This was a solid episode, but it felt too much like a middle-of-the-season episode rather than a “oh we’re 3 episodes from the end”. And as you say, Nathaniel really isn’t doing it for me as a main villain. Neither is Sybil, what with her not really being a (visible) presence in the latest episodes.

I think one of the problems is that she would have to suck the life out of someone else to revive herself. Daisy hasn’t disappeared so I can’t see the team sacrificing someone just to bring her back.  

I forgot about that movie. I wondered why they chose that vibe to young Garrett and now it makes perfect sense.

I have long felt that Coulson was that cool, but strict, dad, and May the terrifying, but you know she has good intentions, mom.

I think it’s smart not to have the Big Bad overshadow the core team. We know these guys are threats because of what they’ve done in the past, but the stakes are just a hair lower because they have also been soundly defeated in many ways throughout the MCU. Letting the agents shine is how we should go out.

I thought the chances of traipsing through time and not having Ward was pretty much zero, and I’d thought they’d at least shout-out Garrett and Gideon Malick... but I have to admit, I wasn’t expecting a full-on Young Garrett (since I correctly knew we were years before Sarajevo for Garrett, with Nathaniel potentially…

When May came in to (attempt to) rescue Daisy after all that intense Jaiying time, I could almost hear Daisy yelling “REAL Mom!” when she saw her.

I mentioned it last week but I was hoping that all this time traveling would lead to them reversing one of the biggest of letdowns and bring Cal back.  He deserves a kiss from Daisy just as much as Sousa does.

Cal murdered a shit load of villagers to bring her back to life .When she died via Cal they just buried her and let her rot .

The 80's vibes continue to be strong as young Paxton channels one of his dad’s first screen appearances. Because of course young John Garrett would essentially be Chet from Weird Science.

Young Garrett was chewing the scenery, like taking large bites and shit. Nothing on Bill Paxton but it was a heroic effort. Nathaniel is limp but sometimes the best villains are the weakest. Which made the scene where he kicked Daisys ass even more infuriating. I used to hate Kassius from season 5 but on a recent…

I think Deke is the key. He came from further in the future, one that may not even exist because of SHIELD's alteration. So he's most likely outside of the timeline Sibyl can see and may be able to take action they can't predict or track.

I loved May’s bits in this episode, with minimal screen time, she had to reassure her surrogate daughter Daisy that she was not trying to keep information from her about her actual mother, but also tried to keep an out of the timeline Malick or Garret (ugh) from messing with her people, May is sort of everyone’s mom…

If Piper does not meet up with them in the present in the last episode I will be irate 

Casting Bill Paxton’s son to play Garrett’s younger selfish was genius.

Between this show and Perry Mason, there’s a lot of intergenerational familial casting going on. Much better than trying to make older actors look young. Good thinking, Hollywood!

It was classic Deke this week that he idiotically doesn’t listen to comms & that young alt timeline Garrett likes his band & that he let his 80s team down by not actually being qualifed to make them SHIELD agents. But it also is classic Deke that he refuses to believe Nana Jemma’s quite plausible theory that Fitz is…

Jiaying’s death this time makes even less goddamn sense than last time. She can come back from being cut to pieces and thrown in a ditch, but can’t come back from a broken neck? That makes no fucking sense!

So we probably aren’t getting Kyle MacLachlan as Cal one last time. I like Jiaying but I would’ve loved to see Cal more.

This edgelord wannabe anarchist just stole a broken time machine that can’t be controlled from his end even when it works & has somebody on board who he’s completely unaware even exists. To succeed, he needs to find Fitz, which he can’t do without removing Simmons’s implant, which he also doesn’t know exists. He also…