This.
The last two episodes have been top-notch. Just watched Rise & Shine, and it made me forgive a lot of the meandering earlier in the season. Starting to feel like things are full steam again.
Hale’s backstory flashback was amazing (Where did they find a kid that looked so much like Sitwell that I instantly knew who he was before they used his name? That was cool.) Talbot’s scene in the hospital was terrifying, and almost made him a real character instead of a cartoon for once. (though he slid back a bit with “Calamari Mata Hari”. That was a bit of a stretch.) I continue to be thrilled by them bringing back characters we haven’t seen in years. (Whitehall!)
I loved how Coulson was almost convinced that Hale was right… almost… Until she mentioned the Destroyer of Worlds. yeah… about that… 
The Daisy/Fitz showdown was awesome too… We fans of genre shows say it all the time, but can Iain de Caestecker PLEASE get some kind of award? Emmy, SAG, Golden Globe, something? I find it hard to believe that any boring show without killer robots and time travel has an example of acting as gut-wrenchingly amazing as what he’s done this season. SO GOOD!
I have rarely been happier to eat my own words, but here are some from long ago that I should chow down on:
(from the pilot)
(from S01E03)
Man, I was harsh on them… and now they are some of my fave characters of all time…