Character Relationship Map: Marvel's Agent Carter

Characters

• Peggy Carter (played by Hayley Atwell) — protagonist

  S.H.I.E.L.D. co-founder and Steve Rogers' love interest.

• Edwin Jarvis (played by James D'Arcy) — protagonist

  Loyal butler and S.H.I.E.L.D. agent.

• Daniel Sousa (played by Enver Gjokaj) — supporting

  S.S.R. agent and Peggy Carter's love interest.

• Angie Martinelli (played by Lyndsy Fonseca) — supporting

  Peggy Carter's close friend and fellow SSR agent in 1940s New York.

• Jack Thompson (played by Chad Michael Murray) — supporting

  SSR agent and colleague of Peggy Carter in post-WWII era

• Dottie Underwood (played by Bridget Regan) — supporting

  SSR agent posing as a housewife, secretly a brainwashed assassin.

• Whitney Frost (played by Wynn Everett) — supporting

  Scientist exposed to the Darkforce dimension.

• Agent Vega (played by Rey Valentin) — cameo

  SSR agent and colleague of Peggy Carter in Agent Carter.

• Calvin Chadwick (played by Currie Graham) — cameo

  Industrialist and antagonist in Agent Carter season 1.

• Jason Wilkes (played by Reggie Austin) — cameo

  Physicist and Peggy Carter's love interest in Agent Carter.

• Ana Jarvis (played by Lotte Verbeek) — cameo

  Widow of Howard Stark's colleague and Peggy's ally in Agent Carter.

• Vernon Masters (played by Kurtwood Smith) — cameo

  SSR director and Peggy Carter's superior in Agent Carter.

• Michael Carter (played by Max Brown) — cameo

  SSR agent and colleague of Peggy Carter in Agent Carter.

• Howard Stark (played by Dominic Cooper) — cameo

  Genius inventor and Peggy Carter's love interest in Agent Carter.

• Violet (played by Sarah Bolger) — cameo

  SSR secretary and Peggy Carter's assistant in Agent Carter.

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Peggy Carter → Edwin Jarvis (Operational partners) — Their professional collaboration spans both seasons and repeatedly supports Peggy's investigations.

  "Jarvis helps Peggy investigate the stolen inventions in Season 1 and continues assisting her in Season 2, including examining Jason Wilkes's belongin...

• Jack Thompson → Vernon Masters (Manipulation and influence) — Masters exerts manipulative influence over Jack, drawing him into a plan that endangers everyone at the site.

  "The Season 2 finale states that Jack Thompson has been manipulated by Vernon Masters into turning the gamma cannon into a remotely triggered bomb."

• Whitney Frost → Calvin Chadwick (Married couple) — Their marriage is overtaken by Frost's deadly actions and public announcement of Chadwick's death.

  "The Season 2 summary identifies Calvin Chadwick as Whitney Frost's husband and says Frost announces that he and several colleagues died at sea. The s...

• Edwin Jarvis → Howard Stark (Employer and assistant) — Jarvis acts on Howard's instructions by supporting Peggy's investigation into the stolen inventions.

  "Howard instructs Jarvis to assist Peggy in investigating the stolen inventions and places Jarvis at her disposal."

• Peggy Carter → Jason Wilkes (Romantic connection and allies) — Their affection develops amid Wilkes's zero matter condition, with Peggy repeatedly trying to protect and save him.

  "Jason Wilkes is identified as Peggy's love interest. Peggy refuses to abandon him when he fears disappearing, and she enters the dangerous facility t...

• Peggy Carter → Daniel Sousa (SSR colleagues) — Their professional partnership continues alongside their complicated personal connection.

  "Peggy returns to work at the SSR with Sousa, and in Season 2 they investigate the death connected to Isodyne Energy together."

• Daniel Sousa → Violet (Engaged couple) — Their engagement changes the personal context of Sousa's relationship with Peggy.

