I’m just waiting to see more factions: Tri-Shield. Shield Quatro. Penta-Shield, etc. That last one is only active a few days a month.
And then they get to Sex-a-Shield with Skye, May, Jenna, and Bobbi and the series moves to Cinemax.
I’m not so sure that Fury can’t appoint whomever he wants to head SHIELD. Robert Redford basically said that he only headed SHIELD because Fury recruited him. And all the shadowy Star Chamber guys got killed except Jenny Agutter, so unless she appointed Adama, Fury appointing Coulson seems about as “official” as you get for an organization that’s supposed to be officially dismantled.
But also gave us Widget and Lion-O. Er, I mean Kylun. Who maybe weren’t the lamest lineup additions ever, but who should probably be glad that Maggott was around to take that title from them.
That’s embarrassing. It’s 12 Monkeys, not 24. See, I told you my memory is shot.
It’s unlikely the World Security council were personally financing Shield. They were presumably the representatives of the national governments that supported Shield. Killing them was the equivalent of killing the ambassadors who sit on the United Nations Security Council - their deaths might disrupt things but only until new ambassadors were appointed by the home governments.
Apologies, indeed I was not familiar. Couldn’t resist a Community reference though!
You mean Ramsey? 
I left them out for a reason…
My feeling is she’s in for a long ride. Ward is turning himself into Garrett and 33 is his Ward.
Wasn’t 33 a regular Shield agent who got brainwashed? Or was she Hydra before that? I figure if she used to be a good agent, then eventually some of the brainwashing might wear off. Ward, OTOH, is who he is.
She was a regular (good) Shield agent who got captured.
That’s Kirk Acevedo, and I was just as happy to see him as the old man. I guess they couldn’t get Tahmoh Penikett.
Skye-May-Kara was the best thing ever. And by best, I mean hottest. And by hottest, I mean creepy as fuck.
I concede you guys are probably right that the entire plot is nonsensical, so I’m going to give a shoutout to my boy Fitz as the best character on the show right now. He’s going to lose his mind if Mac betrays him, too.
Also yay Ward and his suit.
It was fun to see actors from Fringe and Pushing Daisies in this episode.
The weird little thing that jumped out at me was the placement of the vases in Ward and 33’s room - the moment I saw them, I anticipated a smashing…
Aliens. ALIENS IN HIS BRAIN…
If Coulson ever needs to break cover, he will have the unquestioning support of The Avengers. Remember, Sif & Maria Hill know he’s alive, and Hill’s working for Stark.
Unless somebody pries open her closed little mind and convinces her to grow the hell up, she’s going to continue to be violently anti-alien power, which is about as non-neutral as you can get. She’s anti-power because of that happened to Fitz (in spite of no powers being involved when Ward dumped them in the ocean…) and Fitz can’t even seem to get through to her. I’m still not sure what the mandate of Gonzalez’s group is, so I’ll say that (barring her seeing the light) she’s going to land on whichever side is taking a harder stance against powers. Until the Avengers show up, which is probably what it would take to snap her out of it. That, or twu wuv.
Yes, Simmons doesn’t deal with change well, which makes it hard to handle the universe she is in. Perhaps she should transfer to the Harvey Comics universe, where absolutely nothing ever changes.
When Coulson said that he thought Fitz wanted a monkey, I yelled, “Curious George, Agent of SHIELD!”
Fitz wanting a monkey was a running gag during the first season. I enjoyed hearing it get a mention again after so long.
“Lance Link, Secret Chimp!”
What?
Seems like a perfect way to introduce either of these characters…
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I’ve completely forgotten about Fitz wanting a monkey.
For some reason, I was instantly convinced that Hunter was actually still on the carrier, and the dropped boat was just a ruse, but I can’t really say why. It just seemed too conspicuous, like the opened window with the curtains blowing in when the character’s actually hiding in the closet.