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Hell of a good episode tonight. The TAHITI reveal was pretty unexpected.

Turning out to be a pretty awesome series. Hopefully they end it well.

That was good. Although the fx with lola falling from the plane were hilariously bad.

They've really turned the corner I think.

The fact that they shelled out for FX like that in a TV show at all is pretty impressive.

I laughed about it. But even thought it is Disney, they're still not dealing with Game of Thrones dollars.

Not worried about it. It didn't detract from the story much. Additionally, it allowed that hilarious moment where they both look frazzled and the parking attendant says it will be $20. ROFL

I can't believe how good this show has become the second half of the season, after I gave up on it near the end of the first half. I checked back in just in time a couple of months ago, and it's done a near-180.

It's still not GREAT, but it's good.

That's the one!

Chloe Bennet has been the biggest surprise to me lately. Guess she can do a lot more as an actress than they allowed her to do during the first half of the season. She was great last night.

And hot. Very hot.

Agreed. I thought she had a terrific scene in previous ep when she found out Ward was Hydra.

Cold open to Tuesday's episode (worth watching): http://herocomplex.latimes.com/tv/ag...gtag-old-days/

And May and Ward pretending to be FitzSimmons, basically:

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Good episode, after the week start show is ending great so far. Now how do they do or what do they do for their sophomore year.

Good ep. They're really on a roll now. Can't wait for the finale.

And can they seriously being going the Inhumans route with Skye (and Reina)? It sure looks more and more like it with every reveal.

I love that they didn't spoil anything with FitzSimmons in the promo for next week. I mean, I assume they're going to live through it, but at least they didn't show them...Go me for catching that.

Bedhead hair: I'd love to give it to her.

Season 2 is a go, and the Agent Carter series has a green light as well.

I thought that Promo half episode of Agent Carter was really really good.

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Just watched the Marvel One Shots on YouTube. Those were solid. Very well done.

Spoiler-free review of the finale: http://www.forbes.com/sites/merrillb...-small-screen/

Some of the highlights:

Okay, that was pretty much constant awesome from the second Sam Jackson showed up. I didn't expect him to be that involved. Like a coda for both Avengers and CA2.

Yeah, fans of the movies almost have to be required to watch. Get insight for the movies. Hell, imagine them having to do something with each up coming marvel produced movie. The cameos and tie ins would give great stories. Then their own arcs.

Sweet, they're moving it back an hour next season. No more head-to-head with NCIS.

Is the Peggy Carter series on right before it, or a different night?

It's the fill-in show while Agents of SHIELD is on winter hiatus. The lead-ins are some new sitcoms.

I was surprised about Jackson, that was cool.



facial hair looked fake as shit

That was a badass episode. Great to see Samuel L cameo. Awesome the way he was used.

What's funny is, the violence was more graphic than the movies. Specifically when he pulled the generals bones out.

1. Who was the guy at the end looking at Sky's picture?
2. What was Coulsons carving on the wall?

I really liked the May vs. Ward throwdown. That was some brutal close-quarters, grab-what-you-can fight choreography. It reminded my of Bond and Grant in the train car in From Russia with Love.

1. Her father.

2. We don't know. Same thing Garrett was carving. Probably something that ties in to Guardians of the Galaxy or Avengers 2. I thought it might have something to do with Ultron, since it looked like circuitry or whatnot, but I've seen other speculation that it's Kree.

I like that Ward didn't turn good again even though they started hinting that way. They didn't kill him either, so of course they can always bring him back.
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Yes. There might be redemption for him next season -- perhaps involving Skye, when her inner "monster" is unleashed -- but it would have been too easy to have him turn on Garrett and kill him and then everything be OK to end this season. Glad they're holding back on that.

sounds like Skye is going to turn evil(Madame Hydra?)

I've seen speculation that

I think that speculation is correct. They can time that out easily.

I WANT that to be where they go but that seems REALLY ambitious for the TV show to tackle.

I wish I had some idea what Garrett and Coulson were drawing. Something Kree? Is Skye going to start?

No idea. Or why Skye hansn't seen the ultimate clarity or whatever.

But that's why we'll all tune in this fall.

Lots of theories here I found interesting...

http://screenrant.com/agents-of-shie...ale-explained/



Loved the finale. The final Garrett scene was awesome. Samuel L. Jackson was great too. Definitely looking forward to next season.

I thought when Coulson offed Garrett it was outof this world hilarious.

Great episode that ended a decent turned excellent series.

heh, that was flat out brilliant. The way it played upon our perceived cliches of how these things usually play out. I even did a :facepalm: after he put on that suit. Then the ending with Coulson. Just perfect.

I assume the show will be back after Guardians of the Galaxy. If they are going the Kree route, that would time up well, as the villain in Guardians is a bad-ass Kree.

In leading up to Avengers 2, it will be interesting how they fill in the backstory for Ultron, given AntMan (his creator in the comics) will not be introduced into the MCU yet. I assume they will tie it in with Stark somehow but they could also go the alien route, and since the Kree are super-advanced, they could be tied in.

I agree with this. Looked to be another cliched "omg, he's still alive" and then boom, he's dead! :thumb:

Guardians is early August if I remember right. My guess is they won't connect them at all, since the movie will be old news by the premiere date, but who knows.

