Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents of SHIELD TV series for ABC - General Discussion - Part 7

[marcvader]

I loved Ward's brutal fight on the train the best.

 

[Shikamaru]

Saw the episode last night. It was great. The show really does just keep getting better and better.

I thought Fitz and Skye were the biggest badasses of this episode. Also, Fitz should always do an American accent. It makes him sounds ten times more cooler. There wasn't a single trace of confidence-lacking in his voice.

I wish they did more with Simmons. Up until now, she has been mostly comic relief. Even in this episode, every single member of the team had a decent amount of Simmons scenes while Simmons is mostly there just for comedy (other than the ending).

The ending with Ward confused me a bit. I didn't understand what the whole meaning behind that scene with May was. When he says "I'm not blaming myself" and stares at May, is the show implying that he's blaming May? His relationship with May? I didn't get that. I would like to hear people's thoughts.

Show has gotten really good since the break. It finally picked up pace and has its own identity. I think it is kinda sad that it is now out of all times when it starts airing less frequently. We had 2 episodes, then a break for 2 weeks, then one episode and now a break for a whole month. Then again, this shouldn't be a surprise. This is just Marvel's status quo. When a TV show is good, we must do everything we can to work against it.

 

[Nathan]

Show has gotten really good since the break. It finally picked up pace and has its own identity. I think it is kinda sad that it is now out of all times when it starts airing less frequently. We had 2 episodes, then a break for 2 weeks, then one episode and now a break for a whole month. Then again, this shouldn't be a surprise. This is just Marvel's status quo. When a TV show is good, we must do everything we can to work against it.

What? Seriously? No new Episode for a whole month? I haven't been crazy about AOS so far, but now that it finally starts to deliver good Episodes, and I actually look forward to what happens next for once, it's going on a break?

 

[Shikamaru]

^ Yep. Next episode is on March 4.

 

[spideyboy_1111]

Saw the episode last night. It was great. The show really does just keep getting better and better.

I thought Fitz and Skye were the biggest badasses of this episode. Also, Fitz should always do an American accent. It makes him sounds ten times more cooler. There wasn't a single trace of confidence-lacking in his voice.

I wish they did more with Simmons. Up until now, she has been mostly comic relief. Even in this episode, every single member of the team had a decent amount of Simmons scenes while Simmons is mostly there just for comedy (other than the ending).

The ending with Ward confused me a bit. I didn't understand what the whole meaning behind that scene with May was. When he says "I'm not blaming myself" and stares at May, is the show implying that he's blaming May? His relationship with May? I didn't get that. I would like to hear people's thoughts.

Show has gotten really good since the break. It finally picked up pace and has its own identity. I think it is kinda sad that it is now out of all times when it starts airing less frequently. We had 2 episodes, then a break for 2 weeks, then one episode and now a break for a whole month. Then again, this shouldn't be a surprise. This is just Marvel's status quo. When a TV show is good, we must do everything we can to work against it.

most shows are taking about a month break for the Olympics.....

 

[Nathan]

F**k the Olympics. We have those way too often.

 

[SHIELDtv]

I heard someone spotted a Stark Industries label on Mike's cyborg shoe on his cyborg leg. Is this true?

It was Cybertek not Stark

There's nothing on the "shoe" I can see

 

[spideyboy_1111]

F**k the Olympics. We have those way too often.

well.. they tend to be ratings suicide to go up against them

 

[marcvader]

It was Cybertech not Stark

I know it was a joke.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

I think May's escape must have been the best action sequence in the entire season so far. I need more of that stuff.

That was badass! There was an X-men comic from the 90's where Gambit pulled a similar stunt (only he a spike in the leg on purpose, which he them later pulled out with his teeth and used it to pick a lock with his feet)

 

[Silvermoon]

The ending with Ward confused me a bit. I didn't understand what the whole meaning behind that scene with May was. When he says "I'm not blaming myself" and stares at May, is the show implying that he's blaming May? His relationship with May? I didn't get that. I would like to hear people's thoughts.

No, I don't think he's blaming May. I think he's blaming Coulson.

 

[Shikamaru]

most shows are taking about a month break for the Olympics.....

