Reverie, 'Apertus' - May 30

Warning. Spoilers ahead. Proceed at your own risk. And we begin-

-With ‘Reverie’. One of the new TV shows that have appeared this May/June, (2018). What is it?

Apparently, it is a sci-fi drama. It consists of the main character, Mara Kint, going forth into the ‘Reverie’, a VR gone over-the-edge mad science and rescuing people who have trapped themselves in there, while dealing with her own past tragedies, failures and internal demons. Not a bad premise, really, so-?

So nothing. The first episode of the series, ‘Apertus’ aired last night, and it established ‘Reverie’ as a solid TV series, whose main advantage so far are the special effects. They are really bizarre but also well crafted, such as Mara Kint’s first entry into the VR world, where she has to deal with fire and water, (and all that is missing are the copper trumpets of fame…sorry), and they actually raise a couple of unusual points.

One is that that scene, of Mara finding herself in a lovely British Columbia forest, is reminiscent of several chapters of ‘Aru Shah and the End of Time’ novel. That novel is worth mentioning because its’ author is involved with Rick Riordan somehow – yes, that Riordan. ‘Aru Shah’ appears to be a different take on Riordan’s novels for children and young adults, one where the titular heroine and her new best friends, Boo and Mini, has to go save the world. For a change, this world is set in Hindu mythos, rather than the Greco-Roman, Norse or Egyptian as Riordan has done. What is more, Riordan himself either is a co-author of the novel, or plays some other role, as he had written a ringing review/introduction of ‘End’. Indeed, it is so chipper and positive that comes across as over-the-top, kind of fake and shallow, but-

But nothing. Let us go further down this road, and look at Riordan’s own novels, especially the latest ones. His series about ‘Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard’ feels abbreviated, especially the last novel. It comes across as several novels compressed into one, and it shows by having a rushed plot. Moreover, it comes across as a rushed imitation of Riordan’s second plot arch, one that introduced Piper, Jason, Leo and the others, which is sad. And speaking of Piper, Jason, Leo, the others and sadness – ‘The Burning Maze’. Trigger warning: Jason dies there, but…

But for a while, especially in ‘Magnus Chase’ series, Riordan tried include all sorts of various references, including ‘Marvel’, (such as ‘Jessica Jones), and, well, he engaged in depicting all sort of alternate characters, including Alex, the child of Loki, who’s gender-fluid (or whatever you want to call it). It was very modern, very politically correct, but ‘The Burning Maze’ has none of it instead. Rather, it focused on Apollo and Meg helping the local dryads and satyrs in defeating Caligula and Medea…with the help of Piper and Jason – and that was why Jason died.

To make matters worse, from a literary P.O.V. ‘The Burning Maze’ is flawed. Ever since Medea appeared in the above-mentioned plot arch – ‘The Last Hero’, I believe – she had some interest in Jason, because it was ‘a’ Jason. Riordan here took a straightforward idea – Medea was the villain in the ‘Golden Fleece’ mythos, even though in reality that was not quite the case; if you read the Antique tragedies written about Medea and Jason, then you will see that while Medea does get the brunt of it, Jason is not such a nice man either – but we digress. The point is that ‘The Burning Maze’ did a half-hearted attempt to set Jason/Piper and Caligula/Medea as some sort of good/evil counterparts, but it did not take. Yoda’s statement of ‘do or do not, there is no try’ is something of a truism nowadays, but the old boy was onto something here, it seems, as this half-hearted attempt just undercut ‘The Burning Maze’, in a manner not unlike how AoS had undercut its’ S5 finale. Coulson may be dying, but AoS made it look as if he and May have retired instead; Fitz is dead, only he is not; he is also alive, floating in space. So what made the S5 finale special, then? The special effects? ‘Reverie’ has them too, but-

-But special effects on their own do not work. AoS did not rely on them too much, especially in the first seasons, when it was better, AC didn’t rely on them too much, (but got cancelled just because real life sucks, it seems), while ‘Reverie’ does rely on special effects, both CGI and just visual, and the result isn’t as good as ‘Reverie’ wanted to; the show feels… confused.

