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Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Girl In The Flower Dress (1X05)

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The INDEX: A short list of people with powers

The episode begins in Hong Kong, China where we see a street performer doing magic tricks in front of a crowd and telling the story of his ancestors. We see him looking at a woman in a flower dress (hence the title) as he wields fire from his hands. Just know this is not a trick I swear. So after the show he speaks to the woman as she asks him how he was able to do his trick. Of you know the magicians rule by now to never reveal any tricks. Raina asks him to do the trick again but he refuses. Well, sad to say he invites the Raina back to his place. Not only do we learn this guys has an appreciation for the great magician. Yet after so many years of dealing with his powers he has realized he is the greatest trick of all. Just like that he shows Raina his ability to wield fire from his hands. We know that he acquired this ability only a few years ago when he grabbed a dish towel and burned it. She realizes he has a gift and that he should show the world. However, he sees it as more of a curse to himself. But just as things were about to get intimate between the two, he finds out that he’s been tricked and is captured. From there head to the Bus where Agent Grant Ward and Skye’s Battleship skills training (I didn’t know that was part of agent training) is put on hold when they get a call about our fire man. We find out our man’s name is Chan Ho Yen, a struggling street performer then gaining pyrokenetic abilities. He was under S.H.I.E.L.D. investigation ever since and has been keeping his abilities under wraps. The team talks with his case agent Kwan who first reported him missing. The only piece of evidence he found was a piece of fireproof clothing. But that’s not the only thing he has been uncovering. Tech division has been hacked by members of the Rising Tide. Much to the dismay of the rest of the team, they all look at Skye.

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With Skye being on the defensive about this she pleads that she is not involved with this. So she and Ward dig up clues to who is involved with spilling information about Chan. When Chan wakes up he is taken by Raina and she admits she doesn’t work for S.H.I.E.L.D. She offers Chan a chance to boost his powers, but surprise he is not going for it. But convincing him that with a boost of his powers he would be remembered and would be claimed a hero like Captain America. Which, a shameless plug for you guys the teaser trailer will premiere tomorrow on iTunes so stay tuned. Back on the Bus Skye traces the signal of the hack which leads the team to Austin, Texas and a guy named Miles Lydon. When the team lands in Austin, we find Miles as he sees Agent Coulson and leads to car chase and a gridlock. By the time we get to his apartment, we see Skye already made it to the apartment. But get ready for this because not only does Skye know the guys, they date in real life. Remember last week when I said Skye was a dirty gal? I MEANT IT!

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After Skye and Miles had a AHEM…moment, she’s getting her stuff before anyone noticed. Oops? That’s when Agent Melinda May and the rest of the team got her. They have been I contact since Skye joined S.H.I.E.L.D. and again that same day to warn him. Probably not the greatest move she’s pulled off but still. Apparently, Miles was working with someone and relaying messages and information an now it cost the life of Chan. Now that Miles won’t cooperate, both him and Skye were detained on The Bus and are heading for Hong Kong. Back in Hong Kong, Chan and Raina are in a facility where Chan gets injected with a serum that can enhance his powers. On the first shot it works because now he’s able to generate fire like the Human Torch. We realize that Miles is one of those activists that’s so dedicated to the cause that it almost kills him to expose everything S.H.I.E.L.D. is. He would also get paid a million dollars for selling the information to Reina. We then find out that Reina is a member of the group creating Extremis soldiers in the pilot episode.  So with that, remember that lady that was saved on the first episode? Well, she’s back and trying to see if Extremis would be stable on a person with firepower. Just before he was ready to go, Reina gases him putting him to sleep.

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With this being the second Centipede incursion this season, the team acts fast to find Chan before more harm can be done. Which it already has, because when Chan gave his firepower another go to stop the Doctor and Reina he starts to burn himself. When the team arrives in Hong Kong Coulson and May rendezvous with Agent Kwan to make sure the situation doesn’t get out of hand. But not only do they get locked in by the guards, Chan kills Kwan with his powers as he injects himself with more serum and ignites more fire.

