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Recap Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. – Afterlife

CHLOE BENNET, LUKE MITCHELL

Man, what an episode this week! Definitely one of the best of the season. Surprise guests and multiple twists abound, so let’s get to it.

Skye has been taken to a haven for people like her (a.k.a. Inhumans) where she meets Lincoln, who helps transition her body into her new powers and gives us more information about the mythology that surrounds the Inhumans. Most people who are at the haven, what they call Afterlife, have not been through Teregenesis, so they don’t have powers, just the potential for them. There is a long process that everyone goes through and a long line of people waiting to go through it. Skye has, essentially, cut to the front of the line so many of them give her strange looks.

Though originally told that Raina and Cal are not at Afterlife, Skye eventually discovers that they are and goes to confront Raina. The two meet and a fight almost ensues, but it is broken up by the woman who has decided to become Skye’s trainer. Who is this woman? Skye’s mom. You know, the lady who Whitehall dissected earlier this season and we saw her in pieces? Somehow, she’s come back and she has the scars to prove it. But that’s not the only surprise guest this week.

Meanwhile, Coulson and Hunter are still on the run. They end up at the safe house where they kept Skye and Coulson feels out of options. With only bad options left, he makes two calls. One alerting Gonzales to their location and one calling for back up. I assumed his back up was May, but I was so wrong. His goal is obtaining a Quinjet.Read More »Recap Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. – Afterlife

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Preview – Afterlife

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Director Phil Coulson struggles to protect his Agents in a new episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. when the battle between the two S.H.I.E.L.D. organizations kicks into high gear. When Robert Gonzales, who heads the so-called “Real” S.H.I.E.L.D., becomes a threat, Coulson does whatever it takes to protect the future of S.H.I.E.L.D. Meanwhile, Skye meets Lincoln, who has similar mysterious powers.

Here’s a preview:

The next episode airs tomorrow April 7. Here’s the full plot synopsis:Read More »Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Preview – Afterlife

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. S2E13 “One of Us” Preview

The official plot synopsis from Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 2 Episode 13 is out. And it’s the Villians, led by Skye’s father Doctor Cal Zabo, who are out for revenge. In the episode, titled “One of Us,” Cal seeks revenge on Coulson by assembling… Read More »Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. S2E13 “One of Us” Preview

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. produces another great episode in “A Fractured House”

ADRIANNE PALICKI, BRIAN TEE

In the midst of Marvel’s huge news on Tuesday, let’s not forget that we also got our weekly dose of Coulson and his team.

This week, a group of men claiming to be S.H.I.E.L.D. crash a U.N. meeting, killing some of the dignitaries and security guards with new versions of the diviner weapon. Because the attackers claimed to be S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, the U.S. government has to step in, including Senator Christian Ward, brother of Grant Ward.

Senator Ward wants nothing more than to see the remaining remnant of S.H.I.E.L.D. be disbanded permanently and will stop at nothing to see it done. Coulson arranges a meeting with the Senator and makes a deal with him. He will turn the Senator’s brother over in exchange for not bringing down S.H.I.E.L.D. Skye goes down to the basement to tell Ward the news, but gets him to tell her everything he knows about her father first.

In the meantime, Agents May, Hunter and Morse are sent out to find the men responsible for the attack on the U.N. and the new diviner weapon. Watching Hunter and Morse bicker was almost as fun as watching May and Morse take down the bad guys.

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The episode also deals with the reunion of Fitz-Simmons and the realization that Fitz gets worse around Simmons. I am really impressed with Iain De Caestecker’s portyal of Fitz. He continues to be the heart of the show for me.

The tag at the end of the episode reveals another person who is being haunted by the mysterious writings and has chosen to make them tattoos all over his body.Read More »Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. produces another great episode in “A Fractured House”

Clip from Avengers: Age of Ultron to air with this week’s Marvel’s: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

This week’s Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. was originally supposed to include the world premiere of the trailer for Avengers: Age of Ultron, but alas that leaked on the internet and Marvel published it online shortly there after. There’s still a good reason to watch. First,… Read More »Clip from Avengers: Age of Ultron to air with this week’s Marvel’s: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. recap – S2xE5: Hen in the Wolf House

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Last night’s episode was less focused on action (though Bobbi Morse did a great impression of Natasha Rominav) and more focused on setting the stage for what’s to come.

Hydra is attempting to weaponize the obelisk’s power but without the obelisk itself they are limited to using a sample from one of its victims, and coming up unsuccessful. In the meantime, Raina goes back to Skye’s father for help with delivering the obelisk to Hydra in order to save her hide.  However, he isn’t happy that she has failed to deliver his daughter to him so he refuses.

On her way to Hydra, Raina spots Simmons and decides to use her double agent status to blackmail Coulson. She arranges a meeting with him and offers not to reveal Simmons to Hydra if Coulson allows her to take Skye to her father. Coulson refuses the offer and Raina is visibly shaken (a great performance by Ruth Negga) but she exposes Simmons’s cover anyway. Hydra security chief, Bobbi Morse, has had some run-ins with Simmons as Morse pursues seeks out the mole that has been feeing S.H.I.E.L.D. information. She did a great job intimidating Simmons and actually had me convinced that she was going to have a long road to becoming the hero, Mockingbird.
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Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Review – S2-E4: Face My Enemy

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This week’s episode was a lot of fun.  While we may not be any closer to finding out the truth about the alien writings or Skye’s dad, we did get to see Coulson and May, the senior officers, show the rest of the team how the spy game is played.

The episode starts with little set up as Coulson and May go undercover to retrieve a painting that has the mysterious writing on the back. Skye, Tripp, Hunter and Fitz act as back up from the Bus, at least, until a computer virus threatens to blow it up.

When the two agents spot General Talbot at the party, they think that they’ve been compromised.  Coulson confronts Talbot to remind him of the uneasy alliance that they have. After Coulson leaves, Talbot makes a call to Dr. Whitehall giving us the impression that he is actually working for Hydra.

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Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. S2-E3 Review: Making Friends and Influencing People

This week’s episode was a reunion for a few of the characters. We, the audience, were reunited with Simmons who is, happily, not working for Hydra. Fitz and Ward are reunited, which almost ended in Ward’s demise. And, the team is reunited with Donnie Gill.… Read More »Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. S2-E3 Review: Making Friends and Influencing People