Agent Carter Season 2 Episodes 8 & 9: Edge Of Mystery/A Little Song And Dance Recap With Spoilers
'Edge of Mystery'The episode opens with a flashback to one year ago. Ana walks in and overhears [...]
"Edge of Mystery"
The episode opens with a flashback to one year ago. Ana walks in and overhears Jarvis on the phone helping Agent Carter with one of her missions from Season 1. Jarvis tells Ana about Peggy and how she seems to be one of the few women Howard Stark respects. Jarvis promises that Peggy won't interfere with their lives, but Ana tells him not to make promises he can't keep.
In the present day, Jarvis sits next to Ana as she lies unconscious in her bed. He fiddles with the radio. Peggy walks in and Jarvis becomes frustrated and smashes the radio. Peggy calms him down and says she's going to go fetch another radio and some toiletries for Jarvis, assuring him that Ana will wake up.
Jason Wilkes wakes up handcuffed to a chair. Whitney Frost is studying him, timing how long he takes to fade away and asking him what happens when he disappears. She says she'll let him go when they're done. He offers to write some notes, but Ana can tell he's stalling. He says he's hoping he disappears and doesn't come back. Frost says they should work together, but Wilkes doesn't want her near him. She asks if he hears the voice and he says he does. At 10 seconds until he fades away, Whiteney reaches out.
Sousa finds blood on the roundabout outside the Stark Estate. Peggy pulls up and tells him what happened last night, and Sousa tells her about what happened with Masters. Peggy says they should bring the uranium rods in a play to swap them for Wilkes. Sousa tells Peggy about Frost's relationship with Manfredi.
Peggy and Sousa pay a visit to Manfredi's restaurant. Manfredi cooks for his Nona while Peggy and Sousa take care of his men.
Thompson leaves a bar drunk and singing with a British friend. The friend hands over a redacted file. His friend goes inside another bar, and Thompson – fully sober – walks away to investigate the file. He uses a device to read the redacted information on Peggy's brother, Michael.
Peggy and Sousa discuss Frost with Manfredi. Manfredi tries to send them away, but Sousa threatens to tell an ally of Manfredi's that he was the one who turned state's evidence. Manfredi agrees to deliver a message.
Frost continues to debate with Wilkes about the merits of controlling the Zero Matter over destroying it. They stop when they hear the voice in their head. Manfredi interrupts them to tell Frost about Carter. He tells her that Peggy will trade the uranium for Wilkes. Frost agrees.
Jarvis begins making promises to Ana of all the things he'll do, begging her to wake up. She wakes and tells him not to make promises he can't keep. Jarvis kisses her and goes to find the doctor. He calls Peggy to fill her in. When he gets off the phone, the doctor tells Jarvis that Ana can't have children. He tells the doctor that he'll break the news to Ana himself, but once inside her room Jarvis doesn't bring it up.
Dr. Samberly puts together some fake uranium rods for Sousa and Peggy. The three get ready to head to the meet with Frost when Jarvis arrives. Peggy tells him to go back to his wife, but Jarvis seems determined to come on the mission. Jarvis and Peggy argue about it until they get a message from Howard Stark. They bring the message to Samberly, who says they're design specifications for some kind of energy cannon that could eliminate Zero Matter. Samberly feels a bit over his head, but says he'll start working on it. With Samberly tied up, Jarvis fills in as the driver on the mission.
They're leaving when they find Thompson waiting for them. He shows her the file and says he has something on her now, but Carter says it's a forgery from Masters. Peggy says Thompson is better than cutting corners to get ahead, and leaves.
Whitney and Manfredi wait on a loading dock. Manfredi flatters Frost, but Frost calls him a liar. Manfredi says the mark on her face is power and she shouldn't have to hide it, pulling the scarf from around her face as Peggy's team arrives. Peggy's team backs up the truck and opens the door. They show each their goods. The rods register as real, and they make the trade, but the rods falls out of their case and Frost realizes she's been duped. Peggy's team makes a getaway in the truck, but Manfredi's men follow.
Peggy fills Wilkes in on Howard's Gamma Cannon. Sousa wonders why Manfredi's men are going so slow when Wilkes steps out of his containment chamber and pulls a gun on Peggy. He demands they tell him where the real rods are. Peggy resists, but Sousa gives in. Wilkes makes a getaway with Manfredi's men.
Masters congratulates Thompson on a job well done, but Thompson says he's questioning the validity of those files. They're interrupted by a call from Frost. Thompson leaves Masters' office, but picks up another phone to listen in. Masters goes to open the SSR safe with the rods inside, but Thompson is waiting there to stop him.
