7 reviews
One of the worst Agents Of Shield episodes of them all
- jack-mcneill
- Aug 1, 2014
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Skye and May Character Developments!
- ShelbyTMItchell
- Dec 2, 2013
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We were the welcome wagon
Shield had an episode today that they sort of had a horror element thrown in. With a disappearing madman in the plane, it got kind of spooky, with the power off and the team scattered.
The "ghost", Tobias Ford, said that he was sent to Hell, although I kind of like the theory that he was sent to Hel, the Asgardian version of it that actually exists. It would be a nice little reference to it and it actually kind of looked like a hellscape when Simmons was looking into the blast.
I liked how they looked more into the backstory of May and how she got the moniker "the Cavalry". I liked how Coulson defended her and how he himself was there when it happened. While we just got the story of what happened to May, there is still more that can be revealed because the story sounds really interesting: May going into an enemy compound, alone and unarmed, defeats the threat and stops the powered person. How it messed her up is really curious and I really want to know more. While it was good to have an inkling into her backstory it would have been nice to see the whole thing in a flashback.
I also didn't like all of the God stuff brought up. It's fine to have someone's faith explored but it just seemed like too much. First off, the world knows that Thor and his people actually exist and you think, like last episode, more people would believe in Norse mythology since it is literally real. I can sort of understand that she would think "Well if their gods exist, why can't mine" but it just took up way too much of her character that I found it annoying.
+ Spooky setting + Possible Thor 2 connection with Hel + Insight into May - Although more would be nicer - The whole god talk was a nuisance
Final Score: 7.6/10
The "ghost", Tobias Ford, said that he was sent to Hell, although I kind of like the theory that he was sent to Hel, the Asgardian version of it that actually exists. It would be a nice little reference to it and it actually kind of looked like a hellscape when Simmons was looking into the blast.
I liked how they looked more into the backstory of May and how she got the moniker "the Cavalry". I liked how Coulson defended her and how he himself was there when it happened. While we just got the story of what happened to May, there is still more that can be revealed because the story sounds really interesting: May going into an enemy compound, alone and unarmed, defeats the threat and stops the powered person. How it messed her up is really curious and I really want to know more. While it was good to have an inkling into her backstory it would have been nice to see the whole thing in a flashback.
I also didn't like all of the God stuff brought up. It's fine to have someone's faith explored but it just seemed like too much. First off, the world knows that Thor and his people actually exist and you think, like last episode, more people would believe in Norse mythology since it is literally real. I can sort of understand that she would think "Well if their gods exist, why can't mine" but it just took up way too much of her character that I found it annoying.
+ Spooky setting + Possible Thor 2 connection with Hel + Insight into May - Although more would be nicer - The whole god talk was a nuisance
Final Score: 7.6/10
- jhudson-11704
- Jul 28, 2017
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Re-watch thoughts
The first time watching, I wasn't a big fan of this episode, but this is one episode where nostalgia hits you when you re-watch it after 5 seasons, Fitzsimmons innocent pranking got me teary eyed knowing what the future holds for those two, the hints at May's backstory just highlights how good this show is at laying groundwork then pay it off much later...yeah the episode itself is still average, but I loved it more this time around.
- noorea-85147
- Jan 3, 2019
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A day in Hell for a lowly Particle Accelerator Worker
A woman "Hannah" - Played by _____?- a safety inspector for a particle accelerator, has been blamed for an accident that killed four people in a small Jesusy town. For a town full of Churchers, these people don't seem to grasp the concept of Forgiveness. And as one guy in a fast food store finds out, he should leave the woman alone, unless of course he wants to get pelted by cans of food and sundries that seem to be hitting him in the head by telekinesis.
As there is no full cast list for this episode yet, I can't say who this girl was, the one who was blamed. But when S H I E L D comes to find out what happened, the whole town is harassing the woman as if she were a one-woman Planned parenthood Clinic. In other words, acting like regular Jesusers. One of my old Pastors used to say it - Never be known as a people, for what you OPPOSE, only for the good you do, so this whole town gets an F-Minus in Christian Charity.
They get bombarded with police cars for their trouble and May has to use one of Fitz' knockout pellets.
The question is, has the woman gained some kind of Telekinetic Power from this accident? It originally seems like this is the case but the woman says not - she says it is a Demon sent to make trouble, because God is not protecting her anymore. And she blames herself for the accident.
Wrong on both counts, so - What IS causing circuits to be ripped out, Antenna to be busted on the S H I E L D Plane (which is getting better and better with the CGI)?
Fitz-Simmons, or at least the Simmons half, finds an answer to this - They had been using the Particle Accelerator to open Odin's broken Rainbow Bridge.
But the lowly woman never saw the first Thor movie and/or wasn't around New Mexico when some huge Destroyer wrecked the whole town, so she has to simplify the explanation for herself: She thinks God has abandoned her. But as much as she may think GOD no longer is protecting her - Someone, or some THING is.
At first it appears to be the wrong thing to do, for Coulson to have May talk this woman down. But in the end, it was the right decision.
And we get to hear how that "Cavalry" thing about May got started. But in this case, the story starts out big and ends small instead of the other way around.
Skye puts the religious aspect back into perspective, because for all of the blustering in The Old Testament Bible about the Wrath of God, these people forget the main tenet: The LOVE of God. And also why they call those testaments OLD and NEW, eh? And it was that exact aspect of God's Love - Not His Wrath, that solves this thing.
As there is no full cast list for this episode yet, I can't say who this girl was, the one who was blamed. But when S H I E L D comes to find out what happened, the whole town is harassing the woman as if she were a one-woman Planned parenthood Clinic. In other words, acting like regular Jesusers. One of my old Pastors used to say it - Never be known as a people, for what you OPPOSE, only for the good you do, so this whole town gets an F-Minus in Christian Charity.
They get bombarded with police cars for their trouble and May has to use one of Fitz' knockout pellets.
The question is, has the woman gained some kind of Telekinetic Power from this accident? It originally seems like this is the case but the woman says not - she says it is a Demon sent to make trouble, because God is not protecting her anymore. And she blames herself for the accident.
Wrong on both counts, so - What IS causing circuits to be ripped out, Antenna to be busted on the S H I E L D Plane (which is getting better and better with the CGI)?
Fitz-Simmons, or at least the Simmons half, finds an answer to this - They had been using the Particle Accelerator to open Odin's broken Rainbow Bridge.
But the lowly woman never saw the first Thor movie and/or wasn't around New Mexico when some huge Destroyer wrecked the whole town, so she has to simplify the explanation for herself: She thinks God has abandoned her. But as much as she may think GOD no longer is protecting her - Someone, or some THING is.
At first it appears to be the wrong thing to do, for Coulson to have May talk this woman down. But in the end, it was the right decision.
And we get to hear how that "Cavalry" thing about May got started. But in this case, the story starts out big and ends small instead of the other way around.
Skye puts the religious aspect back into perspective, because for all of the blustering in The Old Testament Bible about the Wrath of God, these people forget the main tenet: The LOVE of God. And also why they call those testaments OLD and NEW, eh? And it was that exact aspect of God's Love - Not His Wrath, that solves this thing.
Bruh
- markheath-69053
- Jun 21, 2023
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Blasphemous
- iwishiwerenot
- Sep 9, 2018
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