AGENTS OF SHIELD "THE END" REVIEW
Season 5 Episode 22:
It has been a very long time since the last Agents of SHIELD review, but I caught up. I finally caught up and we are here with the Agents of SHIELD Season five finale, directed by Jed Whedon, as we see everything escalate as the team tries to fix the future timeline. So spoilers ahead for the episode and Infinity War let's recap.
Wanting to stop all threats including Thanos, General Talbot becomes Graviton, as he becomes power hungry to gain more Gravitonium. Capturing Robin and her mother, Talbot gets a location on where more Gravatonium is, so he takes his alien spaceship to Chicago.
Meanwhile, the team argues what to do with their last of the Centipede serum, stop Talbot, thus the future or save Coulson. The team makes the decision to save Coulson, hoping to break their time loop. The agents reconcile as they go to Chicago to stop Talbot, and save the people. Mack goes to save Ruby and her mother, as they are aided by May and Fitz. Simmons, Yoyo, Piper and the other agents go to save the people on the ground, while Davis flies Daisy and Coulson to stop Talbot. Coulson tells Daisy that she must talk to Talbot about being a hero. Daisy asks why Coulson isn't coming, as he reveals that he did not take the Centipede serum. Davis flies Coulson back to base to save him.
On the ground, Daisy has a talk with Talbot and tells him that as a General he was already a hero. The two look around as Daisy says that everyone is a hero who helps someone. Talbot doesn't listen and starts to fight Daisy, by slamming her into the ground. Talbot starts to absorb Daisy, so she injects herself with the Centipede serum, which weakens Talbot. Daisy punches him out of orbit as his body floats towards the sun. A building collapses, as Flitz gets stuck. Mack and May try to save him, but he dies. Back at base, the team the team has a drink as a memorial plaque is put up for Coulson. Daisy and the rest of the team say goodbye to Coulson as they drop him and May to Tahiti, where Coulson will live the rest of the limited days.
This episode of Agents of SHIELD was one of the best in series. I loved the way that it concluded such a climactic plot, which had so many plot details weaved throughout it. Tied in with Infinity War, this episode had a lot to offer in being in the MCU, as well as being a great episode of the show. There were many great scenes in the episode. A few of which I will discuss, however, the set up for season six and the Infinity War tie-in is what I want to talk about.
In the episode that Daisy and Talbot fight was amazing. The season did an amazing job is showing the different possibilities of how the world could get cracked in half, and this episode had a great pay off to that. I did like how we got that shot of Daisy leaving the Quinjet, which was teased earlier. In that end fight, we saw how Daisy tried to tell Talbot how he was already a hero. It created for a sentimental moment where Daisy tried to inspire Talbot that he has always been a hero, in the vein that Coulson did for all the phase one Avengers.
But going forward with the season six set up, one of the biggest teases was Fitz's death. I thought that the plaque was for Fitz, but there is a twist to his story. This Fitz was always meant to die if the timeline was fixed. Don't worry, Iain De Caestecker is leaving the show, he is coming back next season. But that twist to that is that there is another Fitz in cryo-sleep in space somewhere, and that is the Fitz that is going to be on the show next season. If you remember, Fitz was not taken to the future, he was just put in cryo-sleep. And since the future is changed, there is nothing for Fitz to save, thus he will be stuck there. And since that is the past Fitz, killing him would result in not Fitz, so that Fitz, the one in space somewhere with Enoch is the one who will on the show next season. The loss to that is that Fitz never got married. But that will happen again next season, thus Deke should still be around for next season, as we didn't see him in the episode.
If you want to get into Infinity War, that film takes place in a maximum time for a day and a half. Therefore the past three episodes take place in a day and a half, which is a rush, however, it seems to work out. But with the ship in Chicago, no Avengers would show up because they're in Wakanda fighting the Outriders and Thanos. It seems like five seconds after the episode ends, Thanos would have snapped his fingers and some people on the show would turn to dust and disappear.
But getting into the end of the episode. That was a brilliant way to end the episode. I loved how they sort of sent off Coulson's character, where he lives out the rest of his days with May on Tahiti. It is most likely that Coulson does come back in some capacity in season six, but that end scene was my favorite scene of the episode.
