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|title = Smoke & Mirrors
 
|title = Smoke & Mirrors
|image = [[File:Smoke & Mirrors 15.jpg|250px]]
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|image = Smoke & Mirrors 1.jpg
 
|season = [[Agent Carter (TV series)/Season Two|2]]
 
|season = [[Agent Carter (TV series)/Season Two|2]]
 
|writer = [[Sue Chung]]
 
|writer = [[Sue Chung]]
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|previous = ''[[Better Angels]]''
 
|previous = ''[[Better Angels]]''
 
|next = ''[[The Atomic Job]]''}}
 
|next = ''[[The Atomic Job]]''}}
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{{Quote|A tidal wave is coming, Agent Carter. And you are going to have to work very hard to stay afloat.|[[Vernon Masters]] to [[Peggy Carter]]|Smoke & Mirrors}}
 
'''''Smoke & Mirrors''''' is the fourth episode of the [[Agent Carter (TV series)/Season Two|second season]] of the television series ''[[Agent Carter (TV series)|Agent Carter]]''.
 
'''''Smoke & Mirrors''''' is the fourth episode of the [[Agent Carter (TV series)/Season Two|second season]] of the television series ''[[Agent Carter (TV series)|Agent Carter]]''.
   
 
==Synopsis==
 
==Synopsis==
[[Peggy Carter|Agent Carter]] and the [[SSR]] learn there's more than just a pretty face behind Hollywood star [[Whitney Frost]], Peggy's most dangerous foe yet.
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Agent [[Peggy Carter|Carter]] and the [[SSR]] learn there's more than just a pretty face behind Hollywood star [[Whitney Frost]], Peggy's most dangerous foe yet.
   
 
==Plot==
 
==Plot==
[[File:Young Agnes.png|left|250px|thumb]]
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[[File:YoungPeggy-Playing.jpeg|thumb|250px|left]]
 
Years ago, in [[England]], [[Amanda Carter]] discourages her daughter [[Peggy Carter|Peggy]] from being adventurous, but Peggy's destiny changes from being the boring housewife of [[Fred Wells]] to a reputed [[Strategic Scientific Reserve]] agent when [[Michael Carter|her brother]], who encouraged her to be a fighter, dies in [[World War II]].
Years ago, in [[Broxton]], [[Oklahoma]], [[Agnes Cully]] began her trek to being a master scientist by repairing a dysfunctional radio for [[Wilma Cully|her mother]], who discouraged her from using her brains, saying that her looks would serve her better. Eventually, Cully moves to [[California]] and becomes the renowned actress Whitney Frost.
 
   
 
[[File:Young Agnes.png|250px|thumb]]
Meanwhile, in [[England]], [[Amanda Carter]] discourages her daughter [[Peggy Carter|Peggy]] from being adventurous, but Peggy's destiny changes from being the boring housewife of [[Fred Wells]] to a reputed [[Strategic Scientific Reserve]] agent when [[Michael Carter|her brother]], who encouraged her to be a fighter, dies in [[World War II]].
 
 
Meanwhile, in [[Broxton]], [[Oklahoma]], [[Agnes Cully]] began her trek to being a master scientist by repairing a dysfunctional radio for [[Wilma Cully|her mother]], who discouraged her from using her brains, saying that her looks would serve her better. Eventually, Cully moved to {{WPS|Hollywood}}, [[California]] and became the renowned actress Whitney Frost.
[[File:WhitneyFrost-Rats.jpeg|250px|thumb]]
 
Presently, Frost does experiments on rats to master her power over the [[Zero Matter]], learning that when she is angered or afraid, she can transform a living thing into the black fluid and absorb it into her hands, but, after absorption, the scar on her forehead grows. She misses a photography session that she and [[Calvin Chadwick]] had with Life Magazine doing her tests.
 
   
 
Presently, Frost does experiments on rats to master her power over the [[Zero Matter]]. She discovers that she can transform a living thing into black fluid and absorb it into her hands but, after absorption, the scar on her forehead grows. She misses a photography session that she and [[Calvin Chadwick]] had with Life Magazine as she is busy with the tests and her facial scar has grown noticeably, prompting her to remember her mother's advice that society do not care about what is inside a woman's head; rather, they will see only her appearance.
Carter learns from [[Jason Wilkes]] that Frost is beyond ingenious, but when she and [[Edwin Jarvis]] go to confront Chadwick at a campaign rally, she sees [[Rufus Hunt]] and kidnaps him. Taking Hunt to [[Howard Stark's Estate]], Carter is discovered and reprimanded by [[Daniel Sousa]]; the two take Hunt to the [[Auerbach Theatrical Agency]] and interrogate him there. They learn that Hunt works for the [[Council of Nine]], powerful men who have ties to major events and prominent people.
 
