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Agents of Shield 2x15 Review
One Door Closes
I loved it. It had lots of really great big and small character moments and interactions. I really enjoyed it.
Loved
• Simmons playing and then taking out Bobbi - awesome! Fuck yeah. I guess her time playacting Hydra worked for her because she was brilliant. She handled that so well. Bobbi didn't even suspect for a second. I'm so impressed with her.
• Awesome FitzMack this ep. The show had kind of backed off from their interactions for the last four episodes but this one brought back all my shippy feelings. I loved Fitz's expression when Coulson said 'Mack too'. He already knew it was coming but it got to him anyway. Then there was this: I'm not going to hurt you, buddy. I would never hurt you. You know that." ♥ The way he says "I would never hurt you", eeeee. Then to top it all off we get Mack tackling Fitz to save him. Mack risking his own life to protect Fitz = awesome.
• May saving and freeing Coulson was awesome #3.
Gonzales: Everyone on your team is a SHIELD agent. We'll let them make their own decisions.
May: [shoots him] Already made mine.
It really was a great entrance. Perfect timing, and perfectly executed as usual. I found myself wondering if she had been lying in wait for the right moment to strike. Like, 'okay they're chatting about the tool kit, let's wait. Bickering about what brought down SHIELD, nah. Ooo - now, now!', lol.
• FitzSimmons got a wonderful scene. They started the episode with their now common distance and bickering but after being captured Simmons reached out to him and he responded by clasping her hand! I loved it. I loved even more that when Weaver asked Simmons to look at Mack she looked at Fitz first and waited until he nodded before going. They're a team again! For now at least. That's all I want. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that Jemma doesn't switch sides. She loves her team but her values/POV seems to fit this other SHIELD more, so I don't know. I'm a little worried though less so then the last episode.
Liked
• Bobbi trying to protect Skye by going on the retrieval mission, reminding the other agents that Skye is one of them and then her "Skye, no!" warning cry when Calderon shoots at her was wonderful. The latter action in particular really highlighted just how much Bobbi cares for her.
• The Skye/Jemma video chat was great to see. I love them so much and I just want their friendship to survive this. Luckily it appears it will. Despite her reservations Jemma is being more reasonable. I loved: "I just want you to be safe, Skye, you know that right?" I love that Jemma called just to chat.
• Skye controlling the water was great. I loved her deflecting the bullet at the end and the shockwave it caused. This is going to be amazing when she learns to control it.
• Fitz made Skye watch Paranormal Activity. ♥
• The episode tag with Hunter and Coulson and Hunter signing up with Coulson's version of SHIELD was great
• The flashbacks were great. I loved getting to see Hartley again. (It made me all sad that the show killed her off.) I loved her "I heard from Vic" because that little nickname indicates so much about their relationship and I love when we get little things like that. I loved Mack and the others deciding to accompany Bobbi on her mission instead of trying to escape. The final flashbacks scene was really great. I loved Bobbi's "We need to do something. We need to stop this."
Other
• I can't wait to see where things go with our main cast and Mack/Bobbi. We know that they actually do care about the team and that they believe they are in the right and are working for the real SHIELD. But our guys have been here before - with Hydra but especially Ward, and I have the feeling that they are going to be really slow to forgive this betrayal.
• "What was the first thing SHIELD did to you?" - Gordon. This isn't really the indictment that he means it to be. When Fitz learned he lied for her and then hugged her. May and Coulson protected her and then brought in a psychologist to try and help her. Jemma made her gloves to heal and help control her powers [possibly not the best thing but meant from a place of caring], and then she was put in an isolated but nice enough cabin in the woods [again possibly not the best choice but the intent as good.] So basically nothing too bad at all. Sure, there was so worry/fear backlash but it was never actively directed at her.
• I find it weird that Coulson and Gonzales never met. Coulson seems by all accounts to have been one of Fury's main people. He was right up there with Hill (or near enough). Gonzales was apparently pretty high up the hierarchy too as a commander of a helicarrier. It just seems bizarre that they never would have met even in passing.
