May 10 2016
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Discuss Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 3x20 "Emancipation".
The episode was written by Craig Titley and directed by Vincent Misoano.
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Dusk | May 10, 16:52 CET
Nebula1400 | May 10, 16:54 CET
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Nebula1400 | May 10, 17:01 CET
NYPinTA | May 10, 17:02 CET
NYPinTA | May 10, 17:03 CET
Nebula1400 | May 10, 17:03 CET
Sunfire | May 10, 17:04 CET
NYPinTA | May 10, 17:05 CET
Or not.
Nebula1400 | May 10, 17:06 CET
NYPinTA | May 10, 17:07 CET
Numfar PTB | May 10, 17:08 CET
NYPinTA | May 10, 17:11 CET
Sunfire | May 10, 17:11 CET
Nebula1400 | May 10, 17:11 CET
Good to know.
AndrewCrossett | May 10, 17:12 CET
Radcliffe is like a slightly evil dorky Fitz.
I wonder if Daisy could outhack Elliot from Mr Robot.
Dusk | May 10, 17:13 CET
This is going to get thorny, since some of us have seen Civil War (twice, so far), and some of you haven't.
Nebula1400 | May 10, 17:14 CET
Nebula1400 | May 10, 17:16 CET
NYPinTA | May 10, 17:18 CET
Nebula1400 | May 10, 17:20 CET
NYPinTA | May 10, 17:22 CET
Can't see the movie until the weekend.
Hellfire's right who goes down an alley like that?
Lincoln is so conning her.
May might knock that mustache off.
Dusk | May 10, 17:24 CET
Nebula1400 | May 10, 17:24 CET
And regarding pro-reg or anti-reg conflict, the movie approach is very different from comics, to the point you might want to rethink the use of word war, that's all I try to suggest, for those who haven't seen the movie yet.
The tie-in using Talbot does feel a bit disjointed though.
Numfar PTB | May 10, 17:26 CET
NYPinTA | May 10, 17:28 CET
Numfar PTB | May 10, 17:29 CET
NYPinTA | May 10, 17:31 CET
Nebula1400 | May 10, 17:34 CET
Dusk | May 10, 17:34 CET
Nebula1400 | May 10, 17:35 CET
Nebula1400 | May 10, 17:37 CET
NYPinTA | May 10, 17:44 CET
Nebula1400 | May 10, 17:44 CET
Dusk | May 10, 17:45 CET
JDL | May 10, 17:45 CET
NYTinPA, I think Talbot is more Coulson's liaison, though I may be wrong ...
javelina | May 10, 17:47 CET
JDL | May 10, 17:48 CET
NYPinTA | May 10, 17:51 CET
Nebula1400 | May 10, 17:52 CET
mnspnr | May 10, 17:53 CET
NYPinTA | May 10, 17:55 CET
Nebula1400 | May 10, 17:55 CET
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NYPinTA | May 10, 17:55 CET
Terrigen Bomb finale problem, detonate it in space?!
Dusk | May 10, 17:56 CET
JDL | May 10, 17:57 CET
Numfar PTB | May 10, 17:57 CET
mnspnr | May 10, 17:59 CET
NYPinTA | May 10, 17:59 CET
NYPinTA | May 10, 17:59 CET
mnspnr | May 10, 18:00 CET
Numfar PTB | May 10, 18:01 CET
Nebula1400 | May 10, 18:01 CET
I seriously wonder if Jed and Maurissa will be back next year as showrunners.
AndrewCrossett | May 10, 18:02 CET
And for Pete's sake don't kill Mack either.
javelina | May 10, 18:02 CET
Oh, wait... Gotta watch Game of Thrones.
Never mind.
Nebula1400 | May 10, 18:03 CET
Really liked how this tied into Captain America Civil War as well.
Buffyfantic | May 10, 18:04 CET
Nebula1400 | May 10, 18:05 CET
Grack21 | May 10, 18:08 CET
javelina | May 10, 18:10 CET
Tied in so well that apparently the press release for this episode spoiled the outcome of the movie a week before it opened.
Those Inhuman mooks that used to be Watchdogs reminded me a lot of turok-han.
AndrewCrossett | May 10, 18:12 CET
Nebula1400 | May 10, 18:14 CET
Dusk | May 10, 18:15 CET
I was thinking those Inhuman flying monkeys looked like the lame Dark Elves in Thor: the Dark World.
Nebula1400 | May 10, 18:18 CET
1) Make Jon Snow an Agent.
2) Kill Agent Jon Snow.
3) Celebrate a close call.
JDL | May 10, 18:34 CET
Somebody has to die, because network executives don't understand any other definition of "drama."
AndrewCrossett | May 10, 18:37 CET
Its somewhat a reaction of decades of no character ever dying unless the actor died or was leaving the series.
JDL | May 10, 18:46 CET
But they only teach those announcers one way of modulating their voice. He'd talk the same way if he was advertising a demolition derby or a mud wrestling match. "Friday Friday FRIDAY!!! Get down and dirty in the MUUUUD PIT!"
AndrewCrossett | May 10, 19:00 CET
The Lash reveal seemed anti-climatic given the hype early on, and I'm not sure why he wouldn't finish Hive off, and then remove the parasite from Daisy ... his death seemed like a throwaway plot device for a forgotten character to unite the team for the finale.