  "Peggy learns in Season 2 that Daniel Sousa is engaged to Violet, and Violet is identified as an SSR secretary."

• Peggy Carter → Jack Thompson (SSR colleagues) — They are colleagues whose professional relationship is complicated by Peggy's concealed work and Jack's later involvement in a dangerous scheme.

  "Peggy conceals her investigation from Jack in Season 1. In Season 2, Jack is involved in the SSR investigation and is later manipulated into turning...

• Peggy Carter → Agent Vega (SSR colleagues) — They are connected through the SSR investigation, with Vega managing the press at the disaster scene.

  "During the search following the Isodyne laboratory explosion, Agent Vega controls the press while investigators examine the wreckage, and Peggy is in...

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Peggy Carter → Angie Martinelli (Close friendship) — Angie offers Peggy personal companionship and practical help amid Peggy's difficult postwar life.

  "Angie is identified as Peggy's close friend, and in Season 1 she helps Peggy search for a new place to live."

• Peggy Carter → Howard Stark (Secret investigative alliance) — Peggy undertakes a covert investigation on Howard's behalf while he is a fugitive, making their alliance central to the first season's case.

  "Howard secretly asks Peggy to investigate the theft of his inventions and says she is the one person who can clear his name. He assigns Jarvis to ass...

• Peggy Carter → Whitney Frost (Investigator and central threat) — Frost becomes the central opposing force in Peggy's effort to contain the zero matter crisis.

  "Peggy's Season 2 investigation and containment efforts repeatedly intersect with Frost's attempts to obtain and control zero matter and the rift."

• Peggy Carter → Dottie Underwood (Pursuer and fugitive) — Peggy pursues Dottie after her escape, and their interactions become dangerous and adversarial.

  "At the start of Season 2, Dottie has escaped after a previous operation, and Peggy is determined to find her and bring her back under control. Peggy...

• Edwin Jarvis → Ana Jarvis (Close personal bond) — Ana's injury has a strong emotional impact on Edwin and draws him toward revenge, while Peggy urges him to stay with Ana at the hospital.

  "Ana is seriously wounded during the escalating conflict, and Edwin Jarvis is furious that Whitney Frost shot her. Peggy insists that he return to the...

• Peggy Carter → Vernon Masters (Opposed by manipulation) — Masters's scheme puts Peggy and the people she is trying to save in danger.

  "Vernon Masters manipulates Jack Thompson into turning the gamma cannon into a remotely triggered bomb, while Peggy enters the facility to rescue Jaso...

Story Analysis

Across two seasons, Peggy Carter moves from a covert effort to clear Howard Stark's name to an escalating investigation of zero matter. Her partnerships and personal ties are tested by threats that grow from stolen technology to a dangerous rift and a finale rescue.

Plot Progression

1. Season 1: A Fugitive's Request — Peggy's postwar routine is disrupted when Howard Stark asks her to investigate his stolen inventions. Jarvis becomes her covert partner as she tries to clear Howard's name.
2. Season 1: Following the Clues — Peggy and Jarvis pursue Stark technology and uncover coded references to Leviathan. Peggy must conceal her investigation from colleagues while the danger grows.
3. Season 2: The Isodyne Mystery — Peggy works with Sousa on a death connected to Isodyne Energy. An explosion and Wilkes's disappearance shift the investigation toward zero matter.
4. Season 2: Wilkes and Zero Matter — Peggy and Jarvis investigate Wilkes's condition and search for a way to stabilize him. Peggy refuses to abandon him as the substance's dangers become more immediate.
5. Season 2: Frost's Escalation — Whitney Frost pursues control of zero matter while Peggy seeks a sample and tries to protect those caught in the conflict. Ana's serious injury raises the personal stakes.
6. Season 2: Rift and Rescue — Frost's attempt to control the rift intensifies the crisis, and Peggy faces memories of Michael. The finale brings a bomb threat and Peggy's effort to rescue Wilkes.