I really liked this episode everyone. There was a lot of good jokes, some great character moments and this was certainly a well written plot.
This episode has some great moments for both Skye, Coulson, and Fitz (Fitz is becoming one of my favorite characters on this show). There isn't one character that the episode focuses on first, so I figured I'd talk about the new character brought into the mix, Victoria Hand. Ms. Hand is one of Coulson's superior officers who is leading today's mission and has an air about her similar to that of Nick Fury, especially in how at the end, it appears that she had predicted that Coulson would go against orders.
ONCE AGAIN, I WILL BE SPOILING THIS EPISODE FOR THOSE THAT DIDN"T SEE IT: WATCH IT YOURSELF
Victoria is actually a character from the comics, her being the second character to do so. In the comics, Victoria was a member of SHIELD before she was sent to a far off base for sending Fury a letter about how she hated SHIELD's approach to dealing with terrorism (basically america's approach). She later gets reinstated by Norman Osborn as his right hand when he takes over and turns SHIELD into HAMMER (Hammer doesn't stand for anything in the comics and the name was instead used for a rival industry in Iron Man 2 (since so many people didn't care about that movie I figured I'd tell you that), most likely because Norman Osborn is a Spiderman villain and he's owned by Sony). Since Norman isn't owned by Marvel, I'm curious to know how Victoria's character is developed, especially since she's a lesbian in the comics and it would be interesting to know what Joss Whedon will do with her (especially since he's well known for writing lesbians and Bisexuals).
Now, the plot of the episode goes as such, a dangerous military has gotten access to a weapon that can shut down any technology, including hand-guns and airplanes. They can't send a jet in, so they need to send in a small 2-man team. At first it appears that Melinda May and Agent Ward will be going in, but instead it is Ward and Fitz, since they need someone to dismantle the machine when they get there.
At first, when I heard this, I thought Fitz was going to be his usual self, suffering from his OCD and making all his uncomfortableness known, but he's very serious about this. It is revealed that he's still angry at himself and Ward from the last episode as Ward was the one who parachuted down to save Simmons when she leaped out of the "Bus" to prevent her EMP virus from taking everyone with her. Fitz felt inadequate, especially when he had just found out that Simmons is in love with him, so he's going on this mission to make sure he can prove himself.
The two are actually a great team, getting in and disabling the enemy. Now, at this time, Skye is getting really worried for Fitz and Ward (Ward especially since they've got this ting between them) as well as she wants to hack into SHIELD files from the central mainframe to get information on her parents. She and Simmons pull a very risky job of getting Skye's flash-drive into the mainframe so that she can hack in and get her access. She at first appears more interested in finding info on her parents, but when it is shown that she's running out of time, she does the "right" thing and gets info instead on Ward and Fitz's mission.
Skye then learns that the mission Ward and Fitz are on is a suicidal one since SHIELD seems to have no plans on sending a rescue team after them before SHIELD blitzkriegs the base. Luckily Coulson reacts accordingly and goes in to save the day with the team.
Coulson has been getting some more character development as well, getting into a fight with Victoria when he finds out about his men's lives in danger. He also finds out some info on Skye's parents, telling her "what he knows" but deciding to dig deeper into it with Melinda May's help. He also finds out that he's not privy to his own files about how he was brought back to life, making him get very worried about what is being kept secret from him.
I'm really looking forward to the next episode as it really is being made clear to be a tie in to the Thor: The Dark World movie, but I'm also getting interested in knowing if Coulson and the gang are going to rebel from SHIELD.
My only problem with how the show is developing is that our team of six has 3 woman and 3 men and we seem to have two romances blossoming on this team. I mean, I'm glad there aren't any love-triangles, but seriously? 2/3rds of the team is in a romantic relationship? It makes this feel way to compromised. I mean, Fitz and Simmons are clearly in love with each other and are getting ready to make "the kiss" while Ward and Skye are suffering from classic lead romance problems of having feelings for one another but being too different people.
My only hope is that Ward actually gets some character development. I mean, seriously? We've been through 4 episodes since we learned anything about his character. GIVE US SOMETHING! He's so bland that I want to know more about him before he becomes so boring that I just hate him. He's interesting so long as he is in combat, but other than that he's just so lame and robotic.
cya around guys
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