8/1

I was expecting (hoping) GotG to be completely away from Earth. I'm guessing there won't be much of a tie in to SHIELD, other than the "official" introduction of the Kree.

Yeah, watching Garrett climb onto the chair and then stand up like Robocop had thinking WTF, why? Then Coulson takes care of him like he's wiping a smudge on the window and goes back to his day like nothing ever happened. Totally got me and had me rolling afterwards.

Could very possibly use this as a chance to introduce SWORD.

Think of SWORD as SHIELD in space...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.W.O.R.D._(comics)

http://marvel.wikia.com/Sentient_Wor...28Earth-616%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.W.O.R.D._%28comics%29

better links

"Well...look at the big brain on Brad.."

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"Well...look at the big brain on Brad.."

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I think the amount of characters and races already being introduced in GotG are more than enough without trying to tie in SWORD, although I'm guessing they'll have to somewhere. The movie looks awesome, but there's going to be a lot of back story for me to read up on in the coming months.

They should do SWORD as a separate TV show, like SHIELD. Maybe on Syfy? Could always use more space based scifi shows, of which we don't have any right now.

Now that there's an excellent ****ing idea...

There's a new Guardian's trailer coming on monday, first look looks pretty sweet.

Not really anything more than wishful thinking, but a fun interview:

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Elizabeth Henstridge is damn hot also.

Moving to 9/8 = smart move.


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Sounds like a Marvel version of the A-Team. :(

It started out that way last year, but the second half of the season it pivoted and improved markedly.

Yeah, I think I enjoyed the final quarter of the season about as much as or more than anything else that I saw on TV last year. It was a whole different show after HYDRA.

Good premiere. Kept up the momentum of the back end of last season.

Agreed.

Enjoyed seeing the Howling Commandos open the show with Neal McDonough returning as Dum Dum Dugan.

Pretty excited after last night.

BTW, Hayley is on set for CARTER today for the first time. One interesting thing about the show: It looks like it's set up for her to be the serious actor/lead, while her male co-star (Chad Michael Murray) is the eye candy. Atypical Hollywood, typical Hayley.

If you love SHIELD and the Marvel universe in general, and IF you want to ever see a Carol Danvers vehicle, make sure you watch Agent Carter when it debuts.

I think CARTER is going to be a huge success, but I might be a little biased on that one.

I was really, really hoping they wouldn't make Crusher Creel into a one-and-done blip-on-the-radar dead-man-walking thug, like they did with Blackout last season and, to a lesser extent, Batroc in Winter Soldier. I'm happy to say I was pleasantly surprised. They even gave him his ball and chain for a minute there.

I really thought they would bring xena back as a mutant. Weird having her in the photo shots on cast for just one episode. She must being needing money.

They might bring her back as a cyborg, because the writers made such a point to have her arm cut off first. The Army took possession of the wreck; it's not beyond this show to have Talbot replace the body and mechanize her.

Tuesday's episode was awesome.

Whole season's been awesome so far.

Another good one. They've done a tremendous job this season, especially like how there's been no redemption arc for Ward.

Minor quibble: I wish they had made Scarlotti a little more effective. He's Blacklash in the comics and known for his whip, so I was glad to see the whip-chain come out, but it ended up relatively short, and he got rather predictably beat up by the show's I-always-win character.

Otherwise, it was a really good episode. They're building towards the end of the season really well.

So the city has got to be Attilan, right?

You might have spoken too soon on that...

Though I think they'll continue to play Ward as a total wild card with his own agenda (and still a total sociopath, of course).

Yeah, that's evil ward dropping off "presents". That's not ward working his way back onto the team. Hell, he's about to kidnap his brother.

I wouldn't be against a redemption arc of some kind over the long term, I just didn't want to see one at the beginning of this season. So it's all good for me.

It's a pretty neat and unique circumstance in any case.

My first thought was the Kree capital on Halla, but Attilan also popped up, given it's a helluva lot closer than Halla. Also, the Inhumans were created by the Kree so that would be a tie-in to the host on Tahiti.

So skyy's mom was killed by hydra? And skyy taken by shield?

And Skyy's mom had the fountain of youth within her.

I like Ward as a bad guy. And I like Skyy's father as an anti-hero.

Been a great season so far.

Also, are they setting us up for another infinity gem with whatever us inside the obelisk?

EDIT:
Apparently the Time Gem was at one time protected by Captain America (Agent Carter connection?) before vanishing and has the power to control aging. Maybe that ability was imparted to Skyy's mom and somehow Whitehall got it?

http://marvel.wikia.com/Time_Gem

Yeah, I'm not sure how after that last episode there's any possibility of redemption with Ward. Unless it's some deep cover bullshit (emphasis on bullshit) that Coulson somehow set in motion.

Very interesting dynamic to have such a hardcore bad guy as part of the main cast, not really working with them, not really working against them. I like it.

Sky's father is definitely out to murderate Whitehall as viciously as he can for what happened to his wife. That could get interesting.

They definitely threw a lot of hints down of a possible Inhuman connection with Sky. Whitehall (or Rheinhart) talked about blue men coming to earth to destroy it and that very well could have been the Kree that came to create the Inhumans. So far, Sky has not reacted to the Kree blood like Coulson did, which means she may have had it all along.