Well, wasn't the premise going in that they were the people being fought against?
The Peruvian police showed up, there was a standoff, Coulson came out, and then the rebels (or "rebels") showed up. People absolutely got killed, because Coulson and Ward, at least, weren't shooting blanks, and Ward got winged, so someone on the other side was using live ammo.
My read is that Reyes' original plan was to surround/strongarm Coulson into giving up the artifact on site, and that she changed her plan to hijack the plane when the rebels showed up and she realized they were outnumbered.
So I think the writing was basically consistent and the art direction took a turn and then some time travel.
Possibly, yes, although 500 years ago was pretty near the end of the Incas...
Hm. I didn't like this one as much as the pilot - I thought it had a lot of typical second-ep issues. Hopefully we won't be getting a low-rent Avengers remake every week. (They're a team full of loners who don't know how to work together! Until someone hijacks their plane and then they suddenly do! Quip, snark, fight, trust, done.)
But generally, I feel like shows like this pick up by ep 5, so my hopes are still high.
I appreciate the calling out of tropes ("It's an origin story," "You just gave them a common enemy"), although it could definitely get old.
although 500 years ago was pretty near the end of the Incas...
Yep, but given the next casual chunk is 1000, I'm not deducting points for it.
I thought the takeover of the plane was too well orchestrated not to have been a primary plan.
Until someone hijacks their plane and then they suddenly do! Quip, snark, fight, trust, done.
What happens in episode 4?
I did like that Coulson knew Reyes was playing him from the start. Though the tour did say he was amenable to playing along if the occasion presented itself. It's so nice to be working with a secret agent who knows the rules.
I was thinking "Hm, the Peruvian Police female uniform doesn't come with jackets? Interesting."
It gets hot in the jungle. So hot. Steamy.
And it saves so much plot time of Reyes saying, "Oh, it's so warm, do you mind if I take off part of my uniform and let down my hair?"
Hm. I didn't like this one as much as the pilot
Jessica is me. I found myself kind of drifting off this episode because it all felt so very done, right down to the Salma Hayek/Sofia Vergara type Peruvian hot Commandante. I do still have high hopes for the show because I like enough of the characters: Coulson, May, Fitz/Simmons (though I like the unintelligible girl half of the duo better than the unintelligible boy half). Really, the only two characters I'm not all that interested in are the two leads, which is kind of sad, but then again, Buffy was always my least favorite character on Buffy and that turned out just fine. I just hope each week doesn't turn into some Scooby Doo style wacky mystery except with more guns and violence. Not that I mind guns or violence, especially when they come with a generous side of snark and pretty people, it's just that I was hoping for more than that.
Loved seeing Samuel L. at the end, but even that I wasn't surprised by. I expected him to show up since they'd called him up during the initial plane walk through.
I want to know how Skye has joined this top top top secret organization at Level 7 clearance but they didn't confiscate her personal cell phone where she might, I don't know, get a lot of calls from people from her former hacktivist anarchy cell. Really?
