Agents of SHIELD, season 1

[osprey_archer]

I finished season one of Agents of SHIELD. As much as I liked the first half of the season, they definitely kicked it up a notch in the post-Winter Soldier episodes! Like, I had to stop watching and come back later when Skye realized that Ward was Hydra, because OH MY GOD. The scenes where Skye knows Ward is Hydra and it's not at all clear whether

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[anactoria]

Often I feel like writers, especially TV writers, think that compassion is a fuzzily mystically quality that vaguely attaches itself to characters, particularly female characters, rather than being an actual trait with defined qualities that a character needs to exhibit.

I think you're right there. (And I say that as someone who loves Gwen Cooper, but NOT FOR THAT REASON, MY GOD.)

I've just caught up with AoS, and what you've said here articulates why I love May so much pretty perfectly.

The scenes where Skye knows Ward is Hydra and it's not at all clear whether Ward knows she knows, all so tense.

God, yes! I don't often get that watching-through-my-fingers-because-I'm-not-sure-I-want-to-know-what-happens-next feeling, but those scenes were one of those times.

[osprey_archer]

I warmed up to Gwen around the end of season one, when they stopped pushing GWEN IS THE HEART OF THE TEAM quite so hard, because she has other good qualities: she's brave and curious and she can give a great inspiring speech. But compassion is so not her thing.

I want to catch up with season 2 of AOS, but I'm having trouble finding some of the early episodes - I watched episodes 1 and 2 and then gave up because I was lost without all the S1 backstory. Clearly I should have just dived into season 1 right then! Ugh, my choices...

[osprey_archer]

I am interested in this! I've already seen episodes one and two, but the later episodes, yes.

[osprey_archer]

I'll PM it to you.