5. Tapping Into The Best Elements Of The Marvel Cinematic Universe
Of all the love interests in the movies of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it was Hayley Atwell’s Peggy Carter that made the most impact. With Captain America moving into the present after the events of Captain America: The First Avenger, this could have been the last we saw of Peggy. But thankfully Marvel saw sense and in the follow-up to Agents Of SHIELD, the created an arguably more popular show in Agent Carter.
As a period spy drama, it allowed Marvel to really explore the origins of SHIELD and the Avengers. And across those eight episodes,  Agent Carter delivered some of the most fun, action-packed TV of the year. The partnership of Atwell’s Peggy and James D’Arcy’s Jarvis was electric and Dominic Cooper clearly has a whole lot of fun continuing his role as Tony Stark’s dad Howard.
But it also laid some great groundwork to the MCU, from the origin’s of Black Widow’s training program in Russia (and another fantastic villain in Bridget Regan’s Dottie Underwood) to super soldier serums and Stark weaponry. And arguably it serves as a great companion piece to the modern day Agents Of SHIELD.
It is no wonder this ‘limited show’ is coming back for season two in January…
