In case you missed my recent blog update, my past two weeks were quite hectic and didn't leave room to write a review for last week's "Uprising," so this is a double review.
In the famous words of Sid from Toy Story, "All right! Double prizes!"
"Uprising" (Season 4, Episode 3)
Set during a semi-global blackout, “Uprising” told three stories and managed to give each one what was due.
“Uprising” really delivered on the action front. There was Daisy and Robbie beating up thugs; Coulson, Mack, Fitz and Yo-Yo beating up Watchdogs; and that one Days of Future Past Quicksilver bit with Yo-Yo stealing the Watchdogs’ guns. The Coulson/Mack/Fitz/Yo-Yo side of the story also gave us a look at how the public sees Inhumans, and it isn’t what you’d call a warm, fuzzy feeling either. I mean, Yo-Yo’s friend straight up disses them right in front of her face. People can be so Inhuman-cist, huh?
The Daisy/Robbie portion of the story did the same albeit on a more personal level, with Gabe figuring out Daisy’s identity and promising to not turn her in as long as she stays away from his brother. It was great to get a bit more of Gabe in this episode, as well as the extended Reyes family. Also, I just really enjoyed the small amount of time we got with the Daisy/Robbie partnership. Those two are great together as both rivals and “friends.”
While all this was going on, Simmons and Radcliffe were trying to save May from the ghost ills that ailed her. The knowledge that May would most likely survive her situation took away a bit of the tension, but I couldn’t have been the only one who zoomed to the edge of their seat when the blackout hit just seconds before Simmons was about to give Mat her life-saving shock, right? Anyways, good to have May back.
Other Thoughts:
- I loved how Coulson’s hand shut down with the rest of the power. It made for such a good joke.
- SHIELD’s back in the open now! I wonder how the Avengers will react to that. We’ll probably never know because of the huge gap between the Marvel films and TV shows.
- When the episode was starting out, and the blackout was said to be Inhuman-caused, I was convinced it was taking pages from the Doctor Who “Zygon Invasion/Inversion” two-parter from last year. The similarities were uncanny!
Rating: 8.4/10 compasses
“Let Me Stand Next to Your Fire” (Season 4, Episode 4)
I love it when a plan comes together.
“Fire” (Shortened the title because, yeah, it’s long) was the episode I enjoyed the most so far this season. There was just so much to love!
First thing to love: Daisy and Simmons’ little adventure. As far as I can remember, the series hadn’t really given much limelight to this pairing aside from a few scenes here and there, so it was very rewarding to see Daisy and Simmons on a side quest together. The major differences between them, personality-wise, was on full display and allowed for each to get their moment. Daisy taking Simmons “hostage.” Simmons finding a way easier way for Daisy to hack into SHIELD’s servers. On the flip side, I liked the more serious conversations between the two concerning Daisy’s vigilante career and her desire to bring down the Watchdogs. Both Chloe Bennett and Elizabeth Henstridge turned in good performances, and I’m now convinced a buddy cop-style film with Daisy and Simmons would rock.
Second thing to love: Ghost Rider. It’s pretty much a given now that every week his scenes will be the standouts and that Gabriel Luna will totally kill it. The car chase between Coulson and Mack in Lola and Robbie in Lucy was one of those “Screw it. Let’s do something fun” scenes, and we got to see Ghost Rider take on Hellfire. I totally knew it was coming, yet the moment Robbie grabbed James’ chain and began trash-talking him, a huge grin spread across my face. The scene between Robbie and his uncle in the prison was another highlight, and it revealed a ton about our ghost mystery.
Speaking of ghost mysteries, I was a tad disappointed with the lack of time spent with May and, by extension, Aida. I figured that, after the whole ordeal with May in the previous episode, we’d see how she was recovering and perhaps get a bit of insight as to how these ghost affect their victims. Instead, the scenes with her focused more on Aida, and we didn’t get much with her either. There was a bit more of that foreboding dialogue, as Radcliffe taught Aida about lying and she heeded his instructions at the end of the episode, but I still wish we could get more time with her and Radcliffe. Maybe in the coming weeks. Also, Simmons instantly figuring out Aida was an android was great.
Other Thoughts:
- Prediction Time! I have a feeling Aida will be affected by one of the ghosts somehow before the series goes on its midseason break, then go on to become the main villain of the season in the back half.
- James can join Finn in the TRAITOR club now.
- Canada and Ontario got shout-outs this week. Represent!
Rating: 9.2/10 fire guys in a fireworks store
Next week, the Team and Robbie go after that darn missing book…
Noah
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