Which is exactly what HYDRA did back in that flashback.

Talbot's a US officer though? So he'd not really have global authority…

Uh, I think there's a lot more there to be unpacked, with the integration of the two crews. Neither Mac nor Agent Weaver are going anywhere, despite the former's protestations. There's a pretty big rift forming between May and Coulson. Hopefully Bobbi and Lance stick around too.

I don't think that tracks with his behavior. He's never trusted powered people - with some decent enough reasoning - and he wanted SHIELD to be able to control them. But that's not that different to what most of the rest of the cast want.

Or, it could be argued, that the second half of this season is a dramatization of the attempts to rebuild itself and purge the remnants of fascist philosophy from itself, now that HYDRA isn't breathing down its neck.
The show doesn't need a continual antagonist figure in order to function, though that can provide…

That second SHIELD organization's still around, and I doubt that they're going to be happy that their leader was just killed — it'll be interesting to see whether Coulson can maintain their loyalty without Gonzales' presence.

Too busy unzipping them.

Oh yeah, Norman at the centre of the rarely occurring bi-triangle. Network veetoed it, but her name stuck.

Remember when Bradley was originally going to be played by a man?

Hey, no probs.

And now they can't do it when they eventually make the movie or tv series :(

"Whore" is just a really terrible word to use, particularly when you're being dismissive of someone. I mean, maybe you're not aware of it, and I guess that's okay? But I think the preferred nomenclature is "sex worker", since "whore" and even "prostitute" are often considered offensive — both to sex workers, and to…

They're not plotting in advance at all — at least not beyond the immediate year of filming — or they're consistently changing their minds. e.g.

The only other gay character on the show is Olyvar, who is nothing more than a duplicitous whore.

Yes, correcting other people's spelling on the Internet. Powerful stuff.

Which happened before the aforementioned abandoning in the middle of nowhere incident.

Just respectful.

Of course it's a question of preference — you're engaging in criticism, which is largely the explication of subjective preference.

Except Sarah has a huge family, none of them particularly psychotic. Hell, Helena's killed members of Sarah's family.

Sarah has Felix, her daughter, her other (less murderous) clone sisters, and for better or worse, Mrs. S. She's not exactly hurting for family.