(Camera slowly pans around to show the entire team.)
Coulson: "This is what Voss warned me about. If he's right, then this is where it all all starts. Hell on Earth."
Mack: "Aaaannnnd we're back."
(Insert opening title, break for commercial.)
YEP, THEEEEEEYYYYYY'RE BACK!
That shot was fantastic.
That was awesome. I like how they tickled the fourth wall.After a four week hiatus and some 73 years, we get an episode where things start pretty normal, then gets weirder as time goes on. It's amazing how much they packed into this ep.
The Ruby/Hale thing starts interesting, then turns absolutely weird. Who are they? Anyone see any similarities to TRON? I mean, I've seen kids get grounded, but not locked into a vault...
And so the Lighthouse is a SHIELD antique. So now we know who built it and why, but not why it's off the books. General Stoner (lol, is he the virtual Koenig?), and Project Reclamation. And secure e-mail, lol again...
May and Fitz walks into room, and three monoliths are revealed.
Fitz: "Oh. That's quite unsettling."
Quite an understatment there, Leo...
And Noah is the new Enoch, but snobbier. (Prissier?) Fitz and May completing his sentences was hilarious.
Fitz: What are you observing now?
Noah: Various potential threats. You'd be surprised how frequently SHIELD is mentioned.
May: We have a small but active fan base.
(She's talking about us!
)
Another great fourth wall tickleNoah: There are several events of note. A well known political figure attempting to delete his FBI files, an Asguardian spotted in the city.
(A Thor reference? Seems appropriate.)
The Team's reaction to being outside was priceless. Not as good as Deke's, but a nice touch.
And probably one of the best exchanges of the night:
(In Volkswagen van)
May: Eh, it could be worse.
Jemma: True, we could be enslaved by an alien sociopath in a dystopian future.
Mack: Or we could be trapped inside a virtual reality fascist state.
Fitz: Or sunk to the bottom of the ocean.
Yo-Yo: Or stopping a crazy robot lady.
Jemma: Or falling out of a plane.
Mack: Fighting Daisy's Mom.
Coulson: Or fighting Daisy's Dad.
May: Or dancing.
HAhahahaha....
DEKE! Interesting that he survived. He spends the entire first half of the season calling Daisy an idiot, and one of the first things he does is hit a bar with no concept of currency? I suppose if I were in his shoes, I'd be blown away as well...
Does anyone else think Ruby/Hale activated Hive's beacon to entrap the Team, and is actually the reason the Kree show up?
I thought the same thing. Oh well, another reason Hale must die. And her kid, too. Didn't take me long before I decided the kid's gotta go.
I'm not in a hurry for Ruby to die. She's interesting; and, as long as she stays that way, she can stick around (as long as she doesn't kill or maim anymore of the team).
And Piper is a...
(I'll finish it for you: Piper is an IDIOT!) I probably shouldn't use the word I was thinking about here. Nothing like the Team being betrayed...again.
I'm sorta glad she's (seemingly) only an idiot and (seemingly) not a full on traitor; but, her screw-up cost the team dearly: No more Inhuman powers to fight the good fight (at least for now, anyway).Yo-Yo's arms. Not done by Kasius? Is she using prosthesis in the 2022 vision? Either way, it sucks. Yet another reason Ruby/Hale must die. For a second, I thought Mack was going to die here. Yo-Yo saying, "It's all coming true", doesn't make for very happy.
I watched the 2022 ep again and she was wearing long sleeves and gloves so prosthesis could be in play there. That, or the writers made a boo-boo.I really hope the explosion of the beacon didn't release any of the monoliths. Was Noah around just long enough for some exposition and killed off?
I hope there wasn't any gravitonium stored there........... Exploding Kree telephone makes for a helluva catalyst.
And Creel is back. Hale is "Putting together a team." Hell, everyone is putting a team together these days! Who else will be on the team? Quinn?
polgara said it best in the live chat: "Oh great, a team!" (That's exactly what I imagine one of the team would say, and how they would say it) Looking forward to seeing who will be on the team with Creel and Ruby (hope it's better than Cal's team)Overall, a decent episode. No downtime between arcs, and they moved the story along at a pretty rapid pace. There could have been less Deke in the bar, but I think it served it's purpose. And what was with the Zima? Was it a connected joke to another property, or just product placement? (I understand it's an alcopop, but I've never had one.)
And no, even with the preview, I am not going to look at any spoilers about the 100th episode.
