Ouch. 
That seemed like a dumb thing to happen to YoYo, almost like the end of Star Wars Episode 3.
OK, the 100th episode was a bit of a letdown. Yes, everyone knows Coulson is dying and we learned the deal he made with the Spirit of Vengence. And we got the return of Deathlok, a brief appearance by Hive, and of course the FitzSimmons wedding, but nothing much happened. The biggest thing for me was learning Deke is the grandson of FitzSimmons!
But the Daisy/Coulson dynamic is awful, the May/Coulson shipping is just tired. I still like Mack/Yo-Yo, but they have to curse all good relationships in the Whedonverse. And I have no reason to care about the general and her daughter.
So some things happened, but nothing much that was interesting, and I think we’re leading up to a series cancellation.
It was pretty bad.
At this point any show that tries to pull the whole series has been a dream/hallucination/etc etc. story is just saying “EFF-it…we don’t care anymore.”
Nice to see the crack from Amy Pond’s bedroom can still get work. But it also dragged with it the plot about Amy being the mother of River Song. And someone has been watching Total Recall! Were these homages? or just lazy writing?
Wait, is there another Fitz currently lying around in suspended animation somewhere? Can they defrost him?
I’m pretty he’s in space some where? Don’t remember for certain, but otherwise Enoch would still be on Earth and available for danger duty.
There are, however, two Fitz’s in the timeline. Which makes me wonder what happens to #2 if they prevent the Earth from cracking up.
Ya’ll are a buncha party poopers, that 100th episode was great and the reveal of Deke as a grandchild of Fitzsimmons is Earthshattering (pun intended).
I imagine it’s insanely hard to be creating a TV show when you know any day could be your last, and they’re doing the best they can. I think being a bit unknown moving forward isn’t the worst thing. Besides, it’s SHIELD, just when you think the show is out, they bring ya right back in.
I’m always a sucker for non clip shows that reference the past. This was a pretty good one.
I said the same thing about the DW similarities, but instead of Total Recall, I thought Buffy and DS9.
I thought this was like 80% of an amazing episode. Just needed a little extra something to bring it over the top, and that something was missing. I’m not sure what it was. Maybe having people actually interact with/face their fears other than Coulson. But you tease Lash and then don’t have May deal with it. You have the Kree, but just beat it up. You have an LMD Gemma, but just blast it. No real emotion in any of those. And Deke’s fear of the forest would make sense if he hadn’t just been showing wonder and joy about open spaces and trees.
The Coulson part was great, but should have been part of something more, I think.
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Is the Fitzsimmons marriage legal? Is Coulson ordained in any way? not even a quickie internet ordainment? I guess as fugitives, they can’t exactly go get a license at the courthouse.
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nice to see Deathlok, but weird that he comes and goes without staying at all. Guess J. August Richards is too busy. A shame, I miss him.
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nice that they acknowledged there are still other shield agents out there. It was a huge organization at one time. Remember when Coulson’s team was just one cell? Are there still any Koenigs alive? I suppose Patton Oswald is too busy too…
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I’m actually ok with the Deke reveal. He had to be related to someone we know, or he’s even more pointless than usual.
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I’m also glad that Coulson’s illness is explained. All this time, I was thinking he got splashed by the goo that Kasius gave his Inhuman-Trainer-guy during that fight. Turns out that really was just a “wardrobe malfunction” as Phil said, and that he’d been covering it up for a while. Much better than my mistaken assumption.
“License at the courthouse” is the key point here I think - Phil might be a minister or have Justice of the Peace credentials, but whatever state they are in isn’t going to recognize the marriage without a license (and $20).
So not legal, but no one cares.
Pretty tame episode, IMO. Not much going on to advance the story.
They could, but would he then be around to help them out in the future? Without Fitz they probably wouldn’t be successful in escaping Kasius.
But they’re trying to prevent that entire future from happening, remember?
There is that - if they know they’ve prevented, they could go get the Fitzsicle (and Enoch?), thaw him out and Simmons can have a guilt-free three-way.
Caught up on the previous two episodes (S5:E13 Principia and S5:E14 The Devil Complex) last night and the hits are coming hot and heavy. Lots of action, plot advancement, and old friends.
