And so, yet another fine S.H.I.E.L.D. episode came to an end,
featuring the show at its best - coherent. The previous 4 episodes had been
done in ‘Angel & Faith’ format rather than the BtVS one; the action
continuously alternated between the InHuman and Hydra plotline, with the main
action being directed more towards the InHumans. It is hard to tell who was
Angel and who was Faith, though the odds are towards Phil and May, but it is
not the point. The fact that ‘4722’ hours have made Jemma into Winifred Burke
is more like that, with her NASA companion being, perhaps, her Illyria...or
not. Analogues tend to be weird, especially if taken too far, but Will,
perhaps, is more than what he appears, especially if you look at the episode’s
finale – perhaps he is some sort of a night bringer, hm?
Back to AoS proper, ‘4722’
has made a break in the abovementioned ‘A&F’ format, plus it had
introduced, perhaps, a whole new plotline for Fitz & Simmons, as they still
cannot be a couple. Seriously, Ward turned out to be evil, and Lincoln is
absent, so poor Skye, and Phil and Mel just cannot seem to be pull their shit
together, thanks to Ms. Price (it’ll be fun to see if she isn’t evil – then maybe
the plot line of ‘AoS’ can get even more interesting), so this just leaves Fitz
& Simmons – and they are having problems of their own. Fitz seems to be
competing with someone, perhaps Thanos, or even Galactus, for Jemma’s heart,
and of course, being the stalwart knight that he is, he’ll let her go, or at
least – let her help ‘Will’ get back to Earth from her misguided love to her –
or perhaps not so misguided (it seems that everyone gets a second chance with
S.H.I.E.L.D., even Ward did, sort of, and if Coulson hadn’t been such a moron,
then who knows?)...
In the greater scheme of all things AoS, ‘4722’ is closer
related to InHumans than to Hydra – and not just because of the obvious, but
because Randolph, S.H.I.E.L.D.’s resident Asgardian (seriously, he really
should have more than just one episode), seems to have some know-how back in
3x02, and it wasn’t particularly good one. He also had shared it with Coulson,
but not with the audience, so we do not know what exactly that he knows, but
given the fact that Jemma’s new friend just may be either an extra-powerful
InHuman or a pureblooded alien of some sort (like Loki or Thor, just not an
Asgardian) then yes, the new FitzSimmons plotline is closer to the InHuman
plotline rather than to the Hydra one.
Incidentally, so far Ward’s Hydra is noticeably lackluster,
if compared to Whitehall’s, for example. So far Ward’s leadership hasn’t been
very impressive, so if everything goes smoothly, the next episode should spell
the end of Hydra...but things don’t often go according to anyone’s plan in the
world of AoS, and as long as the scriptwriters don’t go over the top with this
(as they had at the end of S2, putting in an unnecessary hackfest/bloodbath there
too), it’ll work. Plus...plus if this episode can be considered alien/InHuman ‘heavy’,
then the next episode should probably be Hydra ‘heavy’, just to keep things
balance. S.H.I.E.L.D. the show loves to keep things balanced, thus we will have
to wait and see.
So: a major update on Simmons, a not so major, but still
important, update on her relationship with Fitz...and that’s it, really. Today’s
episode was very good and very important, but in a restricted, more narrow kind
of way. Will this trend continue with S.H.I.E.L.D. episodes? We will just have
to wait and see.
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