The Review at the End of the Universe
“The Force of Gravity” Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD prepares for the finale by exploring Talbot’s motivation and letting the team take the fight to the aliens. This is an episode that definitely favours action over plot but that doesn’t make it a bad episode. It’s actually quite the opposite and makes for a confident outing…
“The One Who Will Save Us All” Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD explores the extent of Talbot’s recent infusion of powers as the threat to Earth becomes more urgent. Last week saw Talbot become the Marvel Cinematic Universe version of Graviton. Before this the show had done a lot of good work establishing how dangerous using…
“Option Two” Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD accelerates the incoming threat when aliens place the Lighthouse under siege forcing the team to fight back with limited resources. There are less than a handful of episodes left this season -possibly of the entire series- and there’s still so much ground to cover. The Earth still needs to…
“All Roads Lead…” Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD brings a race against time as the team try to find a way to track down Hale and stop Ruby before she makes herself powerful enough to destroy the world. This is the episode where everything starts to come together and the tension rises to add to the…
“The Honeymoon” Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD delivers the promised conflict between Ruby and Daisy as Fitz, Simmons and Elena try to find a way to save the world. The bulk of the episode is focused on Fitz, Simmons and Elena who head to England in order to take down H.Y.D.R.A. tech that may result in…
“Inside Voices” Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD explores the idea of invincible agents as Coulson works to remove himself from General Hale’s captivity. Last week‘s episode had Simmons learn that she may be invincible in the same way Elena is because it is know that she makes it to a certain point that is far enough…
“Rise and Shine” Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD explores the back story of General Hale and her association with H.Y.D.R.A. while supplying information on her overall plan. I’ve mentioned in previous reviews that General Hale comes across as an underdeveloped antagonist because the show wasn’t delivering enough information to make her more interesting. This episode solves…
“The Devil Complex” Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD continues to explore the team’s greatest fears as more details of General Hale’s plan start to come to light. The stakes have never been higher than they have in this season. At this point the team are frantically working to stop the Earth from being torn to pieces…
“Principia” Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD has the team try to figure out their next move while dealing with with the various problems presented to them as General Hale continues to build her team. Last week’s episode was the celebration of a milestone for this series that focused on the core relationships. This episode follows on…
“The Real Deal” Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD celebrates its 100th episode by celebrating the characters and their relationships while calling back to the past. Reaching 100 episodes is one of those milestones that a TV show has to celebrate. By this point a network TV show has to have been on the air for 5…
