I liked the subtlety in this episode. No one said "Gemma, you're infected!" Coulson saw the thingy floating behind her, cautiously moved to the door, said he was sorry, and sealed her in. I know, standard "show, don't tell" but that doesn't happen often enough, it depends on people actually paying attention to the screen.

Fitz didn't have to say "It's killing me that this is happening to you," his speech about her being beside him was enough.

Did they change writers?

I just accept that veracity (in science/history/whatever) is not always important to the storytelling.

Just watched. All I can say - I wasn't sure what was going to happen - which is so rare on television , that I was happy.

What was on that photo at the end? I couldn't make it out but it seemed as if we were supposed to glean something.

In Skye's file? I thought it was a corpse. I'm thinking Shield had to take out her parents.

I'm continuing to dig the direction the show is going. It's finding its groove, and it's also doing much better distinguishing Fitz and Simmons! I liked how Fitz was unexpectedly competent and Simmons was unexpectedly incompetent. Also sandwich.

If you're going to throw away the sandwich because it's stinky, throw away the wrapping too.

This show just keeps getting better. Good for you, show!

Loved Coulson's pep talk with May. Loved "the world's most dangerous sandwich." The open was shamelessly plagiarized from Avengers, but it's a good bit, so why not reuse it?

Unclear on how Skye's wristband actually works, if she was able to use a laptop?

Also, if Ward knew there was no extraction team, why not get clear before setting off the beacon that would trigger the SHIELD attack?

Poor existentially angsty robot Coulson.

The show is making it SO obvious that Coulson's a robot, that I'm starting to think that it might be a fake-out.