Marvel One-Shot · Short film guide
Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter
2013 · Film · 15m
Peggy Carter takes an assignment into her own hands.
Explore the viewing guide- Catalog release date
- October 4, 2013
- Viewing time
- 15m
- Viewing context
- After The First Avenger ↗
The story
Why watch Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter?
Peggy Carter is working at the Strategic Scientific Reserve after the events of Captain America: The First Avenger. A search for the mysterious Zodiac gives her a chance to act, even as her supervisor John Flynn dismisses her abilities. Hayley Atwell leads this compact espionage story about an agent who has much more to offer than her desk assignment suggests.
Watch for the contrast between the office's expectations and Peggy's confidence in the field. The short gives her a complete spotlight without needing the scale of a feature film. Its brisk approach makes it a useful change of pace after a superhero origin story: the interest lies in how Peggy responds to an institution that underestimates her.
Synopsis source · Disney+ ↗Before you begin
A starting point
The First Avenger introduces Peggy and the wartime setting behind this short. Watch that film first if you want her next assignment to follow naturally from the character's introduction.
Story & release
Where it fits
Disney places the short a year after the events of Captain America: The First Avenger. This page covers the 2013 One-Shot, not the later Agent Carter television series. The series has its own season guide; do not count this short as an episode or use its running time as the length of the show.
Plan your watch
Time & preparation
Optional before Doomsday. A short about Peggy Carter's life after the war; nice background on her, not needed for Doomsday.
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Characters & performers
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Marvel UK
Official clip
Marvel UK’s official promotional excerpt from the short. Contains story details; this is a clip, not the full film. Watch the preceding feature first to avoid spoilers.
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Related titles
Explore Captain America: The First Avenger and Marvel's Agent Carter. These are character or thematic browsing choices, not additional required viewing.
Sources & context
About this guide
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