Which is a false statement. Most shows are staying on air or get moved to a different time. Maybe they would be put on pause for a week or two, but rarely for the whole event (yes, I'm aware that you're being sarcastic but I wanted to point that out anyways ).

It's not surprising coming from Marvel's television medium. I honestly think they suck at making tv shows more than DC sucks at making movies. At least DC doesn't want its films to fail; their shortcomes come from their lack of faith, interest, and investment in the characters. On the other hand, Marvel has almost made it clear that they don't want good shows. More specifically Loeb and Man of Action, with a touch of Quesada. They came out and admitted they prefer a more kiddish episodic approach to their shows as opposed to a more all-ages/adult ongoing story arc approach.

 

[spideyboy_1111]

Which is a false statement. Most shows are staying on air or get moved to a different time. Maybe they would be put on pause for a week or two, but rarely for the whole event (yes, I'm aware that you're being sarcastic but I wanted to point that out anyways ).

It's not surprising coming from Marvel's television medium. I honestly think they suck at making tv shows more than DC sucks at making movies. At least DC doesn't want its films to fail; their shortcomes come from their lack of faith, interest, and investment in the characters. On the other hand, Marvel has almost made it clear that they don't want good shows. More specifically Loeb and Man of Action, with a touch of Quesada. They came out and admitted they prefer a more kiddish episodic approach to their shows as opposed to a more all-ages/adult ongoing story arc approach.

actually quite alot of shows really are. Its one of the reasons why Once Upon a Time and (Once Upon a time in wonderland) arn't returning till March. There's many basic cable network shows that go on a break for the olympics. it's not a foreign concept what so ever.

this has absolutely not a damn thing to do with marvel...

 

[Randy Savage]

Saw the episode last night. It was great. The show really does just keep getting better and better.

I thought Fitz and Skye were the biggest badasses of this episode. Also, Fitz should always do an American accent. It makes him sounds ten times more cooler. There wasn't a single trace of confidence-lacking in his voice.

I wish they did more with Simmons. Up until now, she has been mostly comic relief. Even in this episode, every single member of the team had a decent amount of Simmons scenes while Simmons is mostly there just for comedy (other than the ending).

The ending with Ward confused me a bit. I didn't understand what the whole meaning behind that scene with May was. When he says "I'm not blaming myself" and stares at May, is the show implying that he's blaming May? His relationship with May? I didn't get that. I would like to hear people's thoughts.

Show has gotten really good since the break. It finally picked up pace and has its own identity. I think it is kinda sad that it is now out of all times when it starts airing less frequently. We had 2 episodes, then a break for 2 weeks, then one episode and now a break for a whole month. Then again, this shouldn't be a surprise. This is just Marvel's status quo. When a TV show is good, we must do everything we can to work against it.

Ward is blaming Coulson. He's gettin' all emo.

 

[Nathan]

That was badass! There was an X-men comic from the 90's where Gambit pulled a similar stunt (only he a spike in the leg on purpose, which he them later pulled out with his teeth and used it to pick a lock with his feet)

I still can't believe how awesome that was. That was easily stuff that rivaled some of the best action sequences from Arrow. It was short, but so unbelievably sweet. No wasted movements. Simply quick, efficient and brutal.

 

[Endeavor]

"Just what I needed" Ha! She's so badass. Now I HAVE to see a flashback of that scene with the cult they've talked about.

 

[SuperBatman]

This series is getting better and better IMO. I defintily see this getting a 2nd Season. Sucks we have to wait till March till the next episode but what can you do the Olympics are on and almost every show out of the 4 main stations are going on breaks.

 

[thejon93]

I still can't believe how awesome that was. That was easily stuff that rivaled some of the best action sequences from Arrow. It was short, but so unbelievably sweet. No wasted movements. Simply quick, efficient and brutal.

I think the Ward fight was pretty great too. I was happy to see that he wasn't going easy during it just because it was a woman who he was fighting. He knew his team was in danger, so he got the fight finished as quick as possible and it was awesome. I like Ward, even though some people can't stand him, I think he's an interesting character who kind of reminds me of Robert Patrick's X-Files detective: calm, collected, yet there feels to be something more to him that's just buried beneath the surface. His scene with Coulson reignited my interest in his character, he's not quite the perfect agent he seemed to be in the first couple episodes anymore (he's much more vulnerable, just like the rest of the team, now that the stakes are being raised).

