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.
What you did to me was unbelievable, Connor. But then I got stuck in a hell dimension by my girlfriend one time for a hundred years, so three months under the ocean actually gave me perspective. Kind of a M.C. Escher perspective, but I did get time to think.
Angel ,'Conviction (1)'
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Connie Neil - Sep 25, 2013 7:07:07 am PDT #3036 of 5827
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§ 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.
Jessica - Sep 25, 2013 8:14:12 am PDT #3043 of 5827
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Based on at least one article I read, ABC was nervous as hell about greenlighting this at all because their demographic is middle-aged women and they were worried this show would only appeal to teenage boys. (Because as we all know, young adult white males are pretty much the only people who like comic book movies. @@ )
(Either a producer or a network exec was quoted as saying, and I swear I am not making this up, maybe women will remember Clark Gregg from The New Adventures of Old Christine and give this show a chance. Apparently nobody at ABC realizes that Buffy was on the air a really long time ago and that all the former teen Joss fangirls are now cranky old ladies rolling their eyes FOREVER.)
Jesse - Sep 25, 2013 8:18:47 am PDT #3044 of 5827
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Apparently nobody at ABC realizes that Buffy was on the air a really long time ago and that all the former teen Joss fangirls are now cranky old ladies rolling their eyes FOREVER.
I mean, seriously.
Connie Neil - Sep 25, 2013 8:22:13 am PDT #3045 of 5827
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Hill's line re: Thor's arms shows someone, somewhere, knows what some of the demographic is thinking.