A possible Coulson theory is that Coulson gets turned to dust, therefore his sickness cannot kill him with him out of existence. That could possibly give the team some spare time to save Coulson when he comes back.
Clarke Gregg was amazing in the episode as Phil Coulson. I loved Gregg's performance, he bought a neat emotional complexity to the character, where he accepted the idea that he will finally rest in peace. With a world of Avengers he inspired, if this is his last episode, I will accept it because it was a damn great performance in a damn great episode.
Chloe Bennet was amazing in the episode as well. I loved her performance as she truly became an Avenger, as she tried not to fight Talbot at first, however, to talk to him. And the way that Bennet delivered that dialogue was great. I also did like Adrian Pasdar as Talbot in the episode. He had a brilliant arc throughout the show, and he concluded it in an impressive manner.
The rest of the cast was also brilliant. Everyone delivered on their performances, creating for an amazing episode. Starring in the episode we had Clark Gregg (Phil Coulson), Chloe Bennet (Daisy Johnson/ Quake), Ming Na Wen (Melinda May), Iain De Caestecker (Leo Fitz), Elizabeth Henstridge (Jemma Simmons), Henry Simmons (Alphonso Mack), Natalia Cordova-Buckley (Yoyo Rodriguez), Maximillian Osinski (Agent Davis), Briana Venskus (Agent Piper), Lexy Kolker (Robin Hinton), Lola Glaudini (Polly Hinton), and Adrian Pasdar (Glen Talbot/ Graviton).
In conclusion, this episode was a spectacular way to end this season. It would have even sufficed as the series finale, but thankfully we have a season six (which is not necessarily that last season). But with an interesting plot filled with complex characters brought to life with amazing performances an excellent director in Whedon, this was an amazing episode which I will give a 9.75 out of 10.
What did you think of the episode? Comment below all your favorite scenes and characters from this episode. You can click on the left more Infinity War, or on the right for Deadpool 2, and also, subscribe. As always thanks for reading, take care.
It has been a very long time since the last Agents of SHIELD review, but I caught up. I finally caught up and we are here with the Agents of SHIELD Season five finale, directed by Jed Whedon, as we see everything escalate as the team tries to fix the future timeline. So spoilers ahead for the episode and Infinity War let's recap.
Wanting to stop all threats including Thanos, General Talbot becomes Graviton, as he becomes power hungry to gain more Gravitonium. Capturing Robin and her mother, Talbot gets a location on where more Gravatonium is, so he takes his alien spaceship to Chicago.
Meanwhile, the team argues what to do with their last of the Centipede serum, stop Talbot, thus the future or save Coulson. The team makes the decision to save Coulson, hoping to break their time loop. The agents reconcile as they go to Chicago to stop Talbot, and save the people. Mack goes to save Ruby and her mother, as they are aided by May and Fitz. Simmons, Yoyo, Piper and the other agents go to save the people on the ground, while Davis flies Daisy and Coulson to stop Talbot. Coulson tells Daisy that she must talk to Talbot about being a hero. Daisy asks why Coulson isn't coming, as he reveals that he did not take the Centipede serum. Davis flies Coulson back to base to save him.
On the ground, Daisy has a talk with Talbot and tells him that as a General he was already a hero. The two look around as Daisy says that everyone is a hero who helps someone. Talbot doesn't listen and starts to fight Daisy, by slamming her into the ground. Talbot starts to absorb Daisy, so she injects herself with the Centipede serum, which weakens Talbot. Daisy punches him out of orbit as his body floats towards the sun. A building collapses, as Flitz gets stuck. Mack and May try to save him, but he dies. Back at base, the team the team has a drink as a memorial plaque is put up for Coulson. Daisy and the rest of the team say goodbye to Coulson as they drop him and May to Tahiti, where Coulson will live the rest of the limited days.
This episode of Agents of SHIELD was one of the best in series. I loved the way that it concluded such a climactic plot, which had so many plot details weaved throughout it. Tied in with Infinity War, this episode had a lot to offer in being in the MCU, as well as being a great episode of the show. There were many great scenes in the episode. A few of which I will discuss, however, the set up for season six and the Infinity War tie-in is what I want to talk about.