 

[Silvermoon]

Have to say, in the promo for the next episode (14)...

...May beating the hell out of Quinn at 16/17 sec. mark..... love it

 

[Whiskey Tango]

I think the Ward fight was pretty great too. I was happy to see that he wasn't going easy during it just because it was a woman who he was fighting. He knew his team was in danger, so he got the fight finished as quick as possible and it was awesome. I like Ward, even though some people can't stand him, I think he's an interesting character who kind of reminds me of Robert Patrick's X-Files detective: calm, collected, yet there feels to be something more to him that's just buried beneath the surface. His scene with Coulson reignited my interest in his character, he's not quite the perfect agent he seemed to be in the first couple episodes anymore (he's much more vulnerable, just like the rest of the team, now that the stakes are being raised).

 

[thejon93]

Have to say, in the promo for the next episode (14)...

...May beating the hell out of Quinn at 16/17 sec. mark..... love it

I was hoping for him to get a beatdown at the end of last night's episode, but it's good to see that this episode is basically set right after the previous one. Can't wait to see Bill Paxton, he should be great.

 

[cph9fa]

After I recovered from the initial shock of Skye getting shot, I thought I knew what she would do next: I figured she'd shoot herself with the night-night pistol she had, to induce a temporary stasis and buy herself some time for the rest of the team to find her. I mean, we had night-night guns/grenades going off so much in the episode, and people getting frozen all over the place, I figured that was the obvious way out. Instead, she tried to crawl for the door.

Thinking about it some more today, I just remembered that being shot by the night-night gun is what caused Peterson's Extremis to stabilize, just before he would have blown up... Foreshadowing!

So now I'm thinking something like this could still happen: Skye gets shot with the night-night gun, perhaps while at death's door, and that's what causes her powers to manifest. That's assuming she has powers, of course, which isn't necessarily the case.

Ward is blaming Coulson. He's gettin' all emo.

This makes so much sense now. And recalling "The Well", Ward is probably projecting his younger brother (the kid who probably drowned) onto Skye, and his older brother (the bully who put him there) onto Coulson. Watch them make this connection.

 

[Nathan]

I think the Ward fight was pretty great too. I was happy to see that he wasn't going easy during it just because it was a woman who he was fighting. He knew his team was in danger, so he got the fight finished as quick as possible and it was awesome. I like Ward, even though some people can't stand him, I think he's an interesting character who kind of reminds me of Robert Patrick's X-Files detective: calm, collected, yet there feels to be something more to him that's just buried beneath the surface. His scene with Coulson reignited my interest in his character, he's not quite the perfect agent he seemed to be in the first couple episodes anymore (he's much more vulnerable, just like the rest of the team, now that the stakes are being raised).

I just wish he would have been professional enough to hit the woman straight in the face with the last punch. She tried to kill him after all.

 

[Xeno]

But Coulson was a passenger on the carrier and not part of the crew.

There were other male agents in suits on the Helicarrier bridge, including Sitwell. Coulson wasn't the only one and he wasn't in civvies because he was just a passenger.

"Just what I needed" Ha! She's so badass. Now I HAVE to see a flashback of that scene with the cult they've talked about.

That was my favorite moment of the episode. When May said, "You just called me sweetheart," I knew she was about to unload on them. Knifing that moron in the back was just desserts.

Have to say, in the promo for the next episode (14)...

...May beating the hell out of Quinn at 16/17 sec. mark..... love it

That's cute and all but she's not going to get anything out of the guy that way. Quinn seems to be a lot more than Coulson and his team bargained for. He expected to be captured, expects the torture and isn't going to break.

 

[Silvermoon]

That's cute and all but she's not going to get anything out of the guy that way. Quinn seems to be a lot more than Coulson and his team bargained for. He expected to be captured, expects the torture and isn't going to break.

(going just by the promo, naturally seeing the full scene, and in context, might change my view) I'm not expecting her to get anything out of him - I'm not even sure if she's trying to get anything out of him. I'm kind of just expecting her to beat on him simply because she's extremely pissed off for what he did to Skye