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[[File:Peggy's Tranquilizer Darts.png|thumb|left|250px]]
 
Carter learns from [[Jason Wilkes]] that Frost is beyond ingenious, but when she and [[Edwin Jarvis]] go to confront Chadwick at a campaign rally, she sees [[Rufus Hunt]] and kidnaps him. Taking Hunt to [[Howard Stark's Estate]], Carter is discovered and reprimanded by [[Daniel Sousa]]; the two take Hunt to the [[Auerbach Theatrical Agency]] and interrogate him there. They learn that Hunt works for the [[Council of Nine]], powerful men who have ties to major events and prominent people.
   
 
Before Sousa and Carter can have the [[Arena Club]] raided, [[Vernon Masters]] enters the SSR base with a team of [[FBI]] agents, telling them that their case files will be audited and they have an executive order to halt all actions. Masters and Carter withdraw to talk; Masters wants to know who was the informant on their search warrant. Carter refuses to answer, so Masters threatens that though Carter might survive the changes that are coming, her allies might not.
 
Before Sousa and Carter can have the [[Arena Club]] raided, [[Vernon Masters]] enters the SSR base with a team of [[FBI]] agents, telling them that their case files will be audited and they have an executive order to halt all actions. Masters and Carter withdraw to talk; Masters wants to know who was the informant on their search warrant. Carter refuses to answer, so Masters threatens that though Carter might survive the changes that are coming, her allies might not.
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==Cast==
 
==Cast==
 
'''Main Cast:'''
 
'''Main Cast:'''
*[[Hayley Atwell]] as Agent [[Peggy Carter]]
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*[[Hayley Atwell]] as [[Peggy Carter]]
 
*[[James D'Arcy]] as [[Edwin Jarvis]]
 
*[[James D'Arcy]] as [[Edwin Jarvis]]
*[[Enver Gjokaj]] as Chief [[Daniel Sousa]]
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*[[Enver Gjokaj]] as [[Daniel Sousa]]
*[[Chad Michael Murray]] as Chief [[Jack Thompson]] <small>(credit only)</small>
 
   
 
'''Guest Stars:'''
 
'''Guest Stars:'''
 
*[[Wynn Everett]] as [[Whitney Frost]]
 
*[[Wynn Everett]] as [[Whitney Frost]]
*[[Reggie Austin]] as [[Jason Wilkes]]
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*[[Reggie Austin]] as Doctor [[Jason Wilkes]]
 
*[[Currie Graham]] as [[Calvin Chadwick]]
 
*[[Currie Graham]] as [[Calvin Chadwick]]
 
*[[Chris Browning]] as [[Rufus Hunt]]
 
*[[Chris Browning]] as [[Rufus Hunt]]
*[[Max Brown]] as [[Michael Carter]]
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*[[Max Brown]] as Captain [[Michael Carter]]
 
*[[Samaire Armstrong]] as [[Wilma Cully]]
 
*[[Samaire Armstrong]] as [[Wilma Cully]]
 
*[[Chris Mulkey]] as [[Bud Schultz]]
 
*[[Chris Mulkey]] as [[Bud Schultz]]
*[[Christopher Grove]] as Mr. [[Edwards]]
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*[[Christopher Grove]] as [[Edwards]]
 
*[[Kevin Changaris]] as [[Fred Wells]]
 
*[[Kevin Changaris]] as [[Fred Wells]]
 
*[[Kurtwood Smith]] as [[Vernon Masters]]
 
*[[Kurtwood Smith]] as [[Vernon Masters]]
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*[[Webb Baker Hayes]] as Young [[Michael Carter]]
 
*[[Webb Baker Hayes]] as Young [[Michael Carter]]
 
*[[Ivy George]] as Young [[Agnes Cully]]
 
*[[Ivy George]] as Young [[Agnes Cully]]
*[[Khalilah Joi]] as Ticket Lady
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*[[Khalilah Joi]] as [[List of Minor Characters#Smoke & Mirrors|Ticket Lady]]
*[[Jonathan Lavallee]] as FBI Agent
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*[[Jonathan LaVallee]] as FBI Agent
 
*[[Catriona Toop]] as Bletchley Girl #1
 
*[[Catriona Toop]] as Bletchley Girl #1
 
*[[Jennifer Neala Page]] as Bletchley Girl #2
 
*[[Jennifer Neala Page]] as Bletchley Girl #2
*Unknown actor as Harrison Carter
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*[[Paul Rosenblum]] as [[Harrison Carter]] <small>(uncredited)</small>
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
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**[[Arena Club]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
 
