But, Matt, there was a war on. Which is a phrase used often to excuse non-standard behavior. A big push after the war was to "get back to normal." The agency that women used was considered something borrowed, and lots of people, men and women, assumed that most women would be happy to give up the "burden" and get back to their proper work. Women going into the factories and military was considered a sad commentary on the hardships of war, not a chance to show what a woman could do. Many, many people breathed a sigh of relief that the old roles could be reassumed. People being people, there were lots of folks who liked the wartime roles, but in general, society did not approve.

In the SSR, there may be people thinking Peggy is being wasted, but on the whole, I see it as a situation where the men have come back from war and are expecting to have the useful jobs for themselves. The women were placeholders, no matter how competent they were.

I did watch Agent Carter last night, but I was having trouble concentrating so I don't really remember much of it.

Yeah, it looks like I was wrong earlier. Angie is a waitress at an automat. Guess it's just semiautomatic.

I was confused by something in this week's episode. During his interrogation, Jarvis didn't start sweating until the "traitor" thing was brought up. It seemed like the SSR guys were threatening to use that info to get him deported. Why then was it such a big deal that Peggy "accidentally" revealed they were lying about the lost missing car police report?

I didn't get that either, Jon.

I was very confused about what happened with Peggy and the report. I think because that was what they were ostensibly holding him for, they had to release him then?

P-C, that must be it. And the traitor thing was just a threat.

Yeah, the only thing they were holding him for was suspicion of being at the refinery the night it went kaboom, because they found the bumper and license plate. He reported the car as stolen, so that report would basically "prove" he couldn't have been the driver the night the refinery went kaboom.

The SSR guys had the report but *said* they couldn't find it; lack of the report would mean lack of "proof" of his innocence.

Peggy knew they had the report, so she cooked up the scheme to come in with the forms Big Boss had to sign, and she picked up the police report with them, and then brought them back in front of Jarvis, so that Jarvis knew they had proof he wasn't at the refinery.

I saw her pick up a report but I didn't follow all the logic there. Thanks for breaking it down!

(I was also confused because it didn't seem like the lack of police report was an issue because they already claimed not to believe the report, that it was an obvious false alibi.)

they already claimed not to believe the report, that it was an obvious false alibi.

I guess the fact there was an actual documented report of theft is more legally defensible than Jarvis just saying "Uh, yeah, it was stolen a while back. I swear!"

I mean, the SSR guys definitely didn't believe it (because it WAS false), but it's still enough concrete proof to cover his ass.