Ghost rider agents of shield reyes11/28/2023 While it still hasn’t been made clear what Mace’s abilities are, it was nice to see him give GR a reason to stoke his own flames, some. Of particularly entertaining discomfort, this time around: Coulson & Fitz learning that the Rider doesn’t do ‘Binding me with Science,’ and Mace getting checked, regarding his role as Human Shield. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is often at its best when its star players get taken out of their comfort zones and the soul-sold-to-the-Devil meme (be annoying if regarded as anything else) has been a reliable source for just such discomfort. Since one good Bad Blazer deserved another, that flashback appearance was followed by the current incarnation – at the culmination of the Coulson-Mace dance. The GS was the OG GR, baby! All fired up, no Nick Cage preservatives! I could go on, but I still got more show to pick at – talk among yourselves. I also imagine that most viewers, myself included, might’ve felt the point of the origin story buried the lead, a bit. That went away with the truth, however and I’m going to have to side with Daisy, on this one – Robbie’s confession did not go well, at all. After his last meeting with Daisy, I was left kinda hating the guy but his flashback self seemed decent enough, and he seemed to take to his initial notion (of what Robbie’s story/ secret was) pretty well. We also had a character regression, in the form of Gabe. That price was clumsily delivered – by gangbangers who din’t know what a proper Molotov Cocktail was, and didn’t think to open their ambush with a quick spray to the windscreen – but Robbie gave the right answer, to the wrong question, asked by the titular figure, and we had us an origin. Robbie was just stupid, and stupid loves company, so Gabe paid a price for Robbie’s ‘dull boy’ challenge. It’s already been established that there was an element of guilt, to Robbie’s protectiveness towards Gabe but the flashback brought new context to that guilt. That falling out eventually led to a mistaken identity hit – the mistaken targets being Robbie & Gabe ( Lorenzo James Henrie). See, “back in the day,” Robbie’s uncle, Eli ( José Zúñiga), had confronted Lucy Bauer ( Lilli Birdsell) & spouse, over their use of the Darkhold, and the subsequent Gollum effect it had on them. This it did but not necessarily in any way good or useful. Daisy was pretty handy with spinning a cover yarn but by the time the three were left hanging, Robbie took what would be the first swing, in the episode’s effort to get some of Robbie’s family issues out of the way. Daisy ( Chloe Bennet) had brought Gabe aboard, for a bit of protective custody, putting Robbie in kind of ‘Splaining to Do spot. While they were having all the fun, the subjects of the search had some hang time to kill so it was story time. The Mace matter primarily focus on his relationship with Coulson, however, as the Senator’s leverage forced an armed ‘inspection’ of the Zephyr, and a really neat, running brinkmanship banter, between the old & new boss. I can see the show maybe milking the separation, to get more miles out of a pissed Fitz. This development made Fitz in something of a mood, the whole episode but the current Fitz actually seems to be at his best when slightly pissed. I’m sure we were meant to think of Mace being strong-armed by a certain Senator but I’m not buying the Mace as smiling stealth villain. That menace remained in evidence, as he had Simmons ( Elizabeth Henstridge) spirited off to some special, super-secret assignment for the Government. The old bait-and-switch routine has made for some fun moments, with the new Director but wouldn’t have been possible without some genuine menace to the man. It also served as a tension breaker, between Coulson ( Clark Gregg) & Mace ( Jason O’Mara), even as Mace created a new source of tension for Fitz ( Iain De Caestecker). Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Good Samaritan ReviewĪBC’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., season 4, episode 6, ‘The Good Samaritan,’ turned out to be a bit of surprise fan-service, but ultimately served to reduce Robbie Reyes’ ( Gabriel Luna) Ghost Rider arc, as it has so far been, to a set-up for something bigger & more personal.
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