**[[Arena Club]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
 
*[[Broxton]], [[Oklahoma]] <small>(flashbacks)</small>
 
*[[Broxton]], [[Oklahoma]] <small>(flashbacks)</small>
 
**[[Bud Schultz' House]] <small>(flashbacks)</small>
 
*[[London]], [[England]] <small>(flashbacks)</small>
 
*[[London]], [[England]] <small>(flashbacks)</small>
 
*[[Milton Keynes]], [[England]] <small>(flashback)</small>
 
*[[Milton Keynes]], [[England]] <small>(flashback)</small>
**[[Bletchley Park]] <small>(flashback)</small>
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**[[Bletchley Park]] <small>(flashback)</small>
 
*[[Los Alamos]], [[New Mexico]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
 
*[[Los Alamos]], [[New Mexico]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
 
*[[Washington, D.C.]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
 
*[[Washington, D.C.]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
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*[[Philippines]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
 
*[[Philippines]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
 
*[[Japan]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
 
*[[Japan]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
 
*{{WPS|University of Oklahoma}} <small>(mentioned)</small>
   
 
===Events===
 
===Events===
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*[[Kidnapping of Rufus Hunt]]
 
*[[World War II]] <small>(flashbacks)</small>
 
*[[World War II]] <small>(flashbacks)</small>
 
**{{WPS|Siege of Bastogne}} <small>(mentioned)</small>
 
**{{WPS|Siege of Bastogne}} <small>(mentioned)</small>
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*{{WPS|Assassination of William McKinley}} <small>(mentioned)</small>
 
*{{WPS|Wall Street Crash of 1929}} <small>(mentioned)</small>
 
*{{WPS|Wall Street Crash of 1929}} <small>(mentioned)</small>
   
 
===Items===
 
===Items===
 
*[[Zero Matter]]
 
*[[Zero Matter]]
*{{WPS|Fast-neutron reactor}} <small>(pictured)</small>
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*{{WPS|Fast-neutron reactor}} <small>(picture)</small>
   
 
===Vehicles===
 
===Vehicles===
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*[[Jeep]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
''To be added.''
 
   
 
===Creatures===
 
===Creatures===
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*[[Special Operations Executive]]
 
*[[Special Operations Executive]]
 
*[[Council of Nine]]
 
*[[Council of Nine]]
*[[British Armed Forces]] <small>(flashback)</small>
 
 
*[[Isodyne Energy]]
 
*[[Isodyne Energy]]
 
*[[Anvil Studios]]
 
*[[Anvil Studios]]
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*''[[California Experience]]''
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*[[British Armed Forces]] <small>(flashback)</small>
 
*[[Stark Industries]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
 
*[[Stark Industries]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
*[[Roxxon Oil Corporation]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
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*[[Roxxon Corporation]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
 
*{{WPS|Life (magazine)|Life}} <small>(mentioned)</small>
 
*{{WPS|Life (magazine)|Life}} <small>(mentioned)</small>
   
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*[[Thomas Gloucester]]
 
*[[Thomas Gloucester]]
 
*[[Hugh Jones]]
 
*[[Hugh Jones]]
*[[Samberly]]
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*[[Aloysius Samberly]]
 
*[[Winston Churchill]]
 
*[[William McKinley]]
 
*{{WPS|Hedy Lamarr}}
 
*{{WPS|Hedy Lamarr}}
 
*{{WPS|Eliot Ness}}
 
*{{WPS|Eliot Ness}}
*[[Winston Churchill]]
 
 
*{{WPS|George VI}}
 
*{{WPS|George VI}}
*{{WPS|William McKinley}}
 
*{{WPS|University of Oklahoma}}
 
 
*{{WPS|Hollywood Ten}}
 
*{{WPS|Hollywood Ten}}
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==Music==
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center; margin: 5px;"
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! style="background:#949393;" |Song title
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! style="background:#949393;" |Artist
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! style="background:#949393;" |Location(s)
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|- valign="top"
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|My Baby Loves Everybody (feat. [[Corey Gemme]])
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|[[The City of Los Angeles All Stars]] & [[Richard Geere]]
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| style="text-align:center;" |
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*(Flashback) A young [[Agnes Cully]] shows [[Wilma Cully]] that she fixed the radio as [[Bud Schultz]] comes for a visit.
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|- valign="top"
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|Violin Concerto In A Minor, Op. 3, No. 6, RV 356 III. Presto
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|[[Antonio Vivaldi]]
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| style="text-align:center;" |
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*[[Whitney Frost]] writes a letter and checks her [[Zero Matter]] wound.
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|}
   
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
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*The [[Better Angels|previous episode]] establishes that the [[Agent Carter (TV series)/Season Two|second season]] of ''[[Agent Carter (TV series)|Agent Carter]]'' occurs in [[1940s#1947|July, 1947]]; in the real world, the blacklisting of the {{WPS|Hollywood Ten}} occurred in November, 1947.
''To be added.''
 
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*[[Edwin Jarvis]] mentions that {{WPS|Hedy Lamarr}} is about to divorce her third husband. [[Whitney Frost]] is partially inspired by Lamarr, an actress who held a patent for a frequency-hopping guidance system for torpedoes. Patented around the time of World War II, the technique was put into use by the US military in the 1960's and variations on this principle remain a critical component of wireless data.
   