Peggy and Sousa arrive to find Thompson confused about why he's there. They find Samberly's mind wiping device on the ground and the uranium gone. The last thing Thompson remembers is being on the phone listening to Masters' conversation. Thompson wrote a note with Frost's coordinates. Thompson plans to go with them to find Frost, but Sousa and Peggy are hesitant to trust him. He convinces them to believe him. Thompson heads out, but Sousa and Peggy have a conversation about Wilkes. Peggy believes they're still trying to rescue him, but Sousa says he's a hostile now. Sousa tells her they need to be dispassionate, but Peggy calls him out on giving away the location of the uranium. Thompson tells them to move along.
Samberly is filling Rose in on the gamma cannon when Jarvis arrives to ask for a word with Rose. He asks her to look after Ana while he's gone, and hands over a suitcase full of favorite items. Rose gets the impression that Jarvis thinks he may not be coming back and hugs him just before Peggy tells him to move out.
Peggy's team heads for Frost's location. Frost is preparing to replicate Isodyne's original nuclear test to reopen the rift and absorb the Zero Matter that pours out. Wilkes worries that the experiment won't work, but Frost assures him that the voice in their heads promises it will. They set off the bomb and the rift opens. Frost stops hearing the voice as Jason is pulled into the rift.
Peggy's team begins setting up the Gamma Cannon. They ask Samberly about the effectiveness of the device, but Samberly has no idea how the thing will perform. Samberly does say they only have enough energy for one shot. Hearing this, Jarvis decides to go after Frost himself and takes off in the car. Peggy follows in the truck. Thompson, Sousa, and Samberly aim the cannon and fire. It hits the rift and closes it, depositing Wilkes, skin literally crawling, below.
Ana wakes to find Rose waiting in her room. She tells Ana that Jarvis asked her to take care of her until he comes back. Inside the box Jarvis gave Rose is his last will and testament.
Jarvis gets out of the car and shoots Frost twice, but the Zero Matter heals her. Peggy and Jarvis turn to find Manfredi and his men with guns drawn. Frost tells them to keep Peggy and Jarvis alive to control Wilkes.
"A Little Song and Dance"
The episode opens in black and white at the SSR office. Peggy is there and calls out for anyone else before noticing the lack of color. She finds her brother, Michael, in the chief's office. She blames Michael for getting himself killed so that she would take up his flag. Michael points out that she's only doing what she always wanted to do. A green light from the neon L&L Automat sign pours in and suddenly Peggy is there and in color. Angie is behind the counter. Angie tries to take her order, but Peggy says she doesn't know what she wants. Wilkes is sitting next to her and offers himself then starts dancing. Sousa shows up with a few extras and starts singing as everyone begins dancing. As the number finishes, Sousa leans in for a kiss, but Angie pulls Peggy away and into another dance. Dottie is there as well, and they all sing and dance over Peggy's indecision. Suddenly Jarvis appears in a tuxedo with more dancers surrounded by Ana, Dottie, and Whitney Frost. Rose finally punches Peggy awake.
Back in reality, Peggy wakes up bound by rope in the back of a truck with Jarvis next to her.
Thompson, Sousa, and Samberly are still in the desert waiting for Peggy and Jarvis. They've been there for an hour and realize something must be wrong, but Peggy took all of the supplies and transportation and the next town is at least a day's walk away. They spot an SSR car in the distance, but Sousa recognizes Vega, one of the men who beat him up.
Peggy unties Jarvis. He tries to explain his actions, but Peggy won't hear any of it.
The SSR car pulls up to find Thompson being held at gunpoint by Sousa and Samberly. The men turn on Sousa and Thompson tells them take the others in. Vega turns his gun on Thompson but Thompson talks him down. Sousa and Samberly are taken in.
Peggy and Jarvis find the door to the truck chained shut. Peggy takes off her belt and pulls out the "hot wire." She uses it to burn through the chains and swing the doors open. She tosses Jarvis out and follows herself. The vehicles drive away and Peggy and Jarvis begins walking towards civilization.
Wilkes wakes up in the back of Frost and Manfredi's car. His eyes are totally black and he says something is wrong. He says he's not well and Manfredi pulls over. Wilkes says he saw nothing but blackness on the other side of the rift, but he doesn't know why he came back. He feels pain and then his eyes return to normal. Frost plans to take him to the city to examine him, but Wilkes says they can't take him to a populated area because he's dangerous. They all get out of the car so the Frost can show Wilkes that they have Peggy captive, but they find the truck empty. Manfredi shoots the truck driver, then turns on Wilkes and orders him back in the car. Manfredi leaves behind some men to search for Peggy and Jarvis.
