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We're back with a podcast on episode 3 of Agent Carter's second season, "Better Angels." In this episode, Peggy and company begin to deal with the fallout of the season premiere's explosive cliffhanger. Many significant glances are exchanged. We have Peggy and Jason's amorous glances, of course, but also Peggy and Whitney's appraising glances, as the two women driving the season's plot meet face-to-face for the first time.

To defeat this season's villains, the Arena Club, Peggy will have to do more than just thwart the power plays of some rich old white men. She'll also have to understand Whitney Frost, the genius hidden so well in their midst that even the Arena Club doesn't see her. And how could they, really?

We cover the two-part season premiere of Agent Carter, "The Lady in the Lake" and "A View in the Dark," in which Peggy goes to L.A. and gets caught up in a murder mystery that seems straight out of a 1940s film noir--and then that's where it really gets interesting.

Jill and Alex have a chat about Marvel's Jessica Jones on Netflix and try to keep the conversation focused on the ladies.

Agent Carter Declassified is back! Even better: Agent Carter is back! Or will be next January! Alex and I discuss all the Agent Carter news since the show was renewed, from the show's upcoming  L.A. location, to Hayley Atwell's recent comments about diversity, to Dub Smash!

Then we use Peggy's cameo in Ant-Man to segue into a discussion about that movie, particularly its treatment of Janet van Dyne and Hope van Dyne. Our discussion  lasted more about an hour, but in an ant-sized nutshell:

Marvel knows that a lot of people want more lady superheroes. The Ant-Man movie makes that clear. But Marvel still doesn't think that's a good enough reason to make a lady-led superhero film. The Ant-Man movie makes that clear as well.

What did you think of Ant-Man? Let us know in the comments below!

A big bulk of this super-sized episode of Agent Carter is devoted to chatting about Age of Ultron and the Black Widow problem, but that doesn't stop Jill and Alex from finding Peggy Carter specific avenues of discussion. 

Peggy Carter may only have a cameo in Winter Solider, but her words resonate throughout the film. Alex and Jill talk that, Steve's struggle to acclimate and Alex's hatred of Iron Man 2 in this very special pre-hiatus episode of Agent Carter Declassified.