SPOILER Discussion/Poll: The AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 2 Finale
Last night's extended season 2 finale of Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D, "S.O.S", saw Coulson and co. go to war with the Inhumans. It was an action-packed, funny, & pretty bonkers two hours of television, & we want to know what you thought of the betrayal, redemption, death and dismemberment on display...
At this point we all expect any season finale to be eventful, but I'm not sure any of us were quite prepared for what Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. had in store for us last night. Things kicked off with Skye VS. May, and from there the action barely let up for a second. Jaiying revealed her true colors when she murdered Raina in front of her daughter. Did the clairvoyant Inhuman sacrifice herself for the greater good here? She certainly seemed to be goading Jaiying into a death by cop situation. We know actress Ruth Negga has signed on to play Tulip in AMC's Preacher, but something tells me it won't be the last we see of Raina.
Jaiying's plan to finish S.H.I.E.L.D. extended to her unleashing Cal on the unsuspecting Agents aboard the aircraft carrier, and we finally got to see Mr. Hyde in all his... glory? I was expecting more than some extra muscles and a slightly exaggerated forehead myself, but aside from his appearance there's no doubt the scenes shared by Kyle MacLachlan and Clark Gregg made for compelling viewing. Cal agrees to help Coulson save Skye, even if it means havong to turn against Jaiying.
Elsewhere, Ward and Kara torture Bobbi in an attempt to get her to admit that she sold "Agent 33" out to protect her cover with HYDRA. Bobbi won't break though (well, she probably broke a few of Ward's ribs during her escape attempt), so the devious duo shake things up a bit: Bobbi doesn't seem to care about her own life, but what about Hunter's? Ward rigs a gun to blast the first person who walks into the room where Bobbi is being held, and when Hunter does just that, she maneuvers herself in front of the bullet. fear not though, Mockingbird lives to fight another day... which is more than can be said for Kara/Agent 33, who is killed by Ward when he mistakes her for May.
Back on the boat, it's a full-scale battle. Jaiying plans to release the crystals into the ventilation system, which will either kill every Agent or make them Inhuman. After various exciting hand-to-hand encounters with our new "ginger ninja" Alisha (an inhuman with Multiple Man-like powers), the team finally manages to prevail when Mac (getting all the best lines in this episode), Coulson and Fitz manage to trap Gordon in the room where the crystals are being kept. After a bit of teleport-tennis, "No eyes" inadvertently materializes right into the iron pipe Fitz is holding. As he dies, he drops one of the crystals which Coulson heroically dives to catch. The act saves the day but costs the S.H.I.E.L.D. Director his hand, as Mac is forced to take an axe to the limb when it begins to solidify.
Outside, Skye confronts Jaiying but she is too far gone to listen to reason and begins to syphon her daughter's life from her body. Enter Cal, who saves his little Daisy's life by... I think snapping his wife's neck and spine, though it's not really made clear. Would that even kill a woman who survived being dissected into pieces? Evidently it would.
After an emotional farewell with Skye, Cal leaves to begin his "sentence" -- a memory wipe courtesy of the Tahiti program. It's suggested that Skye will then be heading up a new division of powered people. The Secret Warriors? Only time will tell but I'd say it's a safe bet. We ten cut back to Ward, who's felling a bit lonely after Kara's death and decides he wants a team around him again. The new head of HYDRA? In the final scene, Fitz and Simmons make dinner plans but any romance for these guys will have to wait, as Simmons is "absorbed" by that mysterious Kree stone.
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