Peggy Carter and Edwin Jarvis escape capture while Jack Thompson and Daniel Sousa return to the Strategic Scientific Reserve (SSR). Joseph Manfredi sets up a new lab for Whitney Frost in an abandoned facility, where she begins trying to take all of Jason Wilkes's Zero Matter for herself. Thompson convinces Vernon Masters to use the gamma cannon against Frost, then visits Frost, warning her of Masters's treachery and offering to turn on him in exchange for a seat on the Council of Nine. Thompson then turns on Carter and Sousa, delaying them, as he actually intends to remote detonate the cannon to kill Frost, Masters, and Wilkes. Thompson turns Masters over to Frost, but the SSR manage to jam his detonator signal before he can detonate the cannon. Carter tries to get Wilkes out of the building, but he refuses to leave knowing what he has become. Thompson holds the others at gunpoint until his signal is un-jammed, though Carter is still unwilling for Wilkes to die. As Frost begins killing Masters, he notices that the cannon is being activated. However, Wilkes finds them then, and unleashes all the Zero Matter from within himself.
Production
Development
In February 2016, Marvel announced that the ninth episode of the season would be titled "A Little Song and Dance", to be written by executive producer Chris Dingess, based on a story by executive producers Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters, with Jennifer Getzinger directing.[1]
The dream sequence was choreographed by van Amstel and begins in black and white, before transitioning to color.[2]
Music
The dance number used in the dream sequence was an original song from lyricist David Zippel and series composer Christopher Lennertz, in conjunction with Butters and Fazekas.[2] Titled "Whatcha Gonna Do (It's Up to You)", the single was performed by Atwell and Gjokaj along with the Hollywood Studio Symphony, and was released on iTunes on March 18, 2016.[6]
Release
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Broadcast
"A Little Song and Dance" was first aired in the United States on ABC on February 23, 2016.[1]
Reception
Ratings
In the United States the episode received a 0.8/2 percent share among adults between the ages of 18 and 49, meaning that it was seen by 0.8 percent of all households, and 2 percent of all of those watching television at the time of the broadcast. It was watched by 2.50 million viewers.[7]