Agent Carter 1x05 "The Iron Ceiling"
Feb. 12th, 2015 12:35 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
psocopteraI have nothing to say except that was AWESOME, what an excellent episode of television.
Well, okay, one thing: Peggy stops Dugan from throwing a grenade down the hole after the Widowling, saying "she's just a little girl" despite that she had already stabbed Dugan and shot a dude; Widowling goes on to shoot more. I'm really interested in this moment - is Peggy being ethical in a way Cap might have been, viewing a child soldier as a victim rather than an enemy combatant rather than retaliating in anger, or is she in fact being soft-hearted? ("Womanly", to go there explicitly.) Dugan doesn't call her on it later and we don't see Peggy dwelling on it (in this episode at least; I can't wait for things to develop with Dotty) but I would love to know whether Peggy thinks she was being weak or being strong, there.
Well, okay, one thing: Peggy stops Dugan from throwing a grenade down the hole after the Widowling, saying "she's just a little girl" despite that she had already stabbed Dugan and shot a dude; Widowling goes on to shoot more. I'm really interested in this moment - is Peggy being ethical in a way Cap might have been, viewing a child soldier as a victim rather than an enemy combatant rather than retaliating in anger, or is she in fact being soft-hearted? ("Womanly", to go there explicitly.) Dugan doesn't call her on it later and we don't see Peggy dwelling on it (in this episode at least; I can't wait for things to develop with Dotty) but I would love to know whether Peggy thinks she was being weak or being strong, there.