On one hand ‘Reverie’ is trying to go sci-fi with the VR world, though all the oneiro/onira-based imply that it is a realm of dreams; ‘oneiric’ is a fancy word (adjective) for anything related to dreams; Willie Wonka used to talk about the ‘realm of pure imagination’; ‘Reverie’ has made his song a reality, by creating a machine that makes dreams come true-

On the other hand, it is some sort of a detective story, a mystery story, as Mara Kint has to unravel each subject’s secret issues, (revealed, in a hidden way, in their dreams), as a detective would. Who knows why Mara had to be a former hostage negotiator; so far, her first case was largely civilian: the subject felt guilt for being high and causing an accident that killed his wife, and so he is staying in his dreams, hiding from his guilt. There is no terrorism, no politics…so far, but still.

…Yes, ‘Reverie’ the machine is influenced by AoS; ‘Quantico’ and ‘Blindspot’ focused on the team-building aspect of the show, ‘Reverie’ – on the framework, device and mini-plot arch, but, regardless, here we are. This means that there going to be ‘sneaky subplots’ or whatever you want to call them; they worked for AoS, but only to a point; it did get renewed for S6, but we’ll still have to wait and see as to where they are going; and ‘Reverie’? So far, it feels somewhat bland, confused, a show that does not know where it wants to go…but it does show off the legs of Mara Kint, (aka Sarah Shahi) on a regular basis – and that is the other weird point.

Sarah Shahi had a very impressive career/resume, but a leg model she was not. Ergo, those shots that focus on her legs, feet and shoes as she’s walking around, can be not just her showing off, but also the show’s cast and scriptwriters getting fancy, or even – product placement. Are Mara Kint’s shoes somehow special?

…Well, this is it for the moment. ‘Reverie’ has made its’ debut and is not leaving anytime soon. See you all in the future!

S.H.I.E.L.D. S6 - May 26

And so, some sources, such as ‘Entertainment Weekly’, have given us already some further information about the upcoming AoS S6. However, what exactly?

Firstly, that on average, 3.6 million people viewed an AoS episode. Okay, here is my take on it: if you take all of the numbers for all of the AoS episodes, and divide the resulting sum by the number of all the AoS – i.e., 110 by now – maybe you can get a 3.6 something; I do not know, I didn’t run this experiment. What I do know is that the numbers for all 110 episodes of AoS have varied greatly, the S5 numbers are much lower than the S1 + S2 numbers, for example, (though there was an occasional reversal of trend, but it does not make that much of an impact). Thus, talking about any numbers, even average numbers, is not the smartest topic to talk about, I reckon.

Secondly, the upcoming S6 will have only 13 episodes, as opposed to the usual 22. This makes it what? 45% shorter than the first five seasons? Hopefully, it will not be dealing with 30-minute – as opposed to a full hour – episodes too. Yet this isn’t exactly surprising either, because of the third point: S5 finale was called ‘The End’ because the writers intended it to be the end of AoS; this show had technically ended, and-

And it isn’t really surprising, and we’re talking about the show’s plot, for enough people with enough Marvel™ knowledge figured out that on one hand, AoS tried to follow the ‘Secret Warriors’ comic, which talked about Fury assembling a new team of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and travelling the world, fixing the wrongs left in the wake of an alien invasion of the Marvel™ world, and on the other… it didn’t. If the second half of AoS S2 caused some sort of derailment in AoS plot, then the second of the third season – ‘The Fallen Agent’ story arc – completed the job. The initial ‘Secret Warriors’ plotline got completely destroyed, as the actual Secret Warriors of the show got disbanded for good, and yes, just how the show dealt with that was done badly, but this isn’t the point right here, the point is that post Lincoln’s death in S3 finale, the original plan got thrown out of the windows, and what was left were bits and ends that the AoS crew were unable to fit into the first three seasons, because reasons. It does not take much thinking over to figure out just how AoS was supposed to go as a show originally, but it does not matter, because that did not happen, and instead we got what we got. Yay. Not. The numbers plummeted, and while we are getting an AoS S6 after all, it will be something else yet again. Why?

The fourth, and the last, point was that AoS was MCU’s first TV show. Sadly, this doesn’t explain the disrespect that the show gave its’ characters and its plot; the last got twisted and turned time and again until it didn’t resemble anything that it was at first, and its’ actors weren’t particularly happy being there – and we’re talking secondary, recurring actors. By now, all of the characters, (and the actors playing them), are killed off or just gone, and all is left are the ‘big seven’ who include Coulson and May, who’ve retired, and Fitz, who is killed-off/trapped in space…but that is another story.