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With Coulson and May under fire…literally, Ward frees Skye and asks for her help in getting them out of the facility. May tries to apologize to Chan for the mistakes S.H.I.E.L.D. made yet he won’t forgive them for what they’ve put him through hiding his powers. Skye begs to be taken to the location in order to get into the computers and free them. Inside, Coulson tries to stun him with an Extremis stun gun. But with an extreme heat shield it didn’t work. When Skye and Ward unlock the doors Chan burns the doctor and kills her in an instant. Coulson confronts him and tries to give Chan a chance but already called it by having May inject him with more Extremis instantly killing him in the building. The team was able to get out with a little more baggage including files on Centipede’s work. Of course that wasn’t enough to soften the blow that was already made. Back on the Bus Coulson lets Miles go and gives him a little something extra, a bracelet that will activate so that he doesn’t use any technology. Before he leaves Skye says goodbye to him and says that she hopes she finds what she’s looking for. Coulson asks for the real reason why Skye joined the team, her real reason is to find any and all information on her parents. The last known evidence is a classified S.H.I.E.L.D. document. Coulson warns her that she may not like what she finds. But says he is willing to help but he’s putting her on a leash with the same bracelet given to Miles.

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The episode ends with Reina making a visit to a secure max prison and talking with a guy named Po. Apparently before the Doctor died she was able to find a way to make Extremis stable. Leading for Stage 2 of their mission. She also mentioned how S.H.I.E.L D. showed up in LA before. Now with these recent developments he wants him to contact the Clairvoyant to get info on Stage 3.

Who the Clairvoyant is, we will never know yet. So, what happens with Skye now on full watch from here on out? Also will Skye ever find her parents now that we know her true intentions? Plus, will we ever see the rest of Centipede? We’ll find out in two weeks. Here’s a sneak peak.

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Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Bouncing Back (3X11)

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The episode opens three months from now. A S.H.I.E.L.D. ship’s alarm is going off. We see a cross necklace and an S.H.I.E.L.D. shoulder patch before an explosion. Jump to present day Bogotá, Colombia. The police chase down a car, but their guns are mysteriously pulled from their hands. They’re fired upon and their crate of weapons is missing. Yo-Yo, wearing the cross necklace, opens the crate to reveal the guns inside.

Coulson meets with President Ellis at Rosalind’s house to talk about Inhumans. Coulson says they’re already doing something about it. Daisy and Joey are in Columbia to investigate an incident. They meet with Colonel Ramon telling them a powered person took their weapons. Mack, Hunter, and Bobbi are investigating the site of the incident in Colombia. They’re in contact with Fitz, Simmons, and Lincoln back at HQ. Witnesses say they couldn’t see the thief, so Mack’s team assumes they may have the power of invisibility. They split up to search for more clues. Around the corner, Mack finds markings similar to the one at the crime scene. He spots a woman, and the woman takes his gun and points it at him so fast that he doesn’t even see her move. She then opens up a car, knocks him inside and shuts the door. Mack wakes up bound and attached to a bathroom sink. He sees Yo-Yo talking to to someone. Yo-Yo shuts the door on him. Mack gets free and overpowers Yo-Yo. He figures out that she always returns to the spot she started from after using super speed, but she still gets the upper hand on him again.

Mack is now strapped to a chair as Yo-yo tries to interrogate Mack. Mack accuses her of being a criminal but she says her powers were a gift from God and that she’d never use them for sin. Mack says her powers come from the fish, and Yo-Yo remembers eating fish before her Terrigenesis kicked in. Daisy’s team bursts in, knocks out Yo-Yo, and rescues Mack. The team looks up information on Yo-Yo, whose real name is Elena Rodriguez. They also find her partner in crime, her cousin. Hunter and Bobbi go to check him out. Joey tries to talk to Yo-Yo. Joey tries to talk to Yo-Yo. Mack says to tell her that S.H.I.E.L.D. is independent. Yo-Yo says she was trying to use her powers to fight injustice in the world, and that she never intended to use the weapons she took. Bobbi and Lance find Yo-Yo’s cousin tossing the weapons over a bridge. Yo-Yo tells them that the police are corrupt. Ramon pulls up to where Bobbi and Hunter are. He and another officer get out of their vehicle. The other officer lifts his sunglasses to reveal glowing eyes that paralyze Bobbi and Hunter when he looks at them. Ramon shoots Yo-Yo’s cousin. Daisy’s team finds the cousin’s body. They notice the body is strangely stiff, and Mack thinks the police may have their own Inhuman. Mack lets Yo-Yo know about her cousin.