In the episode that Daisy and Talbot fight was amazing. The season did an amazing job is showing the different possibilities of how the world could get cracked in half, and this episode had a great pay off to that. I did like how we got that shot of Daisy leaving the Quinjet, which was teased earlier. In that end fight, we saw how Daisy tried to tell Talbot how he was already a hero. It created for a sentimental moment where Daisy tried to inspire Talbot that he has always been a hero, in the vein that Coulson did for all the phase one Avengers.
But going forward with the season six set up, one of the biggest teases was Fitz's death. I thought that the plaque was for Fitz, but there is a twist to his story. This Fitz was always meant to die if the timeline was fixed. Don't worry, Iain De Caestecker is leaving the show, he is coming back next season. But that twist to that is that there is another Fitz in cryo-sleep in space somewhere, and that is the Fitz that is going to be on the show next season. If you remember, Fitz was not taken to the future, he was just put in cryo-sleep. And since the future is changed, there is nothing for Fitz to save, thus he will be stuck there. And since that is the past Fitz, killing him would result in not Fitz, so that Fitz, the one in space somewhere with Enoch is the one who will on the show next season. The loss to that is that Fitz never got married. But that will happen again next season, thus Deke should still be around for next season, as we didn't see him in the episode.
If you want to get into Infinity War, that film takes place in a maximum time for a day and a half. Therefore the past three episodes take place in a day and a half, which is a rush, however, it seems to work out. But with the ship in Chicago, no Avengers would show up because they're in Wakanda fighting the Outriders and Thanos. It seems like five seconds after the episode ends, Thanos would have snapped his fingers and some people on the show would turn to dust and disappear.
But getting into the end of the episode. That was a brilliant way to end the episode. I loved how they sort of sent off Coulson's character, where he lives out the rest of his days with May on Tahiti. It is most likely that Coulson does come back in some capacity in season six, but that end scene was my favorite scene of the episode.
A possible Coulson theory is that Coulson gets turned to dust, therefore his sickness cannot kill him with him out of existence. That could possibly give the team some spare time to save Coulson when he comes back.
Clarke Gregg was amazing in the episode as Phil Coulson. I loved Gregg's performance, he bought a neat emotional complexity to the character, where he accepted the idea that he will finally rest in peace. With a world of Avengers he inspired, if this is his last episode, I will accept it because it was a damn great performance in a damn great episode.
Chloe Bennet was amazing in the episode as well. I loved her performance as she truly became an Avenger, as she tried not to fight Talbot at first, however, to talk to him. And the way that Bennet delivered that dialogue was great. I also did like Adrian Pasdar as Talbot in the episode. He had a brilliant arc throughout the show, and he concluded it in an impressive manner.
The rest of the cast was also brilliant. Everyone delivered on their performances, creating for an amazing episode. Starring in the episode we had Clark Gregg (Phil Coulson), Chloe Bennet (Daisy Johnson/ Quake), Ming Na Wen (Melinda May), Iain De Caestecker (Leo Fitz), Elizabeth Henstridge (Jemma Simmons), Henry Simmons (Alphonso Mack), Natalia Cordova-Buckley (Yoyo Rodriguez), Maximillian Osinski (Agent Davis), Briana Venskus (Agent Piper), Lexy Kolker (Robin Hinton), Lola Glaudini (Polly Hinton), and Adrian Pasdar (Glen Talbot/ Graviton).
In conclusion, this episode was a spectacular way to end this season. It would have even sufficed as the series finale, but thankfully we have a season six (which is not necessarily that last season). But with an interesting plot filled with complex characters brought to life with amazing performances an excellent director in Whedon, this was an amazing episode which I will give a 9.75 out of 10.
What did you think of the episode? Comment below all your favorite scenes and characters from this episode. You can click on the left more Infinity War, or on the right for Deadpool 2, and also, subscribe. As always thanks for reading, take care.
What did you think of the episode? Comment below your thoughts on the episode as well as your season six predicitions.
ReplyDeleteI also am apologizing for not doing weekly Agents of SHIELD reviews, as I missed out on nearly the whole last half of the season. But season six, deffinitley, I will do weekly recaps and reviews. So Summer 2019, season 6. Subscribe for that.
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