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The series' first major tie-in episode with the wider MCU was "The Well", which begins immediately after ' (2013). The episodes "End of the Beginning" and "Turn, Turn, Turn" revolve around the events of "Captain America: The Winter Soldier", which led to a retooling of the series. Flashback sequences in "Shadows" and "The Things We Bury" featuring Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter served as marketing and set-up for the "Agent Carter" television series. The events of "The Frenemy of My Enemy" and "The Dirty Half Dozen" led up to the opening sequence of "Avengers: Age of Ultron", while "Scars" deals with the aftermath of that film. The third season follows similar themes to the film ' (2016), focusing on powered people and the different responses to them, leading up to the episode "Emancipation", which takes place after the film and shows how its events affect the series' powered characters.