I think I've reached my breaking point with Coulson - his cat n' mouse with Talbot seems childish to me, especially given the extinction level threat at hand. As to that threat, Hive has devolved, as many Big Bad's on this show have, to someone who you'd think could be taken out with a well equipped SWAT team with a couple rocket launchers. His "army" consists of a guy with a hot chain and 5 ugly bar bouncer types. He's morphed from Ancient Lovecraftian Evil to Euro Bond villain ...
I vote for a Daisy & FitzSimmons RoadTrip Season 4, maybe bring along a trying-to-reform mad scientist John Hannah to keep things lively.
Before that though I promise you that cross-on-a-chain is gonna get passed around like a hot potato next week. Musical chairs of DEATH!!!!
As always - YMMV
TallMichaelJ | May 10, 19:30 CET
That said . . . he sure as $#!+ better be the one who dies, because no one else is acceptable.
Batman1016 | May 10, 23:58 CET
Nebula1400 | May 11, 05:32 CET
WHO. WILL. DIE.
NOBODY.
That is my ideal outcome. How about nobody. What if literally everyone lives. Now that would be a twist.
D-e-f- | May 11, 06:31 CET
As long as it isn't Mack, Fitz, Simmons, May or Coulson dying in space - I might survive this finale. (well, we know Coulson is safe because I won't forgive Marvel for taking him out before we have an Avengers reaction to his undeath).
Talbot is quickly becoming one of my favorite characters. His reactions make me giddy.
Mirage | May 11, 08:17 CET
I agree the Lash/Hive showdown was a bit anticlimactic. It was cool the moment it was revealed what May and Lincoln had done, (and I felt really bad for Mack...), but then it was just a few bursts and he leaves the fight to save Daisy. I'm glad he was able to free her from Hive's influence and all, but ... I was expecting more from that conflict.
I'm also on the "nobody dies" team. ;) Oooh, plot twist!
NYPinTA | May 11, 08:20 CET
JDL | May 11, 09:53 CET
jclemens | May 11, 12:53 CET
There's no good outcome, I feel.
If one of the cool people we all generally like dies = sucks hard because the varied and likeable cast is one of the best things about the show (to me at least).
If one of the absolute faves dies = sucks even harder because come on just don't
If one of the people we generally like less dies = sucks because unsatisfying and sort of a cheap way out of having a character that's not well liked
If nobody dies we'll feel toyed around with, unsatisfying.
So I predict lotsa unhappys next week. Can't really see this going into the "good" kind of "enterpainment."
D-e-f- | May 11, 13:27 CET
IrrationaliTV | May 11, 13:32 CET
Grack21 | May 11, 13:41 CET
[ edited by mozzarellademon on 2016-05-12 02:01 ]
mozzarellademon | May 11, 17:00 CET
Grack21 | May 11, 17:13 CET
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Nebula1400 | May 11, 17:33 CET
I liked this ep. Lash died too quickly, but I did like the way he squished the Hive bugs.
jcs | May 11, 18:55 CET
jclemens | May 11, 20:58 CET
[ edited by Nebula1400 on 2016-05-12 06:31 ]
Nebula1400 | May 11, 21:29 CET
IrrationaliTV | May 11, 22:48 CET
I thought Lash's death--and Daisy's rescue--felt a little rushed and anticlimactic. And Hive continues to be a very boring villain.
However, I really like Mack and Elena's scenes together. Hope they don't kill Mack. :-/
erendis | May 14, 18:14 CET
I have mixed feelings on this half of the season. I thoroughly enjoyed the fall episodes. I loved Ward in it. I loved the Blue Planet. I even was comfortable with the short lived Fitz Simmons Astronaut love triangle. But these spring episodes are not feeling as strong. Please know, that I do miss watching with you all and that could be coloring my views.
First here are the negatives which are brief, I abhor the current “Who.will Die.” promotion. I’m sick of characters dying. At this point, it’s just stupid. I miss Evil!Ward and find Hive!Ward Flat. I also kept hoping to catch longer in flashes of other people that Hive has inhabited. I wanted more Evil!Ward!, more of Malick’s brother and more of Astronaut dude in their own style of speaking. I know I’m comparing this portrayal to what Misha Collins is doing on Supernatural right now. He’s playing Castiel inhabited by Mark Pelligrino’s Lucifer and I just LOVE it. I guess that’s what I was expecting. I’m confident Daulton can do it, so I’m not sure why we haven’t seen more of it.
Now for the positives! I adore Chloe Bennett’s wide eyed portrayal of Hive mind control. Well done! She’s been so much fun this half. I’m in love with Mack and if he dies, I’ll join the nonthrowing of the TV sets due to Game of Thrones. Powers Booth was great and I am glad that he had a chance to be part of the show. I’m enjoying Lincoln’s arc. I like this story arc of how Hive is trying to make an army and the Kree may not go along with him. I think the Kree are going to help put an end to their failed experiment and be the new big bad of next season. But I did not see Civil War and have no clue about their role other then what Shield has told me.
But who will die? My money is on the following in order of likeliness 1. May, 2. Lincoln, 3. Mack. Has May really done a lot this half season? I mean really? Mack and her are sort of the same, except May has Black Widow super powers. I just think Mack has been too beat up to die and nothing has REALLY happened to May. Lincoln of course is always at risk as he’s Lincoln and I like him. And then there’s Mack, who like Lincoln is at risk due to when he joined the team and who is too similar in role to May. I’m wondering if Mack dies, if his little brother joins the team.
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Kris | May 18, 22:21 CET