For now, let us just wave good-bye to AoS, S5 in particular, and to the show in general. It could have been great. Hopefully, it will not become a sitcom romedy in the manner of ‘Friends’, but we will just have to wait and see…

Mowgli 2018 - May 22

And so, Andy Serkis will be delivering yet another version of ‘Mowgli’ the movie in this year, (2018). What can be said about it?

Judging by the trailer that we have seen so far, it is basically a reboot, or a derivative, of 2016’s ‘Jungle Book’, albeit one where humans, as opposed to CGI animals, play a greater role. It still is not like the 1990s ‘Mowgli’ film, which was basically a version of Tarzan, just set in India/Asia, rather than Africa, but still. It might be closer to Kipling’s initial anthologies rather than the original Disney animated movie, so that it something of an improvement over the 2016 movie, but somehow, the first trailer at least, is highly reminiscent of that film, so we just have to wait and see before forming any conclusions first. What next?

The (CGI) animal cast remains largely the same, save for the addition of one new character – Tabaqui, or whatever his name is. In the original anthologies, he was a jackal who followed Shere Khan, as jackals sometimes follow tigers in real life. Here, in this trailer at least, he looked more like a hyena, and that is weird.

Here is why. Firstly, hyenas are not really related to jackals and other wild dogs; they are more closely related to cats, including the great cats such as lions, tigers, and leopards, (panthers). Secondly, hyenas are much bigger than most wild dogs, especially the spotted hyena, featured in ‘The Lion King’ franchise, but like most hyenas, it lives only in Africa; the only hyena species that is found on both African and Asia continents is the striped hyena instead. And-?

And while it is smaller than the spotted hyena is, it still a large animal, and is no more a scavenger than, well, a grey wolf would be. Sure, it does not let carrion go by, especially if it is hungry, but it is not a professional scavenger. Neither is the jackal, of course, but lives more like a fox than a wolf or a coyote, so Tabaqui is shaping to be some sort of a zoological chimera already, and as for the ‘Jungle Book’ itself, we’ll have to wait and see, again, if this version of Mowgli defeats Shere Khan, (who, here, is lame, rather than one-eyed as he was in 2016), by having a herd of water buffalo trample him in a ravine, as it happened in the canon. In the 2016 movie, Mowgli defeated Shere Khan with fire, in a manner reminiscent of Disney’s earlier animated Mowgli films, so we got options.

We also got Kaa who is female, again. Why? In Kipling’s novels, Kaa was male; White Hood the cobra might have been female, but probably not. The only female characters in the Jungle Book novels were Mowgli’s mother, the Mother Wolf, and his love interest, (who appeared only briefly at the end, when Mowgli became a man). So, why change Kaa’s gender? Disney’s animated movie made Kaa a male, so why change him to her in 2016, and why not change back now? Nobody knows… The fact that Serkis’ film is trying to be both different from the 2016 movie and yet basically do the same thing is not very impressive. Or rational. Or sane. Well, maybe T’Challa and the rest of his Wakandan friends will make a cameo there in the process. They got to do something while the rest of the Avengers figure out how to reanimate them and undo the damage that Thanos did to the galaxy and beyond…

And on a more serious note? The next JW movie is coming on June 22, 2018, so let us first watch it, and then return to Mowgli, (maybe). Until then – see you in the future.

S.H.I.E.L.D. S5 finale - May 20

Let us try talking about AoS S5 finale once again. What are the key points that can be derived from it?

Firstly, the fight between Graviton and Daisy/Skye/Quake. It was impressive. It was CGI. It was one-on-one. It was big and showy and everything that the fight between her and Robbie against Ivanov’s LMDs at the S4 finale had not been. It was a proper showdown with a Big Boss, a genuine ‘hero meets monster’ moment, and…

