No, he really doesn't. He killed Buddy. Just was less painful to do it at a distance. Sorry!

I'm with you, ns. I don't understand the Garrett-actually-shot-the-dog stuff I'm seeing here. I thought it was obvious thematically that the idea is Ward doesn't want to do an up-close-and-personal kill of someone/something he likes. But that doesn't mean he won't do the kill.

I'm almost positive that it's Ward that kills the dog — he just didn't want to do it up close and personal. Explains why he was fine killing Fitz/Simmons by dropping them into the ocean. Remember, they show that clip right before Ward dumps F/S.

I think that would have moved the episode into alpha-prime territory.

I hated it as well, but I'm not sure what other direction they could have gone, given the medium. They're not going to torture Skye (given it's network TV), and they want to milk the (increasingly fun) Ward/Skye relationship. I'm willing to suspend disbelief and go with the Skye-Ain't-A-Killer excuse.

I would say, first, Ward's creepy "I've done bad things" speech from 5 minutes before. Second, she double-checks in a way when she tells him that they need to tell Koenig that they are going, and he says he just talked to him.

I don't get the sense that's going to happen (thank god) but on the other hand, I thought Koenig was a huge chump for not pushing harder. Loved the scene up to then, and I understand why it had to end that way … willing to suspend sufficient disbelief, given I like how the rest of it played out (except for Koenig's…

And by Ward I mean *AGENT* Bloodface McCognitiveDissonance … er, I need to work on this, don't I? (Thanks, SRJ. Still need practice, I think.)

I'm not sure if Coulsen's sanctimonious one-dimensional speeches are intended to be sanctimonious and one-dimensional, or whether it's just horrible writing; I suspect it's the latter. But, barring Skye saying "He's Hydra!" as opposed to "What a lying asshole!" or something that a real person would say, I liked the…

It's weird to me — there wouldn't be a cost concern, I mean they don't have to buy the Ranger, the idea is that Vane's crew have already agreed to follow Flint. And that ship had to be more ready to go than a ship that's beached, right? I suppose the idea may be that it'd take time to officially get the other crew to…

Anyone know what happened to their 2nd ship? Vane's crew (and thus, ship) supposedly joined Flint, and it seems like a second ship would have been useful for chasing the Andromache (especially given the Walrus was careened at the time) — what am I missing? Are they actually on Vane's ship right now?

Sorry if this was asked already — but how did Rust know Marty was going to be within 90 seconds of him? For that matter, how was Marty within 90 seconds of him?

Didn't he point out in the 1st episode how important is to keep busy after you retire, that a lot of guys without a family just start dying?

Is it just me, or when Rust walks does it look like he's purposefully willing his feet forward, with a unique effort for each step? As though walking isn't something he can do unconsciously. It's subtle but I could swear there's something different there.