Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. |OT| Tahiti is a Magical Place (to...Hey guys, I found it!)

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These episodes are going by so damn fast now that the show has turned around so significantly.

Music was notably improved tonight, the tension was fantastic and created a genuinely creepy edge, Hill was awesome, Talbot is a sexy douche, Ward continues to be creepy as fuck oh and Coulson is behind TAHITI
 
Soooo
it was Coulson's project after all?

I thought this weeks episode was the season finale. Thank goodness it isn't. I would've been pissed.
 
Good episode. I would have liked a little more Hill. The ending was great and the cast is starting to gel together nicely. Making boring ass Ward a villain is one of the best things this show could have done.
 
Khezu said:
Why was Simmons doing flips and shit in the promo???
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That's what it looks like... huh. Oh man, if Simmons is Hydra, that would make the conversation in today's episode with Fitz pretty crazy. Then again, maybe that's not happening... that might be pushing it.

What a great episode! I did not see that end reveal coming.
So this means the blue alien was around before the Chitauri invasion. I wonder how much more of Coulson's memory was wiped.
 
Questionable effects aside, I really dug that episode.

(They just need to blow up Deathlok again so we can scrub his current costume.)
 
Makes Fury look even worse, by pushing TAHITI on Coulson. Was bad enough with him wanting to die right afterwards (and brain wiping him), but Fury already knew that Coulson is the one that recommended it to not be used in any circumstances.

Makes me hope for that last episode to be
more than just a cameo from SLJ, but at least one meaty scene, because theres alot of stuff that needs to be sorted out.
 
The knowledge of the TAHITI procedure drives the test subjects coo coo for coco puffs.

"Hey Coulson, check out this cool video I found!"
 
Gaddam this show is getting good.

Intense pacing, pretty damn great action, acceptable special effects, and then the last three scenes just capped it off perfectly. Gave some winding down before the final "Huh."

I wish there wasn't such a contingent that tries to make any mention of Arrow into a pissing contest. We are lucky comic book nerds right now. The bar for superhero TV is no longer Smallville or Lois and Clark (both terrible for different reasons). Now it's Arrow and Agents of Shield (both tonally different enough for direct comparisons to be folly). AoS is very much a traditional Whedon show. Impetus is put on the characters and how they interact with each other and the events they are caught up in. For the most part much slower paced than Arrow. It took 20 episodes to end a plot thread Arrow would have finished in five or six. And even then there's more Coulson needs to know.

Comic book fans not only have some of the best and most diverse movies tied to comic IPs out there, they've also got some of the best TV that seems to be flourishing. If none of these shows get cancelled before then we could have AoS, Flash, Arrow, Cage, Drew, Daredevil, Iron Fist, Peggy Carter, iZombie, Hourman in production. Probably Walking Dead too.

I don't know whether to be pleased or terrified.
 
In a weird way Coulson having been in charge of TAHITI makes a kind of sense due to Coulson's admiration for super heroes. I could see the project having been started as a kind of "how do we operate on Superman when he's injured?" question. How -would- you operate on Thor, or save Cap from an injury so great even his super soldier healing couldn't compensate?

Also, costume aside I do like the way J. is playing Deathlok. He is selling the character as learning how to be ruthless and even a bit sardonic. If the outfit was fixed and his full metal head visible, it would frankly be an awesome Deathlok.

Lonestar said:
Makes Fury look even worse, by pushing TAHITI on Coulson. Was bad enough with him wanting to die right afterwards (and brain wiping him), but Fury already knew that Coulson is the one that recommended it to not be used in any circumstances.
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It really gives us a comics-quality Fury. Because can be a glorious, endlessly manipulative bastard.
 
wildfire said:
And all that needed to happen was remove Ward.


Hail Hydra.
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I want to start watching this show, but cut the cord a while ago, which streaming services have all the episodes? I have access to nearly all of them. This information is surprisingly hard to find on the internet.
 
The CG in the Lola scene didn't quite work. But another really strong episode with a lot of great moments. Loving Trip, as my wife said it's like they upgraded Ward's character and spun Ward off into an interesting villain. Win-win!

Next eps looks a bit boring though, I like the heel turn but I'm not sure how much backstory I need.
 
So they tested on someone else first. Who is this Avenger that they tested it on. Also at what point is he gonna reveal himself to the Avengers and how are they gonna react. He's not on the cast for AoU so maybe it won't be then unless it's a secret casting or something like that.
 
He didn't confirmed know really but i guess being monitored for coo coo la la you would have to expect its a likely side effect.

I think the ...huh comes from him being the project lead and specifically that more than just his memory of the procedure was altered. Also gives context why he was begging to be let die, he knew the side effects.

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So they tested on someone else first. Who is this Avenger that they tested it on. Also at what point is he gonna reveal himself to the Avengers and how are they gonna react. He's not on the cast for AoU so maybe it won't be then unless it's a secret casting or something like that.
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They didn't say it was tested on any avenger just that that was the ultimate goal was to keep them alive if necessary.

Most likely tested on Agents they wanted to recover, targets that had information they wanted but couldn't take alive or maybe even prisoners
 
Well the doctor did reveal Coulson had gone through several brain surgeries and was all fucked up mentally after his respawn.

So the nihilistic horror here is ratcheted up pretty high. Coulson wanted to shut TAHITI down due to its effects on the patients. He dies, Fury has it done to him, and sure enough Coulson's mind goes as well. And that's not enough, Fury demands Coulson's brain plumbing be hacked again and again to essentially build a synthetic approximation of a happy healthy Coulson.
 
Gordon Shumway said:
Seemed fine. Fuck it..maybe he'll tare Ward's head off and drink his blood.
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What was in the video also has implications for Skye though as he pleaded not to ever use the Kree juice specifically on someone. It wasn't uniquely about his whole procedure plus tensions should already be very elevated because of the Hydra and Ward thing. I'd pick a better timing to deliver that news.
 
I would imagine that Fury took some of the Tahiti drugs as well due to the catastrophic injuries he suffered in Cap 2.
 
Kai Dracon said:
Well the doctor did reveal Coulson had gone through several brain surgeries and was all fucked up mentally after his respawn.
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he didn't say brain surgeries i dont think, just that he came in after several other procedures. [i think it was seven or seven total including the one he worked on iirc]

We can safely assume one of them was the gh325
 
So umm, why didn't Hill know Fury is still alive? Why didn't Coulson tell her?

Did I miss something?

Also, he killed his own security guards, for shame
LOL
 
gazele said:
So umm, why didn't Hill know Fury is still alive? Why didn't Coulson tell her?

Did I miss something?

Also, he killed his own security guards, for shame
LOL
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Did you see Cap 2 yet if not don't click the spoilers bar
Both Hill and Coulson know but only a select few hand pick by Fury should know so they both have to keep it to themselves not comprise knowledge of him being alive
 
RellyRell28 said:
Did you see Cap 2 yet if not don't click the spoilers bar
Both Hill and Coulson know but only a select few hand pick by Fury should know so they both have to keep it to themselves not comprise knowledge of him being alive
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shouldn't there be some secret keyword or something? But yeah, guess that makes sense
 
So, concerning that ending
does that explain why Coulson's personality changed? Also, what about Skye? Is she going to go nuts?
 
Ok, so now that Coulson knows, I guess that means he's also subject to the side-effects. So there's a new (or rather, old, I guess) problem for next season, besides Hydra, being wanted fugitives, no back up, etc. Was nice to see Coulson's dedication to the organization though, instead of bugging out like Hill to a cushy private sector job.
 
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