Review: Agents of Shield "Eye Spy"
Since I didn’t get a write up of episode 3 of Agents of Shield let me give a quick recap of my thoughts. I thought episode 3 was a step in the right direction for the series. Apparently ABC did too because it got picked up for a full 22 episodes. Episode three saw Skye thrown into the field in a pseudo undercover role.
The episode did a convincing enough job of giving Skye motivation moving forward, making you wonder even more where her loyalties lie. I thought Fitz and Simmons got a little more likeable, the quips were a little fewer and more on point, and we got to see the our first supervillain created. The almost double twist of Doctor Franklin Hall’s motivations hit pretty well. It would be interesting if we got to see Gravitron in a film. I could definitely see the opening sequence of Avengers 2 being the Avengers taking down Gravitron. It would be a quick way to introduce how the team got back together and maybe a quick intro to the beginnings of Ultron.
Episode 4 of Agents of Shield starts off with a mysterious group of red-masked men walking through a busy train station. The group is quickly taken out by a mysterious woman while on the subway. The fight isn’t shown, thanks to some flashing lights, but once we see the bodies littering the ground we see that our mysterious woman literally ripped the hand off of one in order to get the handcuffed briefcase full of diamonds from him.
Coulson grabs Skye and Agent May and heads out to investigate. It’s interesting to note that May seems to against the notion of humans with powers. When Skye suggests that maybe the thief may have had ESP, May remarks that the ability has never been proven. It’s interesting that in a world that could potentially house the X-men that she wouldn’t know about the powers. We quickly find out that the thief is actually a Shield agent, believed to be dead. Agent Akela Amador was also trained by Coulson.
The manhunt commences and we find that Fitz, Simmons, and Skye are still quite childish, despite what I thought was a bit of growing last episode, calling Ward mid-mission to ask where to pee and for snacks. I understand the need for comedy but not at the expense of the characters.
Amador, using her unknown powers, gets the jump on our naive trio as they wait in a van. Skye still can’t work a gun and the van is sent tumbling down a hillside. Despite worry from May and Dalton the team is left pretty much unscathed mentally and physically. It’s interesting to see Dalton switch from the badass lone wolf of episode one, to over protective older brother. Some of that undoubtedly comes from feelings towards Skye. Meanwhile May urges Coulson to call for backup, but Coulson insists that the team is capable. Once the team finds out what’s really happening Agent May tries to take matters into her own hands. This gives a short but great fight between the two, which is eventually broken up by Coulson to bring Amador in.
Later, Skye and Dalton are sent to complete Amador’s mission. Part of this puts Dalton in a couple precarious situations but provide a good action sequence for Dalton who has been a bit weak the last two episodes. Fitz and Simmons are still under utilized, but serve a small purpose in the mission of the week. The end of the episode leaves us with about as many questions as we started with including Amador telling May that Coulson is different. It looks like the Coulson question is one that they could hold onto for quite a while. Overall I think I liked the previous episode better, but next week shows more promise with a preview of a man with the power to shoot fire and Skye being called out as a traitor.
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