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It’s a (normal) delusion that we all have. I used to think everyone was better than me – like phenomenally better than me. It made me sick. I would get all worked up and try to draw some amazing piece so I can be just as good as them. Turns out we’re all the same, more or less. i was just having a moment of fear, anxiety, and stress.

Wow, I really needed to read this today. Bryan Hill is articulating what I feel right now, in the midst of chasing a dream that nobody thinks is right for me. Thank you for doing Natasha justice. She’s my favorite Avenger.

God, I know this voice. I know it as depression, anxiety, and I’ll be damned if guilt (often unwarranted, I am told) isn’t an amplifier. If you’re reading the comments (and I wouldn’t blame you if you didn’t; I mean, this *is* the Internet), thanks for writing this, Bryan. I’ve often felt a pull to Natasha’s chosen redemptive arc, and you express it with beautiful conviction. I’m pursuing a far-fetched dream of my own in the evenings, every day when I clock out, and I’m sure to be looking back at this from time to time.

Great tandem and bound to be a great book!

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It hasnt helped having it on a few weeks, then off, then is it on? If you are going to run a show midseason, run it for 8 consecutive weeks so people know when to find it and you can build a viewship. I’ve watched the first 3 but got tired of looking for the 4th episode over the last couple of weeks and gave up looking for it.

I really enjoy watching Agent Carter. I have DVR it and watch at a later time because I work nights, but it’s a great show. It gives insight into the Marvel Universe that I didn’t know about. I agree with what Joe says, ” If you are going to run a show midseason, run it for 8 consecutive weeks so people know when to find it and you can build a viewership. I hope that there will be a season to Agent Carter.

i’m into this show. i definitely think it’s better than aos…. at least people can act in this one. i really hope this gets picked up again.

The problem with AOS and Agent Carter is the hiatus it always goes into every couple of weeks it seems and you know why? Sports events will put almost all shows now on hiatus or the holidays or the State of The Union Address even.. how can you possibly build an audience on any channel if its not airing due to something not everyone wants to watch or view? If people want to watch Agent Carter more than football they will do that , I’ll pick a tv show I love over any day of the week versus televised sports. I wish shows could be more like the premium channels like Showtime and HBO but even they delay epsidoes but not as much as network and cable channels do. The main culprit here is televised sports….

It’s a great show. Better than I expected. As an aside, I will also mention that women were so much hotter when they dressed like that.

The reason it was not on last week was pretty good. The Constitution of the United States orders the president to address congress on the state of the union… so, I think we can cut ABC some slack for going with that instead of “Agent Carter.” – TREE

I agree, Run it 8 weeks in a row not jumping weeks. I like how it shows Howard Stark being just like his son. A genius playboy….

This new programming schedule of running a show for a couple weeks then off for a couple of weeks then back on sucks. It makes it so I don’t care about the show. If the TV stations and show producers don’t care about airing their shows I definitely will not carry the flag for them. There how plan sucks and people should be FIRED!

Please give the network programming folks a break on the 8 consecutive weeks issue. The one night it wasn’t on (episode 4) was because it got preempted by the State of the Union address.

I saw the moves of Dottie, but attributed it (apparently in error) to a covert Soviet Spy, rather than the Black Widow Program. Agent Carter showcases many of the throwback attitudes of the era and is weaving a capable storyline, but the ability to connect is failing as others have indicated because of the “is it on or is it not” scheduling. Repeating the one episode didn’t help either. Not everyone has a DVR and if you want a following, they have to be able to find it.

@Joe: IMO, your complaint about preemption is unfair in Agent Carter’s case because 1) it’s only been preempted once, hardly indicative of ABC being indecisive about the show in and of itself as a one-time-only preemption, by 2) the State of the Union Address, which preempted pretty much everything not on the CW.

Agent Carter has a great rack.

I hate internet pedants but: piquing, not peaking!
http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/101450/is-it-peek-peak-or-pique
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I just love all the folks going on about ALL these skipped weeks when it was just only 1 because of the State of the Union- and all the major networks covered it obviously. It just hasn’t happened like the complainers are saying.

