Have I mentioned recently how glad I am I stuck with this
show? Because I am. It is showing the typical Whedon
storytelling, and we are in the good parts where the action is ramped up and we
can't miss a second. It will be
interesting to see how the show proceeds to tell stories for season two,
assuming it does tell stories for season two.
But that's speculation for another time. For now, let's look at what happened tonight.
The episode picks up where the last one left off. Triplet, Coulson, Fitz, and Simmons have
returned to the base only to find no one home.
They have video of only the exit doors, so they know May left followed
several hours later by Ward and Skye.
When Simmons and Fitz decide to make some food for everyone, Simmons
finds the body of Agent Eric Koenig while Fitz finds a hidden message from Skye
- Ward is Hydra. He refuses to believe
it for a while until the autopsy confirms that Ward was the only one who could
have killed Eric.
Coulson and the team start trying to track down their plane
and find it in LA. They are ready to
take off after it when someone breaches security. It's Colonel Talbot (again), and he's come to
arrest everyone. However, he's not alone
Agent Maria Hill is with the team.
Coulson manages to get alone with Hill and eventually talks
her into going after Ward and Skye. They
knock out Talbot and his team and take off for LA.
For Skye's part, she has done her best to get some kind of
weapon, but Ward is too smart for that and keeps her unarmed. She had told him that the location to decrypt
the drive is the diner in LA where she first met the team, old encryption codes
die hard. So they sit there and Skye
gets to work. The only problem is, she
lied. In reality, while the drive is
"decoding," she's really send out info on the location of Ward so he
will get arrested and she will be away from him even if she is arrested,
too. The plan doesn't work, however, and
Ward recaptures her. This time, however,
there are no secrets; each of them knows which side they are really on.
At which point, enter Deathlok, aka Mike Peterson. When Ward is still unable to get the location
out of Skye, Deathlok stimulates his heart to give him a heart attack. Despite her hatred of Ward, Skye can't stand
watching him die, so she gives in and gives up the location, anywhere in the
world but flying at a certain altitude, and Deathlok revives Ward.
They are about to get away when Triplet and Hill arrive,
attempting to get Ward to surrender. He
doesn't do it, but the diversion works - Coulson has snuck onto the plane. After rescuing Skye, he intended to take out
Ward - until he learns that Deathlok is on board. They quickly get in the flying car from the
pilot (lots of call backs to the pilot), and back out. The flying part takes a bit to get started,
and they almost crash, but Coulson gets it started just in time.
The gang goes to a cheap motel to regroup. Fitz and Simmons are still processing that
Ward was bad, but Simmons promises Fitz will never lose her. Their non-relationship relationship is so
cute, and I am rooting for one of them to make a move (which won't be until
next season if we get a next season, I know).
Meanwhile, Agent Hill goes back to her new job at Stark Industries, which
is now the leading company for global security (when we first saw her, she was
on the phone with Pepper Potts). Before
she goes, she encourages Coulson to consider letting his team turn themselves
in - after they catch Ward if they absolutely must. And Skye reveals that she put a few surprises
in the drive that will hamper Ward and Deathlok when it is decrypted.
But you'll notice I haven't talked much about May. She was off on her own for much of the
episode. A conversation with Hill at the
beginning made her question who was behind Project Tahiti because it didn't
seem that Fury was really in charge. So
she digs up Coulson's grave and finds a drive inside with a level 10
message. She shows up again for the
final scene. Coulson apologizes and
welcomes her back, and then May shows him the message.
It's from Coulson.
He's been working on Project Tahiti.
However, it isn't working. All
those who they have experimented on slowly go crazy after a little while. Memory wipes help, but they aren't fool
proof. Coulson on the video suggests that
the project be scrapped immediately. The
Coulson watching the video's reaction, an understated "Huh," is so
incredibly funny.
Naturally, this means that in addition to tracking down Ward
and Garrett and stopping them, we need to worry about Coulson and Skye going
crazy. And, for that matter, we seem to
have forgotten that Skye is one of those rare objects that we need keep under
wraps. I hope we get back to that.
Only two episodes left this season? I so can not wait to find out how this is
going to wrap up, especially considering they have to tie in to the movies,
too. We are in for a wild and crazy
ride.
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