Post — Aaron Ngo

Major Spoilers are included in this episode review. Please read with caution.

The writing, acting, and the characters have not slowed down. The shortened season (22 to 13) is already helping the show not waste time, and we’re diving seamlessly into the action. Daisy Johnson is officially embracing “Quake”, and has developed her powers to become more comic book-like. I do enjoy Daisy’s fantastic hair, too, and the fight scene was amazing.

Also, Daisy, Jemma, and two other side characters Piper and Davis are traveling space to find Fitz. This is a large jump, but it makes sense logically because… they have to find him. This season premiere proves this Marvel show had a lot of story left when they thought it was over. Jemma is getting desperate to find Fitz, which leads to a reckless decision that will have major ramifications for everyone involved.

Director Mack fits the role perfectly. He is not Phil Coulson, but May assures him that’s a good thing. This is a similar idea Coulson went through when he took over the organization from Nick Fury. Mack will lead this SHIELD differently, and that’s not a bad thing. Plus, the premiere is still wasting no time because the villains make their way to our dimension. One of them gets stuck in the wall while portal hopping, and that makes the rest of the evil team not happy.

The biggest mystery, even bigger than the evil team’s motives, is the identity of their leader. He goes by the name “Sarge”, and wears Phil Coulson’s face. May is bewildered that the man she loves is somehow back, and maybe more shocked he killed a field agent in cold blood. This season is going to be amazing.

Overall, I was hooked and the Fitz cliffhanger was unexpected. Agents of SHIELD deserves to have outlasted the Netflix Marvel Universe. Episode two review will be posted shortly afterwards.

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