"Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." Recap: "Scars"

Written by John Edward Betancourt

THIS IS THE EMERGENCY SPOILER ALERT SYSTEM...YOU ARE ADVISED TO READ AT YOUR OWN RISK...

It has been, for the most part, a pretty dark and ugly season for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. when you look back at it. We've seen some agents fall, seen some crazy stuff go down and I thought that maybe, after last week's Age of Ultron lead in that perhaps this week would be just a little different. After all, the Avengers saved the world and S.H.I.E.L.D. did its part in helping out with that, go team! But that was not the case since "Scars" decided to keep the twists and turns coming and left us with another shocker of an ending.  

Now, as for the Age of Ultron, the tie ins continued this week, loved everyone watching the news coverage about the Sokovia incident and of course you cannot go wrong with more Patton Oswalt and a better understanding behind Theta Protocol and exactly how Nick Fury managed to get his hands on a Helicarrier.  But the feel good Avengers moments ended with that, because it was right back down to business for S.H.I.E.L.D. and what was to be done with the Inhumans.  

In fact, it turns out the cargo on Gonzales' carrier that has been hinted at for weeks is another powerful Diviner, and of course we only discover this fact because Raina had another vision and needs to see the device, and has Gordon teleport her aboard the ship. Our intrepid spies aren't too happy with this surprise incursion and the plan is set in motion to sit down with this unique group of beings and see if by chance peace can be made. Yet, Raina believes her visions are telling her there will be no peace. In fact, she makes a power play, telling Gordon she should be the one to speak with S.H.I.E.L.D. rather than Skye's mother.  

It leads to her being kept out of the way for this grand event and the one man who should have spoken with the Inhumans, Coulson, is asked to stay home, with Gonzales going in his place.  Turns out Coulson has formed a council of his own to keep himself in check and well, they feel he is too close to Skye on this one to be objective. In the end, that's one hell of a mistake to make on the council's part...as the twist I mentioned came to bear in the final moments, since Skye's mother is not the benevolent leader she has painted herself out to be. She clearly wants revenge for all the things that have happened to her and her people...by killing Gonzales and making it look like he attacked her before declaring "this is war".

Oh and not to mention, Kara, a.k.a. Agent 33 has captured Bobbi and returned her to Ward who clearly is not as reformed as we thought him to be last week, and they have more plans for revenge. Plus Mack quit...so holy hell. In fact this week left me with more questions than answers as we head into the season two finale. For starters, how long has Jiaying been planning this war with humanity? Because man...she has sold the audience well on peace since we met her. Is Raina really evil after all? Because that's been in question for a long time and I can't tell if this was a legit power play or if her visions are real and last...what the hell do the Devlish Duo of Ward and 33 have planned for Bobbi? Either way, looks like we are set up for one explosive season finale, I can't wait to see what the show has in store for us. Until next week.

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