It didn't help that the opening credits for the show immediately following showed the actual Back to the Future flying car.
Yes, there is. There's a hurry, Xander. I'm dying...I may have as few as fifty years left.
Anya ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Jossverse 1: Emotional Resonance & Rocket Launchers
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brenda m - Sep 25, 2013 6:54:58 am PDT #3033 of 5827
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Connie Neil - Sep 25, 2013 6:58:15 am PDT #3034 of 5827
brillig
Plot question: Skye is/was apparently working with this Rising Tide group. Or is she the Rising Tide group all on her own? Those people that jumped Ward in the Parisian apartment, were they part of Rising Tide? And kudos to the blonde woman in the apartment who, upon seeing the plot falling apart, calmly got dressed and and walked out of there.
Jessica - Sep 25, 2013 7:01:56 am PDT #3035 of 5827
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I actually like the fact that Agent Lone Wolf has horrible people skills, rather than being a suave James Bond type
I was annoyed by the fact that his poop-with-a-knife-sticking-out-of-it people skills are so stereotypically made-for-tv charming. It's not like the truth serum unlocked a string of inappropriate catcalls or racial slurs, he's just what, slightly awkward and better with machines than people? Oh noes, however will he be able to relate to a hacker who lives in her van?!
Connie Neil - Sep 25, 2013 7:07:07 am PDT #3036 of 5827
brillig
I was annoyed that Ward has apparently missed the probably training on how to resist truth serum--don't volunteer anything, say as little of the truth as possible. It's truth serum, not "Babble like Tony Stark with no filters" serum.
§ ita § - Sep 25, 2013 7:22:03 am PDT #3037 of 5827
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's truth serum, not "Babble like Tony Stark with no filters" serum
It's technomagic truth serum. It's totally within scope for it not to follow any rules of sodium pentathol etc. right from the first moment they declared it didn't follow a rule of it.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 25, 2013 7:27:21 am PDT #3038 of 5827
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I thought real world sodium pentathol just removed inhibitions and made you more likely to ramble and spill something by mistake, rather than acting like Wonder Woman's golden lasso?
Jessica - Sep 25, 2013 7:30:00 am PDT #3039 of 5827
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
One thing I did like quite a bit in that scene - Skye in that moment has no idea that Ward has only had level 7 clearance for about half an hour. Coulson knows she's already hacked them, so he also knows Ward can't really give her any more information than she could find out on her own.
Una - Sep 25, 2013 7:43:42 am PDT #3040 of 5827
when i die, please bake my ashes into a brick and use me to hit fascists.
Now that I think of it: given how much nerd potential and hype this show has, I'm pretty surprised that ABC didn't give them a 2-hour pilot. Are those just not done anymore?
Please have more Dr. Ron Glass plzkthx.
Polter-Cow - Sep 25, 2013 8:02:55 am PDT #3041 of 5827
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Skye is/was apparently working with this Rising Tide group. Or is she the Rising Tide group all on her own?
I strongly suspect she IS the Rising Tide, but there may be evidence to dispute that.
askye - Sep 25, 2013 8:13:27 am PDT #3042 of 5827
Thrive to spite them
I don't think the people who jumped Ward were Rising Tide even if Skye has partners.
It seems more likely they are aligned with whoever is backing the doctor and sent the fake cops.