by Lauren
 | After a first season of ups and downs, the second season of Marvel's Agents of SHIELD has a clear direction and comes out of the gate swinging. |
****Spoilers Below*****
So flashback, 1945, Peggy Carter and the Howling Commandos (or at least 2 of them) bust up the "last" of the Hydra outposts and box up a dangerous metal artifact and label it 084 - the FIRST 084 (object or person of unknown origin.) This also gives us a taste of the team in action for the Peggy Cater mini-series coming this winter. I love a woman that takes charge and kicks ass - I couldn't be happier!
So flashback, 1945, Peggy Carter and the Howling Commandos (or at least 2 of them) bust up the "last" of the Hydra outposts and box up a dangerous metal artifact and label it 084 - the FIRST 084 (object or person of unknown origin.) This also gives us a taste of the team in action for the Peggy Cater mini-series coming this winter. I love a woman that takes charge and kicks ass - I couldn't be happier!
After the events of The Winter Soldier, SHIELD is still enemy #1 along side HYDRA and is being hunted by General Talbot (Heroes alum, Adrian Pasdar) and the US Government.
Besides a new, battle-ready Skye, the ever-awesome Melinda May, and the return of Agent Tripplet (yeah!), we meet a bunch of new 'Agents' in an undercover sting that goes wrong. And before you can say, "hey, who the hell is this guy?" - there is a new heavy hitter in town and he's bullet proof...
Besides a new, battle-ready Skye, the ever-awesome Melinda May, and the return of Agent Tripplet (yeah!), we meet a bunch of new 'Agents' in an undercover sting that goes wrong. And before you can say, "hey, who the hell is this guy?" - there is a new heavy hitter in town and he's bullet proof...
The team 'goes dark' and returns to the Playground. As an audience we are bombarded with the cast of new characters. Tons of, "oh, who is that?" "who is that?" "Lucy Lawless is so cool!" "Hey, where's Fitz and Simmons?"
Oh. Fitzsimmons. I. can't. even. I just can't.
Oh. Fitzsimmons. I. can't. even. I just can't.
Moving on... Coulson has been off recruiting around the world while May and 'Billy' have been holding down the fort, and the new mercenary team at the Playground. Of course, he's back in the house in time to see the 084 photos and know the team is in big trouble.
Big enough trouble to send Skye into the basement to interview the imprisoned Ward. A super-creepy interrogation scene follows, where we see the new, strong Skye take no crap and leave us wondering what the hell is going on in Ward's damaged, suicidal, wackadoo, bad-guy bearded head.
Big enough trouble to send Skye into the basement to interview the imprisoned Ward. A super-creepy interrogation scene follows, where we see the new, strong Skye take no crap and leave us wondering what the hell is going on in Ward's damaged, suicidal, wackadoo, bad-guy bearded head.
But Ward's information is good, and the team uncovers that HYDRA is still big, scary and everywhere - and that our bulletproof villain is Carl 'Crusher' Creel (a.k.a. Absorbing Man) - a deadly assassin working for Hydra that can touch any object and change the surface of his skin. So far we've seen diamond, wood, acrylic, brass, concrete, steel, asphalt, and rubber - with some pretty good visual effects for TV, I might add. I hope he's going to bring the pain for a while this season and I'm excited to have a legit 'super-powered' baddy (no offense Deathlock) on the show.
In fact, in the comics, he got his powers by drinking a 'magic potion' from Loki. I wonder if that will come into play at all. More Loki can never be bad...
Intercepting the HYDRA transmission, the team moves in to intercept Creel before he can kill General Talbot, kidnapping him in the process. Meanwhile Creel gets 'captured' and brought to the facility where all of the SHIELD/HYDRA tech is being stored.
Unsurprisingly, Creel busts out of his acrylic prison to steal the 084 'obelisk' but is intercepted by the SHIELD team who breaks in with information gained from Talbot's interrogation. Oh, did I mention touching the artifact starts burning you alive? Yeah, Lucy Lawless's brand-new character Isabel Hartley learned that the hard way and had to have her arm off for her trouble. Well, at least they are out of the woods - NOT SO FAST!
Absorbing Man makes himself a giant speed bump (literally and figuratively) and flips the fleeing SUV, seemingly killing all inside except cranky British mercenary, Lance Hunter.
The 'A' team splits off from Hartley's team at the base to make off with their real objective - a brand new quinjet, with functional cloaking!
Unsurprisingly, Creel busts out of his acrylic prison to steal the 084 'obelisk' but is intercepted by the SHIELD team who breaks in with information gained from Talbot's interrogation. Oh, did I mention touching the artifact starts burning you alive? Yeah, Lucy Lawless's brand-new character Isabel Hartley learned that the hard way and had to have her arm off for her trouble. Well, at least they are out of the woods - NOT SO FAST!
Absorbing Man makes himself a giant speed bump (literally and figuratively) and flips the fleeing SUV, seemingly killing all inside except cranky British mercenary, Lance Hunter.
The 'A' team splits off from Hartley's team at the base to make off with their real objective - a brand new quinjet, with functional cloaking!
So, did they just kill Lucy Lawless in the first episode? Why the hell did Simmons feel it was a good idea to leave poor Fitz in his time of need? Who the hell is Skye's father? What is Ward's deal? How did that creepy Nazi guy (Reed Diamond) age not a day since WWII?
These and more questions have set this season up as one to look forward to every Tuesday Night!
These and more questions have set this season up as one to look forward to every Tuesday Night!
