Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Recap: "A Fractured House"

Written by Shae

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Before I start with this recap, did you guys see the trailer for Avengers: Age of Ultron? Yes? Good. Let that happy moment warm your mind whilst I take you on a journey down memory lane. We’ll re-visit this at the end.

Last week, we got a wonderful introduction of the Mockingbird herself, Bobbi Morse. This week, we got to see her with some blonde hair and her amazing suit. Now, if you’ve read the comics, and seen the earlier stuff, then you know what her original costume looked like. Over the years, like many, it has been revamped to look more modern, and now it just looks amazing. Future cosplay? Most likely! Clad in her new costume Bobbi is a full member of the team and off on an op with Agent’s May and ex-husband Hunter. May isn’t too pleased with this information since Morse and Hunter keep passive aggressively snipping at one another. But, it’s work. They’re off on the ever-important task of finding a HYDRA weapon designer and manufacturer. It seems the ever present evil force is impersonating S.H.I.E.L.D. and doing little things like storming the U.N. Killing a few people, Including the Italian representative!? Is ANYONE else upset about that!? I am! I'm Italian! Thankfully these guys aren’t wearing those magical face-changing masks to look like our beloved Team. They’re just wearing the S.H.I.E.L.D. emblem on their chests. Which is just as bad.

That being said, Senator Ward (you read that right) is making it his personal agenda to take down S.H.I.E.L.D. and anyone who helps harbor them. Shockingly enough, General Talbot comes to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s defense; saying that it’s most likely HYDRA behind the attack. No, for real, I was taken aback by this too! Coulson finds out about the Senator's plan and pays him a personal visit. It turns out they can both benefit from one another…since Senator Christian Ward is really Grant Ward’s older brother. Christian strikes a deal with Coulson to back off S.H.I.E.L.D. in exchange for getting Grant into his custody. Is this a good idea? Grant seems to think not. Then again, he’s trying to convince anyone who will listen (Skye) that Christian is evil. Of course, nobody believes him.

It’s sad to say this, but I almost felt bad for Ward. After seeing Fitz and Simmons interact together, I didn’t feel that bad. Fitz is trying to repair the hard drive Simmons stole from HYDRA. She attempts to help him, but only manages to make things worse. Fitz still seems to harboring some resentment for her leaving, and is completely unaware that she was doing undercover work in HYDRA. Even Mack goes as far to blame her for leaving. Simmons, confesses (in a roundabout way) that she took the mission partly because Fitz is better when she’s not around.

Leave it to Fitz and Mack to fix the hard drive. In a turn I honestly didn’t see coming, HYDRA’s disguised S.H. I.E.L.D. agents break into a safe house and murder 6 hiding agents. May, Morse, and Hunter show up shortly after and take down the HYDRA agents. Talbot is kind enough to personally take them into custody and actually shakes May’s hand. As all seems to be going well, Ward is being transported to his brother. He attempts to talk to Skye, but is cut off when Simmons tells him that if she ever sees him again, she will kill him. I have never been so proud of a character before. Seriously, this was one of my favorite TV moments. Ever. But, nothing is ever meant to be, we can’t have nice things, and Grant escapes. Of course he escapes! With that cliffhanger of an ending, we’re left for two weeks to ponder what will happen next.

We were, however, also left with an exclusive look at Avengers: Age of Ultron. How excited were you!? I had chills by the end of the trailer! Seeing all of the Avengers together, bonding, was pretty amazing. I really cannot wait for this movie. Waiting might actually kill me. 

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