Maybe that's why they call it Death
Dec. 8th, 2015 11:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ellestraThis was the episode with dead men walking and monsters attacking. And we were left with cliffhanger for the next 3 months. This just like summer all over again only there will be Agent Carter to help us get through this.
So that Inhuman HYDRA was after can only take over dead bodies. This is why it drove those astronauts to kill each other. It’s like a vulture - it follows blood and waits for the victims to die or helps them with it with dust storms and disorientation and, if the current body it possesses has the strength by killing them himself. And then taking them over. Like it did with Will. And all those people before - the sacrifices that gave it new form to walk around in.
And now it’s Coulson’s fault it was able to come back. He gave it Ward’s body to inhabit. Fitz managed to destroy the last one and everyone else in the vicinity of the portal was alive. If Coulson didn’t kill Ward it would have now way to come back. Maybe that's why they call it Death - because it can only possess the dead.
I loved the episode and this season as a whole but there was some clunky storytelling here. The whole thing with Coulson/Roz - "suspicion -> banter -> romance -> dead girlfriend -> revenge -> moral" was not necessary. You didn't need to fridge Rosalind for that. It's not like we really lacked reasons why Ward is evil and should've been eliminated long time ago. Even weirder was Ward's sudden change of heart into true believer who truly believes in HYDRA mission and gave up on his own demented revenge. Just before Coulson kills him too. So we really know Phil went too far. And that it is his fault Maveth had body to possess. I know it made Lincoln seem like a jerk because he was basically advocating for leaving Fitz and Coulson behind on that planet but he was right again - that thing did came back. And did that look Fitz and Coulson shared was about Phil killing Ward or because they know it came back?
I'm also mad about Will being dead. He survived there for 14 years and then that leg killed him and the monster got his body. This is so unfair. I know many people suspected this but I hoped it wouldn't be true. Mostly because I always hated death of one side as a resolution of love triangle. It's such a cheap way for character not needing to make an actual decision and at the same time creating extra angst to keep the other two apart a little longer. Especially since Fitz really did all he could to save him even after Jemma was willing to give up and it seemed like he and Will could be pretty good friends. Too bad all he found was a monster wearing Will's body. But the way he set it on fire was pretty badass. Almost stopped it from coming back.
Also it looks like Maveth has at least some of the memories of the host bodies he takes. It knew (I keep saying it because it's just some sludge and it calls itself it) Fitz and he knew all about Jemma - what she did and saw. And the things it remembers about that planet - is that what it caused or he just have memories of the last of remnants of that civilisation after it killed them? How much of Ward's life it remembers? It said it only ever saw death on that planet so it was probably devastated already (the things it says all sound pretty ominous once you know it's not Will). Was this the reason why Mallick send Ward there - to get possessed? He tells Jemma the only one coming back it that thing so he never intended for Ward to came back.
Mack was a great Director and I wish he could keep the job. He's the Director and these are your orders - follow them. And Daisy staying with him because they are partners - awesome.
Joey was the highlight of this episode. I hope he has a bigger role in the future Secret Warriors missions.
Jemma freeing herself was awesome. Not so awesome - she let Lash out. I know he saved her from those HYDRA goons but all I could think when she let him go was that he will kill all those caged Inhumans. They couldn’t even defend themselves.
May as always keeping it together - even when others are scared, even when finding all those massacred people and Inhumans and even when the order is to fire missiles at her friends.
And once again I wonder - we were told powers of the Inhumans have purpose, they are what the community needs - what if Lash was needed to kill the evil, body possessing slug Inhuman?
So that Inhuman HYDRA was after can only take over dead bodies. This is why it drove those astronauts to kill each other. It’s like a vulture - it follows blood and waits for the victims to die or helps them with it with dust storms and disorientation and, if the current body it possesses has the strength by killing them himself. And then taking them over. Like it did with Will. And all those people before - the sacrifices that gave it new form to walk around in.
And now it’s Coulson’s fault it was able to come back. He gave it Ward’s body to inhabit. Fitz managed to destroy the last one and everyone else in the vicinity of the portal was alive. If Coulson didn’t kill Ward it would have now way to come back. Maybe that's why they call it Death - because it can only possess the dead.
I loved the episode and this season as a whole but there was some clunky storytelling here. The whole thing with Coulson/Roz - "suspicion -> banter -> romance -> dead girlfriend -> revenge -> moral" was not necessary. You didn't need to fridge Rosalind for that. It's not like we really lacked reasons why Ward is evil and should've been eliminated long time ago. Even weirder was Ward's sudden change of heart into true believer who truly believes in HYDRA mission and gave up on his own demented revenge. Just before Coulson kills him too. So we really know Phil went too far. And that it is his fault Maveth had body to possess. I know it made Lincoln seem like a jerk because he was basically advocating for leaving Fitz and Coulson behind on that planet but he was right again - that thing did came back. And did that look Fitz and Coulson shared was about Phil killing Ward or because they know it came back?
I'm also mad about Will being dead. He survived there for 14 years and then that leg killed him and the monster got his body. This is so unfair. I know many people suspected this but I hoped it wouldn't be true. Mostly because I always hated death of one side as a resolution of love triangle. It's such a cheap way for character not needing to make an actual decision and at the same time creating extra angst to keep the other two apart a little longer. Especially since Fitz really did all he could to save him even after Jemma was willing to give up and it seemed like he and Will could be pretty good friends. Too bad all he found was a monster wearing Will's body. But the way he set it on fire was pretty badass. Almost stopped it from coming back.
Also it looks like Maveth has at least some of the memories of the host bodies he takes. It knew (I keep saying it because it's just some sludge and it calls itself it) Fitz and he knew all about Jemma - what she did and saw. And the things it remembers about that planet - is that what it caused or he just have memories of the last of remnants of that civilisation after it killed them? How much of Ward's life it remembers? It said it only ever saw death on that planet so it was probably devastated already (the things it says all sound pretty ominous once you know it's not Will). Was this the reason why Mallick send Ward there - to get possessed? He tells Jemma the only one coming back it that thing so he never intended for Ward to came back.
Mack was a great Director and I wish he could keep the job. He's the Director and these are your orders - follow them. And Daisy staying with him because they are partners - awesome.
Joey was the highlight of this episode. I hope he has a bigger role in the future Secret Warriors missions.
Jemma freeing herself was awesome. Not so awesome - she let Lash out. I know he saved her from those HYDRA goons but all I could think when she let him go was that he will kill all those caged Inhumans. They couldn’t even defend themselves.
May as always keeping it together - even when others are scared, even when finding all those massacred people and Inhumans and even when the order is to fire missiles at her friends.
And once again I wonder - we were told powers of the Inhumans have purpose, they are what the community needs - what if Lash was needed to kill the evil, body possessing slug Inhuman?
