonic to remember the most frequently used letters in English, used to aid codebreaking.

[AtomicDog]

Now I’m hoping that at some point, Peggy tells all of the trained SSR agents acting as telephone operators to put down their headphones, come into her office, and pick up their field assingments.

[JSexton]

@GuanoLad

It’s a mnemonic to remember the most frequently used letters in English, used to aid codebreaking.

Aha! Knew there was something there. Thanks. I always remember “etaoin shrdlu” for that purpose, though. Rolls right off the tongue.

[The_Other_Waldo_Pepper]

@JSexton

Aha! Knew there was something there. Thanks. I always remember “etaoin shrdlu” for that purpose, though.

Heck, if “etaoin shrdlu” is right, then shouldn’t it be “a sin to her”?

[bienville]

@Half_Man_Half_Wit

On another note, last episode (for which there doesn’t seem to be a thread?)

Yeah, I was disappointed at this. I thought the 2/17 episode “SNAFU” was a great episode! I didn’t watch it until Friday, then came here to read what everyone else thought about it- then, no Thread.

Sure, I could have started a Thread myself but I figured if there was no discussion 3 days after the episode, maybe interest here just finally died out.

Really? No one wants to discuss Chief Dooley’s …um, well, his commitment to removing hazards from the main office?

[levdrakon]

@AtomicDog

Now I’m hoping that at some point, Peggy tells all of the trained SSR agents acting as telephone operators to put down their headphones, come into her office, and pick up their field assingments.

Who would answer the phones? They’d have no assignments.

[AtomicDog]

@levdrakon

Who would answer the phones? They’d have no assignments.

Get some of the male agents to do it.

And at the same time, break the color barrier in SSR/SHIELD, too.

[Lightray]

@bienville

Really? No one wants to discuss Chief Dooley’s …um, well, his commitment to removing hazards from the main office?

That, to me, came off as completely anachronistic. At that point in time, no one cared if you lit up in the office.

[Enright3]

@smiling_bandit

I’m the late man on this - I watch the comic book shows on Hulu where they mostly come out a week late (free version, anyway).

Whaaaaat? There’s a comic book version on Hulu? I can’t find it searching for “Carter” or “Agent Carter.”

[Cyros]

@Enright3

Whaaaaat? There’s a comic book version on Hulu? I can’t find it searching for “Carter” or “Agent Carter.”

I think he means he watches shows based on comic books such as Agent Carter, Arrow, Flash, etc and not that there are animated versions of the shows.