And nothing. On one hand, ever since S3, especially the second half, AoS did its’ best to make itself continuous, especially within itself, (within the rest of MCU – not as much), and Talbot got his moment to shine, but…that was the proverbial hour before the dawn, or rather – the hour before the dusk, because after his defeat, (demise, doom, etc.) I doubt that AoS has anymore of the recurring characters left; when AoS S6 returns in summer 2019, they will have to introduce new characters from scratch, something that they do not really manage to do, not even in S2. True, the ultimate point of a villain is to be defeated, or even – destroyed, but when they made, however poorly, Grant Ward into a recurring villain, this was even better, because this was someone who could genuinely go toe-to-toe with the agents for several rounds at least, and challenge them properly, in a smart way, without any extremely overwhelming numerical odds…and nothing else. Ever since Malick, most of the villains used exactly that against S.H.I.E.L.D….and it simply was not enough. Moreover, true, there had been villains who were attempted into being someone different…only not. Hive relied on his Primitives in a very Hydra-like way, (though he made them from the Watchdogs, who are KKK rather than Hydra), Ophelia/Madame Hydra was simply powerless against the Ghost Rider, (and Ivanov was something else), and now Graviton. Yes, he is a conflicted character…only after he had killed Creel, (who became a friend to him before), and some other people, he was not. Rather, he was acted out in a conflicted manner, the show tried to keep him humorous, but rather, it made him incompetent. Robin Hinton, of course, was just unlikable, and by now,…Melinda seems to have abandoned any maternal feelings that Robin brought out in her, and instead is staying with Coulson, on Tahiti.

Yeah, about that, since this is the second point – yes, Coulson is dying, technically, but AoS made it look more like he retired and made Daisy the new director, something that some people suspected from the start, because in the Marvel comics’ canon, Daisy Johnson/Quake did become the director of S.H.I.E.L.D. after Fury at least in some of the universes. AoS tried to pattern itself after the Secret Warriors comic story, especially in S3, but it did not work. It really did not work, as the Secret Warriors ended in a bad way: Lincoln died, and Joey just quit, which was one of the more pathetic moments in AoS’ history. No, seriously, you should try to find and rewatch the promo ads of the ‘Fallen Agent’ story line (S3) finale – Joey was a part of them, just as Mack, May, Coulson and the others were, but otherwise? He quit several episodes before the S3 finale, thus nullifying, (to put it nicely), the entire S.H.I.E.L.D.-ATCU conflict of that season.

No, seriously, the two organizations first locked their horns over Joey in the S3 premiere episode, everything went into motion in part because of him, and he – just quit. In such circumstances, WTF did they invest all that effort into him? Just hand him over to ATCU and start something different.

The same situation went here: at least for the first half of S5 AoS tried to show how Robin brought out the maternal aspects of Melinda May’s character, and it came to naught – Coulson is still dying, so he and Melinda aren’t going to adopt anyone soon; Daisy might’ve acknowledged May as ‘mom’ in one of the earlier S5 episodes, (during their failed attempt to rescue Ruby from gravitonium), but that’s it. AoS just cannot pick a theme and stick to it – rather, it makes a series of potentially good ideas as one-shots set in a continuous story line, or story arc, aka an AoS season…and unsurprisingly, it all falls apart in the process.

This brings us to Fitz. In S5 finale, he died. Only not, because as it was pointed out, he went into the future the first time around by launching himself into space in a sealed cryogenic chamber, so he is still alive at the moment, so all Simmons has to do is to stop mourning, to remember the above state of affairs, and to bring Fitz back from space instead, now that the present, and the future, changed. Put otherwise, this is not no tragedy, but more of good old FitzSimmons drama and people are rather tired of it. Is there anything new?

Well, Gregg made a series of interviews, or mini-interviews, online, and they give the impression that he is done with AoS; with MCU in general – not so much, so he probably won’t be returning in AoS’ S6 as a main character at least, (fingers crossed), so we got some plot development at least. Everything else is up for grabs, including Daisy’s relationship with Deke Shaw, (none of the cast show any enthusiasm regarding it), and as such, it is anyone’s guess if Jeff Ward, (who is playing Deke), will appear in S6 either…

That is it for now, and for AoS (S5 in particular). Until next time, people, whenever that might be!

MCU in general - May 15

So, an obligatory apology – my bad, due to the insanity of real life I’ve miscounted; the S5 of AoS had its appropriate 22 episodes after all; jolly good! Anything else?

…AoS got renewed for the next, sixth, season – that is the main thing here. Good for it, but with a cast in tatters, it will be hard to produce anything truly exciting in it. Of course, with A: IW part 1, the background is set for AoS; Hell, they can even separate the FitzSimmons again by killing one of them – because Thanos did kill half of all the life in the galaxy, and that includes half of the agents too, as the S5’s finale promo hints at. Coulson, of course, is dying already, so maybe Thanos’ action will have him restored instead – the Infinity gems are tricky things, after all.

