WARNING: THE FOLLOWING COMMENT IS RATED S FOR "SAPPY AS HELL". PROCEED WITH CAUTION.
We all know a bad series finale can ruin the entire show, which is why I've been feeling on edge all week. I just wanted a satisfying ending for my team. And, for the most part, I got one.
I started crying as soon as they said the team would never be all in the same room again. And then Deke made a sacrifice to stay in the altered timeline! It made me so emotional, but it was also funny (the way Sousa tried to be all heroic only for Deke to just… go full Deke on him). He’s gonna be just fine. I almost dread to think what SHIELD looks like under his leadership, but I'm sure it's equal parts hilarious and insane.
Fitz guiding Jemma to get her to remember was lovely. Iain and Elizabeth brought their A game, as always. I’ve missed that good old Caestridge magic.
The way they brought the whole thing full circle to the season 6 finale… Genius. The logistics of time travel made my head hurt, though. It’s way too complex for me.
”- Nice flying there.
- That used to be all I did.”
Yeah, like a million years ago. That line got a smile out of me. The season 1 nostalgia is real. Everybody gives the pre-Winter Soldier episodes so much flack, but I really enjoyed those early case-of-the-week shenanigans.
Daisy and Bitch Boy’s showdown paired with Cavalry dropping from the ceiling made me SCREAM. When Daisy blew up those Chronicom ships... Avengers? I don't know them. I only know one superhero and her name is Daisy freaking Johnson. The movies wish they had her. For a minute I really thought she was dead and my heart stopped. I wouldn't put it past the writers to kill her off. The Whedons have never met a surprise death scene they didn't like. But she’s okay! And Kora saved her! I’m fine (* narrator voice * she was not fine).
So like I predicted FitzSimmons had a child. A very blonde, very cute child. Her little voice made me tear up even more, if that’s even possible. That adorable accent!
I'm glad we didn't see the actual goodbye because that would've been too much for me. But I also don't fully understand why they decided to break up the band in the end other than because Enoch and Fitz told them they would. Even though they're still in each other's lives at the end, after 7 seasons of watching them become a family it hurts to see that they're all separated. It's just not the same.
During the last 10 minutes of the episode all the remaining self-control I had went out the window. The waterworks were flowing. Especially when Daisy was the last one left in the room, it really felt like we were watching the character as much as we were watching Chloe herself get hit with the realization that it's over. That broke me. Also, I don't buy for a second that they only do the futuristic Zoom thing once a year. Sure, maybe not all together, but Daisy and Jemma definitely talk like three times a week and they all 100% have a group chat going on that consists mostly of cute videos of Alya and Daisy sending memes (May never says anything but she reads every single message and Coulson uses the wrong emojis all the time). This is what I choose to believe. And none of it contradicts what's been said in canon, so I'm sticking by it. But aside from that minor gripe about the frequency of their communication, I really liked the ending. FitzSimmons are happy with their daughter, May is teaching (which oddly suits her) at a new SHIELD academy named after Coulson and Flint is one of her students, Daisy is in space with Sousa and Kora, Mack and YoYo are still in the field, Coulson and Lola are reunited (the real OTP of this show), even Davis is back! All my babies are okay! That’s all I wanted!
Well, not true. All I wanted was for this show to never end. But it did, as all good things must. And it did so on its own terms, despite everything working against it.
Now comes the truly sappy part.
7 seasons. 136 episodes. And it all ends here.
In October 2014, I was a 16-year-old casual Marvel fan who stumbled upon this show by chance one Saturday afternoon and pressed play on the pilot episode without thinking too much of it. It’s been nearly 6 years since that fateful day and out of all my shows I’ve been watching this one the longest and the most consistently by far. It’s been such a steady presence in my life that I still can’t fully comprehend that there’s not going to be any more episodes to look forward to. Agents of SHIELD has taken root in my heart and ingrained itself in me more deeply than any other piece of media has ever done, which makes this goodbye all the more difficult for me.
Now, I am not going to claim that this show was perfect. But at its best, Agents of SHIELD was an absolute non-stop thrill ride filled with awe-inspiring CGI (especially for a network show!) and exciting fight scenes, jaw-dropping plot twists and well-crafted intrigues, laugh-out-loud humor and heart-wrenching angst, brilliant acting and skillful writing. And most importantly, it had a group of amazing characters at its center, characters who got under my skin and never left, whose adventures I followed with bated breath, whose joy and laughter and pain and tears I felt and shared time and time again. For those characters, for everything I got to experience with them and through them, for all the ways they have enriched my life, I am truly, deeply grateful. I can only say, from the bottom of my heart: thank you.
Thank you for Phil Coulson, the dad to outdad all dads, who gave his life to the cause more than once; whose unwavering belief in his team and everything they stood for was a foundation that the entire show rested on; and whose cheesy one-liners never failed to get a smile from me.