Bobbi and Hunter begin coming out of the paralysis on the floor of Ramon’s office. Ramon and his Inhuman show up and the Inhuman paralyzes Hunter again. Ramon interrogates Bobbi, pointing his gun at Hunter. Mack tries to comfort Yo-Yo, and tells her about his faith (using Joey to translate). Mack tells her that they’re trying fight for justice, just like she was. Yo-Yo says she’s in. Daisy asks about her powers. Yo-Yo says her power is connected to her pulse, and that she snaps back after going as far as she can go in one heartbeat. Daisy, Hunter, and Bobbi investigate security footage and see the blur that took Mack. They report to Simmons. Lincoln tells Simmons about how Inhuman abilities aren’t random, but manifest to serve an evolutionary need and keep balance in the species. Simmons calls it an actual “intelligent design.”

 

Back in D.C., the President doesn’t want to publicly authorize S.H.I.E.L.D., preferring to keep the ATCU as the public face. However, he wants S.H.I.E.L.D. to be secretly in charge as he plans to select a new head of the ATCU who will report to Coulson. Coulson asks about Malick, but the President says he can’t help and that Malick has too much influence. But his statement about letting him having authority to find Malick may have led him to do something brash. So Coulson pulls Fitz aside and opens a secret door that reveals the T.A.H.I.T.I. machine, but says it isn’t for him, its for Werner Von Strucker whom they captured. They brought him in to use in the machine, but Simmons cautions that his brain may be too badly damaged to get any useful information out of. Von Strucker flashes back to being tortured and keeps repeating “just kill me.”

This leads Von Strucker in a state of trauma. Though hesitant at first, Lincoln agrees to use his powers to try to jumpstart Strucker’s brain and get him out of the loop. Strucker tells Coulson that Malick sold him out. Strucker says his father told him to go to Malick only as a last resort. He found Malick by going to an antique store and telling the shopkeep a passcode. Evidently, finding a way to sink Malick’s bank holdings and destroying a piece of his earnings.

Mr. Giyera tells Malick about the incident in Colombia. Malick says they need to replenish their ranks. Giyera is doubtful of how powerful their “guest” really is. Malick tells Giyera to keep his eyes open. Another of Malick’s men tell him that their “guest” is asking for him. As revealed, Grant Ward  has now become a monster Hive. Hive eats from a massive selection of foods and Giyera asks if he’s regaining his strength. Ward says his body was dying. He observes that humans have advanced since he has been gone, but they haven’t changed.

Back in Columbia, Yo-yo swipes an access card a guard outside the police station. Mack shows her a high-tech bidning and then they move in. Daisy tells Joey to take care of the weapons, and he melts them down. Daisy and Yo-Yo team up to take down several officers, while Bobbi feeds Ramon a story to keep him busy. Yo-Yo quickly binds the remaining officers. Mack finds Bobbi, and she tells him to warn the others other the Inhuman. He radios to them and tells them the power is in the Inhuman’s eyes. Yo-Yo uses her speed to bind the Inhuman, but he uses his powers on her at the same time. She snaps back and slams against a wall. Joey melts the Inhuman’s glasses to his face. Just as they were capturing him, a Hydra aircraft swoops in and steals him from them. Back on the jet, Joey is tries to convince Yo-Yo to go back with S.H.I.E.L.D., but Yo-Yo says she belongs in Colombia. Daisy suggests they make her part of the team, but let her stay at home. Mack gives her a watch that Yo-Yo can use to signal for help if she ever needs it.

