Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Recap: The Asset

Written by:  Shae

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Agent's Assemble!

That's right, everyone, it's that time of the week! Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. was awesome (as always) and this week, we got to see Skye take a chance in the field as an operative! What starts with a mysterious force, flinging cars around, turns into a class act kidnapping by the bad guy of the week. 

When Fitz and Simmons find out that the person in the semi was kidnapped, they get flustered! As it turns out, the man who was kidnapped, was their teacher! Which raises the stakes, just a bit, in their need to get the missing scientist back (queue dramatic music) all while Ward and Skye try to understand one another; Skye declares her hate for training, and Ward expresses his frustration at her lack of dedication.

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It's okay though, a random billionaire is hosting a unique, and exclusive party, out of country (and S.H.I.E.L.D. reach),where they discover their missing scientist is being held. Skye manages to get an invite and sneaks in. For a bit we're lead to believe she might actually be working against S.H.I.E.L.D., which was hinted at in the last episode.  But, she's just good at playing the game of spy. Well, up until it's time to shoot the bad guy.

In the meantime, May refuses to be an active field agent, so Coulson joins Ward in the rescue of our scientist and extraction of Skye. Fitz, Simmons and May stand by (as moral and tech support) and of course, there is action. Skye does some awesome moves, fights terribly, but is saved by Ward. Coulson discovers that the scientist his tech-team admires so much, was indeed, the master mind behind the whole thing. Coulson takes him out (literally kicks him into an unstable substance in the middle of a gravity changing machine) and thing's get better! 

The end, everyone's happy….right?

Wrong! May decides she's done sitting on the side lines, Skye declares her dedication to the cause, and Ward bonds with her over childhood sadness.  I mean seriously, superheros/spys and their wayward childhoods.

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What about Coulson? Well, he's struggling with loading a gun within a reasonable (spy appropriate) time. Could this be a hint as to what's going on? Yes, I do believe it is. While we didn't get one last week (Samuel L. Jackson's cameo, totally makes up for that.) we did get one this week. Coulson's having memory problems, not just the mental kind, but muscle memory! Something as simple as loading his weapon shouldn't be giving him such problems. 

What's going on? Is Coulson a clone? Was he experimented on? Why do I get a bad feeling whenever someone mentions Tahiti, or talks about Coulson's abilities, knack for putting himself in harms way, or that he died? Did he actually die?

And who was the Agent that trained Ward? And May!?

So many questions…thankfully, there's another episode next week...

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