In their defense, I thought both TWD and Lost have used slower pacing to - at times - flesh out characters in meaningful ways.

The ultimate twist.

Maybe they shunned Age of Ultron on purpose. Given how little the larger Marvel universe cares about AoS, AoS wanted to return the favor.

I was quoting Elena there. :)

It is a well-worn trope. But in their defense, I think they've done enough to individualize it to Radcliffe, who's been a great addition to the show.

Brett Dalton was great in the role, but Hive wasn't really written to have that kind of personality. I agree that Radcliffe could potentially better fill that void.

This episode was the first time Mace really started working for me as a character. In spite of Daisy's skepticism, I thought he made some valid points in their scene together.

This episode was just loving all of the meta jokes. I appreciated that Mack and Elena spent so much of the episode essentially addressing all of the "robots always turn on their creators" concept.

That sounds good to me.

I love the casual way Coulson just skated on by that.

But I think that's what will make this so great. Like the review said, the relationship between him and Fitz is sincere. Radcliffe isn't some malicious villain with evil designs for the team. I believe that he cares about the team on human level - but he also won't let something like that get in the way of his own…

I like him too, but I find it to be very in-character. Given what he was up to when we first met him, and the degree of willingness he had in cooperating with Hive, him secretly undermining the rest of the team to get ahold of the Darkhold is plausible. He's not a SHIELD agent, and his first loyalty is to his own…

D'oh!

I'm so glad this show is finally having a prominent female villain. She's already shaping up to be a potentially great one.

I can't believe Vijay won't come back. If only to see him take revenge on his sister.

"Haven't these people seen any movies from the 80s? Robots always attack."

And it's disappointing, because there were a lot of great storyworld ideas in play. One of the magistrates that tried to infiltrate the heart of the Fade (essentially committing Original Sin)? The old Elven gods are walking around in mortal form? There are immortal Elves still living in these ruins and it turns out…

My assessment of Dragon Age II was that it felt like EA was standing over BioWare's shoulder repeatedly tapping its watch.

The multiplayer thing has always bothered me. After multiple playthroughs, I still haven't gotten my readiness rating high enough to get that "Shepard maybe lives" and I have zero interest in trying out the multiplayer - and I like even less that they basically are coercing me into it. I dislike this even more than…

I liked the companions in Inquisition (I was very disappointed my female Inquisitor couldn't romance Cassandra) but the open-world material was mind-blisteringly dull (also: mandatory to preposterous levels) and the PC mechanics were a travesty.