By Leah Stone
I was extremely disappointed with the last episode, ‘The Girl in the Flower Dress.’ I had thought the quality of the show was on the up, but then it stooped with the last episode. So I sat back to watch this week’s episode with little hope of something high-quality and, more importantly, great to watch. And I will say I was greatly surprised. But please note, I am somewhat fed up with the quality of the episodes going up and down like a yo-yo.
I was extremely disappointed with the last episode, ‘The Girl in the Flower Dress.’ I had thought the quality of the show was on the up, but then it stooped with the last episode. So I sat back to watch this week’s episode with little hope of something high-quality and, more importantly, great to watch. And I will say I was greatly surprised. But please note, I am somewhat fed up with the quality of the episodes going up and down like a yo-yo.
It’s obvious that Coulson is still concerned about the effects of his death-resurrection in the Battle of New York. This concern runs throughout the episode and I think it’s good to see more character development (since that was the most positive thing I took from the last episode with the development of Skye’s character) as Coulson tends to be quite a closed off, secretive person who doesn’t like to give away too much.
The team investigate a series of what appear to be murders involving levitation and some sort of electrostatic powers, perhaps the use of some sort of new high-tech weapon. When the two victims appear to be linked together to the same firehouse, one that helped during the Battle of New York, the team visit the firehouse to investigate, and there they realise that what killed the men was a virus on a Chitauri helmet salvaged from the Battle and thus turns them into electric bombs. One of the firemen is already infected and Coulson, unable to save him, talks to him personally and calms him down before he has to leave him.
The team investigate a series of what appear to be murders involving levitation and some sort of electrostatic powers, perhaps the use of some sort of new high-tech weapon. When the two victims appear to be linked together to the same firehouse, one that helped during the Battle of New York, the team visit the firehouse to investigate, and there they realise that what killed the men was a virus on a Chitauri helmet salvaged from the Battle and thus turns them into electric bombs. One of the firemen is already infected and Coulson, unable to save him, talks to him personally and calms him down before he has to leave him.
Taking in the infected helmet, Simmons is running tests on some of the samples from those killed and realises the virus is spread kinetically, and that she had been infected. The rest of the episode follows a series of very emotion-provoking turn of events that brings a change of pace to the whole series, as Simmons tries to find a cure before she dies.
This episode is not about the special effects, the CGI, the alien technology, the good guys vs bad guys. As Agent Ward put it “there’s no one for me to beat up.” This episode is about the development of the characters and getting the audience re-emotionally connected to the show and developing relationships amongst the characters. I think this was a necessity and a good move by Marvel, viewing figures have dropped and not many people are all that impressed with the series. They needed to strip it down to the bone to what the series essentially is: a group of people, who had never met before, thrown together and put into life-threatening situations. At times, you don’t need all the fancy technology and action and explosives, you just need to know how it is affecting the people involded, which makes it all the more real. We come to realise how close Fitz and Simmons are, Coulson and Agent May open up a bit, and Ward softens towards Skye after his anger at her betraying them.
This episode is not about the special effects, the CGI, the alien technology, the good guys vs bad guys. As Agent Ward put it “there’s no one for me to beat up.” This episode is about the development of the characters and getting the audience re-emotionally connected to the show and developing relationships amongst the characters. I think this was a necessity and a good move by Marvel, viewing figures have dropped and not many people are all that impressed with the series. They needed to strip it down to the bone to what the series essentially is: a group of people, who had never met before, thrown together and put into life-threatening situations. At times, you don’t need all the fancy technology and action and explosives, you just need to know how it is affecting the people involded, which makes it all the more real. We come to realise how close Fitz and Simmons are, Coulson and Agent May open up a bit, and Ward softens towards Skye after his anger at her betraying them.
Whatever people say about the past episodes, the storylines, the effects, the casting, this week’s episode proves that this series is not all that bad. Sometimes you just need to take a step back from the action and just see what happens, and I think it is this that makes this episode work really well.
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