Agents of SHIELD - A Hen in the Wolf House

I'm glad Bobbi Morse is already Mockingbird, because it would be just
embarrassing to have to call her the Caucasian Cavalry.

And speaking, as I was in my Constantine review, of throwing characters in for the fans, it's time for the somewhat spoiled introduction of sometime West Coast Avenger and occassional Mrs Hawkeye (although not necessarily in this continuity) Bobbi 'Mockingbird' Morse in Agents of SHIELD.

Simmons has uncovered some seriously doomsday-type shenanigans in her undercover work at HYDRA, but Raina threatens her cover in an attempt to resolve her own troubles, leading to security expert Morse being called in for a mole hunt. Caught between her HYDRA handlers and Morse when Coulson refuses to make a deal and let Raina take Sky to her father, Simmons' only hope is that the Director has a plan.

Which he does (the next section will necessity include spoilers.)



Morse is pretty kick ass, but I can't help noting that she is a lot like May. The cynical part of my brain notes that she is a lot like May but white, but the hopeful part suspects that she and Lance Hunter are being brought in as part of the new forward team with Coulson and May easing back into more executive roles within the fictional organisation. That or she'll turn out a triple agent and have to fight May, which admittedly would be way more awesome than the two of them wailing on Kyle MacLachlan.

Much less convincingly badass than either Adrianne Pailicki
or Ming-Na Wen, which is unfortunate as there's a climactic
fight in the making there.

On that tack, Skye's father meanwhile proves to be some sort of freaking monster, with near-superhuman physical prowess and a real anger management problem. If I could bring myself to give a crap about Skye anymore, this would no doubt hit me in the feels, but as it is my feels are a little numb from Fitz admitting that imaginary Simmons is imaginary right before the real one comes back. When he asks the returning Gemma: "Is it really you?" I choked up a little.

I'm not convinced that continuing to expand the roster is necessarily the way to go, and hopefully we're pretty much done with introductions. I also hope that the newcomers aren't intended to allow the show to start knocking off characters left, right and centre. A little character death can be effective; too much is fatiguing.

Although if they can drop Ward, that would be nice.