Agents of Shield Season 6 Episode 7 Review
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This review contains spoilers for Agents of SHIELD.
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Sometimes a few well-written character moments, boot-ass action sequences, or surprising plot twists tin save an otherwise lackluster episode of Agents of SHIELD , only unfortunately, although there was both heartfelt and witty dialogue in "Toldja," there wasn't plenty of what makes this show great to compensate for a stagnant story this week. In essence, Mack and his squad learned that saving shrike-infected victims is problematic, and Fitz and Simmons got momentarily trapped in a much less fun revisiting of Kitson, both of which did little to move the story forward. Even the invitee stars lacked a certain panache.
That'south not Anthony Michael Hall's or Karolina Wydra's fault; their roles as Mr. Kitson and Izel only followed very predictable and unremarkable paths. The gambling kingpin did a fine task of describing his family history and explaining why he couldn't allow the scientists to leave unpunished, just he mainly prompted funny lines from Fitz, reacting with sarcasm to his "handful of slaves and a dream" oral communication, and from Enoch, who, upon learning he'll be sent to the brothel, humorously responds, "I do not know what I am feeling." After that, Mr. Kitson speedily savage prey to Izel's low-fundamental threats every bit she offered to buy the Terrans from him. Seems a bit of a wasted cameo.
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Izel herself seems pleasant enough, and her mission to Globe to get dorsum something that was taken from her does offer a fleck of mystery. Merely her demeanor is strangely lacking subterfuge, and although nosotros may be meant to trust her, a tad more intrigue would have gone a long way towards giving her rescue of Fitz and Simmons a little excitement. Even they didn't seem all that concerned almost the guillotine competition, either while it was happening or later on it ended. The fact that they cease up on the aforementioned ship Fitz came in with adds to the feeling of stagnation in this episode, leaving only Enoch's surprisingly poignant divergence to give us a nice sense of completion to the space arc.
1 might argue that Sarge's method of battling the shrike by killing their human hosts required the SHIELD team to at least try less desperate methods, especially given the horrible manner in which Keller died, but it does mean that at that place'south not much forward progress in this storyline either. Plus tracking down and capturing ii possessed people is one thing; curing them is some other. And although the shrike's explosive defense mechanism might have been predictable, putting two of them together in the same containment chamber really seemed like a recipe for disaster, even though that chamber has certainly held some powerful creatures in the by — Lash for instance — without breaking.
Despite the anticipated failed attempt at an culling solution, the back-and-forth betwixt Mack and Sarge was still appreciated, because even if it turns out that Mack is mischaracterizing Sarge'due south disregard for life, the guy did shoot Amanuensis Fox. Similarly, the assumptions that Yoyo makes about Jaco existence a built-in fighter were enjoyably foiled by his stories of being the runt of the family unit who taught his blood brother how to bake, even if the mercenary was only buying time before he could suspension out his flame breath. The fact is Sarge's mode may be the just style, and his titular "toldja" feels like information technology will lead to a concession of that fact. It's an understandable development, but it also makes the episode feel like it was as useless for the viewer equally it was for Mack'south squad, despite some fun moments along the way.
Deke posturing for Daisy, for case, brought a welcome bit of levity to the situation. His dialogue walked a fine line between obvious boasting and casual conversation, and Jeff Ward nailed his delivery. On top of that, Daisy deserves kudos for showing admirable restraint in allowing him to show off his vintage '88 Air Jordans and talk nearly "nosotros innovators." Her revelation that they institute Fitz besides brought usa an enlightening argument between Deke and Mack, which not but confirmed a multiverse explanation for Deke'southward continued existence but also brought into question whether Mack screwed up by non telling Fitz's grandson almost his grandfather's death.
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But well-written scenes similar this weren't enough to overcome the plot deficit in this calendar week's Agents of SHIELD . In addition to the main story marking time while character expectations are reconfigured, anybody's motivations felt less intense than they should have been, from Simmons lamenting not having whatsoever puffies to make Kitson more than exciting to Daisy bowing out of the mission because of not wanting to see Coulson'due south face. Although Daisy and Mack have an insightful conversation almost their ability to compartmentalize, their muted reactions kept the audience's emotional investment depression in a story that could have used an energy infusion.
Volition the shrike's aversion to common cold come up into play moving forward? Is May right that using Sarge'south marvel almost Coulson might give them leverage somehow? What does Izel want, and will the galactic cell phone Enoch gave to Fitz come in handy? These are questions that "Toldja" does present in an enticing style, and apprehension is still high to run into where things become in the 2d half of the season. Hopefully once everyone is back together, a more than unified battle against the shrike creator will nowadays itself as a new conflict to raise the stakes and increase the excitement for what has so far been a very innovative story.
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