Agents of Shield “The Singularity” Review

<p><em>Hey everybody&excl; Logan here&period; Thanks for stopping by and following the reviews&excl; As you may have noticed&comma; we missed last week&&num;8217&semi;s review of Marvel&&num;8217&semi;s Agent&&num;8217&semi;s of Shield&period; That was because I was off vacationing in The Bahamas&excl; Yes&comma; it was wonderful &lpar;and yes&comma; I brought back a glorious tan&rpar;&comma; but I&&num;8217&semi;m officially back now&comma; so you can look forward to reviews every Wednesday for the rest of the season&excl; Be sure to stay tuned&excl;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I&&num;8217&semi;m not entirely sure when it was that <em>Marvel&&num;8217&semi;s Agent&&num;8217&semi;s of Shield<&sol;em> became such a ridiculously fascinating show&comma; but the past few episodes have really elevated the series to a new level with heightened stakes and new depths to familiar characters&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s easy to see the parallels between the current events on the show and the themes of the imminent <em>Captain America&colon; Civil War<&sol;em>&comma; but the last Captain America film&comma; arguably&comma; saved <em>Agent&&num;8217&semi;s of Shield<&sol;em> from itself back in season one&comma; so you&&num;8217&semi;ll find no complaints here&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;105442" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-105442" style&equals;"width&colon; 1000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"wp-image-105442 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;03183753&sol;AOS-3-b0411&period;jpg" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"667" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-105442" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">They&&num;8217&semi;re just so darn cute together&excl; &lpar;<em>Marvel&&num;8217&semi;s Agent&&num;8217&semi;s of Shield&comma;<&sol;em> ABC&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Daisy&sol;Skye&sol;Quake is one powerful inhuman&period; At the end of last week&&num;8217&semi;s episode&comma; she had destroyed the hanger at Shield headquarters and escaped with the inhuman orb and a bunch of Terrigen crystals&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s invigorating to see Daisy stepping up into her powers and causing some real damage&period; Chloe Bennett&&num;8217&semi;s performance has evolved over three seasons&comma; with many hills and valleys apparent &lpar;though much of that can be attributed to writing and direction&rpar;&period; But here&comma; though her character happens to be possessed by an evil hydra god&comma; Daisy expresses some real truth in her character that resonates with her story arc&comma; and is accentuated by the anger and power we see in her moments of action&period; While we root for her to overcome these challenges&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s refreshing to watch&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This made the scene between her and Fitz that much more powerful&period; Iain de Caestecker has grown Fitz into an infinitely enjoyable and endearing character with real heart&comma; and watching him almost choke to death at the hand of his lost and aggressive friend was heart-wrenching&period; These are the moments where<em> Shield<&sol;em> shines&colon; when the characters take over and their interactions in a superpowered world come to light&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;105443" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-105443" style&equals;"width&colon; 900px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"wp-image-105443 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;03183737&sol;142816-0339-900x600-179560&period;jpg" width&equals;"900" height&equals;"600" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-105443" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">One hell of a villain&period; &lpar;<em>Marvel&&num;8217&semi;s Agent&&num;8217&semi;s of Shield&comma;<&sol;em> ABC&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Coulson had some moments of truth this week as well&comma; particularly with Agent May &lpar;whom we haven&&num;8217&semi;t seen quite enough of this season&rpar;&period; May felt pushed by Coulson&&num;8217&semi;s actions and choices&comma; especially as he hands her the button to kill Lincoln&comma; should he become possessed by Hive&period; This led to a nice moment where Coulson admits that Daisy is the closest thing he has to a daughter&comma; which isn&&num;8217&semi;t exactly a new revelation&comma; but a nice one to hear&period; These characters are family and have developed in a touching fashion over three seasons&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Effective&comma; then&comma; that all of the promotional material refers to a &&num;8220&semi;Fallen Agent&&num;8221&semi;&period; Someone on the team is going to die&period; It could be anyone&comma; even Daisy or Coulson&comma; and this element of mortality on the show makes every moment that these characters share together more precious&period; If it was this level of drama and action needed to pull this level of excellence out of the show&comma; than keep it coming&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I won&&num;8217&semi;t hit on every little moment this week&comma; but it was quite an excellent week for the show&comma; and sets up the rise towards the finale quite nicely&period; I&&num;8217&semi;m dying to see how they get out of this one and face off against Hive&excl; Stay tuned next week and we&&num;8217&semi;ll break it down together&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Have thoughts&quest; Theories&quest; Tweet at me&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;LoganASchultz">&commat;LoganASchultz<&sol;a> or email me at <a href&equals;"mailto&colon;Logan&period;Schultz&commat;bagogames&period;com">Logan&period;Schultz&commat;bagogames&period;com<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><em><strong>Marvel&&num;8217&semi;s Agent&&num;8217&semi;s of Shield airs Tuesdays at 9&sol;8c on ABC<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;