OK, we finally get ourselves a new episode people, and it is quite the game changing doozy. Now, I won't spoil until the end, but people, this is a GREAT episode, there's drama, character development and we finally get a return of Mike Peterson from the first episode, played, once again, by that great actor, J. August Richards. Now, I'm definitely just fanboying since I was a HUGE fan of him in Joss Whedon's Angel, but still, having someone with actual super powers show up again is a huge thing, especially when it's their second time, instead of a purely episodic situation.
But first, the characters that matter most, that stars. Melinda May shows a surprising amount of emotion in this episode and it is showing how her and Agent Ward's relationship is progressing. She's getting a LOT more aggressive and clearly isn't happy that Coulson wants her help to find Skye's parents. It gets pretty juicy when she yells at her and spills that Coulson isn't telling her the whole truth.
Fitz is getting a little weird for me. I mean, at the beginning of the series, he was always a bit over-dramatic and serious about situations (typically in the wrong direction and more about filth and order than actual missions), but he had a lot more range when he would goof and get nervous and make corny jokes. Lately though, he's been getting quite aggressive towards Simmons as well, with this weird "possessive" tone he seems to emit about her. He also seems to be less fun, becoming a real kill-joy and carrying this perpetual scowl on his face from time to time.
Now, for Agent Ward. Ward is becoming an interesting secondary character, but he still hasn't risen to "star" status as of late and he constantly seems to be help back by his own seriousness. But today, he shows a little more character as he shows to actually be a lot more in control of his emotions than even Melinda May is, being the more collected of the two, even in situations where lesser men in shows like these, would go the route of idiot.
Now, the plot of the episode, which means we are approaching spoiler territory.
The events of the story go as such. Edison Po, a military tactician, has been broken out of prison by Centipede with three soldiers using the same Centipede serum that was used on Mike Peterson in the pilot. They've managed to stop the explosion factor thanks to their adventures in Hong Kong, but that doesn't leave it perfect, as the serum needs constant update and refill, something that doesn't seem evident in Mike himself.
It seems the tranquilizer serum Fitz and Simmons used to knock Mike out in the pilot had some kind of chemical reaction that caused his body to adapted the Centipede formula completely into his body without negative reactions. (Though I don't think it still has the regenerative property Extremis was so popular for as Mike gets injured really badly and still seems pretty bad a few hours later). The only negative traits still there is that he gets VERY hungry and needs a LOT more food to eat due to all the energy he uses with his powers.
Centipede discovers that Mike isn't needing the new serum anymore when they try to shut down the project again, and the kidnap Mike's son, and force him to lie to the team and trade Coulson for Mike's son. He does, though he tries to fix it right away, only for Coulson to agree since Mike can't convince them otherwise. After Mike ensures the safety of his son, he runs back after them, only to be caught in an explosion and Coulson gets taken away.
Now, we all know Mike isn't really dead, right? This is the first season and they wouldn't have just brought him back into the show just to kill him off right away. This will clearly be used as a fake out with Mike returning from the dead to save the day somehow, but still, a great episode, though I really want to see a real psychic in this show soon
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