Even though I hear the show has picked up in its second season, I’m still not eager to return to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Instead, I’ve turned my excitement to ABC and Marvel’s new series, Agent Carter. I like everything I know about it so far: strong protagonist played by Hayley Atwell; only eight episodes; it was created by Captain America: The First Avenger writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely; and it’s a spy series set in the 1940s, which is a time period we don’t see on television.

ABC has now announced that the one-hour premiere has been extended to two hours, which basically makes the Agent Carter series premiere into a movie, and I’m absolutely fine with that. The trade-off is that the series is now seven episodes, although technically it’s still eight because the first and second episodes have been combined to make the extended premiere. The series premieres on January 6, 2015 on ABC. Hit the jump for the plot synopsis.

Here’s the plot synopsis for Agent Carter: