Another major outing for the SHIELD team's brains trust, this time focusing on the former half of FitzSimmons as the lovable Scots tech-genius gets hauled along on a covert op by Agent Ward. This gives Ward another chance to look human, as well as effortlessly bad-ass, and Fitz a chance to spread his wings somewhat. In particular, the episode impressed me by declining every opportunity to undercut Fitz's competence: when he uses his ingenuity and engineering skills to impress a bar full of Ossetian gangsters and is given a congratulatory glass of vodka, he doesn't choke; when called on to deploy the MacGuffin of the week in support of Ward, he doesn't drop it.
It's not a complete sausage fest, however, for while Ward and Fitz are bickering and buddying and heartbreakingly destroying each other's artisan sandwiches, Skye and Simmons decide to hack SHIELD to check up on an op they don't have clearance for, in a plot which ends up with Simmons shooting a senior agent with the night-night pistol, which by this stage has appeared so often it deserves a credit shot, and Skye choosing to help the team instead of pursuing her own agenda.
The series continues to touch on Agent Coulson's transformation from stone-cold badass to avuncular badass, with his team-over-agency agenda and his pursuit of Skye's case while still protecting her from the whole truth. We also touch on the nature of his resurrection, with Coulson now recognising the automatic nature of his description of Tahiti and seeking the truth, which is classified even above his level.
This was another strong episode; one more and I will feel confident in saying that the series has hit its stride.
It's not a complete sausage fest, however, for while Ward and Fitz are bickering and buddying and heartbreakingly destroying each other's artisan sandwiches, Skye and Simmons decide to hack SHIELD to check up on an op they don't have clearance for, in a plot which ends up with Simmons shooting a senior agent with the night-night pistol, which by this stage has appeared so often it deserves a credit shot, and Skye choosing to help the team instead of pursuing her own agenda.
The series continues to touch on Agent Coulson's transformation from stone-cold badass to avuncular badass, with his team-over-agency agenda and his pursuit of Skye's case while still protecting her from the whole truth. We also touch on the nature of his resurrection, with Coulson now recognising the automatic nature of his description of Tahiti and seeking the truth, which is classified even above his level.
This was another strong episode; one more and I will feel confident in saying that the series has hit its stride.
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