This can also be the crunch time for Jeff Ward, who’s been playing Deke Shaw on the series: if one of the FitzSimmons dies, however temporarily, then that can be the end for Deke – because the present will change, then so will the future, which means – no Deke, and Jeff Ward is free to leave the AoS and the rest of MCU. Easy. Of course, if he, conversely, pulls ‘a NCB’ for the upcoming AoS seasons and stays, he can ignore this course of action and stay. ‘Course, Palicki and Blood also become regular characters by the end of AoS’ S2 finale…which didn’t prevent them from leaving by the second half of S3 – just in time to clear the path for the already-mentioned NCB, so this sort of thing is tricky, and-

And the great romantic love that is supposed to exist between Deke and Daisy? Yes, the names alliterate, which can be considered important, but… it is being downplayed. A lot. Frankly, they should just pair Daisy with Coulson and be done with it.

Oh, but Coulson is being paired with May – at last – but it is also being downplayed. I don’t know if real life’s racial differences are a factor, but frankly, it is Mack & Yo-Yo and the FitzSimmons who have to carry the show in the romantic department – go them, but…why keep Deke around? On one hand, he is the new rookie, on the other…his role is being regularly downplayed, and he feels more like a lighter version of Lincoln. Did the writers need to kill off Lincoln? Was the offer from ‘Blindspot’, (which is also nearing its’ S3 finale, BTW), that irresistible? That good? Mind you, ‘Blindspot’ has its own issues by now, especially the contrived Reade-Zapata-Patterson relationship triangle, (and Rich Dot Com’s new regularly recurring role in the show is not an improvement of ‘Blindspot’ either), but still, it is livelier than AoS is. Yes, it is a younger show, but so were Marvel’s ‘InHumans’ and that didn’t work for them…

Anything else? Talbot became the new Graviton officially – usually this job is held by Franklin Hall, but this time Dr. Hall has not returned to MCU, even though he was officially designated to become somewhat like that back in AoS’ S1, but apparently not. Ian Quinn and Raina are not reappearing either, not even in cameos, so it seems as if they are done with MCU by now too, especially since the latter is putting the InHuman angle on hold: the show took forever to get started, and now it is gone. For good. Not even Marvel Wiki is acknowledging its’ existence now. It is acknowledging slash recognizing MCU’s Robbie Reyes as one of that Ghost Rider version, but not the MCU InHumans. Ouch.

It’s not all gloom and doom for MCU, of course – ‘Deadpool 2’ is coming to the big screens officially later this May, and while Han Solo’s movie is a part of the SW universe rather than MCU, both of them are part of Disney, so there’s that. We will just have to wait and see as what happens in the AoS S5 finale later this week.

Until then – see you all! Hopefully…

S.H.I.E.L.D. 'Gravity' - May 12

…Real life sucks. It just does. The end of that bon mot. And AoS?

AoS is not doing that well either: its’ numbers continue to fall, although the viewers’ fatigue may have something to do with it: ever since the S4 finale nothing really seems to impress them anymore, and AoS knows it: it campaigns considerably less aggressively than it did before S4, and it shows.

…Actually, some elaboration regarding AoS ads can be put here. Marvel™ comics, especially the paper ones, often show one or another promo image for the AoS episode of the week, at least the S4. These promos are accompanied by a message, left deliberately vague. But! One of them promised an epic fight between Daisy and Ruby. On TV, the actual fight was a disappointment, and Ruby eventually died because she went crazy from gravitonium, and then Yo-Yo slit her throat with Ruby’s own chakram – but we’ve discussed this earlier already. This week, it was the turn for Melinda and the captain of the alien ship…and the actual fight was nothing special either. Last week’s episode had a mention of Thanos, the big…purple cranberry of MCU, but so what? S3 had a mention of Stark – probably Tony Stark, since Ned Stark and his family do not really have any holdings in the US…still, since the second half of S2, AoS seems to be doing its’ own thing, separate from the rest of MCU…of course, so does everything else – ‘The Defenders’ on Netflix, for example, and the ‘InHumans’ are gone.

No, really, they have been cancelled. Considering that their first and only season had various features, but most importantly, they were insipid – neither hot nor cold, but lukewarm, with some amazing suits, but nothing else. Again, the script was not bad, and the actors did the best they could to come across even better, but it seems that it was not enough. The ‘InHumans’ got cancelled. Now what?

