Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Recap: "A Hen in the Wolf House"

Written by Shae

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Last night was a huge night for television. Okay, maybe not huge, but it was a big deal for me! Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. brought it’s A-game again, and they really know how to give twists and turns that keep me guessing. Perhaps the biggest bombshell started quite early on. Raina goes to Skye’s father, asking for the Obelisk back to give to HYDRA so they don’t kill her. All fine and good stuff…only, he refuses to give it to her. Left with little option, Raina heads to HYDRA HQ to, well, beg for her life. It’s here she just happens to get lucky. She spies agent Simmons sending an encoded message to S.H.I.E.L.D. Raina than leaks that information to HYDRA, and goes to make a deal with Coulson.

Coulson is in the middle of a meeting with Skye when he gets Raina’s call. Skye had previously noticed Coulson drawing those weird alien symbols on his desk, resulting in a fight. Raina, an almost happy distraction, convinces Coulson to meet her at a restaurant. Here she presents evidence of agent Simmons sending her message. Raina’s offer is simple, give her Skye, or she exposes Simmons to HYDRA. Raina is convinced if she brings Skye to her long lost father, that he’ll help Raina avoid HYDRA. What she wasn’t counting on was Coulson’s outright refusal. Raina sends the picture to all HYDRA agents and Coulson seems to not have a care in the world about it. Why? Because you don’t threaten Coulson. Ever.

Simmons, unaware of all of this, is shocked to find the picture of herself on every HYDRA computer in the lab. Nervous, she makes a break for it. Only to be cornered by one of the head security members. Yet, this is an episode of twists, so I really shouldn’t be surprised to find out that the security chick is really a double agent as well. If you’re a comic fan, you probably geeked out as hard as I did to find that Bobbi Morris has joined the S.H.I.E.L.D. family. That’s right, Mockingbird herself saves agent Simmons. And, well, Agent Triplett saves them both….but he doesn’t count!

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After their escape, Coulson and the rest of the team let Raina go. Skye, however, has wondered off to a building nearby. The same building her father was in earlier. The cameras are still active, however, and he is still watching. Skye and the Team come across a very gruesome double murder…to me, daddy seems like a cross between the Hulk and a Serial Killer. Not the best comparison, but, I really don’t want Skye to ever meet him! After that Skye and Coulson have a bit of a heart to heart, where he explains the carvings, and she admits she doesn’t care about finding her family, ever. The two promise to work together on finding out why Coulson is carving these strange symbols, which appear to be a map, and getting to the bottom of Skye’s killer dad.

Speaking of, he shows up at HYDRA HQ to deliver the Obelisk in exchange for help finding and killing agent Coulson…because that’s just how these things come to be I suppose!

Perhaps the best part, however, is finding out that Bobbi is the famous ex-wife of Hunter…and future ex-wife to Clint Barton....if we’re going by the comics, that is. And with that, another episode has come and gone and all I’m left with is more joy, more questions, and a lot of fear…

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