[7.2/10] A little underwhelming as a quasi-finale. I find it interesting that, even reduced to a 13 episode season order, AoS is still going with episode pods. It leaves me curious to see where the show plans to go over the last four episodes of the season, though given that we never saw a body for Izel, and that Coulson’s favorite trick is coming back to life, I imagine this conflict isn’t over. (Also, I suspect that Agent Davis is afflicted with a shrike or Izel’s spirit or something like that from his time wandering around her ship.)
The things that this episode follows up on from the last episode are perfectly fine. It’s a neat enough solution to the bomb problem to have Daisy use her quake powers to stabilize the nuke or defeat the shrike bats. And May catching one of them with her knife before it gets to Deke is a great bit.
I also like the standoff with Coulson and Jaco taking over the Zephyr. Again, it’s nice to see Yo-Yo using her powers where it makes sense for her too, and I like Jaco’s change of heart. He’s honestly been the best addition to the show, someone you’d mistake as a dumb brute for stereotypes, but who is both smart and not especially combative when he doesn't need to be. Him seeing Sarge abandon Snowflake and shoot their other compatriot gives him good motivation, and his sacrifice at the end, while not especially affecting given how new he is, is at least a good beat for him to go out on.
And there’s even some minor tension with FitzSimmons on Izel’s ship trying to communicate with their allies without getting brainslugged by Izel. There’s not much to it, but it works.
Of course, there’s always a bit of fun when the day is won and everyone’s back at base hanging out. Mac and Yo-Yo reuniting is a welcome development since the show didn’t really know what to do with them when they were apart. Getting to know a bit more about Sarge and the tease that Izel knows who and what he is was intriguing. And while I still think the show will go back on it, I love that May says to herself, “time to stop being sentimental”, and just blows Sarge away at the end.
Overall, this was a bit deflating as a grand finale, but it had plenty of enjoyable parts to it.
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParentSpoilers2019-07-21T14:24:51Z
[7.2/10] A little underwhelming as a quasi-finale. I find it interesting that, even reduced to a 13 episode season order, AoS is still going with episode pods. It leaves me curious to see where the show plans to go over the last four episodes of the season, though given that we never saw a body for Izel, and that Coulson’s favorite trick is coming back to life, I imagine this conflict isn’t over. (Also, I suspect that Agent Davis is afflicted with a shrike or Izel’s spirit or something like that from his time wandering around her ship.)
The things that this episode follows up on from the last episode are perfectly fine. It’s a neat enough solution to the bomb problem to have Daisy use her quake powers to stabilize the nuke or defeat the shrike bats. And May catching one of them with her knife before it gets to Deke is a great bit.
I also like the standoff with Coulson and Jaco taking over the Zephyr. Again, it’s nice to see Yo-Yo using her powers where it makes sense for her too, and I like Jaco’s change of heart. He’s honestly been the best addition to the show, someone you’d mistake as a dumb brute for stereotypes, but who is both smart and not especially combative when he doesn't need to be. Him seeing Sarge abandon Snowflake and shoot their other compatriot gives him good motivation, and his sacrifice at the end, while not especially affecting given how new he is, is at least a good beat for him to go out on.
And there’s even some minor tension with FitzSimmons on Izel’s ship trying to communicate with their allies without getting brainslugged by Izel. There’s not much to it, but it works.
Of course, there’s always a bit of fun when the day is won and everyone’s back at base hanging out. Mac and Yo-Yo reuniting is a welcome development since the show didn’t really know what to do with them when they were apart. Getting to know a bit more about Sarge and the tease that Izel knows who and what he is was intriguing. And while I still think the show will go back on it, I love that May says to herself, “time to stop being sentimental”, and just blows Sarge away at the end.
Overall, this was a bit deflating as a grand finale, but it had plenty of enjoyable parts to it.