After a week's hiatus for hmrmmnrr, Agents of SHIELD returns with F.Z.Z.T., an episode focusing on the show's resident adorkable British science double act, FitzSimmons.
A series of mysterious deaths prove to be the result of an alien virus, rather than foul play, triggering a crisis when Simmons contracts the virus and has to work against the clock to find her own cure. As well as providing much needed character development for FitzSimmons - who have been crying out to be more defined as something other than 'cute', 'smart' and 'British' (English and Scots, not necessarily in that order) - Ward gets a moment of almost humanity, and Clark Gregg goes from strength to strength as Coulson, looking out for his team and risking his life to bring solace to a dying man when it becomes clear he can't do anything more.
Agents of SHIELD has been a bit hit and miss up to now, but on top of the action and the humour, this week's offering managed something more; I found it genuinely moving in parts. Perhaps it was because so many backdoor pilots seem to have a cool character played by a British actress who is then killed off before the series, but I actually felt a real sense of threat when Simmons' life was on the line.
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| What I don't get is how Simmons is in any significant way more blonde than Fitz. |
Agents of SHIELD has been a bit hit and miss up to now, but on top of the action and the humour, this week's offering managed something more; I found it genuinely moving in parts. Perhaps it was because so many backdoor pilots seem to have a cool character played by a British actress who is then killed off before the series, but I actually felt a real sense of threat when Simmons' life was on the line.
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