by Leah Stone
So, what do you do when your show has reached the mid-season finale?
You create something explosive. A bomb that changes everything, that confuses people, excites people, scares people, makes you curious, but then leaves you to wait for the debris to settle before you can find out what happens next.
So, what do you do when your show has reached the mid-season finale?
You create something explosive. A bomb that changes everything, that confuses people, excites people, scares people, makes you curious, but then leaves you to wait for the debris to settle before you can find out what happens next.
“What they Become” almost feels like a series finale. It answers so many questions, but it leaves us completely shocked and a little baffled. So much happens during the hour long episode that it feels like it goes by in a whirlwind of action, drama, revelations and emotions that are really glossed over. Coulson and the team have found the hidden city, it’s just a matter of getting to it and finding out what to do with it and Hydra in the process. We see Fitz and Simmons’ still treading on eggshells around each other, Skye learns more about her father and her “destiny.”
We are given amazing fight scenes: Skye shows off the moves she learnt from both Ward and May, Coulson shows he has lost none of his amazing skills and we got to see more or Skye’s father, (played by Kyle Mclachlan.) Mclachlan does an amazing job with portraying Cal in this episode, swinging from mushy father figure to violent psychopath and back again. Chloe Bennett (Skye) as usual, does an absolutely brilliant job, and Elizabeth Henstridge and Iain De Caestecker (Simmons and Fitz respectably) do a brilliant job of portraying the tension between the two characters as they struggle to move on from what happened with Ward and the consequences of that.
We are given amazing fight scenes: Skye shows off the moves she learnt from both Ward and May, Coulson shows he has lost none of his amazing skills and we got to see more or Skye’s father, (played by Kyle Mclachlan.) Mclachlan does an amazing job with portraying Cal in this episode, swinging from mushy father figure to violent psychopath and back again. Chloe Bennett (Skye) as usual, does an absolutely brilliant job, and Elizabeth Henstridge and Iain De Caestecker (Simmons and Fitz respectably) do a brilliant job of portraying the tension between the two characters as they struggle to move on from what happened with Ward and the consequences of that.
Despite the strength of the acting, many things feel extremely rushed, especially one particular turning point that could potentially change everything. In addition, though the ending was full of drama (with many thanks to Bear McCreary the music composer), it still felt like everything happened far too quickly and we did not have enough time to react to everything that occurred. The whole thing would have been a lot easier to keep up with if it had been perhaps half an hour longer.
The acting, music, drama and tension was all first class. The plot was, as always, intricate and explosive, highly entertaining and it definitely holds your attention. However, the pacing was all over the place. Whilst you are trying to react to what has just occurred, something else major has happened in the meantime and it is very hard to catch up with events.
Just a little bit slower guys, please. It feels like that may have just been one of the fastest rollercoasters with the most loops, corkscrews and jaw-dropping drops.
The acting, music, drama and tension was all first class. The plot was, as always, intricate and explosive, highly entertaining and it definitely holds your attention. However, the pacing was all over the place. Whilst you are trying to react to what has just occurred, something else major has happened in the meantime and it is very hard to catch up with events.
Just a little bit slower guys, please. It feels like that may have just been one of the fastest rollercoasters with the most loops, corkscrews and jaw-dropping drops.
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