S.H.I.E.L.D., Uprising - Oct 11

And so, NYCC ended, and last night AoS has filmed the next installment in its’ 4^th season – ‘Uprising’. This is good?

Well, yes, and I am not talking about the NYCC – this is a separate story completely. The truth is that AoS has found its footing, after S2 & 3 slog, and are seem to be on the road towards recovery, although its’ ratings are still in the lower end of S3 – so far.

There are still two plotlines in AoS S4 – Ghost Rider and the ghosts, and the InHumans and S.H.I.E.L.D. There is also a new face, senator Nadir, but her appearance was brief, and moreover, the point is that AoS has already done this sort of thing in S3 – with Hydra and with InHumans, two plotlines done simultaneously, in alternating episodes. Good for them!

What is sticky is that the fact S.H.I.E.L.D. should know who is behind the Watchdogs – their former agent Felix, who was crippled by Deathlok back in S1, and has returned in S3. At that time, he was being wound-up by Hydra and Hive, but Hive is dead, (hopefully), Hydra is also gone, (supposedly), so now Felix can come into his own.

…Mind you, there are still alternatives – for example, the cities that were affected by EMPs (nice allusion to S1 – but John Garrett IS dead, thank you very much), included not just L.A., Miami and Washington, D.C., but also Moscow, Russia, and London, England – and the president of the U.S. wanted the U.S. army to go there. Is he trying to start WWIII? Is AoS trying to imitate real life? ‘The Donald’ is almost down for the count – and good riddance, but it would be interesting to learn if the president was behind this – and behind the Watchdogs, (including the ex-agent Felix), and behind the senator Nadir, whose brother…

Wait, Nadir’s brother has been petrified by a fish pill (or the Terrigenesis crystal), he probably IS NOT an InHuman. As Raina, Daisy (Skye), and Andrew (Lash) have shown, the actual metamorphosis happens very quickly, and the senator’s brother has been petrified for a while now. This is a reasonable initial explanation why she is against InHumans in general, but still, for the moment let us still clarify this…

Otherwise, ‘Uprising’ was a good episode. It was straightforward. It was clear-cut. It was not even talking about redemption or forgiveness or second chances too much (after S2 & 3? Sorry, this is just hypocrisy). In short, it is a new start, even without Ghost Rider and the occult. Hopefully, this trend will continue in the future episodes to come…

PS: This is the first time Lincoln Campbell was mentioned by name in S.H.I.E.L.D. ever since he died. I wonder just what is the relationship between Luke Mitchell and his former coworkers in AOS currently is.