Wow. I really enjoyed this episode! [SPOILER - highlight to read]: The entire episode revolved around Asgardian lore/tech and it's effects on our culture and ourselves.... Seeing Ward "Hulk out" at the end, and finding out the Professor was actually an Asgardian himself....awesome. I was disappointed with Ward going for agent "I am a robot" May at the end; though, I suspect it may have had something to do with the staff....
__________________ "Your mother was a venereal disease-ridden prostitute who was raped by the father you never knew and killed herself when she saw what an autistic phaggot you are.
So what about my comments made your ass so sore? Was it me calling you a phaggot? I think not." - Nemebro
Yeah, I think it might have been the best episode to date! See how current and in sync Marvel is, setting this right after the end of Thor: The Dark World, which opened only two weeks ago. Lots of cute wisecracks about Asgard needing to send the God Of Cleaning Up After Yourself for once, as SHIELD is cleaning up the ruins of Greenwich. Also relevant that it's a Norwegian Hate Group that got ahold of the Berserker staff; reminds me of that Norwegian extremist who was gunning down people there a couple of years ago, claiming his fascist stance was the tip of the iceberg.
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"I'm not smart so much as I am not dumb." - Harlan Ellison
__________________ "Your mother was a venereal disease-ridden prostitute who was raped by the father you never knew and killed herself when she saw what an autistic phaggot you are.
So what about my comments made your ass so sore? Was it me calling you a phaggot? I think not." - Nemebro
Good stuff, enjoyed the new episode. More plotlines from the films and the cinematic universe should be tied into the series imo. Not necessarily the driving point of the episode, but at least with some kind of relevance.
May is a badass. Favourite member of the team. Simmons is growing on me lol I still don't care for Ward or Skye, her especially she grates on me pretty much everytime shes on screen. Ward I can tolerate because he can fight and has real uses to the group.
Yeah, Coulson should remember his place! Asgardians: "We're saving the universe constantly, puny mortals! We haven't the time to clean up your planet. Besides, you should see the damage to the realm eternal!"
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"I'm not smart so much as I am not dumb." - Harlan Ellison
I don't know about ratings. SHEILD just started off really high with ratings whilst Arrow did not iirc. But I terms of Quality, Arrow's so far ahead of this show it's ridiculous.