@avclub-1922cc1dc1286b56a2d99b7f1aa0630c:disqus was using the Cone of Silence, so he didn't realize there was a chain to be broken. (Fitz needs to install one above the plane's meeting table.)

I had repressed about wondering how Fitz and Skye followed the black cars, on foot. (And they had to be nearly as fast, as the dudes were getting out of their cars after Fitz and Skye had a good vantage point.)

I guess that is a big reason why the scene didn't work for me. The Italian dude was a double agent. Since he "outed" himself to May, his choices were to (1) kill her, or to (2) turn her without a doubt. Simply offering to pay her to give up information would not be a compelling argument, as May would know that her…

Was he unarmed? He didn't have a gun in hand, but I assumed one in the holster which he might have drawn at any time.

You have an active imagination. You don't recruit someone by hitting them in the face, stringing them up, and throwing cold water all over them.

They could hire LaBeouf to do the writing. He seems to have a lot of scripts in his name.

gianter DINOSAUR ROBOT… with lasers.

In this episode, when Coulson asks "Prostitutes? Plural?", maybe it was a light bulb going on in his head about the next round of hires for his team.

Are you talking space cloud (movie) Galactus, or the real (comic book) deal?

Maybe that wouldn't be so bad.

I've been griping about (1) for a while now. SHIELD is an organization with nearly limitless resources and hundreds (thousands?) of agents boondoggling at the Hub. In the first few episodes, the series needed to make clear what the limits are for SHIELD, and how Coulson's team is different than other teams.

Right, but nothing about "where is Coulson?" requires him to spend five minutes beforehand explaining his evil history.

One of the things that keeps me from embracing the show is how often the characters will do something because the plot requires it, instead of writers figuring out a reason why the characters would want to do it.

From the title, I was trying to figure out why the CBS show would be suing Sony over a song they don't use. (It makes more sense now that I read the article.)

Or have a chainsaw with you, so you can carve your way out after the shark swallows you without any biting.

I prefer the snark from ripping on Full House at fullhousereviewed.com.
"This is a blog that contains scathing reviews of every episode of Full House, the worst sitcom of all time."

That didn't bug me. She was just being coy about who was to blame. If the dude says he will take care of the protection, then it is on him. (And I'm guessing the writers were making a small contrast to reality, where we only have the pill for women.)

Shaddup!
Well I'll tell you something my lad. When you're traveling through the BadLands and some homicidal Jem'Hadar comes after you with a bunch of loganberries, don't come crying to me!

If it bothers Worf too much, he can always fix the "Dax is alive" part of the equation.

"These talks are going slowly…
Mr. Garak, would you please make suits for their lead negotiators?
Be sure to give them your undivided attention."