Orientation: Part 1
- Episode aired Dec 1, 2017
- TV-14
- 42m
Coulson and the team find themselves trapped on a mysterious ship in outer space, and that's just the beginning of the nightmare to come.Coulson and the team find themselves trapped on a mysterious ship in outer space, and that's just the beginning of the nightmare to come.Coulson and the team find themselves trapped on a mysterious ship in outer space, and that's just the beginning of the nightmare to come.
- Leo Fitz
- (credit only)
- Jerry
- (as Peter Hulne)
- Jones
- (as Nathin Butler)
- Kree Trooper
- (as Jermaine L. Brantley)
- Kree Trooper
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhen Phil Coulson admits that Fury's Toolbox contains no information about human outposts in space, Yo-Yo Rodriguez replies, "S.H.I.E.L.D. doesn't have a space division called S.P.E.A.R. or something?" which Coulson declined. This is a reference to S.W.O.R.D., a S.H.I.E.L.D. subdivision specialized in extraterrestrial threats in the comics.
- GoofsWhen Deke asks Coulson where he's from, Coulson replies "Manitowoc, Wisconsin", pronouncing it "man-ih-toe-wok". Someone born there (or native to most of Wisconsin) would pronounce it "man-twok".
- Quotes
[Mack punches out Virgil]
Phil Coulson: Mack.
Alphonso 'Mack' Mackenzie: You okay? What the hell's going on?
Phil Coulson: I was about to find out.
Alphonso 'Mack' Mackenzie: Oh, my bad. I see a dirty looking dude hovering over you with a crazy looking gun. I acted on impulse. Where'd that rock send us?
Phil Coulson: Well, I don't have many details, but I do know we're in space.
Alphonso 'Mack' Mackenzie: Yeah, that makes sense. That's one thing we haven't done yet.
- ConnectionsReferences Alien (1979)
When Mack knocks Virgil unconscious he sarcastically apologizes that he 'saw a dirty-looking dude, standing over you with a creepy looking weapon, I reacted'. If Virgil had a weapon, in wasn't aimed at Coulson. Virgil was dirty but you could tell in 2/10's of a second that he was friendly. And obviously if he had been in any danger Coulson could have taken the guy out no problem so why does Mack say the guy was 'standing over him' at all? These are assumptions, not reactions. You tend to react to things that are actually in front of your face, things that are actually there no matter how you feel about them. Mack doesn't' react, he doesn't' take the time to read a situation, or people. He just goes with whatever he thinks is going on, and follows his own assumptions, how HE feels about people.
Coulson is his normal, patient, dry-witted humor self. Yo-Yo and Simmons play off each-other beautifully. But seriously you could have called this episode 'harbinger' and been closer to the point. As in a Harbinger of bad things to come rather than people getting oriented to thier knew surroundings. Mack's erroneous, sanctimonious attitude will not only put distance between himself and those members of the team he is closest too, it drowns out what virtues, heart and even internal conflict the other characters bring to the table/show. His attitude of 'we won't become like them; we won't lose our humanity' with no sympathy or understanding of the fact that having as much humanity as these people have after living like this for so long is impressive. The only character who professes their Christian faith, other than Yo-Yo, not only doesn't live up to it has judgment on the quickest speed-dial. It's...disturbing actually.
This episode was the beginning of the End.
- sophiejensen-13063
- Nov 14, 2023