 

Back at HQ, Simmons goes to the lab and finds Fitz working at his desk. Fitz tries to make small talk, but Simmons blurts out that she misses him. He apologizes for Will’s death, but Simmons says Will was already dead and that Fitz has been nothing but extraordinary. Simmons wants to start over from where they started with their relationship. They reintroduce themselves to each other, quite possibly a restart to their relationship…if it even needed a restart.

Malick asks Giyera about the Inhuman they captured. “Ward” senses Malick’s skepticism. He rise and says Malick will believe once he makes a believer out of Giyera. He holds out his hand, and it becomes sand flying outwards. What powers does Hive posses?

Th episode ends with President Ellis telling Coulson that Brigadier General Glenn Talbot has been named the new head of the ATCU and that he’d be working along side him soon. What does this mean for the future partnership of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the ATCU? Find out tonight on an All-New Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. This weekend, Chloe Bennet (Daisy Johnson) and J. August Richards (Deathlok) will be at C2E2. Joachim Jocson will meet with both cast members and get photos and talk with them about their roles. Follow his twitter page @joenavy24 or follow him on Facebook for more.

 

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Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Maveth (3X10)

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Following the events of episode 9, Ward takes his team and Fitz through the barren landscape of Maveth. Fitz tries to escape, but his new field skills are still no match for Ward’s.

Back on Zephyr One, Mack and the rest of the team regroup. Rehashing the plan they decide Mack, Bobbi, and Hunter retake the portal while Daisy, May, Joey, and Lincoln neutralize Hydra’s ground troops outside the castle. Inside the Hydra encampment, Simmons realizes that Hydra has no intent on bringing back Fitz. Malick assures her that Death is the only thing returning through that portal…

Back on Maveth, Fitz brings Ward to the only person who can guide them through the unforgiving Maveth terrain…Will! Meanwhile, Coulson, knocked out from his tumble, sees Rosalind in a dream. He wakes up alone on Maveth. He sets out to find Fitz and exact revenge on Ward.Will explains that he was wounded by It while helping Simmons escape. Ward is intrigued. Will agrees to help Ward because Fitz has a plan to escape Hydra and leave Maveth.

Daisy, Joey, Lincoln, and May storm the Hydra camp. Lincoln shuts off the power, thus enabling Simmons to escape. As she escapes,  she notices that Hydra brought modules of the trapped Inhumans. To her surprise, she finds Andrew. He pleads with Simmons to set him free and allow him to protect her. She refuses until she finds herself surrounded by Hydra soldiers. Left with no choice, she frees Andrew. He transforms into Lash and kills the Hydra troops, while Simmons escapes. Meanwhile, Mack, Bobbi, and Hunter storm the castle and secure the portal.

Will leads Fitz, Ward, and the Hydra troops through the place Will warned Simmons to never go — the “No-Fly Zone.” A sandstorm hits them, but curiously, Will is unaffected. Using the sandstorm as a distraction, Will kills the Hydra troops and takes off with Fitz in the direction of the portal. Moments later, Coulson arrives, shooting and wounding Ward. Coulson demands that Ward lead the way to the portal.

Outside the castle, Daisy and company battle the telekinetic Giyera and Hydra troops. May finds Simmons, who tells her that Andrew/Lash is here. May goes in search of Andrew but only finds a trail of Inhuman and Hydra dead bodies. Simmons warns the team that Ward is trying to bring It back through the portal. Mack makes a decision. If the creature returns, Zephyr One will open fire and destroy the castle. Mack and Daisy agree to stay behind and wait for Coulson and Fitz until the last possible moment.

