Yeah, I know. But since they changed Fury's origins, it kind of left the HC in limbo. We'll probably have to settle for seeing them in minis like Agent Carter, if that show gets more episodes.

Yah, "cat fight" has always implied some amount of hair-pulling to me. Although, IMO, I thought the May vs fake May from earlier in the season was better as these things go.

Oh, I figure they'll be able to handle the "too many characters" thing by paring them down, maybe in the upcoming struggle between the two SHIELDS.

I'll take your word for it. I'm not that familiar with the actor.

I don't know why, exactly, but I really disliked that guy even before he used live ammo. He reminded me too much of that HYDRA plant in Cap 2 that Falcon threatened to drop off a roof. More of an administrator than field agent.

Yeah, they came across as CGI to me also, though I can't really say why. When he first appeared, he was kind of shot in shadow and I thought the effect looked pretty good.

Exactly. And the comment from the one agent about the gas being experimental didn't exactly help them in the "we're not Coulson" department IMO.

Oh, yeah, "character creep" is already setting in IMO. The more characters you have, the less time you have to devote to them all. Go over and read the comments in The Walking Dead reviews. They have so many characters and use certain ones so sparingly that some fans who watch every episode forget their names or…

I'm sure they'll come up with something in the next couple of episodes. I dunno if it'll be enough to match the good stuff that Coulson and company have accomplished, but a lot of times spies don't exactly have a "big picture" mentality, they're so busy with turf wars.

I think it's probably because, even after the events of Avengers and Cap 2, Captain America and Black Widow and Maria Hill (the latter two probably the best known ex-SHIELD agents still standing aside from Coulson) still seemed to back him while he was "alive." One of the things I wish they'd do more of is throw…

Yah, I was a bit aplexed by that.

Could be. But it's been a year since SHIELD fell and neither Coulson nor May nor Fitz or Simmons knew about them.

Yeah, I think that's what it's going to boil down to. Coulson, being so close to Iron Man and the Avengers (not to mention his idolization of Cap) is probably much more likely to see the benefit of having supers on the side of "good."

I wonder if they'll just rewrite the L&O script based on the Duke lacrosse rape hoax case.

Yeah, it's just a shame they couldn't have kept that code name going for another few episodes or so.

I figured he was doing it because her Pops doesn't want him to. I mean, that's about the only selfish thing Barry does. Mostly.

Once he learns how to travel back and forth in time on purpose, maybe he'll start playing an ongoing series of practical jokes on her. Every time she finds out, he goes back in time to prevent it from happening.

I dunno what should make Iris more irate. That Barry hasn't told her about The Flash yet or that, by the time she does find out, she'll know that he told literally everyone in the cast before her.

Well, I would think he saw Morgan's automatic weapon sitting beside him. Morgan even reached for it at one time IIRC.

Well, the easy answer is that he probably hasn't. And if so, not many. Think about the "good people" that Rick and company have run into compared to the "bad people." I think the ratio is probably something like 10 to 1? Or worse?