I have decades of otherwise worthless Marvel comics continuity stored in my brain. In Geek Scope, I'll attempt to use that knowledge to shine a light on any hints or Easter eggs producers might drop into Agents of S.H.I.E.LD. |
| Simmons almost bit it this week. |
We didn't get any comics continuity but we had plenty of reference to the Cinematic Universe. I'm still going to take a look at the episode which, by the way, was far and away the best to date. I had begun to doubt if the show could hit its potential. Episode 6 is proof that it can and did.
- The episode was swimming in Chitauri/Avengers whatnot.
- Titus Welliver reprised his role as Agent Blake from the Marvel One Shot, Item 47
Seriously the episode was genuinely intriguing and moving. In fact, I'm slightly stunned at how good it was.
The "Is Coulson A Robot?" Update
Lots of development on the LMD front this week. Phil gets a physical which we later discover he ordered for himself because he feels "different." He apparently has some concerns of his own about just what happened to him while he was on the other side.
- All his vitals are normal; heartbeat, etc.
- From Coulson's speech to the dying fireman, we find out that he genuinely believes he left "here" and spent time over "there."
- His bloodwork is perfectly normal.
- Agent May asks to see his scar and he does, in fact, have a giant scar right where it should be.
So, despite the writers having some fun with it ("...I'm feeling a little rusty"), most of the evidence is pointing to Phil Coulson not being a Life Model Decoy. I think that would be the best move at this point. After all the speculation, that outcome would almost feel anticlimactic unless they put an unexpected spin on it. Now, the mystery has returned and therefore the interest. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is going to be at its best when it finds that sweet spot of spycraft intrigue on the underside of a superpowered world and this episode absolutely zeroed in on it.