On Maveth, Fitz realizes that Will has been possessed by It. Fitz fights Will/It to the death! Coulson sees Fitz in peril and shoots Will, knocking him off his feet. Ward takes advantage and attacks Coulson. Fitz uses a flare gun to set Will ablaze before he can crawl to the portal, thus preventing It from escaping. Coulson battles Ward. Just as the portal is about to close, Coulson punches his metal hand into Ward and eventually killing him. Coulson and Fitz flee through the portal.

Zephyr One opens fire on the castle. It explodes! But the containment module rockets back up from the blast zone to Zephyr One just in time. Mack, Daisy, Fitz, and Coulson are safe and the portal is destroyed, but it’s a bittersweet victory, as Coulson and Fitz both have blood on their hands.

Later, Malick reels from his defeat only to find a lone survivor of the explosion…Grant Ward. But how? Is Ward now possessed by It? What has Ward become? You’re about to find out next week when Marvel’s Agent’s of SHIELD returns at 9/8c on ABC. Also coming up, Chloe Bennet comes to Chicago for C2E2. I will be sure to get your inside access on her visit. Stay tuned, SHIELD returns to join the Civil War.

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Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 4,722 Hours (3X05)

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Season 2 left us with many questions on our minds. One question in particular that we kept asking…what happened to Jemma Simmons?  In the finale we saw Simmons being sucked into the liquefied monolith. What happened after that is totally out of this world. For the last six months she was marooned on a desolate planet, an unforgiving landscape where the sun never seems to rise. Plunged into eternal darkness and armed with only her phone and her wits, Simmons must find a way to survive.

Simmons calculates that she can survive for approximately 100 hours without food or water and searches the barren landscape for signs of life or water, to no avail. Finally, she stumbles on an oasis with potable water. Simmons learns how to live off the land and survive by hunting and eating carnivorous plant tendrils. To tend to her emotional health, Simmons watches a video of Fitz and the rest of the team on her phone. This video is her last remaining connection to Earth.

Cut to weeks later, Simmons falls into a hole in the ground—it’s some kind of trap! She wakes up a prisoner in a cave. A brooding Stranger watches over her.The mysterious Stranger keeps Simmons captive for several days. Simmons tries to escape but trips and injures herself. The Stranger saves her before a sandstorm hits. The Stranger warns her that the sandstorm was caused by It, which he believes is death incarnate. Simmons doesn’t believe him, but our Stranger is certain that something evil is lurking on this planet…

Back in the cave, the Stranger introduces himself—his name is Will Daniels. He’s a former NASA pilot who was sent through the portal fourteen years ago, accompanied by a team of scientists, all of whom supposedly went mad after It got into their heads. Will has survived by staying one step ahead of It. Simmons convinces Will that they must work together to get off the planet. But can Simmons achieve the impossible?

Against Will’s advice, Simmons ventures out near the “No-Fly Zone,” to a mysterious junkyard of bones and artifacts of different time periods. Simmons sees a shadowy figure… It has returned. Simmons flees!

Simmons realizes she can use the movement of stars to track the next location of the portal. All she needs is Will’s broken star charting computer. Simmons powers the computer using the last remaining juice in her phone battery, thus losing her last connection to Fitz and home. She determines the next location and time the portal will open up. The mission: throw a message in a bottle through the portal to signal for help. Simmons and Will do find the portal …but it’s moments too late.

Will and Simmons return to the cave disappointed and alone. Afterwards seeking solace in one another, as they kiss. Over the following weeks, they become much more than friends. It seemed that their relationship blossomed over their current state. Well, all of that is about to change.

After missing the portal, Simmons sees a flare shoot thru the sky and she knows it’s Fitz, come for her. Will and Simmons dash for the portal, but a mysterious figure dressed like an astronaut appears….It has returned. Will pushes Simmons towards the portal while he distracts It. Simmons calls out to Will, but before she can return for him, Fitz appears! Fitz rescues Simmons and pulls her back through the portal.

In the present day, Simmons finishes telling Fitz his story. He vows to help Simmons rescue Will. The question is, how? The monolith was already destroyed but the fragments still remain. Do they expect to hold the same frequency to get it to open again? Guess we’ll find out.

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