We learn that after he almost died, he was happily recuperating in Tahiti, but apparently that is not the case and what really happened was a dark secret that HE CAN NEVER FIND OUT ABOUT.Īnd even as Mike’s case is on the whole team’s radar, so is Skye’s – she is broadcasting from her mobile van, being all “viva la revolution!” and reminding me of Hard Talk Harry from Pump Up the Volume. He’s pretty much a literal walking bomb now.Īs Mike’s story unfolds, Agent Coulson is getting the band back together. And Mike obliges in a figurative sense – the good, moral man he was is being subsumed by the implant. Doc is clearly up to no good she cautions Mike to disappear, because her superiors are not happy with the potential exposure. Which was burning because it was actually a secret lab, and the last patient treated there, also with a centipede implant, EXPLODED. The doctor who bestowed this power? None other than the woman Mike rescued from that burning building. Or, rather, centipeded him right up, via an implant in his arm. I was really curious to see how Mike acquired his power turns out, after he was injured on the job, he found a sinister doctor who juiced him right up. Either way, I liked the added bit of dimension. Later, though, this metaphor seemed to be more referring to literal gods and giants and not so much a dirge for the working class/disenfranchised, so maybe I’m reaching here. Initially there seemed to be a strong focus on this idea, the way we can all feel powerless within our own lives. This increasing rage also sparks an epiphany for Mike all the people in power, the people that took away his job and stepped all over him, are bad guys, and he needs to be the hero. When the foreman says there is nothing he can do, Mike starts whipping equipment around and savagely assaults him. As the episode ticks along, though, a new and decidedly rage-y side emerges, like when he goes to his old workplace and tries to get his job back. Initially, he seems like a decent dude – modest and caring. Like, the kind of strength that allows him to punch hand-holds into a multi-storied brick building and scale his way up, all to rescue a woman from a ginormous explosion. He also has crazy super-human strength and an increasingly short fuse. August Richards aka Gunn of Angel), a dad who has lost his factory job and is struggling to make ends meet for himself and his young son.
The very first super-human we meet is Mike Peterson (played by Whedon vet J. Oh, and there’s Maria Hill (what’s up, Robin from HIMYM) as a senior level operative, but I think she’ll only be around occasionally. Our Agents of SHIELD team includes: Agent May, pulled out of retirement to “drive the bus” AND able to wear black leather pretty flawlessly Agent Grant, who is more used to kicking ass/defusing bombs and is not thrilled about his new position Fitz and Simmons, aka “Fitz-Simmons,” a dynamic duo that handles all the tech-y and science-y stuff, and Skye, a super-hero fangirl who also happens to be kind of a hacker genius and ends up joining the agents despite herself by the episode’s end.
Each episode looks like it will tackle a new threat to humanity plus, there’s a rival group of possibly nefarious hacker upstarts, dubbed the Rising Tide, to contend with. Their job is to find these extraordinary individuals and secure them before very bad things go down. Kind of like the X Files, only the special effects budget is way higher.
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The basic premise here is that Agent Phil Coulson (risen from the dead, apparently, or at least risen from a respite in Tahiti – more on that later) is pulling together a crack team of agents to investigate bizzaro and potentially threatening super-humans and events. My point is, I’m watching Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D with completely fresh eyes, and I’m counting on savvy readers to point out any awesome references/backstory I might miss. In my head, the whole Avengers universe is all Thor and Captain America and Black Widow…saving the world, engaging in dazzling action sequences, and rattling off pithy dialogue. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog – but I’ve yet to set one foot into the world of the Avengers. I mean, I have a soft spot for Buffy, and I’m well aware of Whedon’s oeuvre – Angel, Firefly, Dollhouse, Dr. This post may contain affiliate links, which means I may receive a small commission, at no cost to you, if you make a purchase.īefore we start this Agents of SHIELD recap, I have a confession to make…I’m sort of a Joss Whedon/Avengers virgin, guys.
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