In Principia, we are reacquainted with Alex Von Strucker, who now has some sort of super memory recall and Sherlock Holmes powers. General Hale picks him up off the scrap heap and tries to make him another weapon, using her daughter Ruby as bait. It’s not clear if her daughter is working for her own purposes or following her mom’s orders. Honestly, I could care less about either of these characters or the plotline. Ruby is a worthless character and the fact that her mom might be the big bad doesn’t help.
The team is trying to track down more unobtanium, I mean gravitonium, to permanently seal the breach, and it involves finding a shady character, who just happens to be an old buddy of Mack (then known as Mack Hammer). They end up looking for a ship carrying the gravitonium that sunk at sea and Deke figures out that it didn’t sink, but is now flying. The team recovers the precious gravitonium, Coulson delivers the Best Line Ever, and Mack brings home a few spare arms. And Deke figures out that FitzSimmons are his grandparents.
In The Devil Complex a lot of things happen, all at once it seems. The team captures General Hale to find out what’s going on. Deke is knocked out by Fitz, who turns out to be Leopold, the Doctor from the Framework. We assume this is a specter from the fear dimension but it’s not, it’s really Fitz with a bit of split personality using The Doctor to do what needs to be done. And that is to reactivate Daisy against her will by removing the blocks placed on her by Kasius. Then use her powers to manipulate the gravitonium and seal the rift.
Meanwhile Hale says she let herself be captured, her driver was Creel who is loaded with explosives, and The Superior returns, under Hale’s control. Coulson agrees to go with her if his team is allowed to go free. We find out she’s working for someone else we can’t identify (The Confederacy) and it ends with Hail Hydra. Oh, and Deke let’s Simmons know that she’s his grandmother, and that he knows FitzSimmons works out long term. Simmons promptly throws up (morning sickness, is she pregnant with Deke’s mom?)
So, two action packed episodes. Fitz has a split personality, and may have permanently lost the trust of Daisy, Mack, and the rest of the team. Simmons hates the way he did things but agrees that the ends, while perhaps not justifying the means, were critically important. And Simmons and Deke know their relationship. Daisy has her powers back. Coulson has been taken by Hydra. And the Confederacy is pulling the strings. And no one cares about Ruby and Strucker.
It does feel like we’re building towards a series finale, or at least a big season finale. They’re throwing a lot of stuff at the wall; let’s hope more of it sticks.
I wouldn’t call what Fitz had a full-blown multiple personality disorder. More like a short-term psychotic break.
Nah, just the natural response to finding out your progeny is Deke. 
I watched both of these episodes last night and did enjoy them, particularly the latter one. It’s rare that I’m surprised by a twist these days, and I was so intrigued by the idea of a “temporary phantom” making permanent changes to the world, which was already a cool twist, that I didn’t even think to look further than that. Well done.
However, as amazing as Coulson’s line was, the Gravitonium 90-second countdown was the perhaps the most ridiculous “science” the show has come up with, and that’s saying something. I’ll buy that for whatever reason plastic can insulate the stuff and let it be transported. I’ll even buy a residual effect that lasts for a bit after it’s “shut off.” But why, praytell, couldn’t they open the plastic box every 80 seconds to stabilize the ship and keep it from falling? Laughable artificial tension.
Also, did I miss something? I saw May holding Kreel at gunpoint, then went to commercial, then after the break, suddenly the Russian dude was making his entrance, and May was there with Coulson pointing guns at him. Seemed a weird edit, or maybe I skipped a scene somehow. Was there something in between?
this show should come with a disclaimer: don’t forget any minor character, because they could be important multiple seasons later. I had to look up Alex to remember who he was. (same with Davis, same with Robin…) (I remembered Kreel, but my wife didn’t.)
Yeah, I assumed that too. Deke tells this beautiful story about his mother saying her father was the best man she ever knew, and the “big steps” aphorism, and they end it with a humorous “Oh shit, you’re my grandson?” moment.
Right before the break, Creel pulled up his shirt and revealed he had a bunch of explosives taped to himself, changing the power dynamic.
It’s a TV rule, if a woman in her 20s/30s throws up, it means she’s pregnant.
That was my impression as well. BTW, aren’t their wedding rings now artifacts of the time loop, never having been created?