I didn't watch I was waiting to see the Buffista reaction. I don't know how the waitresses were portrayed in the show but Automats did have women working in uniform who put the food in the sections and maybe cleared tables. Of course my Automat knowledge is limited to what I've seen in movies like A Touch if Mink.

Something that looked like a heart with a tongue sticking out, which did not look like a Hydra symbol. Hmm.

I am calling them the Squiggly Butts.

The automat and the diner were two different venues, I believe.

The automat and the diner were two different venues, I believe.

That would make me feel better.

I'm suspecting something is shifty with the waitress (even though I like her) and/or with the women's apartment she got Peggy into. (My grandma lived in a similar situation in nursing school, and she routinely sneaked out her window after curfew.)

I'm also somewhat dim, because while I was watching, I thought, "Man, the Roxxon executive looks a LOT like Leland Palmer!" And then I looked on IMDB. Duh, Steph. Duh.

I know that there were hotel/apartments specifically for women in New York which could be pretty restrictive as to behavior on the premises. I don't think they were as particular as to dress.

Remember Bosom Buddies?

Tara Butters and Michelle Fazekas, who are serving as executive producers / show-runners for Agent Carter, also ran the short-lived but generally well-regarded Reaper from a few years back, in which Ray Wise played The Devil (the most perfect casting EVER). I suspect that connection served a role in Wise's casting.

In an amusing happenstance, Butters is married to Marc Guggenheim, who's one of the executive producers for Arrow (DC and Marvel rivalry right there in their living room!). Here's a fun and informative interview of Butters and Fazekas by Guggenheim, in which they talk about both shows: [link]

I suspect that connection served a role in Wise's casting.

Me too.

I'm suspecting something is shifty with the waitress (even though I like her)

I don't know about shifty but I assume she'll have a more important role in the future, since they got Lyndsey Fonseca.

I was surprisingly sad about Colleen's death (I was hoping she could be a Lacey Thornfield type), and I was glad they let Peggy cry about it onscreen.

Also, poor Bubs.

I like that it is a mini-series. Anything can happen to anyone, except for Peggy, Howard, and Jarvis.

There seem to be more mini-series coming on ... which I like. They seem to have stopped for a while, but I like having something that has a plot with a definite end. Or maybe it's just me - I tend to drop out when series go on with a plot bunny that's more like the Energizer bunny and just keep going and going.