• For all of Gonzales talk of secrecy being what was wrong with the old SHIELD and what destroyed it and how they're different I'm not buying it. I see no proof at all that they're practising what they preach. Hydra apparently didn't know they were around. Hell, the US government apparently believes that Coulson's SHIELD is the new one.
Beyond that issue while I think they do have several points, including about the secrecy despite their hypocrisy, and they clearly begin from a good place they definitely have more issues than that. Their hardline stance on superpowered people, for instance. Them sending a tac team after Skye was completely unnecessary. The fact that they spied on Coulson's SHIELD instead of approaching him, which imo was so that they could locate and steal Fury's Tool Kit [aka mystery box full of secrets). The fact that they appear to have been doing shit all to counteract Hydra all season. This is the biggest issue for me. Coulson's SHIELD has been running around all season stopping Hydra schemes, stopping them from acquiring dangerous weapons, defeating their agents, saving people... and what the hell has 'Real' SHIELD been doing?
• "Phil Coulson has no right to call this SHIELD." - Weaver. Wow, that was really emphatic. I definitely have the sense that Weaver is not a fan of Coulson. Is it because of how he was saved? Is she really anti-powered people? She also seemed to place a lot of emphasis on how Calderon saved her and her student - as if she blames Coulson for not doing so? I really hope we get to see more of her POV.
• I love what this show does with it's female characters. There are so many of them, in many different roles, doing things. Two things stuck out to me this ep:
1) There were a lot of great fight scenes and all of them ended up being with female agents. May vs Bobbi, Bobbi vs Hydra, Hartley vs Hydra, Skye vs agent. I just thought that was interesting.
2) I've thought it before but this episode confirms it for me that Fury tended to surround himself with super competent women. Most of the people we see him trusting the most and giving personal secret orders to are women. His second in command is Maria. We know Natasha has a close relationship with him. Melinda is trusted enough that he had her watching Coulson. And now here we learn it's Bobbi and Hartley that he trusts with worst case scenario plans. I love this.
I loved it. It had lots of really great big and small character moments and interactions. I really enjoyed it.
Loved
• Simmons playing and then taking out Bobbi - awesome! Fuck yeah. I guess her time playacting Hydra worked for her because she was brilliant. She handled that so well. Bobbi didn't even suspect for a second. I'm so impressed with her.
• Awesome FitzMack this ep. The show had kind of backed off from their interactions for the last four episodes but this one brought back all my shippy feelings. I loved Fitz's expression when Coulson said 'Mack too'. He already knew it was coming but it got to him anyway. Then there was this: I'm not going to hurt you, buddy. I would never hurt you. You know that." ♥ The way he says "I would never hurt you", eeeee. Then to top it all off we get Mack tackling Fitz to save him. Mack risking his own life to protect Fitz = awesome.
• May saving and freeing Coulson was awesome #3.
Gonzales: Everyone on your team is a SHIELD agent. We'll let them make their own decisions.
May: [shoots him] Already made mine.
It really was a great entrance. Perfect timing, and perfectly executed as usual. I found myself wondering if she had been lying in wait for the right moment to strike. Like, 'okay they're chatting about the tool kit, let's wait. Bickering about what brought down SHIELD, nah. Ooo - now, now!', lol.
• FitzSimmons got a wonderful scene. They started the episode with their now common distance and bickering but after being captured Simmons reached out to him and he responded by clasping her hand! I loved it. I loved even more that when Weaver asked Simmons to look at Mack she looked at Fitz first and waited until he nodded before going. They're a team again! For now at least. That's all I want. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that Jemma doesn't switch sides. She loves her team but her values/POV seems to fit this other SHIELD more, so I don't know. I'm a little worried though less so then the last episode.
Liked
• Bobbi trying to protect Skye by going on the retrieval mission, reminding the other agents that Skye is one of them and then her "Skye, no!" warning cry when Calderon shoots at her was wonderful. The latter action in particular really highlighted just how much Bobbi cares for her.