Thank you for Melinda May, our Cavalry, whose many demons never managed to consume her heart; who fashioned her jagged edges into a weapon to protect the people she cared about; who went through hell and unspeakable trauma and came out the other side fighting, always fighting the good fight.
Thank you for Leo Fitz, the man who loved a woman so much that he jumped through a hole in the universe to find her; whose brilliant mind saved the day too many times to count; who suffered so much but always stood for what he believed in, no matter the cost.
Thank you for Jemma Simmons, the girl with two PhDs and a million questions who looked to the stars and yearned for an adventure; who survived being stranded on an alien planet and traveled farther than she ever could’ve imagined; who never backed down, never gave up, never surrendered, even in the face of the most insurmountable odds.
Thank you for my darling Daisy Johnson, a lonely girl without a home or a name who dreamt of a family and built herself one; who went from a hacktivist living in a van to an earth-quaking superhero; who carried the weight of the world on her shoulders but refused to let it break her; who had a blazing fire burning within that nothing, no matter how painful or horrible, could ever snuff out.
Thank you for Mack, YoYo and Deke, who joined the team a little further down the line and became invaluable members of SHIELD. Thank you for Bobbi, Hunter and Lincoln, who I was sad to say goodbye to. Thank you for Ward, who all of us loved to hate. Thank you for every single character, whether main, recurring or guest, for every hero and villain, ally and enemy, everyone who contributed to making Agents of SHIELD what it was.
To my favorite cast, especially my OGs Clark, Ming, Chloe, Lil and Iain, who brought these characters to life and blessed us with their talent every week, and to everyone who worked tirelessly behind the scenes to make the best show possible: you guys absolutely rock. I wish all of you the best of luck and many, many more successful projects in the future.
Goodbye, my favorite team. I’ll miss you like hell.
If you’re still reading this, thank you for sticking by me while I went through 5 stages of grief in roughly 1,200 words. I feel like I need to stare at the ceiling for a while until the void that this show left inside of me feels a little less cold and overwhelming.
Complete waste of time episode. You can skip it.
that scene in the limo was just the best thing ever. everyone's in love with the wrong people and its hilarious
also: LUCI IN THE SKY amiright ladies and gents
ngl nico is the most badass witch
"It is good to know we're not even pretending it's a democracy anymore" - Alex
Umm... it is a democracy, you just got outvoted, dumbass.
Molly, you idiot!! Should have just kept running.
7.5/10 - Some quite good scenes. Karolina trying to sabotage their plan and almost succeeding was quite scary. Seems like she trusts and likes Jonah way too much. However, her meeting with her mother at the end was a good sign and might fix things.
Gret's move at the end was concerning but it might help too if she meets her parents (which are obviously on her side).
Anyway, by far the best scene was Robert standing up to Jonah and hurting him in revenge. So badass and in this case it felt right. It really really sucked that those damn two sisters of the church showed up and that he didn't lock the door... Unfortunately he's most likely dead now (not confirmed but it certainly looked that way), which is even far worse. At least Jonah was hurt and angry!
Some parts felt a bit too forced (e.g. PRIDE cleaning the whole place where they killed Graciela but overlooking the one thing that links the whole murder to them, the bike dude (not even sure what the point of that was), the convenient fall into a perfect underground mansion), but I had the same feeling with season 1 - It can be pretty corny, but somehow I still find it entertaining enough.
This show is so much better than I expected it to be. I love it so far!
Ah yes - our home Attilan has been destroyed. But at least we packed our costumes.
when I first met the Inhumans years ago on a marble TV show I fell in love immediately. I had such great hope that the Inhumans played a bigger role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. I hope that one day Marvel would do justice to the Inhumans and bring them on to the mainstream storyline. however I suffered great disappointment watching the season. I'm calling for Marvel to cancel the series. This is so poor and overall shameful attempt that it can never be redeemed. Marvel should issue a statement a public apology for creating this and we can all move on as though this series never existed.
And finally .... it’s over!
For f-k sake, maybe the people of Atilan could learn to interpret sign language....or at least Blackbolts closest advisers.
This is possibly the worst Marvel production ever and I am glad it never got extended.
So.... is anybody else with the brother on this one? Blackbolt isn't likable at all in this show, and I mean creating a caste system where anybody without powers gets sent to work in mines for their whole life? C'mon now, it's like they're trying to get us to dislike the main cast from the get go.
Fuck, I feel like not watching everything from MCU is like leaving an unfinished business, and it's really bothering me, but I can't get into this show. It's just boring to me.
Clicking the tick and seeing "This show has ended".... hoping for a few spin offs.
Wow! It was pretty good. I've out lived another show I liked. This show has had some ups and downs but it was always good. Sometimes it was just spectacular. Once again it's turned me into a 260 lb. giant crying baby. I will miss every character on the show. I really wish they would get back together once a year.