Gotta love the internet.

This show is very good and very entertaining. And there isn’t a sense of needing to know every detail of the happenings in the MCU to get what’s happening. I also agree with Joe. It kills me that these show execs fail to realize, the days of having only 4 networks on TV are long gone. The viewer has options now. If you hook the viewer on something and then take it away, you may not get them back. Especially with a show that started off strong, don’t let gaps in programming show up.

Think about it, what was on in place of Agent Carter last week? (honestly, I don’t recall and that’s a BIG FAIL) I don’t often have reason to applaud Fox as they’ve messed up so many current or potential hitmakers over the years..NY Undercover, MWC, In Living Color, Gang Related. One thing they did right is hype everyone up for Empire while Gotham was on break. The 1st episode appeared during a week Gotham came on. 2 days later Empire came on. Kind of getting folks hooks on two new shows at the same time. Even though they aren’t on the same day, I believe it helped. Empire played again when Gotham was off.

ABC should not complain if Agent Carter’s ratings go down. It isn’t the show. It’s the gapes that cause it. FAIL FLASHBACK: I heard back in the 60s that Star Trek TOS was moved to Friday nights and in a time slot when most of their viewers would be out of the house. CBS wanted the show to fail. It’s been 40-50s years. These execs should know by now what to do to keep a show on the air now.

If the ratings drop for anything, it was probably because fans forgot to re-tune back in since we had an extra surprise Tuesday night off from Peggy when Obama’s State of the Union commandeered TV on 1/20/15. We had its 1st 2 episodes back-to-back on 1/6/15 (those 2 hours really flew by; it had me sucked in the whole time), then another ep on 1/13 but then 1/20 was where Obama stole her TV time. Poor Peggy, overshadowed by men (non-White men this time, heh) even in our day and age.

I won’t say if this show is better than or worse than AoS, since 1 is a period piece and the other takes place inbetween the MCU films. Different genres, essentially. Both are good but if this show doesn’t make Hayley Atwell a leading-lady star (her Peggy deals with leading-lady stuff right there in the 1st few episodes), then Hollywood’s standards are impossibly high. She’s an absolute gem. Excited to see her also in Age of Ultron and Ant-Man, since she’s credited in both.

CORRECTION: I guess it helps to be in good health. I was sick last week. Had the DVR set, but didn’t check to see why we missed a week. State of the Union Address. Okay so it wasn’t ABC’s fault. Give us another double episode this week to make up for it. Just an idea.

My husband and I really like Agent Carter. Love the period feel. We compare it to Nero Wolfe without the big guy yelling in every episode. Keep the show!

They couldn’t run it last week because of the President’s State of the Union address. Nobody ran programming that Tuesday. I like blaming people for things, but this wasn’t the network’s fault. So, OK, everyone together now, it was Obama’s fault! :)

We had the State of the Union to thank for the break between episodes 3&4. I think most people now view shows on DVR because we can skip through the commercials. I know they have a way to track that. I heard that the heads at ABC said this show was lacking in the ratings but with the DVR views it made it a hit show. If I can fast forward through those terrible I’m Rob Lowe and I have Directv and I’m Rob Lowe and I have cable, commericals I am going to do it. I love this show and haven’t watched the fourth episode yet. I meant to watch it the other night and got busy, so it is on deck for the weekend at some point. I am hoping they decide to do a second season run of episodes. I think a shorter season of like 8-13 episodes like Breaking Bad or the Walking Dead is a receipe for success now. Agent Carter has a chance to be around for a few seasons.

AC is a great show. Good atmosphere, daring deeds and a bombshell lead! What more can you ask for?

Agent Carter was off for ONE week because of the State of the Union Address. If you can’t get into a show because it had one week off, then shame on you.