Peggy and Jarvis bicker as they continue down the road. Jarvis blames Peggy for breaking Dottie out of prison, which led to Ana being shot. Jarvis points out that everyone around Peggy dies. Peggy takes the opportunity to point out how privileged and consequence free Jarvis' adventures have been so far, but she hasn't had that privilege. Jarvis tells Peggy that Ana can't have children and that she still doesn't know. He blames himself for being a coward. He apologizes for his actions and they share a tearful moment, but it's interrupted by the truck coming back for them.
As the truck pulls up, Jarvis is hunched over a seemingly unconscious Peggy. One of Manfredi's men herds Jarvis into the truck, while Peggy blindsides the other. Suddenly she's behind the other man. They take the truck and Peggy says she plans to bring Jarvis back to his wife.
Masters is upset to find Sousa and Samberly behind bars, and Thompson on the other side of them, rather than all three being dead. Thompson tells Masters they should allow Samberly to fix the Gamma Cannon and turn it on Frost. Masters is skeptical of Sousa's involvement, but Sousa agrees that Frost is the bigger threat. Masters agrees. Thompson lets the others out of their cell and the three of them agree that the plan worked about as well as they could have hoped.
Manfredi brings Frost to a waste management facility he believes will make a good hidden lab for her. Inside, Dr. Wilkes is strapped to a table, begging them to take him somewhere isolated. Frost uses a massive syringe on Wilkes to try to extract the Zero Matter.
Peggy storms into the SSR office and into Masters' office and punches him in the face. She continues to beat him, demanding to know where Thompson and Sousa are, until Thompson and Sousa come in and pull Peggy off.
In the lab, they fill Peggy in on the plan. She expresses doubt over how much they can trust Masters. She feels that Masters will turn on them as soon as Frost is out of the way, but Masters assure them they have a stalemate that he has no interest in breaking. Frost is becoming impatient, and Thompson offers to go talk to her.
Frost continues her work on Wilkes, but Manfredi advises she let up before Wilkes' body gives out. Frost meets with Thompson. Thompson flirts with Frost a bit, and Manfredi gets in his face. Frost tells him to back off, and Manfredi decides to take his men and go home. Thompson spills the whole plan to Frost, offering to ally himself with Frost in exchange for a seat on the Council of Nine.
Thompson tells Peggy that Frost bought the story, but Peggy is suspicious of Thompson. Samberly hands over the gamma core and tells him to handle it with extreme caution, then shows Masters and Thompson how to work the cannon. They drive off and Peggy and Sousa attempt to follow, but the fuel line of their car has been cut. Peggy suspects Vernon.
Peggy and Sousa demand Samberly let them use his car. Samberly reveals that Thompson told him to turn the Gamma Cannon into a bomb and they realize that Jack is the one who is up to something. They tell Samberly to build a jammer to block Thompson's remote detonation device.
Jarvis sees after Ana in the hospital. Ana asks after Peggy and Wilkes, but Jarvis tries to change the subject. Finally, Jarvis tells her the truth of the situation. Ana tells Jarvis he should be helping Peggy because he's all Peggy has. Jarvis agrees, but Ana knows there's something else he's not telling her. Jarvis tells Ana about her injuries.
Peggy, Sousa, and Samberly arrive at the waste facility. Samberly still hasn't gotten the jammer working, but Carter goes in to save Wilkes anyway. Inside, Masters moves into position to fire the cannon. Peggy finds Wilkes on the table. He wakes, his skin crawls again and he yells in pain. Wilkes tells her to leave and insists that what he did to Peggy was all of his own volition. Thompson pulls a gun on Masters. Peggy gets Wilkes off the table and tries walking him out, but he locks himself in the lab. Wilkes' skin begins to become covered in Zero Matter.
Outside, Samberly gets the jammer working. Thompson leaves Vernon with Frost. He goes outside and hits the detonator, but nothing happens. Thompson tells Samberly to turn off the jammer. He says he's making the hard decision to kill everyone inside. Thompson pulls a gun on Samberly and he turns off the jammer. Carter pulls a gun on Thompson.
Frost starts using Zero Matter on Vernon, but Vernon smiles when he sees the bomb is primed. Frost is furious, but then Wilkes comes into the room and explodes in darkness.