 
==References==
 
==References==
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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*{{WP|Smoke & Mirrors (Agent Carter)|Smoke & Mirrors}}
 
*{{IMDb title
 
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*{{Marvel|Marvel's Agent Carter Season 2 4|Smoke & Mirrors}}
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{{AC Series}}
 
{{AC Series}}
 
[[Category:Agent Carter (TV series) Episodes]]
 
[[Category:Agent Carter (TV series) Episodes]]

Revision as of 21:35, 20 September 2020

For the Runaways episode, see Smoke and Mirrors

"A tidal wave is coming, Agent Carter. And you are going to have to work very hard to stay afloat."
Vernon Masters to Peggy Carter[src]

Smoke & Mirrors is the fourth episode of the second season of the television series Agent Carter.

Synopsis

Agent Carter and the SSR learn there's more than just a pretty face behind Hollywood star Whitney Frost, Peggy's most dangerous foe yet.

Plot

YoungPeggy-Playing

Years ago, in England, Amanda Carter discourages her daughter Peggy from being adventurous, but Peggy's destiny changes from being the boring housewife of Fred Wells to a reputed Strategic Scientific Reserve agent when her brother, who encouraged her to be a fighter, dies in World War II.

Young Agnes

Meanwhile, in Broxton, Oklahoma, Agnes Cully began her trek to being a master scientist by repairing a dysfunctional radio for her mother, who discouraged her from using her brains, saying that her looks would serve her better. Eventually, Cully moved to Hollywood, California and became the renowned actress Whitney Frost.

Presently, Frost does experiments on rats to master her power over the Zero Matter. She discovers that she can transform a living thing into black fluid and absorb it into her hands but, after absorption, the scar on her forehead grows. She misses a photography session that she and Calvin Chadwick had with Life Magazine as she is busy with the tests and her facial scar has grown noticeably, prompting her to remember her mother's advice that society do not care about what is inside a woman's head; rather, they will see only her appearance.

Peggy's Tranquilizer Darts

Carter learns from Jason Wilkes that Frost is beyond ingenious, but when she and Edwin Jarvis go to confront Chadwick at a campaign rally, she sees Rufus Hunt and kidnaps him. Taking Hunt to Howard Stark's Estate, Carter is discovered and reprimanded by Daniel Sousa; the two take Hunt to the Auerbach Theatrical Agency and interrogate him there. They learn that Hunt works for the Council of Nine, powerful men who have ties to major events and prominent people.

Before Sousa and Carter can have the Arena Club raided, Vernon Masters enters the SSR base with a team of FBI agents, telling them that their case files will be audited and they have an executive order to halt all actions. Masters and Carter withdraw to talk; Masters wants to know who was the informant on their search warrant. Carter refuses to answer, so Masters threatens that though Carter might survive the changes that are coming, her allies might not.

Carter and Sousa put a listening device on Hunt and allow him to escape their custody. Hunt runs to the Chadwick Residence to tell Chadwick and Frost about his kidnapping and interrogation. Hunt wants Chadwick to protect him from the wrath of the Council or he will tell the Council that the two are performing outside its guidance. Chadwick acquiesces, but Frost uses her newly mastered powers to kill Hunt.

WhitneyFrost-WhateverIWant

While those who were eavesdropping wonder the fate of Hunt and why the listening device went dead, Chadwick wonders what his wife is; she tells him that she is whatever she wants to be.

Cast

Main Cast:

Guest Stars:

Appearances

Locations

Events

Items

Vehicles

Creatures

Organizations

Mentioned

Music

Song title Artist Location(s)
My Baby Loves Everybody (feat. Corey Gemme) The City of Los Angeles All Stars & Richard Geere
Violin Concerto In A Minor, Op. 3, No. 6, RV 356 III. Presto Antonio Vivaldi

Trivia

  • The previous episode establishes that the second season of Agent Carter occurs in July, 1947; in the real world, the blacklisting of the Hollywood Ten occurred in November, 1947.
  • Edwin Jarvis mentions that Hedy Lamarr is about to divorce her third husband. Whitney Frost is partially inspired by Lamarr, an actress who held a patent for a frequency-hopping guidance system for torpedoes. Patented around the time of World War II, the technique was put into use by the US military in the 1960's and variations on this principle remain a critical component of wireless data.

References

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External Links

Season One Now is Not the EndBridge and TunnelTime and TideThe Blitzkrieg ButtonThe Iron CeilingA Sin to ErrSNAFUValediction
Season Two The Lady in the LakeA View in the DarkBetter AngelsSmoke & MirrorsThe Atomic JobLife of the PartyMonstersThe Edge of MysteryA Little Song and DanceHollywood Ending