Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-112155-20151209000111/@comment-24675861-20151211024558

I disliked Ward since he slept with May; to me, he was stepping on Coulson's toes. I saw AoS as a family and he was the oldest child, Skye was the new girl, and May and Coulson were the parents (I know that was a weird perspective, but that is what I saw.). I could see Ward with Simmons after she was saved by him, but by being with May, I saw him as usurping Coulson's place. Anyway, when he was the traitor, I felt it appropriate. I say all this to say that I am happy that he is dead and, when I saw hugs all around, I was jubilant, too.

When it comes to HYDRA, I'm just tired of them, as a viewer and writer. I enjoyed 4,772 Hours because HYDRA was not overtly in that episode. I would love to see two or three episodes in a row without HYDRA, where the agents fight someone different, like the Inhumans story, but no Ward with Morse cut scenes. I think making the ATCU a HYDRA front was a mistake by the writers who had a major opportunity to create a new antagonist with the audience could embrace and sympathize with.

I like Agent Carter because that cannot use HYDRA (yet they still did in the end).

Thanks for letting me rant...