I missed the bit about his mother being a musician. Maybe I was too busy being sad about all those fics with Phil's family suddenly getting Jossed.

I missed the bit about his mother being a musician.

Me, too. What was the gist?

His mother was a musician, he didn't get to see her play her last performance, and when Loki killed him SHIELD told her he was dead, and she died before he was returned from Tahiti.

I...thought that was the cellist. Except the dying part.

OK, now I'm really confused. I thought that story was about the cellist girlfriend, too. Isn't that the story Coulson told somebody (Ward? JAR?) about the cellist girlfriend in Seattle?

Anyway, I totally missed this whole thing while watching the show. I must've just been tuned out because I don't like flowered dress girl.

And in related but not entirely on topic news, I find myself overusing the word "totally" nowadays out of an extreme desire to say "totes magotes" but also an aversion to saying "totes magotes" because I'm not 9, so then I default to "totally" and it's just as bad because I'm not a valley girl. It's sad, y'all.

The whole thing about the cellist comes from The Avengers. (Portland.)

I...thought that was the cellist. Except the dying part.

Me, too.

an aversion to saying "totes magotes" because I'm not 9

If it's good enough for James Earl Jones, it's good enough for all of us. TOTES good enough.

I'm pretty sure Reina mentioned his mother, but I'd have to watch again to be sure.

She mentioned that his father died when he was young, and that his mother died recently.

I just watched the episode and I figured out what's wrong with this show: It's not fun!

Buffy dealt with heavy stuff but brought the fun, too. I want Coulson to be less serious all the time. I'm sure the actor can handle the switches as well as SMG could.