# Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D S02E05: A Hen in the Wolf House (open spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 22, 2014, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s02e05-a-hen-in-the-wolf-house-open-spoilers/702101 "2014-10-22T02:21:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2014, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s02e05-a-hen-in-the-wolf-house-open-spoilers/702101/41 "2014-10-25T06:30:09Z")
> [@B.Serum](#): > > My bet: Skye’s father (Kyle MacLachlan) is [Maximus the Mad](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximus_(comics)). I like that idea, but I’m not so sure. Aren’t the Inhumans getting their own movie supposedly in phase 3. It seems odd to introduce a possibly major character so early on and on the tv show. With Skye’s dad, the green lighting and the anger issues seemed to be a weird reference to the Hulk, but I don’t think he’s a Hulk related character. I still like my original theory that Skye was half Dire Wraith. I’m curious as to what they are going to do with Bobbi, since she and May are so similar in function. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2014, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s02e05-a-hen-in-the-wolf-house-open-spoilers/702101/42 "2014-10-25T06:40:56Z")
Ward, May, Triplett and Bobbi are all similar in function aren’t they? They’re all good at everything generalists. Hunter too I guess, except for electronics apparently. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2014, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s02e05-a-hen-in-the-wolf-house-open-spoilers/702101/43 "2014-10-25T08:11:33Z")
I am disappointed that Triplett is still being sidelined in the scripts. I liked his character right away and was looking forward to him being featured in Season 2. At first it seemed like the showrunners had decided to phase him out and replace him with Hunter, but as things progress it seems Hunter fills a very different function in terms of character dynamics- _especially_ now that Bobbi Morse has been introduced. It’s my hope that with Simmons back Triplett will be featured more- since it seems they’re meant to have chemistry. Speaking of chemistry …no talk about Fitz’s homoerotic appreciation of Mack’s physique? New love interest for Fitz? I remember last season some folks here speculating about the character’s sexuality. ---
**Author:** ![Bozuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2014, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s02e05-a-hen-in-the-wolf-house-open-spoilers/702101/44 "2014-10-25T11:35:35Z")
I particularly enjoyed this episode. I’m never quite sure how _good_ AoS really is, but episodes like this certainly make it enjoyable enough. > [@Oakminster](#): > > Thought the team-up with Whitehall and Skye’s Dad was a little contrived. I wish they’d left it a three way dance for a while longer. Still not sure who or what Skye’s Dad is supposed to be. This. I liked Coop’s dismissal of Whitehall when Raina mentioned him, as if some big cheese in HYDRA, who has incidentally lived at least 70 years without a change in appearance, is hardly impressive to him. > [@Telemark](#): > > Raina saw her communicating with that rather innocuous looking flex screen - communicating to SHIELD. The flex screen that they took from the desk was examined by HYDRA and they knew it was a spying device. The photo links Simmons to the spying device. Seems like it linked her to fast food, not spying. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2014, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s02e05-a-hen-in-the-wolf-house-open-spoilers/702101/45 "2014-10-25T14:10:54Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > Speaking of chemistry …no talk about Fitz’s homoerotic appreciation of Mack’s physique? > New love interest for Fitz? I remember last season some folks here speculating about the character’s sexuality. I don’t quite buy that. Fitz was annoyed that Simmons found last season’s black guy attractive, so his imaginary Simmons finds this season’s black guy attractive, because that how he sees Simmons, as some kind of jungle-fevered cock-tease. Even before his injury, Fitz was not necessarily well-adjusted. If you could stick him in a holographic subconscious-driven fantasy like _Red Dwarf_’s Better-Than-Life, it’d turn into a masochistic nightmare sooner or later. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2014, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s02e05-a-hen-in-the-wolf-house-open-spoilers/702101/46 "2014-10-25T14:13:46Z")
> [@Bozuit](#): > > Seems like it linked her to fast food, not spying. HYDRA is very strict when it comes to employee health. Those insurance plans ain’t free! If people were allowed to leave HYDRA, they could go on COBRA. ---
**Author:** ![Bozuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2014, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s02e05-a-hen-in-the-wolf-house-open-spoilers/702101/47 "2014-10-25T14:55:21Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > Speaking of chemistry …no talk about Fitz’s homoerotic appreciation of Mack’s physique? We’re modern. Seriously, though, I don’t think there’s much to talk about. We can speculate wildly, and that’s to be expected for a show like this, but I don’t see any reason to think it means anything except that Fitz has some insecurity and jealousy, which we knew already anyway. I mean, if you’re going to have hallucinations featuring a woman you’re pining after who is not interested in you, having “her” notice other men seems likely. > [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > HYDRA is very strict when it comes to employee health. Those insurance plans ain’t free! Especially when you consider the number of stem cells required for all those double reincapitations. ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2014, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s02e05-a-hen-in-the-wolf-house-open-spoilers/702101/48 "2014-10-25T15:17:36Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > I am disappointed that Triplett is still being sidelined in the scripts. I liked his character right away and was looking forward to him being featured in Season 2. Isn’t Triplett’s actor involved in another show? I thought someone had told me he’d asked to be less involved with the plotlines for now… > [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > If people were allowed to leave HYDRA, they could go on COBRA. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2014, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s02e05-a-hen-in-the-wolf-house-open-spoilers/702101/49 "2014-10-25T18:11:02Z")
> [@Lightray](#): > > Isn’t Triplett’s actor involved in another show? I thought someone had told me he’d asked to be less involved with the plotlines for now… B. J. Britt (Triplett) is on BET’s _Being Mary Jane_ and has been since 2013. He also has a couple of upcoming movies, and is rumored to be in the next Avengers flick. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2014, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s02e05-a-hen-in-the-wolf-house-open-spoilers/702101/50 "2014-10-26T00:05:18Z")
