Agents of Shield Season 2 Episode 21 Review

April 20, 2022 Post a Comment

There was a lot going on in this ii hour season finale, to say the to the lowest degree. Agents of S.H.I.E.50.D. has e'er been at its strongest when building up -- and following through with -- their end game. This episode is no different. Every bit Jiaying continues to play the Inhumans against Due south.H.I.E.L.D., the two factions begin their misguided fight. Skye takes out May and a Due south.H.I.East.L.D. agent with her powers, Gordon teleports onto a Quinjet and takes down some agents himself, while Due south.H.I.Eastward.L.D. retaliates. The state of war between South.H.I.E.L.D. and this grouping of superpowered figures is certainly an interesting route for the finale to take, and though I wondering why Jiaying had become and so ruthless in her actions, all is revealed in this episode. While the action and the diverse characters are all given good screen fourth dimension, it still tends to get a little also fast at times, but it still makes for an adequate dance in terms of balancing subplots.

Coulson, in the concurrently, is carting a certain Cal/Mr. Hyde back to base to begin questioning him, only for Cal to have a heart assault! Coulson chop-chop has Fitz and Simmons administrate adrenaline to Cal, fully irresolute him into the supervillain, Mr. Hyde. Of all the actors, Kyle MacLachlan continues to be the one who seems to be having the most fun with his office. From gleefully singing "Daisy, Daisy, Give me Your Answer True," to slinging curses at Phil while pinned by a automobile, y'all tin't help just feel the infectious nature of his functioning, and keep for the ride. Who didn't laugh when Cal told Simmons that he was a married man? The middle-to-heart conversation that Phil and Cal eventually practise take feels true to life, and they reach an agreement where Cal agrees to assistance Coulson and S.H.I.East.L.D. have down his now crazed wife.

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In the earth of the Inhumans, Jiaying is establishing her command among her people, and the Afterlife, past eliminating anyone she deems a threat -- including Raina, who she kills in front of Skye. At this point, the stage is gear up, and there are no more lies that can cover her tracks. I recall the main theme of this flavour (which applies to Jiaying, Skye, and so many other members of the cast) is that of closure, and this episode does a great job of accomplishing closure itself. Skye'south family has been the strongest aspect of this flavor, taking what was once considered past many to be the weakest character of the show, and integrating both elements from the Marvel Universe proper and a family unit dynamic with three dimensional, interesting characters to kick. Though I would say that I wish Jiaying'south motivations and temperament had been hinted at a bit more than in past episodes, I call up she was still a well-rounded adversary, and her power of sucking the life force from others to go along herself alive made for a nice twist. Likewise, the idea of her being driven mad past Whitehall's experiments was a worthwhile one for her motives.

While these plotlines are all intersecting, Bobbi/Mockingbird finds herself in the clutches of Ward and Amanuensis 33, who, much like the others, are seeking closure, albeit of the insane diverseness. Equally a method of catharsis, Ward wants Bobbi to admit her wrongdoing in allowing Amanuensis 33 to be manipulated by Hydra. When Bobbi refuses, Ward administers an anesthetic that stops Mockingbird from feeling pain, and begins jamming needles under her fingernails. Ouch. As she continues to pass up albeit to anything, Coulson and crew take hold of wind of where the demented duo are and send May, Hunter, and a team of agents to free Bobbi. Mockingbird, at one point, tries to make her escape in a well-choreographed fight scene with Ward, only to be tied to a chair with an automatic heavy duty rifle pointed at the door for her escape. As May and Hunter break in, Ward accidentally shoots and kills 33, believing she's May, and Bobbi is shot past the burglarize attempting to salve Hunter, and the team takes her back to HQ to save her as Ward escapes. Keeping upward?

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Then, the Inhumans, in full force, set on the S.H.I.E.50.D. boat (for lack of a better term) and take downwards the agents on lath, wanting to bring as many agents there as possible in order to potentially transform, or just kill, the residual of the organisation. The remainder of Gonzalez'south original crew are killed, exterior of Bobbi and Mack of course, and I was a tad disappointed that nearly everything that came from that original S.H.I.East.Fifty.D. "Civil War" didn't really corporeality to much in the end. Would things have been so dissimilar had it not happened at all? To be fair though, at least it helped to bring the story to the point of conflict with the Inhumans fighting Southward.H.I.Due east.L.D., equally we go privy to a whole bunch of super-powered foes teleporting, multiplying, and firing electricity at the agents. From here, all of the agents are brought into play with Mack, Coulson and Fitz fighting the Inhuman teleporter, Gordon, in a fantastic fight scene in the bowels of the send, while Skye, May, and the Inhuman, Lincoln, fight an Inhuman "Multiple Woman." Skillful stuff all around as action abounds (and kudos to the bear witness for having the gumption to chop off Coulson'southward left manus! Didn't see that one coming!)

Skye eventually has her final face-to-face with her mother, realizing how far gone Jiaying now is. She virtually loses her life forcefulness, until her powers are able to save her. Before Jiaying can get her claws into her once again, Cal arrives on the scene and kills the Inhuman leader. Their reunion is bittersweet, nevertheless, equally the episode begins to wrap upward and Cal undergoes the "TAHITI Projection," changing from a homicidal bedlamite to a pocket-sized boondocks veterinarian. Nosotros are also given final shots of May taking time off from the arrangement, Skye beginning to put together a super-powered faction of S.H.I.East.L.D., Ward becoming the new head of Hydra, and a last shot of Simmons being sucked into the mysterious Kree stone. Honestly, a lot of neat stuff here and some very interesting paths for the evidence to take for Season three, which has already been confirmed.

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Season two of Agents of S.H.I.East.50.D. was certainly stronger than Flavor 1, though in that location are notwithstanding a few cracks to exist plant throughout. If the showrunners tin can only figure out how to take the strong momentum of the season's final episodes and apply it to the overall season, I think would exist a very strong entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. See you all in the autumn, true believers!

Episode Rating: ★★★★ Very proficient

Season Rating: (A very high) ★★★ Good

Agents of Thou.I.Southward.C.E.50.L.A.N.E.A.:

- Ward equally leader of Hydra is perfect for the graphic symbol. And while I think the villainous organization should take something of a backseat for nigh of Season 3, I wouldn't heed Ward making an appearance here and there in a similar fashion as he did this flavour.

- The Mr. Hyde makeup on Kyle MacLachlan was terrible. I'one thousand sorry, but I would have rather it never been brought up at all, as the forehead just couldn't be saved, even by MacLachlan'southward acting.

- I actually expected Skye's line referring to her upcoming super squad to end with "nosotros have to be ... Hush-hush Warriors" as that's the proper noun of the grouping that "Quake" is a part of in the comics.

- While I thought the Fitz and Simmons human relationship swerve was a tad thrown into the finale, in order to pull on some additional heart strings, I'thousand certainly interested to run across what the heck happened to Simmons exactly! Is she dead? In another reality?

- May: "Nosotros didn't lose Skye, she chose."

- Bobbi: "If I e'er beg for forgiveness as you torture me, just remember, I don't hateful a word of it."

- Cal: "I'm not a polar bear, Phil."

- Coulson: "Equally I understand it, yous killed a lot of people. Tell me, how did you do it?"

Cal: "With mode."

- Mack: "Can't wait to get off this boat."

- Cal: "She had a skillful heart Phil, it was merely torn out."

- Mack: "It's you and me, Tremors."

- Fitz: "It'south science, beeyotch."