I was flabbergasted Coulson's issue was with the space AIDS and not the moral/ethical ramifications of what he found. Flabbergasted, I say.

I don't have a problem with Gregg—he's pretty much the only consistent watchable thing on this show—but there is no denying the best episodes have been heavy on ensemble. Coulson works best when he's directing traffic.

I could understand his emotional about-face if they did a better job of framing it as a reaction to being brought back from the dead. They've touched on that a little, but there's just not enough consistency for it to become a believable character arc. As is, Coulson has just become a total spaz.

The consequences not only don't matter, as far as is known, the only side effects are entirely beneficial. I remember in an early episode Coulson had a physical and the doctor specifically commented on how healthy he was. So far, space AIDS is a good thing. Which is why Coulson being so upset about it makes no sense.

I liked several things about this episode (I always enjoy Sitwell), but I think my favorite moment was Skye's reaction to Coulson be so upset about a hypothetical case of space AIDS. I thought Chloe Bennet played that perfectly. That said, Coulson's angst would make so much more sense if it was framed as "They…

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Agent Steak Manmeat!

This is what I've been saying for months, except the writers don't push it far enough. It doesn't have to be the subtext of EVERYTHING, but by now everyone should get that Coulson's team is Fury's insurance against an internal conflict.

I think it's supposed to be his post-dead attitude adjustment, that he's less a company man now, but he doesn't have to be hyper-emotional to get that across. Just showing me he's willing to break rules is enough.

I'm living in a Sliding Doors Vortex.

I don't see how they can ignore it. It's game-changing stuff. And it should actually serve the show well, since it will allow them to clear a lot of the slate and start over. If they DO ignore it, I'm dropping this show like a H.O.T.P.O.T.A.T.O.

Oh God, if Skye dies. Don't tease me with these things that I want.

This is what I've said all along. They should have been laying out SHIELD and its place in the world while planting the idea that Something Has Gone Wrong so that by the time Cap 2 comes out, we're already primed for it, instead of running to catch up.

Buy more Ovaltine?

None of which would matter if they would just goddamn get to the part where—JFC I need Cap 2 to happen yesterday.

Agents of SHIELD: S.U.C.K.S.

What I got from "Thor:Dark World" is this:

Agents of SHIELD is the most emotionally abusive TV experience I've ever had.

I can't decide if that was shitty camera work/bad props or if it was deliberately filmed that way so that we weren't quite sure what we were looking at because they were too chicken to plainly show massacred bunnies.

They're afraid of the source material. That's the only thing that makes sense to me. They'd rather turn Rick into a whiny farmer than let him veer into morally questionable territory. Every time he skates close to that line, like when he killed those guys in the bar, they pull him back and spend half a season showing…