Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-112155-20151201231933/@comment-26258556-20151202065916

Just finished the episode a little while ago. I found myself both impressed and disappointed by the episode.

The death of Rosalind Price was certainly not something I expected. But looking back on the hints they left us, it does make sense. Bravo to the authors for having the guts to do something like that.

And while I may be in the minority, I'm glad they chose to kill her off. Not because she's not a good actor/character, but we hardly see Coulson lose something he cared about and him being desperate for revenge (Par SHIELD, but I'm talking one person).

Skye lost (Sort of) Miles, Ward, her mom, she lost a lot.

Simmons kinda lost Fitz when he was in a coma/recovering from the brain damage; he just wasn't the same.

Fitz lost Simmons when she got sucked into the Monolith.

Ward lost Skye and Garrett.

May lost Andrew.

Coulson sort of lost his chellist, but she was still alive and he could visit her. I like that they killed Rosalind off because now we can see how he reacts when someone he loved (In a little more than a friendly way) dies.

The death of Banks though, that disappointed me. Just feels like they decided to kill him off because now that his friend/boss is gone, they should eliminate him too. Pity, there was a lot we didn't know about the dude and he seemed interesting.

HYDRA though, I've honestly had enough of it. It's like milk. Once you get it, it's nice and fresh, wait too long and it'll spoil. The HYDRA plot spoiled after Whitehall died, except for Malick. Malick's a pretty cool bad guy. Ward though? He's just kinda there now.

The part where they supposedly tortured Simmons was a bit under expectations. The way she was screaming, you'd think that she was being treated like Jiaying was when Whitehall found her. And when we see her again, all she had was a little cut on her face, made no sense.

The bit with the Secret Warriors was disappointing. I like all the people on the team (Though they should add Alisha on it as well), but they didn't even do anything in the episode. I get that they're trying to save it for the mid-season finale, but if that's all we see, then why not just cut to a scene of them at the facility and give a small summary?

I do like Mack stepping up to the plate as the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., even if it's only temporary. While I would prefer Daisy in charge (She was the director at one point in the comics), Coulson made the right choice considering their situation.

I really hate the fact that they're cutting down our May time on the show ever since the big Lash reveal. They should have just replaced the Secret Warriors assembly with a small May centric scene.

Thomas Ward, good idea, bad script. It just told us things that we already knew. The kidnapping and the call were good, other parts, not really. They should have come up with something more unique or give the dude less screen time.

FitzSimmons moments were sweet though. Not much else to say about them

Overall, 7 our of 10.