This was easily my favorite episode of the season even if some of the characters (Coulson, Fitz) needed a good slapping to get over themselves. I suppose we needed the earlier episodes to have it all make some sort of sense, but it's disappointing we had to wait this long for good writing and a plot that was actually compelling.
I might have liked the one with the reveal better, but that is a relative thing with this show. We could have had fewer of the earlier episodes to lay the groundwork.
I'm so glad she was grossed out rather than appeased by his feelings for her being real.
I came to understand that the possibility of her being appeased was, like, a thing some viewers were thinking? As in, when she said, "I think I'm going to be sick," they thought that was a funny line, because it went against what they were expecting? WHAT. HOW COULD ANYONE EXPECT HER TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE OH MY GOD.
Because TV and movies often have female characters melting over the evil, skeeztastic male character having feelings for them, as if that makes up for all the rest of it, so I know that I don't have any trust that the writers won't go there. Especially since Skye had no bad reaction and nothing to say when Ward told her he slept with May because he had absolutely no feelings for her... unlike his feelings for Skye. That's a massive red flag.
*chuckles* I get Skye's lack of reaction to the Ward/May thing, because that's relationships and I-don't-know-if-I-should-let-any-reaction-show and all that complicated stuff, while "My teammate could betray my whole team and me even though he genuinely cared for me oh my god he's even more of a monster because of that" seems pretty simple to me.
I'm just presenting that as something that made me worry about where the writers might be going. Personally, if a guy told me that, I might or might not have a major reaction at the time but I also wouldn't give him a go-ahead on a coffee date that might lead to more (once we deal with that pesky HYDRA situation).
I agree - they should just drop the Tahiti plot. I like it in the sense that the team now has *no one* to trust, and Phil now can't even trust himself. But honestly, it feels like the 12th subplot of a really plotty show, and does it really need another angle to get angst?
I'm with you in hoping that Ward just stays evil. Conflicted evil people, especially conflicted evil people in love, are entertaining as fuck. Also, I do not exactly mind looking at him.
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I came to understand that the possibility of her being appeased was, like, a thing some viewers were thinking? As in, when she said, "I think I'm going to be sick," they thought that was a funny line, because it went against what they were expecting? WHAT. HOW COULD ANYONE EXPECT HER TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE OH MY GOD.
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I'm with you in hoping that Ward just stays evil. Conflicted evil people, especially conflicted evil people in love, are entertaining as fuck. Also, I do not exactly mind looking at him.
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