Sep 26, 2024
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 3x22 - Ascension
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Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 3x22 - Ascension
Do you know James Taylor "J.T." James (Hellfire)?
I know them extremely well
I know them
I know them, but not well
I've seen them or heard their name, but don't know them
I've never heard of them
Dr. Franklin Hall vs J.T. James/Hellfire:
Franklin Hall
Hellfire
AoS Villain Showdown.
Ghost Rider Appreciation Post (4x04)
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Rewatching Let Me Stand Next to Your Fire
It’s part 2 of “Reconnecting with Friends: A Bus Kids Tutorial”, and things go as well as can be expected.
In the plus column: no accusations of betrayals are carelessly thrown around. In the minus column: there is actual betrayal from a third party culminating into a death trap.
Back at chez Radcliffe, meanwhile, things progress steadily.
AIDA has been improved enough to not arouse suspicions during prolonged interaction with May, who is probably even more predisposed to appreciate a “no nonsense” android after having been stuck in Radcliffe’s company, and Coulson is equally fooled.
However, the second Simmons - who is well aware the technology to make such a lifelike android exists - takes a look at her, it’s game over.
She’s impressive but she isn’t perfect. Yet.
Bad Girls Shenanigans:
We’ve all been there, right? When you need a bit of a favor from that old friend you haven’t seen in a while but it would be kind of awkward just calling them out of the blue and ask?
Well, Daisy’s solution to the problem involves hacking and a foray into real estate agency. And a bullet, which wasn’t part of the plan but, as Hunter wisely observed, the plan always turns to rubbish at some point anyway.
Instead of throwing a tantrum, Jemma thinly disguises her hurt for Daisy’s departure in passive aggressive disapproval and exasperation for how little she’s been taking care of herself. I don’t think that she really gets all of the whys of it anymore than Fitz does, but she’s only dismissive about the “lone rangering” after Daisy tells her not to mother her, and honestly Daisy? That would have ticked me off, too.
However when it comes to help her out in her quest, Jemma’s objections are entirely practical in nature, not ethical. Her problem isn’t helping a wanted vigilante hacking into S.H.I.E.L.D., rather avoiding to rat the both of them out in her mandatory lie detection test.
All it takes is the filmsiest of loopholes that she basically baits (as if she wouldn’t expect Daisy to pick up on that “voluntarily” right away? She might have as well said manscaping) and she’s on board with the Bad Girl Shenanigans(tm), at least until Daisy’s militancy begins to contemplate explosive retaliatory scenarios.
And I completely agree, Jem, it’s much cooler if she blows bad people up with her powers. What? 😏😁
The Hellfire Outta Here:
James immediately zeroes in on Daisy’s death wish (“You know what that feels like, don’t you?”), and his self-destructive path is the perfect negative image of hers: she’s fighting and wants to save people, he’s given up and is helping the Watchdogs exterminate the Inhumans.
Now that we have the superior flamed-chain wielder and the Secret Warriors have been buried by the Hive debacle, he’s quickly dismissed. I don’t mind that - plus his comics story had arguably already been done with Ward - but the fight between the two fire-dudes is a little disappointing. Robbie looks awesome from start to finish though, which I suppose was the point.
Take Your Daughter To Work Day:
S.H.I.E.L.D. has been public and legal for half a second and Coulson is already back in uniform: dark suit, badge and sunglasses.
Things could be almost perfect for him - unburdened by the directorship and “just” an agent with considerable latitude again, an all tricked-out flying base that’s even cooler than the Bus and oh, his best friend isn’t dying anymore! - except his wayward daughter has abandoned the family business just when he wanted her to take charge of it.
Significantly, however, he has nothing to say to her other than he’s glad she’s safe. His looks and the one dramatic gesture he allows himself - the tablet, lmao - tell another story but on a scale of "You should respect her choice” to “She turned her back on us”, Coulson is definitely closer to YoYo than Fitz.
And no matter how disappointed Agent Dad might be, he’s still her number 1 stan, as the final piece of reasoning that makes him trust Robbie is the fact that Daisy already does.
Stuff:
Well, in order to quell the hyperactivity in your reticular activating system, we had to... very carefully, gently... kill you. Just a little bit. 🤣🤣
I died. Killed by Radcliffe. The disgust!🤣🤣🤣
You haven't been to a proper doctor? -- You're hard to get an appointment with. But she is not...ah, forget it. In a year you guys will have a mechanical engineer performing trauma surgery anyway🤣
S.H.I.E.L.D. has Daisy-proofed the servers that host the Inhumans info but they haven’t been as thorough with the Playground’s network, since she's been tracking Jemma’s search history.
BTW, I’m disappointed that we never saw FitzSimmons in the furnished version of the apartment hosting a dinner party for the team. Or just having breakfast in that nook. Shame.
Now you can get back to lone rangering or whatever it is that you’ve been doing. She’s been doing S.H.I.E.L.D.’s job 😈. And trying to get herself killed. Neither endeavour has been entirely successful.😁
It's him, the matchstick guy. The Homer of nicknames strikes again.
