I think it’s time for Marvel to give us a Koenings spin-off.
“Hot Potato Soup” was a welcome change of pace for SHIELD, thanks to Patton Oswalt’s long-awaited return as the Koening twins triplets quintuplets. It’s been a while since we had a mostly goofy outing, but thankfully the May dilemma certainly wasn’t ignored, and helped wrap the episode on quite the dramatic note.
I initially didn’t have my hopes too high for Oswalt to make a comeback on the show, given how the poor guy abruptly lost his wife just last summer, but I was incredibly happy to hear that he’d be back and see him playing three of the Koening brothers at once. That’s quite the feat, and Oswalt looked like he was having a blast. I love what he does with the Koenings, obviously playing up their geeky comic relief side, but also plugging into their courageous and capable sides when appropriate. Sam and Billy both had their fair share of badass moments and humourous moments. The “I’ve never seen this guy in my life!” line, which was unfortunately spoiled in last week’s promo, is such a great line. Of course, as mentioned before, Oswalt got to add another Koening to his collection in Thurston, a stand-up conspiracy theorist (seriously, it’s great), and we were introduced to the Koenings’ older sister (not Oswalt), LT.
I wasn’t expecting the LMD May story to take such a big step forward this week. Not only was she finally outed by Simmons, but she was promptly kissed by Coulson and pulled a gun on him, beat up by Daisy,and left for dead by Radcliffe. Rollercoaster of a day, huh? Seeing Coulson basically give in to his feelings for May, then find out the real May’s somewhere out there, should make whatever he’s up to next week very interesting. I’m eagerly expecting the “kicking ass and taking names” version of Phil.
The interrogation of LMD Radcliffe was this episode’s weakest story link. I mean, Radcliffe is entertaining in any shape or form, but the sudden relevance of Fitz’s father really threw it off track. To my memory, there’s been no mention of Fitz’s father, or the rift between them, in the series to date. All that, plus learning that Radcliffe may or may not be friends with him, seemed like one too many ineffective reveals. If Fitz’s family problems had been brought up way back, then maybe I would’ve cared about Fitz while he was brooding around for a good portion of the episode.
Other Thoughts:
- We finally met the Superior! And…he wasn’t a returning character like I thought he would be. It makes me wonder why there was so much secrecy around the guy. Pretty cool first impression, though.
- Who’s this Davis guy? Why did he get so many lines?
- I liked 97% of the Koenings’ jokes. The fan-fiction one felt awfully forced.
Rating: 8.0/10 stolen puppies
Next week, I’m not sure what the story is from the promo, but there’s action and stuff so yay…
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