…AoS continues to soldier on, with just one episode – the finale – left for S5. This makes S5…the shortest season of AoS yet, with two less episodes than the others had, I think. Maybe these are signs that there are some troubled times ahead? So far, there is no talk about AoS getting cancelled, but the cancellation of AC came unexpected too, so there is that. There’s no rumors of the ‘Runaways’ getting cancelled, in fact the show got renewed for an S2 in January 2018, and of course ‘Cloak & Dagger’ are coming this summer, so MCU isn’t down for the count yet.

Back to AoS? Not really. AoS does its’ best to deliver…but it fails, and the viewers are not interested in helping it keep going – the fans ignore most of the new characters, (surprisingly, Kasius and Sinera are the most popular ones out of them), and as for the reintroduced ones…Talbot killed his former friend and sidekick Carl ‘Absorbing Man’ Creel in this week’s episode, and how does S.H.I.E.L.D. react? They ignore it and move on. Considering that Creel saved Coulson’s life literally in one of the earlier episodes, this makes Coulson, and the rest of S.H.I.E.L.D., look like uncaring jerks. Go AoS and S.H.I.E.L.D.

…And sadly, this is it for this week’s discussion: AoS S5 is ending, so we will discuss it in greater detail in the future weeks. Until then – see you soon!

A: IW - May 1

Where to begin?

Firstly, because real life is sometimes sucky, sometimes crazy, and sometimes – stupid, I made a mistake regarding Thanos, Loki and co. the last time we talked. Thanos did kill Loki in public, perhaps to make a point within the MCU, perhaps to make a point without, but kill Loki he did, blatantly and in public too. Poor Loki, but – the point still stands. MCU, in general, has experienced the biggest loss of characters ever, and while they can be brought back, actors – from the real life’s side of things – are something else. ‘Thor’ franchise is especially notorious of that, as Sif, Jane Foster, Dr. Selvig, to a lesser extent Odin, the Warriors 3, and now – Heimdall too – have all vanished from the MCU, leaving ‘Thor’ with, well, just Thor, and maybe not even that. It is certainly a potent way of changing the landscape of a cinematic universe, but will the actors be willing to come back, ever? Given the case of Hawkeye, maybe not.

No, seriously, Hawkeye appears very rarely in MCU, if ever. He appeared in the first ‘Avengers’ movie, in ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ movie, and in ‘CA: CW’ film…and this is it, I believe. If he’d actually died back in ‘Ultron’ it would make more sense and less disrespectful/dismissive to the MCU fans, but here is what we have; in A: IW1, we get no Hawkeye, again. Ditto for the Ant-Man, of course, but he and the Wasp are coming forth with their own film now, fighting the Ghost, and this is important, because the Quantum Zone is mentioned in that trailer, and this may be where all the missing people have ended up at…or not. Maybe Thanos succeeded completely and everyone died instead. Either way, we will get more clarification about this in the future Marvel movies…hopefully.

Speaking of trailers… the ‘Venom’ trailer has appeared in April 2018 too, and it is going to be an origin movie on one hand, and does not have any Venom-Spidey interactions on the other, which is strange, since Venom is one of Spider-Man’s worst rivals. Yet, if Spider-Man is stuck in the Quantum Zone, then he cannot interact with Venom, (let us presume so, anyhow), so no Spider-Man in this Venom movie, anyhow. Bully for him!

Anything else? Again, it is unknown just how AoS and its S5 plot fits into the greater MCU, in the current case – into the Infinity War plotline. Right now, General Talbot has become a Graviton-like figure and is going to save the world by killing the alien ninjas, because this is who the current aliens are – ninjas of some sort, and not even Kree, because none of them are blue…and some people still wonder as to why AoS’ numbers are so low. AoS just does not fit into MCU anymore, not since the second half of its second season, most likely, and where does it leave them?

Well, so far it seems that the S5 finale is the season’s finale, not the series’, so there’s probably some sort of a S6 somewhere in the works…eventually. Considering that Coulson (and his actor) are appearing in the upcoming ‘Captain Marvel’ movie too, that theoretical season will be Coulson-light, because of split priorities, you know?

…Anything else? No, not at this time. For the moment, real life has stabilized itself, so let us enjoy it. Until the next time – see you then.