> [@Mr.Excellent](#): > > I quite like the way that, at this point in the series, everybody understands Raina’s waif-ey femme fatale thing, and they’re just not buying it. Whitehall lampshaded it at the end of the last episode (“I’m not easily confused”), and the Shield team seems sort of amused/slightly queasy at Raina’s obvious attempts to flirt with Coulson. > > Oh, don’t get me wrong - Ruth Negga is all kinds of lovely. But in the real world, Raina’s schtick just wouldn’t work on folks who knew who she was, and she’d come off as desperate and clumsy if she tried it. I dunno. I know who she is and it still would work on me. Some guys are born suckers. Um, not the kind of suckers Fitz is looking for. ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2014, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s02e05-a-hen-in-the-wolf-house-open-spoilers/702101/51 "2014-10-26T00:15:33Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > HYDRA is very strict when it comes to employee health. Those insurance plans ain’t free! > > If people were allowed to leave HYDRA, they could go on COBRA. Ha! I love that. Regardless of whether or not you knew [this](http://www.cracked.com/article_17299_6-famous-characters-you-didnt-know-were-shameless-rip-offs_p2.html). ---
**Author:** ![Cayuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2014, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s02e05-a-hen-in-the-wolf-house-open-spoilers/702101/52 "2014-10-26T00:23:02Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Raina saw her communicating with that rather innocuous looking flex screen - communicating to SHIELD. The flex screen that they took from the desk was examined by HYDRA and they knew it was a spying device. The photo links Simmons to the spying device. Yeah, but it’s more than that. A photo of Simmons holding a fast food menu (or something) is e-mailed to everyone in Hydra, and instantly they’re all staring at her like “Dead woman walking.” ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2014, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s02e05-a-hen-in-the-wolf-house-open-spoilers/702101/53 "2014-10-26T01:20:49Z")
> [@Bozuit](#): > > We’re modern. > > Seriously, though, I don’t think there’s much to talk about. We can speculate wildly, and that’s to be expected for a show like this, but I don’t see any reason to think it means anything except that Fitz has some insecurity and jealousy, which we knew already anyway. I mean, if you’re going to have hallucinations featuring a woman you’re pining after who is not interested in you, having “her” notice other men seems likely. Fitz naturally notices the other guys and feels insecure about his prospects with Simmins. Perfectly natural. Nothing to see here. Move along, move along. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2014, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s02e05-a-hen-in-the-wolf-house-open-spoilers/702101/54 "2014-10-26T15:50:54Z")
> [@Cayuga](#): > > Yeah, but it’s more than that. A photo of Simmons holding a fast food menu (or something) is e-mailed to everyone in Hydra, and instantly they’re all staring at her like “Dead woman walking.” I don’t get the disconnect. Everyone in that room knows about the flexi screen and that it’s a spying device…and that’s what Simmons appears to be holding in the picture. Also, they are probably assured it means something because WHY ELSE would everyone be emailed that picture. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2014, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s02e05-a-hen-in-the-wolf-house-open-spoilers/702101/55 "2014-10-26T16:02:14Z")
> [@Cayuga](#): > > Yeah, but it’s more than that. A photo of Simmons holding a fast food menu (or something) is e-mailed to everyone in Hydra, and instantly they’re all staring at her like “Dead woman walking.” I’m guessing it’s not an organization where anyone wants to be noticed, until and unless you’re at the stage where you can kill people with impunity. Simmons getting noticed… well, I figure everyone else figures it’s not for a _good_ reason. ---
**Author:** ![Bozuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s02e05-a-hen-in-the-wolf-house-open-spoilers/702101/56 "2014-10-26T19:38:12Z")
> [@Push\_You\_Down](#): > > I don’t get the disconnect. Everyone in that room knows about the flexi screen and that it’s a spying device…and that’s what Simmons appears to be holding in the picture. But that’s not what she appears to be holding. She appears to be holding a menu. > [@Push\_You\_Down](#): > > Also, they are probably assured it means something because WHY ELSE would everyone be emailed that picture. That’s the only explanation I could really come up with. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2014, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s02e05-a-hen-in-the-wolf-house-open-spoilers/702101/57 "2014-10-26T20:51:12Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > OK, Ray Charles coulda seen Bobbi being Hunter’s Ex, but I still like it. Wonder how May will deal with being the second toughest person on the team? It’s not established who of May and Bobbi is tougher, though I expect we’ll see some fan-servish sparring sooner or later. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2014, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s02e05-a-hen-in-the-wolf-house-open-spoilers/702101/58 "2014-10-26T21:14:42Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > It’s not established who of May and Bobbi is tougher, though I expect we’ll see some fan-servish sparring sooner or later. Or they brought in the new actress because the older actress isn’t into all the stunts and you can only pretend you’re a badass for so long. Nick Fury isn’t exactly all that convincing an alpha combat type either. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2014, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s02e05-a-hen-in-the-wolf-house-open-spoilers/702101/59 "2014-10-27T00:42:24Z")
If Reina can send the picture to every email address in HYDRA, that means she has all the email addresses for HYDRA. Take the phone, dummy! ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2014, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s02e05-a-hen-in-the-wolf-house-open-spoilers/702101/60 "2014-10-27T00:47:47Z")
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