What do you weigh, 210, 220? -- It's not the extra weight. It's your driving . I’m going to go with “it’s both”. I mean, just one of Mack’s arms looks bigger than Lola , c’mon 🤣
I get his car now, right? Isn’t that how it works? 🤣🤣
It looks like Daisy drove across the country in her van from L.A. to D.C (or whatever place close to D.C. that apartment is supposed to be) which means there’s at least a couple of days between this episode and Uprisings, assuming she slept at all. Probably more, as she also had the dust-up with the Watchdogs.
Nailed it. -- What do you mean, you nailed it? What did you even do? -- I simply told Agent Albee that there was new information on the flash drive and she’s going to deliver it with the rest. [...] And how did you get her to agree with that? -- Well, technically, as S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Special Advisor in Science and Technology, she works for me. I’m the boss. Those superior officers panic-shooting days are looong behind her.
Fitz, art and science have their meeting in method. -- Oh, do... do not go quoting bloody Bulwer-Lytton at me. So, unless Google lied to me, this Bulwer-Lytton is the guy who, among other things, wrote the infamous incipit “It was a dark and stormy night”. I can see why Fitz is offended.😂
Every Inhuman has a wristwatch, an Asset Communication Device that tracks location, vital signs, etcetera. I mean, it's for their own safety. Please. It’s to make everyone else feel better, having the scary superpowered people under control at all times.
James. I haven't seen him since... Hive. -- Right. Well, withdrawal from Hive's sway hit him even harder than you. -- I can imagine. Oh, dear. I know that look. *sigh* Fine. Let’s add James to the endless list of people and things you feel responsible for.😩
You can't have it both ways, Daisy. You can't push us away and then come crawling back, half-dead, only when you feel like it. It isn't fair. You've already put a gun to my head. We're in this together now. So suck it up! “I’m coming on your hare-brained vigilante mission, whether you like it or not!”🤣🤣 But, Jem, for the record, she only meant to get the info from you. The half-dead part was an accident.🤭
Damn. Not even a dent. I wouldn't mind having a superpower like that for a day or two. Careful what you wish for, Mack.
You really think this thing can hold me? -- It's contained a lot more dangerous people than you. Keep going, guys. Any other short term foreshadowing you’d like to share?
A halfway decent driver. Oh, snap!
We're chasing the same things. You said Daisy trusts him? -- Maybe. Why? Why? What are you thinking? Coulson. What the hell are you doing? Trusting his and Daisy’s read on people, of course. Mack went from partnering with the youngest agent to the most experienced one (well, one of the two) but he’s still sputtering “what are you doings!?” and probably silently wishing for his old job with the espresso machine.
[Hellfire works in a fireworks shop] Well, whoever’s running the Terrible Ideas Division is crushing it. 🤣🤣🤣
You can take a stand with me. Fight back. That's how you move on. Take control of your life again. Maybe it doesn’t come from a very healthy place right now, but this is still powerful and I love it.
All we ask is that you let us listen in on the conversation. -- And if I say no? -- Well... then we open another door for you, but we won't land first. How was that ever going to work, only Coulson knows.
I was so pissed at what he'd done, that...that I couldn't stop him. But I just... I just... I snapped. And I'm doing the time. You see, Robbie, what I wanted was -- Revenge. Give it to Uncle Eli, that is some amazing spin he’s putting on it and mostly on the fly, too.
We're supposed to be helping [James]. -- I am helping him. -- You've chosen to walk your brooding path. Fine. Don't drag him down with you. So, you think she should stay away from him so he’s not caught in her self-destructive spiral? Interesting.
[Simmons] doesn't understand what it's like...To change, to lose everything. -- I know. Did the gunshot wound made you amnesiac, Daisy? She was stranded for months on an alien planet with no hope of seeing any of you guys again. Her mind was still her own but I think Jemma does know something about losing everything.
They're like cockroaches, these guys. Don’t insult cockroaches. Cockroaches are useful.
Did two fire dudes just drop into a warehouse full of fireworks? -- You had to see that coming. Dork. 😂🤗
I can’t get over how Daisy looks like a moody teenager who’s waiting to be grounded, complete with a leather-clad, muscle car-owning “bad” boyfriend in tow. 🤣🤣
[The Watchdogs] continue to be a threat, but we have to put them on the back burner for now. So, business as usual? 😈
It's good to see you back in fighting form. -- Dying takes a lot out of you. -- I've heard. We should start a club, get some T-shirts made up. This is like the cheeriest Coulson has been in literally years. And why not. She’s alive and well and now they can trade death jokes.
This is one lie you're gonna have to tell. -- Actually, I'll have a few. You mean “she pointed a gun at me that she was never going to use and it was an Icer anyway” isn’t going to work? Shocking. 😂
Hey Flower
Walmart vs. Chanel
Explosion Touch: Hellfire can cause items he touches to heat up to the point of explosion. Objects ignited with his power glow brightly for a few seconds before the entire object detonates intensely. The size of the blast created appears to be correlated to the size of the exploding objects; larger objects like coolers and lamps produced a large, violent explosion while smaller objects like pool balls and shot glasses detonated in a small burst.