Goodbye my wonderful fake friends. You will be missed.
Finally, a show where they understood how a series finale should end...
Where do I even start? First of all, congrats to Elizabeth Henstridge on directing the best episode of a spectacular season (and one of the best episodes of the show)! I love it when actors get to branch out on their shows and try new things. She did a terrific job.
This episode was all around perfect. It was a total nail-biter, you could really feel the urgency of trying to find the solution the whole way through, but there was also plenty of humor (Coulson explaining everything to Daisy, Daisy and Jemma's made-up word bit, Enoch repeatedly kicking everyone's ass) and good old-fashioned Feelz with a capital F. I'm glad it was a Daisy-centric episode as she didn't appear at all in episode 7 and only had a couple scenes last week. Chloe Bennet was fantastic. She had to carry this entire episode on her shoulders (the runtime was 42 minutes and she was literally on screen for like 40 of them, I can't imagine how many hours of filming that translates to) and she made it look easy. You can really see how much she's grown as an actress since season 1. She's always had talent and charisma, but over the years she's had the chance to polish those raw qualities and she's really become one of the best actors on the show.
I'm very sad to see Enoch go. He's been with us for a while now and I've grown attached to him. But at least he wasn't alone and he sacrificed himself for his friends. And his death scene was SO beautiful and moving. Did he foreshadow the season finale when he said the team would fall apart? That's definitely something I could see them doing, leaving SHIELD just to finally have a life.
Man, Chloe and Enver have brilliant chemistry together. Daisy taking an entire loop just to have a conversation with him and then going in for that kiss was lovely. It's a shame he won't remember any of it. And I guess he's gonna die now, just like every single one of Daisy's love interests. Although I don't think they would kill an important character two weeks in a row, Enver is still only listed on IMDb through episode 10, so I guess we'll see what happens next week. I would really like to see them end up together though.
11/10 overall. I'm so glad this final season is so good. Imagine if it had turned out to be as meh as season 6. That would've been a huge bummer. This is the send-off that my team deserves.
Only three spots left on this list, here we go!
5x14 "The Devil Complex"
Just like Elizabeth got her chance to really shine back in season 3's bottle episode, this was Iain's tour de force. That episode really stabbed me right in the heart when that twist was revealed. That was the episode Fitz became a morally ambiguous character for me. I understood the reasoning behind everything he did, but hurting Daisy the way he did made me feel kind of :grimacing: about him (and yes that emoji encapsulates my feelings better than any words could because that's the exact face I make when I think about him in that episode). I still don't like the fact that the writers just straight-up killed him at the end of the season instead of actually making an effort to fix things between him and Daisy. It felt like such a cop-out. But this episode was amazing and intense and I loved it but also kind of hated it? You get it. Either way, Iain was on fire and the writing was brilliant.
And I thought Ward made a bad villain... this Nathaniel guy is awful. So, so bad. And it doesn't even make sense. Why does he only show up when SHIELD happens to be at that time period? Wouldn't Sibyl know when that is, and therefore how to avoid it? Why make it harder on yourself? It's all so dumb.
the writers/directors decided to have as much fun as possible on their very last season and it’s marvellous (pun intended). it must be awesome being on this set!
Okay so why are the chronicoms even hunting them??? I know it’s because Sarge and Ezil or whatever destroyed the chronicom’s home planet so they are looking for a new one... first they wanted to go back in time to save their planet (which I don’t get why they aren’t doing right now) and then they decided that out of all the planets in the universe they wanted Earth to be their new home (even tho they could pick any other planet at any other time) so to conquer Earth they need to defeat Shield and since they couldn’t do it in the present they went to the past to destroy past Shield even tho that wouldn’t affect our present because of the multiverse... is that it??? Like it sounds dumb. And then why can’t Jemma and Fitz be together??? Cause Fitz knows where Jemma is but Jemma blocked that memory??? Again it doesn’t make sense, cause okay the chromicons have access to all their memories till they were abducted in s6 and put in that machine and that’s it, like the chromicons can’t have access to the new memories so idgi.
AND when are they gonna explain what happened to May and Elena??? So May is just an emotionless machine now and has empathic powers but Elena lost hers???
That whole conversation between Coulson and Sibyl kind of illustrates the pointlessness of this season. If you're so eternal and patient, then why go through all this trouble of time traveling to erase SHIELD when you could just go somewhere else in the universe and find another planet that won't give you trouble? They're not on a schedule to find a home, as was just proven in that conversation.
Yoyo couldn't catch that bottle?! I swear she's the most inconsistent with her powers as anyone I've ever seen.
Sky and Deke want to do the job of the Chromicons? I get how tempting this would be but how stupid could they actually be?
"Daisy Ex Machina" digs the writers out of their own hole once again. Pretty good episode otherwise.
