And so, lo and behold – the revenge of Grant Ward from
beyond the grave, bitches! Coulson had killed him – and Hive took over from
where he had left off and delivered in style. Last episode, he had Guyerra beat
the shite out of everyone, including Mack and May and Coulson; in this episode,
he uses Daisy/Skye to do the same thing to S.H.I.E.L.D. Go Hive! The next promo
shows him alongside Daisy, while Lincoln is intent on getting her back, so odds
are that within the last four episodes of S3 Lincoln will do this – just in
time. He has already showed quite a bit of character growth, staying with
S.H.I.E.L.D. (though he had zapped the shite out of Coulson, so the two of them
may be good because of that too) despite Daisy’s seductions, and-
Moreover, the problem is not that the writers (or so some
people think) are trying to assassinate Grant’s character, or to make him into
someone like Killgrave from JJ…well, actually, that is the problem. They are
unoriginal and are constantly rehashing the material from the first two seasons
– anyone who had seen the last few episodes of S1 in particular will recognize
the parallels (and John Garrett is laughing his ass off in Hell as he is
enjoying the view of Daisy quaking S.H.I.E.L.D.’s HQ from his personal rack or
cauldron of tar or whatever), but it doesn’t mean that they’ll enjoy it. They
just may want original material, not more rehash of the same old. (Including
the Clairvoyance/the sight of the future bit after 2-3 seasons it is getting
old, if AoS will return for a 4th season they will have to come with something original…hopefully).
On the other hand…there is little to no other hand. The show
is still limited by the matters of cast (and cash): yes, the Secret Warriors
kick ass, but, apparently, their tenure as regulars on the show is still not
established: Joey wants officially out of it all, and Elena has her own doubts.
Malick, speaking of outs, is dead at last, so Coulson had just shot his mouth
to the deceased head of Hydra for nothing.
Well, maybe not for ‘nothing’ – maybe Malick had told him
about Hive, something important (and how does Coulson know about Hive to begin
with? Randolph from 3x02?), but he was the head of Hydra: WTF Coulson trusted
him in the first place? The man believes anyone, it seems, except for Grant
Ward – at least he has manned up enough to admit that Hive is the one enemy we
had made, but he still gives speeches, like the one that he had given to Daisy
in the last quarter of this episode…only Daisy was under Hive’s ‘sway’ this
entire time, Coulson’s speech was wasted, just as his time with Malick had
been, most likely: here he was, trying to trick Malick into selling Hive out
for revenge – and along comes Daisy and kills Malick dead. And then she also
blows him up to confuse her teammates, S.H.I.E.L.D. and Secret Warriors. Coulson and his people seem to be reminiscent
of Kerensky and his failed democratic regime in the pre-U.S.S.R. Russia.
To elaborate, after the Romanov royal family had resigned
from their rule (no, seriously, this is what they have done) and before the
Bolsheviks had seized power, the Russian elite, aristocracy and intelligentsia
tried to establish a democratic government in Russia. The result was not unlike
what happed about 70 years later, during the Perestroika and Yeltsin’s regime:
anarchy, but for a shorter chronological period. That democratic regime in
Russia lasted for a very short chronological period, and it remains a sign of
incompetence, political and otherwise, in the Russian culture to this day. S.H.I.E.L.D.,
in ‘The Team’ and ‘Spacetime’ seems to have become just as incompetent, with
its members liable to turn upon each other easily: the InHuman Secret Warriors
may be infected by Hive, according to a Hydra head? Let us hide it from them,
make it an unnecessary mess, and turn upon them – with sleeping gas and whatnot.
Great teamwork, DC; I hope that Hive beats the shite out of you in Grant’s body
the next time you meet.
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