Snark Industries

Snark Industries works through the third Agent Carter chapter, with Peggy still splitting her time between SSR busy work and her off-the-books hunt for Stark's stolen tech. The full plot gets walked through, from her struggle to decode the Leviathan symbol, to Jarvis being hauled in for questioning over the license plate, to the sewer route that leads Peggy and Jarvis to the marked boat full of Stark's inventions. The heart of the breakdown is Jarvis's backstory: a forged general's signature to get his wife Anna out of Budapest, a dishonorable discharge, and Howard Stark's money smoothing it all over, a reveal both hosts single out as the best part. The rest lands more critically, with a murky interrogation scene that neither host could make sense of even after digging, a convenient trail of clues, and a filler feel that leaves them wondering next about the exact same thing they were wondering the previous time. Personal thoughts converge: real love for Jarvis and Hayley Atwell, appreciation for the fight choreography, and honest agreement that this is the weakest entry so far, disjointed and a touch lazy in its writing, but still worth the watch as part of a series they expect to enjoy as a whole. Dive in further at https://www.snarkindustriespod.com/episodes/agent-carter-s1e3-time-and-tide Join the conversation at https://discord.gg/mJBCuxffF5

New York, 1946. Peggy pores over books of symbols trying to identify the mark a dying Leviathan agent left behind, all while settling into a strict women's residence where a late-night visitor and a roommate's expulsion spark a realization: no place is truly impenetrable, including Howard Stark's robbed vault. Before she can act on it, the SSR pulls Jarvis in over the license plate found in the refinery wreckage, pressing him about a dishonorable discharge until Peggy engineers his release. Freed, Jarvis joins her at the vault, where a hole in the floor sends them into the sewers. Along the way he confesses the truth behind his discharge: forging a general's signature to smuggle his wife Anna out of Budapest, saved from execution only by Howard Stark's influence. The tunnels lead to a harbor boat bearing the Leviathan symbol and loaded with Stark's missing tech. Rather than claim the find and risk being branded Stark's accomplice, Peggy has Jarvis phone in an anonymous tip. A hulking Leviathan enforcer attacks, and Peggy takes him down with a piece of Stark tech. The SSR recovers the arsenal and arrests the goon, but on the drive back, Agent Krzeminski and the prisoner are both gunned down by an assassin. The next day the office mourns, Sousa grows suspicious of the anonymous call, and Chief Dooley resolves to redouble the hunt for Howard Stark. Dive in further at https://www.snarkindustriespod.com/episodes/agent-carter-s1e3-time-and-tide Join the conversation at https://discord.gg/mJBCuxffF5

A Snarklet plunge into the Hulk block of The Marvel Super Heroes, reacted to in real time and, by the hosts' own repeated verdict, the most incoherent thing they have watched on the show so far. They talk through the whole disjointed run as it plays, from a gamma bomb test where Igor pushes the button anyway, to Rick Jones somehow surviving unirradiated, to a Hulk who bunny-hops, changes pants mid-scene, and speaks in a strange drawl with none of the usual rage, to a Gorgon who launches himself by missile, flies everyone to space for no clear reason, and then blows himself up once he is cured of his grossness. Once the credits roll they turn to how it fits the larger picture and land emphatically on "it doesn't," with Jon glad there are no MCU parallels to trace at all. Both hosts agree this is the worst entry they have seen, a single issue adapted whole and every bit as scattered on screen, but they still find plenty to laugh at and close on the same advice: if you can find it, expect the worst and laugh at it. Dive in further at https://www.snarkindustriespod.com/episodes/the-marvel-super-heroes-s1e3-the-origin-of-the-hulk-enter-the-gorgon-to-be-a-man Join the conversation at https://discord.gg/mJBCuxffF5

Snark Industries picks up the Agent Carter story right where the pilot left off, with Peggy chasing the truck of stolen explosives that slipped away in the refinery blast. The full plot gets walked through, from her double-agent maneuvering inside the SSR, to a disguise pulled from Howard Stark's wardrobe of women's outfits, to the undercover health-inspector routine that leads her to a missing milk truck and its driver in New Jersey. The threads running alongside get their due, with Angie pushing Peggy to move in, the flashbacks to her murdered roommate feeding a fear that everyone close to her gets hurt, and the Leviathan assassin Sasha working the same trail through a string of typewriter-coded murders. It all converges at Sheldon McPhee's house and ends with the truck and Sasha going into the lake in a fireball, while back at the refinery the SSR digs Jarvis's license plate out of the wreckage as their next lead. Personal thoughts land warm on both sides, with shared love for Jarvis and Hayley Atwell, agreement that the period cheese and well-worn TV tropes only add to the fun, and one lingering shared obsession: what exactly was the deal with that carrot in the interrogation scene? Dive in further at https://www.snarkindustriespod.com/episodes/agent-carter-s1e2-bridge-and-tunnel Join the conversation at https://discord.gg/mJBCuxffF5

New York, 1946. In the immediate aftermath of the refinery explosion, Peggy Carter races to recover the truck of Stark's stolen singularity bombs before anyone connects the blast to her. Working both sides of her own agency, she digs through SSR intelligence for a lead, then borrows a set of disguises from Howard Stark's closet and poses as a city health inspector to trace a milk-delivery route down to a single missing truck and its driver, Sheldon McPhee. Between leads, waitress Angie tries to coax Peggy into moving in as a roommate, an offer Peggy keeps at arm's length while flashbacks to her murdered friend remind her why. In the background, the Leviathan assassin Sasha carries out his own coded hunt for the same devices, leaving bodies in his wake. Everyone arrives at McPhee's at once. Peggy subdues him, finds his truck packed with explosives, and she and Jarvis try to drive it clear as Sasha attacks and a double-crossing Leviathan operative complicates the fight. The clash ends with the truck and the assassin plunging into a lake in a massive explosion. At the ruined refinery, SSR agents sifting the debris pull a scorched bumper from the wreckage, Jarvis's license plate still attached, and a new trail opens. Dive in further at https://www.snarkindustriespod.com/episodes/agent-carter-s1e2-bridge-and-tunnel Join the conversation at https://discord.gg/mJBCuxffF5