• The Skye/Jemma video chat was great to see. I love them so much and I just want their friendship to survive this. Luckily it appears it will. Despite her reservations Jemma is being more reasonable. I loved: "I just want you to be safe, Skye, you know that right?" I love that Jemma called just to chat.
• Skye controlling the water was great. I loved her deflecting the bullet at the end and the shockwave it caused. This is going to be amazing when she learns to control it.
• Fitz made Skye watch Paranormal Activity. ♥
• The episode tag with Hunter and Coulson and Hunter signing up with Coulson's version of SHIELD was great
• The flashbacks were great. I loved getting to see Hartley again. (It made me all sad that the show killed her off.) I loved her "I heard from Vic" because that little nickname indicates so much about their relationship and I love when we get little things like that. I loved Mack and the others deciding to accompany Bobbi on her mission instead of trying to escape. The final flashbacks scene was really great. I loved Bobbi's "We need to do something. We need to stop this."
Other
• I can't wait to see where things go with our main cast and Mack/Bobbi. We know that they actually do care about the team and that they believe they are in the right and are working for the real SHIELD. But our guys have been here before - with Hydra but especially Ward, and I have the feeling that they are going to be really slow to forgive this betrayal.
• "What was the first thing SHIELD did to you?" - Gordon. This isn't really the indictment that he means it to be. When Fitz learned he lied for her and then hugged her. May and Coulson protected her and then brought in a psychologist to try and help her. Jemma made her gloves to heal and help control her powers [possibly not the best thing but meant from a place of caring], and then she was put in an isolated but nice enough cabin in the woods [again possibly not the best choice but the intent as good.] So basically nothing too bad at all. Sure, there was so worry/fear backlash but it was never actively directed at her.
• I find it weird that Coulson and Gonzales never met. Coulson seems by all accounts to have been one of Fury's main people. He was right up there with Hill (or near enough). Gonzales was apparently pretty high up the hierarchy too as a commander of a helicarrier. It just seems bizarre that they never would have met even in passing.
• For all of Gonzales talk of secrecy being what was wrong with the old SHIELD and what destroyed it and how they're different I'm not buying it. I see no proof at all that they're practising what they preach. Hydra apparently didn't know they were around. Hell, the US government apparently believes that Coulson's SHIELD is the new one.
Beyond that issue while I think they do have several points, including about the secrecy despite their hypocrisy, and they clearly begin from a good place they definitely have more issues than that. Their hardline stance on superpowered people, for instance. Them sending a tac team after Skye was completely unnecessary. The fact that they spied on Coulson's SHIELD instead of approaching him, which imo was so that they could locate and steal Fury's Tool Kit [aka mystery box full of secrets). The fact that they appear to have been doing shit all to counteract Hydra all season. This is the biggest issue for me. Coulson's SHIELD has been running around all season stopping Hydra schemes, stopping them from acquiring dangerous weapons, defeating their agents, saving people... and what the hell has 'Real' SHIELD been doing?
• "Phil Coulson has no right to call this SHIELD." - Weaver. Wow, that was really emphatic. I definitely have the sense that Weaver is not a fan of Coulson. Is it because of how he was saved? Is she really anti-powered people? She also seemed to place a lot of emphasis on how Calderon saved her and her student - as if she blames Coulson for not doing so? I really hope we get to see more of her POV.
• I love what this show does with it's female characters. There are so many of them, in many different roles, doing things. Two things stuck out to me this ep:
1) There were a lot of great fight scenes and all of them ended up being with female agents. May vs Bobbi, Bobbi vs Hydra, Hartley vs Hydra, Skye vs agent. I just thought that was interesting.
2) I've thought it before but this episode confirms it for me that Fury tended to surround himself with super competent women. Most of the people we see him trusting the most and giving personal secret orders to are women. His second in command is Maria. We know Natasha has a close relationship with him. Melinda is trusted enough that he had her watching Coulson. And now here we learn it's Bobbi and Hartley that he trusts with worst case scenario plans. I love this.