I think the show needs to move towards the creation of SHIELD which I believe Stark and Peggy were a big part of. The mens only club where she is at now is interesting look of things in the time, but, is waring thin on viewers.

I love this show and am going to enjoy it while it is on. Hate to say it but I have given up on good written shows like this that they will be picked up for another season. So enjoy it while it is on great action and acting and surprising character interaction. Also if I may the handicapped character is both timely in two ways first off nice to see them represented there in that era of time but also in the that it is contemporary in that a lot of disabled veterans are returning. It also is heartfelt in that I am disabled. But lines like sending her out for lunch orders or when they are going to beat up a suspect. The lead agent turns to her and tells her to leave it no place for a lady. It is Ironic given what she has seen and went through during the war.

The show has definitely been growing on us – the look, the humor, the badassery, and now the introduction of Bridget Reagan’s character Dottie – what’s not to like? Keep it coming!

The fourth episode was delayed because of the State of the Union address.

Some things still need to take priority over our entertainment needs.

I tried watching AC. I really wanted to like it but….there is something about the show that…that…repels me. I really like the lead actress. This show is definitely not better than Agents of Shield. People keep making this statement and they are wrong as hell. I hope that the intro of Black Widow Program into AC really help make the show interesting. The show as it is right now, it is not memorable and it does not inspire me to keep watching it. I totally forgot about the show until reading this article…and it was the reference to Black widow that peaked my interest.

I wish the fashions of the 1940s and 1950s would return. They are smoking hot.

As a man, I’m willing to do my part by wearing old-style suits and hats again.

Of course, I’d need to do a Kickstarter campaign to pay for my new wardrobe.

for those complaining about not finding the 4th episode, it was 1 week and even SHIELD isn’t as powerful as the President… State of the Union address. Complainers! Let’s just blame Obamacare

Joe says: “It hasnt helped having it on a few weeks, then off, then is it on? If you are going to run a show midseason, run it for 8 consecutive weeks so people know when to find it and you can build a viewship. I’ve watched the first 3 but got tired of looking for the 4th episode over the last couple of weeks and gave up looking for it.”
Sorry, Joe and Mark, but it has been on consecutive week in the Agent of SHIELD slot and only had a repeat on the night of the State of the Union Address. ABC indicated that it was their intent to run the show consecutively in that slot. But it could be your local station preempting it. ABC have also show the program in other time periods, Thursday and Saturday, in which I have seen it.

Episodes 1 & 2 was the two hour premier on January 6th. Episode 3 was on January 13th. Episode 4 was on January 27th instead of the 20th because of the State of the Union speech. Not uncommon. The rest of the episodes will be consecutive.

I agree with allowing the show(s) run a continuous 8 weeks to build up a viewership. I enjoy both and hope both will continue especially when they interact in some way with an up coming Marvel movie(s). That type of interaction tells both the history and the present of the storyline which could lead to speculation of future. Being a Marvel fan since the ’70s the storyline is already there; just love seeing it on the big screen.

I really love this show. Haley Atwell makes Peggy a REAL hero in just showing how tough it was (and frequently still is!) for a woman to be working in “a man’s job”. Pshaw! Peggy’s smarter and more clever than the “guys”, and gets put down for it every time. And Haley shows Peggy’s vulnerability and grief (over losing Cap) in so many little ways. She’s the REAL Marvel!!

It may be “just a comic book show” to some, but it’s a great show, and Butters and Fazekas have done a fantastic job in creating a woman who is smart, steely, conflicted, angry, and yet warm and caring. I love it!!

The current rating system is outdated. It doesn’t account for people who time shift and watch on demand. Live viewing is a thing of the past.

Personally, I try to watch live but often can’t because of my busy schedule. Just glad my cable provider has on demand so I can watch the most recent episode of the show at my convenience.

Shame it comes with the ‘imposter’ nick fury rather than the ‘real’ one.

Man, I love my son very very very much…. but, ugh, too rich for my blood! Looks like a lot of fun building though….

-B

G Willow Wilson is also writing X-Men!